episode_0008

“What’s going on there?”

It was strange to see a suspicious man wearing a hooded hood and a young girl who looked like a student together, but since the girl was jumping up and down and screaming, it was impossible not to be interested as long as she was a normal person.

“No!!! Nothing happened!!!”

Shine reacted violently, fearing that he might harm me.

I sighed softly, lifted my hood slightly, and bowed slightly to the man who was looking at me suspiciously.

By showing your face, you are appealing that you are a good person who has no intention of committing a crime.

If you show your face now, you will be caught right away when you commit a crime later.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but I think he’s a student. Be careful.”

“Yes, yes~! It’s really no big deal. I’m just so happy, so don’t worry.”

As Shine smiled brightly, the man could no longer interfere and took a step back.

Free from people’s suspicion, I reached out to Shine.

“yes?”

“I have to return it. I haven’t signed the contract yet.”

“Ahhh…”

Despair appears on Shine’s face.

The weapon held tightly in her arms was unintentionally prospering.

‘Damn, I’m kind of jealous of that.’

Because my outward appearance was that of an adult, I unconsciously felt like a criminal.

I turned my head and pushed away the bad thoughts.

Shine, who was in tears because it seemed like a gesture to quickly hand over his weapon, said.

“I gave that as collateral. Can’t I just rent it out?”

“…Do you like that that much?”

“Yes!! Please really trust me. I will never scam you. Ah! I’ll give you my student ID as collateral.”

A student ID is very important at the academy.

Therefore, it was quite possible to build trust by leaving your student ID.

“Good. You’ll need time to check the weapon’s performance, too. Next week… Would you like to meet a little early?”

“Yes yes yes!”

“Then let’s meet here at 10 in the morning.”

“Thank you!! You will be blessed, uncle!”

I’m not an old man…

Of course, it is true that compared to Shine, who is now 18, I am a 30-year-old old man.

I’m sad to hear that.

Shine seemed to be afraid that he would take the weapon away from me, so he quickly bowed and disappeared.

You probably won’t be able to focus on checking the weapon’s performance.

‘Would it be that good?’

I thought people would like it because it was character-specific equipment, but I didn’t expect such a drastic reaction.

I was glad that there would be no problem selling unique equipment in the future, but I was also a little worried about the reaction being too excessive.

‘What if you try to take it from me, even if it means killing me…?’

Is it because I worked as a mercenary?

I keep having doubts in a bad way.

This can’t be helped.

This is a personality created by the experience I gained while working as a mercenary.

Besides, aren’t there only cases where the characters I choose have good personalities like Shine?

Each character will have different tendencies and personalities, and the way they treat me will also be different.

Shine treated me like a suspicious man, but I didn’t think to report him because of my greed for equipment.

However, other characters may be interested in the route I obtained this equipment from.

‘Shine even seemed to pass by and asked where I got this. In the end, selling equipment this way is all you can do once or twice. ‘You need to obtain qualifications to sell products officially.’

Trading equipment on the street is too risky.

It was necessary to obtain a formal merchant license.

And in order to obtain a merchant license…

“money.”

Eventually, you will need money again.

The unit of money that nobles used was different from that of commoners.

So, it was out of the question that I could get a merchant license with the money I saved while working as a mercenary.

Fortunately, I had something that could actually make money into my hands.

The money you saved while working as a mercenary?

‘That will run out after staying here for a few months.’

The prices are incredibly high.

Honestly, it was scarier than a monster.

They at least give me money.

Living here, eating, sleeping, and taking care of everything required a huge amount of money.

I smiled happily as I looked at the leather fur shining silver.

“How much are you willing to pay for this?”

To be honest, I was surprised when Shine mentioned equipment rental.

Renting is something I never thought about.

‘Because it’s equipment that no one else but him can use…’

I am in a position where I must sell unique equipment to Shine.

On the outside, he pretended to be ‘A’, but if you dig deeper into the situation, it turns out that he has no choice but to become ‘B’.

However, Shine took the initiative and suggested a new method called rental, and even provided a generous amount of money for the rental price.

