Those who were there knew their stuff did not pay much attention to the items in those small shops. However, as they looked at the displayed products, they realized that something was amiss.
Palm-sized diamonds were placed at the entrance like ordinary stones. Magic Stones that were as tall as a person were carved into beautiful ornaments. Glorious Snow Stones were polished into round beads that hung on curtains. When the group of merchants with keen eyesight noticed how the city treated these valuable gems as decorations, their hearts bled.
Any random gem there could fetch thousands of gold coins, and yet they were random spread all over the place.
When they noticed that various-colored gems were used as stools by the people from Sun Never Sets, their hearts almost broke.
