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Episode.12 The price of trust

-Tallang~

We had lunch and went to a hunter weapons store.

Is this the Mugu branch she knows well?

When we opened the door to the store, the cool breeze from the air conditioner cooled our bodies.

Because it was hot outside, my body developed heat.

‘I may have developed a fever because I locked arms with Harin.’

The floor is finished with marble, which looks clean just by looking at it.

I almost impulsively put my hand on the floor because I felt like the cold from the marble on the floor would spread through my body if I just put my hand on it.

When I looked through the window outside the store, it looked like a small store, but when I entered, it was quite spacious inside.

As you go inside, the interior gets bigger and bigger and there are various equipment on the walls that are meant to be seen by many people.

“Welcome~”

When I entered the store, thinking about random things, a middle-aged woman who appeared to be the store owner greeted us.

“You. How are you armed?”

Harin asked me what my main weapon was.

“Hmm… I’m just a one-handed sword?..”

“Boss, please give me the most expensive one-handed sword here.”

“Are you talking about a one-handed straight sword? Please wait a moment~”

The owner who said this went into what appeared to be a warehouse inside the store.

By the way, no matter how rich Harin is, Hunter’s weapons are ridiculously expensive, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

“Hey, Harin.”

“Why.”

I called Harin in a low voice.

Harin responded to my words bluntly.

“No… why…. What are you going to do if the boss brings an absurdly expensive weapon?”

“Why does the person receiving the gift care about that?… Since it is a weapon you will use, the price is probably good.”

Harin, with a blush on her face, didn’t seem to care about price.

“Well.. if you say that, I don’t have anything to say, but..”

After hearing that, I had nothing to say so I muttered.

“But, can’t I just choose one of the equipment next to me?”

“This place… the equipment on the wall is just for decoration.”

“Then..?”

“You may have already thought about it, but custom orders are available here. Depending on your needs, you can also buy ready-made equipment.”

“Wouldn’t it cost more if it was made to order?.. I feel a little sorry to receive something like that as a gift..”

“My wallet is not thin enough for you to worry about. Rather, there is so much money that the economy cannot be revitalized unless this money is released into the market.”

“Ah.. I see..”

Harin doesn’t have a black card for nothing.

‘Let’s worry about my wallet…’

Not long after, the owner came out from what appeared to be a warehouse inside the store and brought out a vertically-shaped box shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped.

That box will definitely contain the most expensive weapon here.

The face of the owner carrying the box looked calm, but his arms were shaking slightly.

The weapon probably weighs quite a bit.

‘But… why did you keep it in a box like that?’

I couldn’t figure it out.

– Boom!

The boss put the box on the counter.

“Now come this way.”

The boss told us to come closer.

After hearing that, we approached the counter.

I used my skills to find out the contents of the box.

‘The King’s Insight activated.’

– Tiring!

[Check the object’s information.]

[information]

Name: paper box for weapon packaging

Type: For storage

Feature: Infinite magical power flows from inside the box

-Current Status-

Neatly packaged.

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‘Ha… I still can’t receive good information…’

Apparently, even though the king’s insight level had recently risen from level 1 to level 2, he was still unable to receive specific information.

You also need to quickly raise your skill level.

‘Oh, but what does it mean that infinite magic power flows out?’

This is my first time using the King’s Insight on an object, so I’m not sure… If this feature was a level 1 King’s Insight, it would probably have been marked as unknown.

‘No matter what, it’s an S-class skill, but isn’t it a bit too much to consistently give out little information even though you have leveled up…’

“Boss, is this the most expensive weapon in this box?”

While I was staring at the system, Harin caressed the box with long, thin fingers on her milky white skin and asked the boss.

“Okay then! This one-handed sword is the most expensive and best weapon among the one-handed straight swords.”

“Did you make it yourself?”

Upon hearing this, the boss seemed speechless.

“Actually… I didn’t make that myself.”

Right. Somehow I thought it was a bit strange.

I originally thought it wasn’t there because the information about the weapon being handmade didn’t appear in the information about the weapon seen through the king’s insight.

