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The first item was a painting. It was of some muscular guy, and the painter was supposed to be very famous, so the price was quite high. After that, there was an extravagant suit of armor. And then a glass shield. What the hell?

And then came the Manager’s item.

 

“And here we have an artifact from the Adventurer Rindo. It was discovered deep within a dungeon.”

 

Mericareed said as the bow was brought out.

 

“It is a bow…but it does not require arrows!”

 

Huh. She sure picked up something interesting. And in a dungeon…I hadn’t really experienced something like that myself. But maybe I hadn’t been searching hard enough. Though, there was that one kobold mine we had gone down. And there had been something surprising at the end.

The audience was clearly enthusiastic. And as the bids went higher and higher, I turned to the Manager.

 

“What kind of dungeon was this?”

“Ah, it was a place I went to with other Adventurers I happened to meet on the road. There were lots of traps and monsters, which is always fun. Makes you think of those role-playing games, doesn’t it?”

“Uh, yeah. What else?”

“That’s about it. Well, such places could hold treasures if they haven’t been cleaned out already. That bow was given to me by one of my party members.”

“Given…you’re not being literal, are you?”

“Bah. They all died.”

“Ah…”

 

It was a surprisingly sad story. She then told me that they had been killed by a guardian who was protecting the dungeon core at the deepest level.

 

“We were so close to winning too… It’s true what they say about letting your guard down. It leads to death. Asagi, if you are interested in dungeons, you best be careful too.”

“I’ve had my share of brushes with death. So I know to be careful.”

“Haha. That’s a death flag if I’ve ever heard one.”

“Grr…”

“Ah, it’s been sold.”

 

While I was being teased, the bow without arrows was sold.

 

“Congratulations! Sold for eight hundred pieces of gold!”

“Oh, not a bad price. I’ll be able to indulge myself for a while.”

 

She stood up and took a bow before sitting back down again. Eight hundred seemed like a lot for ‘indulging yourself’ for a while. …What was she going to do?

 

After that, there were other magic items that I didn’t know anything about, along with some fancy armor. The kind of stuff you’d expect nobles to sell, I suppose.

But there was one thing that really caught my eye. It was a set of light armor made from wind dragon.

 

“Excuse me, I’d like to buy that.”

“But you’re a seller.”

 

The Manager reminded me as I raised my hand. Yeah, but if we had that… Daniela’s armor…she would have gauntlets. She had the chained ore gauntlets, which were quite powerful, but most of her equipment was made of wind dragon. So this would be perfect for her. The rest of it? We could just sell it…

As I thought about this, the bidding began. Oh, Daniela was really going for it. Yes, we were going to earn money after this anyway. There’s no need to hold back!

 

“All right, one thousand and four hundred! What about you?”

“One thousand and eight hundred!”

 

The other guests were shocked by Daniela’s words. The reward for hunting the lesser wyvern and the wind dragon materials. The reward for the orc hunt. All the money we made from selling materials. All of that added up to quite a hefty pile of savings. To be honest, I didn’t even know how much it all was. It was all in the hollow bag…

And that’s what Daniela was using. It was the party funds, so I had no problem with it. In fact, I really wanted her to get it.

 

“Anyone? Anyone? Sold! One thousand and eight hundred pieces of gold!”

“Yes!!”

 

I raised my fist into the air. I could barely make out Daniela smiling on the other side. Still…it was quite expensive. It was a whole set of armor, after all. It would have been nice if they sold it separately.

 

And then I realized that I was up next. 

The artifact made by the ancient elves. The Automata. It was the star of the shows. How much would I get for it… I couldn’t wait to find out.

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