Going to the Inner commercial district.
Kiro is staring around curiously, the establishment around here is a rare sight for him, since coming from this world, the only thing he saw was the underlying architecture of the villages.
Staring at the distinct types of structures here In the merchant district, the layout of this place is closer to the 18th-century building.
He could feel the Elegant beauty from the place, and lanterns were hanging neatly near the storefront.
It was illuminating a warm and cozy feeling. Even though the sun was glaring from above, it doesn't hinder the lights released from the lantern.
Looking around, Kiro finally saw a two-story building. The extravagant appearance of the store is so eye-catching, even for Kiro, who lived in the modern world.
He couldn't help to praise the sight in front of him. Staring at the signboard, Kiro saw the word 'Utility Stores.'
Upon seeing the signboard, Kiro was stupefied not because of the store name, but it was written by an alphabet. Glancing at it, Kiro couldn't believe it.
He doesn't know if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
A moment later, Kiro headed inside the store.
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Inside the Utility Store.
Kiro could find unique types of merchandise. There he saw an item he thought wouldn't ever see again upon coming from this world.
It was shampoo, what is more, there is a conditioner too.
As Kiro browsed from the store, the more he was shocked to the core, Kiro couldn't believe what he was staring at right now.
Seeing there's a person come inside, the store clerk steps forward, greeting Kiro politely.
"Good Afternoon, Mr. what can I help you with?" the clerk said professionally while glancing at Kiro, seeing Kiro who only wears average clothing even though he was dissatisfied, It was his job to receive a customer and welcome them no matter what status the person might be.
"Mm, I was looking for a bar of body soap, do you have it here?" Kiro rouses from his thoughts.
The clerk felt offended by Kiro's question, but he wouldn't dare to voice it out.
"Yes we do, Mr. our store is the biggest 'Utility Goods Store' within the town." the clerk says while emphasizing that their store is the biggest in the town.
Well, it is the truth that their store is the biggest and fanciest in the town of Elmore.
"Mn, can you please show me the product?" Kiro says, while still pondering hard why such items exist from this world.
There is some possibility that they can recreate a liquid shampoo from here, but the thing that has been bothering him was the label of the products.
It was written in the alphabet.
"Please, this way, Mr. we hide the body soap from an isolated area so that the fragrance will last long." The clerk leads Kiro to a compact storage room. Upon entering the room, different types of soap could be seen.
There are unique types of fragrance flowers lingering inside the place.
Looking around, Kiro was curious about how extravagant their presentation is, each of every single bar soap has glass containers, inside the box, there is a smooth fabric enveloping the bottom.
While the bar soap was softly laying down on the decorative fabric.
"Here's our most recent body soap Mr. so what kind of soap are you looking for?" the clerk asked Kiro, who was spacing out of place.
"Do you have a mint soap here?" Kiro looks around the shelf, and he doesn't know what kind of soap he should choose, while most of the bar soap inside the storage has a fragrance of a flower that didn't suit Kiro's taste.
"Mint is it... We have a newly developed bar soap made of lavender and peppermint, how about it Mr. would you like to examine our new bar soap?" The clerk's eyes flashed in surprise.
He knows that the newly developed soap hasn't been released from the marketplace, yet Kiro has a piece of knowledge about mint soap.
In his eyes, Kiro is an influential person in the guise of being a commoner. Only nobles from a higher degree will know the new existence of their product.
His attitude toward Kiro turns into more respectful. Fearing the unknown person in front of him, the clerk couldn't help to feel nervous at the same time. He felt being lucky that he would earn a lot today.
"Oh, so you guys even have that product here too, sure go ahead." Kiro subconsciously answers the question.
The clerk was bewildered by Kiro's reaction. 'What do you mean by you guys even have that product here too? It is our store who first developed such a soap, you know.' But he just pretends that he didn't hear a thing, the clerk couldn't voice his thoughts, even if Kiro were a commoner, what is more, now that the clerk is assuming Kiro is a highly influential person there is no way he would point out his remark.
Walking to another corner, the clerk opened a small safe made of reinforced Iron.
Opening the safe, a delicate fragrance of lavender overflows inside the room, while there is a tint of refreshing feeling coming from the peppermint.
Smelling the fragrance of lavender, Kiro is satisfied with the combination of the two.
"Mm. I'll buy it. I like the fragrance and the freshness that's coming from the soap." Kiro could not help to praise a great product. He couldn't believe even in this world the soap was developing to this extent.
"Okay, Mr. but this soap is newly developed, and It was released to the marketplace yet, so the price was much higher than the marketplace." The clerk says he was afraid the Kiro would misunderstand him, so he tried his best to deliver the word while not forgetting to be humble.
"Huh, is that so? It is fine just to tell me the price." Kiro urged the clerk. He doesn't care about the price right now. He is dying from irritation from sleeping on the itchy straw mattress.
Kiro has an urgent need for a block of bar soap.
"Well, the price is 30 silver coins per a single bar soap. If it were released from the market, the price would be 20 silver coins because the price of mass production is much lower than custom made soap." The clerk says as he continues."But don't worry, Mr. this bar soap quality is much higher than the one that will be released from the marketplace."
"This soap has only limited production, and it was to be shown for VIP customers like Mr., who knows the trade secret." The clerk explained he undoubtedly misunderstood Kiro, well he couldn't help to misinterpret him because the clerk is only following the procedure if someone came to the store and said the secret word 'Mint' only means, that person was either a noble or a big-shot member from the merchant guild.