‘Of course I saw the packed box, but…’

“Is it okay if I sell something like this? The main products of this store are handmade products.”

Of course, I couldn’t help but think it was strange because there was no mention of handmade in the product information of a store whose main products were handmade.

“That’s… Huh… But quality is guaranteed.”

What the store owner said… So what the owner said is not wrong.

When I looked at the information, I said the quality was good.

I was a little skeptical, but I felt like it would be okay.

“Umm… I like it. I’ll take this. How much is it?”

After thinking for a while, Harin purchased a weapon that gave off a rather suspicious aura.

“The price is.. Okay, out of conscience, I’ll take 50 million won.”

I think I came here after frying my conscience in an air fryer.

She paid for the expensive thing in a lump sum without question.

What really happened to these people’s economic ideas?

I didn’t know that either.

“But… who is the bachelor next to you? Boyfriend?”

“What?”

Harin answered as if her tongue was twisted.

‘How on earth can I pronounce ‘ne’ as ‘ne’?’

“No… I’m not your boyfriend..”

“Then who?”

“Hey… that’s…”

She fidgeted and wiggled her fingers.

“I’m just a coworker.”

I, who couldn’t see Harin shaking her feet, stepped in and helped mediate the situation.

Since she spent a large amount of money by my standards to provide me with weapons, it was natural for me to provide this level of help.

But her expression wasn’t very good.

“.. Just a colleague….”

“Haha.. Goodbye, boss!”

-Tallang~

I grabbed the box, took Harin, who was stiff, and ran away from the store.

When I came out of the store, the weather was very hot.

The sun seemed to be shining brightly.

But this is the sound of cicadas crying.

As soon as I felt this heat, I became obsessed with the air conditioner inside the store.

To be more specific about what it feels like,

As if by magic, the air feels different when you cross the threshold of the store. It can be explained as follows.

I don’t know if it was because it was almost 1pm, but the heat wave had no end.

It seemed as if a haze was rising like a flame in the distance.

“You… that weapon… why do you think I bought it?”

I tried to ignore the haze fluttering before my eyes and saw Harin calling me and asking me a strange question.

“Just because it’s expensive?”

“No, you are wrong. The reason I bought that weapon is not such an ordinary reason.”

She took my right hand.

The box was under her left arm, but she had a good feeling about it, so she held it with her right hand instead of her left.

But this hand holding is a little different.

Her two hands wrapped around my right hand.

In this hot weather, there was not even a drop of sweat on her hands.

Harin’s appearance was serious.

I waited for Harin to speak, waiting for the time when she gave permission.

“Why did I buy a weapon that was suspicious and where it was not clear where it was obtained, rather than having it custom-made at a store that mainly sells handmade products?”

I listened to Harin without saying a word.

“Because the energy that this weapon gives off is special.”

Yes. I also vaguely felt the energy of this weapon earlier.

“Let’s do our best from now on… Going to explore the dungeon without your weapon is too reckless.”

The lie I told while eating earlier was discovered.

“And you.”

“Huh?”

“Please don’t lie to me from now on… I hope the only thing that deceives me is your appearance that is out of my sight…”

“Uh…”

For some reason, she speaks in a way that makes it seem like she knows my secret.

‘I guess that’s just what I said.. Did they catch me changing my face?’

But this assumption cannot be established.

This potion is by far the masterpiece of Choi Ye-rim, a talented alchemist who can be called the best in alchemy.

‘It’s a bit of a flaw that I have a bit of a mouth, but…’

“I don’t think there is anyone in this capitalist country who wants trust without compensation.”

Harin looked up at me seriously and said.

Although it had no eyes, it looked exactly at the position of my face.

Her eyelashes stood out in her closed eyes.

Her eyelashes were long.

“Then.. I have to give you the price of trust.”

Harin continued speaking.

“So… I’ll give you this weapon.”

“Ah.. Thank you.”

This gift… is an extension of the incident that happened when I was holding the head of the snake when I thought I was isolated in that dungeon… I think it can be accepted as an apology gift from that time.

Isn’t Harin secretly hoping for that too?

Life is give and take.

‘I don’t forget either…’

certainly.

certainly……….