‘I was just going to take this and pass it on…’

If you compare the value of the items, Shine will probably end up losing a lot of money.

In Shine’s hands, the unique equipment I gave you will increase in value infinitely.

However, that equipment is equipment that hides its owner.

‘It only has value when it’s in the owner’s hands, but when it’s not, you can’t even get 0 won.’

So when I brought the werewolf hide, I tried to hand over the equipment.

Of course, not only have you now obtained silver werewolf hide fur, but it has become a transaction that will continue to generate additional profits in the future.

“Is it a waste?”

Before exchanging this for money, I first used this ability to open a store and check how much it was worth in Korean Won.

2,350,000 won

It was worth a whopping 2.35 million won in Korean won.

Among the monsters I have encountered so far, this is the first time I have seen one with a value exceeding 1 million units.

‘Maybe if I sell this for this money….’

Wouldn’t that be enough to pay for a house?

The billing amount of 2.35 million won tempts me.

I wondered how many times I could play gacha with this.

If I’m lucky, wouldn’t I be able to sell about 1/3 of the SSR character’s business cards, if not all of them?

‘If you change your priorities because of the greed in front of you, you will be in big trouble. ‘Right now, the priority is to prepare a safe place to sell goods.’

As long as you create a place to sell your products, the rest of your plan will come naturally.

Of course, there is still the important task of selecting an SSR character, but it is less burdensome than the burden of showing suspicious behavior near the academy.

‘If you do something wrong, you’ll be kicked out.’

I think I’ve mentioned it once, but the time it took to get here was a whopping 14 years.

Since I am a commoner, I must never do anything that offends the nobles.

“Hmm…you want to sell this?”

“To be exact, I’m planning to exchange it for a merchant license and a store.”

“It will depend on the location of the store. What is the minimum limit for store location?”

“It’s okay if it’s a place with few people. It just has to be near the academy. The items I’m selling are for students only.”

“If there are few people, students won’t go, so what are you selling there?”

“It’s a general store that sells various things.”

I went to a merchant who arranged a fair deal.

This is an NPC that appears in the game, and it really exists.

It’s amazing.

“Hmm… Not everything near the academy is expensive. If what you say is true, there will be quite a few people who want to sell it.”

I am a commoner.

Just because you obtained monster by-products didn’t mean you could sell them right away.

However, there is a trick: it is possible to exchange this monster by-product with something other than money.

I was thinking of using this to exchange my merchant license and store.

And a few days later.

The NPC did not disappoint my expectations and generously arranged for me to exchange a merchant license with a validity period of 10 years for a store that was quite close to the academy, although the building was very old.

It was a transaction that both the other party and I were satisfied with.

Mei profit-

“Cluck! Cough!”

…The location wasn’t as remote as I thought.

I was surprised that the academy was much closer than I had planned.

However, I was able to clearly understand why the owner handed it over to me without any hesitation.

The alley leading into this building itself feels very dark and dangerous.

Additionally, the building is very old and small.

The old building was full of dust and bugs.

It seemed like it would take a lot of hard work to turn this into a decent store.

‘But isn’t this atmosphere better for me?’

I cannot tell you the source of the items I will sell.

In addition, there are only a limited number of people to sell to.

Of course, other items will also be sold so that the general public can think of it as a general store.

But the real thing is the unique equipment of the ‘character’ that I will select and release into the world.

And only by selling them can you make real ‘money’.

‘Because you need monster by-products to draw characters.’

Is it all about just picking a character?

You also need to select unique equipment that suits that character.

There was a lot of unique equipment that had not been prepared yet.

And the more money, the better, and there was no harm in having more money.

“First of all… I’ll have to clean it up so it can at least look like a store.”

Making this a general store.

That was the most important thing I had to do.

Strict nobles may tolerate old things, but they will not tolerate dirt and bugs.

In order for nobles to even set foot here, it had to be clean.

Cleanliness was also essential for me as I would have to eat, sleep, and even work at this store from now on.