"... 30 silver coins, huh." Kiro mumbles. "That's expensive, but I badly need the soap, okay, I will buy two," saying that. He handed over the 60 silver coins to the clerk, while deep inside, Kiro was bleeding profusely.
The remaining balance to the money Kiro got from selling the greasy grass is 101 silver coins and five copper coins.
He already spent most of his money on the admission fee, now he is going to buy two pieces of soap for 60 silver coins plus the one gold coin and 40 silver coins before and the lodging fee from the Inn for three silver coins and five copper coins from buying random skewers at the food stalls.
Kiro could only lament from how fast he lavish away his money.
"This one received the exact amount. A special fabric will wrap the two lavender peppermint soap so the fragrance will last longer." The clerk said respectfully."Thank you for your patronage." giving Kiro a slight bow. After saying that, he took two pieces of soft fabric and wrapped the soap.
Receiving the bar soap, Kiro didn't forget to ask a question that's been mulling over since coming to this store.
"Can I ask a question? I don't mind if you can't provide me with the answer, I just wanted to know what is the origin of the syllabus that this store uses at the signboard and the labels from the other products." Kiro mutters those words with a light tone.
"Oh, the signboard, is it? I would like to apologize. First, this humble one is only a lowly clerk I don't know if I could provide a satisfactory answer for the esteemed Mr." clerk says with more attentiveness.
Kiro now has a headache from the quick overturn attitude of the clerk. He didn't know why he became so respectful so suddenly.
"Please, you can talk to me more casually, and It is fine you can talk about what is on your mind," Kiro said with annoyance, he couldn't explain the behavior of the clerk right now.
"If the esteemed Mr. says so, this humble one will tell a tale about this world." the clerk says as he narrates a story.
Year. 856 from the Eldeon Calendar, the 30th day of Month Iyarma.
Six entitled major kingdoms were living in equilibrium.
It was the long period of prosperity for humanity, and promising Individuals kept emerging from the significant kingdoms.
There was no real war Involve, the representative of each country competes with their knowledge from Rune carving and developing Magical equipment to foresee if their balance is still being maintained there was an annual competition hosted by the six major kingdoms, no matter what age young or old is being motivated to innovate their craftsmanship and to pursue higher heights for rune carving.
But for such a peaceful era, Humanities Greed was at its peak.
For the sake of forbidden knowledge, one kingdom broke a taboo, that kingdom commenced a forgotten ritual. It was to summon an individual from another world.
That ritual was meant to be used if their kingdom was on a dire strait, but because of overwhelming greed and curiosity, that kingdom bet all of their hope to that ritual from the legends.
It was a success they managed to summon an individual from the other realm. The kingdom hosted a celebration for their future prosperity, but little did they know.
Other kingdoms already have an apparent source that they conducted a forbidden ritual. At the same time, the country is busy with its celebration, and while the other five nations sign a peace treaty with each other.
They marched their troops to the kingdom that disturb the balance.
With a single night, the kingdom whose bustling with life falls into ruins.
The wailing of a child is echoing at the surrounding. The screaming agony of the citizens could be heard in every corner of the kingdom. They turned the nation into a carnage.
Not a single soul of nobility and royalty direct bloodline was spared. Every single one of them was eradicated from the roots.
The half surviving resident of the kingdom was forced into slavery, while the summoned person didn't escape the same fate.
They were taking advantage of the state of affairs. The five-kingdom divided the loot while they shared information for extracting the exceptional knowledge of the summoned person.
At first, the five major kingdoms were rejoicing from their triumph victory.
But tragedy befalls the major kingdoms because the balance has been disturbed every single one of them became wary of each other's existence.
While their magical craftsmanship leads to extra height, they were utterly unaware. The summoned person meticulously planned it.
To drive a wedge between the five major kingdoms, the summoned person endured the torturous life for a single decade. Finally, he saw the fruition of his action.
In a single night, one of the kingdom spies tried to abduct the summoned person for their nation's personal use.
It finally broke the frail bridge between the five kingdoms, and wars escalated from the entire continent of humanity.
What frustrates them the most, is the demons didn't let go of the opportunity to strike them.
The humans who've been strengthened for a day and night, they didn't dare to confront directly, so they twiddle one's thumbs waiting for the proper moment to strike them miserably.
They didn't even let go of the chance to secure the prized trophy, the summoned person.
Instead of securing the summoned person, it escapes and hides to the eyes of society.
Three years later, the summoned person came back and showed itself to the world.
Swear to take revenge from the five kingdoms. The summoned person gathered an armed force of freed slaves, promising them a prosperous future.
For the previews resident of the fallen kingdom, the summoned person used them as the main core, pioneers a single town turned it into a small size kingdom. The summoned person meticulously did a long-term plan for three years and became one of the strongest kingdoms in the entire human continent.
Because the five kingdoms went on a hibernation, they didn't realize that there was a considerable threat behind their backs.
The summoned person builds up its dominion with a breath neck speed with a better system than others. The summoned person abolished slavery from its country. Instead, it builds up necessary magic equipment to have much faster progress and efficient magic tools for rapid advancement.
After a few years of swift Innovation, the summoned person overthrew the figurehead of the five kingdoms and put them under Its control, degrading the status of the most leading nobles faction, ruthlessly killing the corrupt, only the one who abides the new policy of the summoned person was spared.
In the current time, the name of the humongous country is the Empire of Avonmore.
"Our main stronghold originates from the Empire of Avonmore, we are only a lowly personage managing a branch store from small kingdoms." the clerk ends his tale from here.
Kiro was absorbed in thought. He didn't discern what the clerk said in his last sentences.