He said as he gestured to Victor.
"Here sir."
Answering his request Victor gave him a stack of paper. There were images of many materials with their descriptions.
'Are you sure that all of these here are authentic?"
"Yes sir, the people I received it from are inner workers for the auction house. It is only now that he was shown this by the manager of the auction house."
"Hmm. They really are serious about their work. It is only thanks to the attack last time that a few holes were poke and showed their inventory by accident."
He then said as he stood up. "Well then I'll try to make sure that the item I am looking for is here. So I'll be leaving now and make sure not to make any more problems for me."
"Yes sir."
The person called Mr Fargo left the place as the man named Victor bowed as farewell while he clenched his hands.
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The next day after the Dungeon Exploration Exam, our group heads to the next examination of the day.
Yes there is another exam. And that is supply and equipment inspection.
"Um, senior, can I ask? Why not do this first rather than after the dungeon exploration?"
"Oh sure."
Kurt asked a valid point, and in response Senior James who is covered in bruises answered his inquiry.
"Well the reason for that is to know the extent of your knowledge about your preparations. Well not like we didn't experience that during our rank up exams."
"Oh yeah."
"Well from my perspective you guys deserve a pass. But I am just looking after you guys. You need to present your magic board for this assessment so I am irrelevant to the scores given to you."
"I see so we are going to visit a store and another question will float out of it?"
"Yeah that's how it is. So Anglos can you please give them back their tablets."
"Okay senior "
Hearing that I answered him back as I gave them back their magic board.
"Luckily we give our magic board to Anlgos before fighting the Dungeon Crawlers."
"Yeah that's right."
"Thanks, Anglos."
"You're welcome."
"Hey don't be so formal, call me Kim."
"Huh, okay Kim."
"Good I'll call you Cole then."
"Oh then you can also call me by my name Kurt and I'll also call you Cole then."
"Okay Kurt."
"Me too."
"Also me."
The Twins also joined the exchange. And somehow it made me happy. I guess this is fine.
"Alright then now that you guys have your magic board let's go to the shop. I know it will be a good place to start."
As James was about to show us to our next destination. We suddenly were meeting an unexpected group.
"Jester."
"James."
Yup we met with, senior Jester and the others including BK.
Looks like we are going to the same place again.
"Tch, well it is one of the best places there is after all. Anyway don't get in our way."
"Heh, right back at you."
With that we walked towards the place with a strange atmosphere.
And it seems like the people around us notice it. The only good thing is that we aren't openly arguing about it.
After a crucial time together we finally arrived at the store and it seems to be a famous one since there are a lot of people that come and go.
And what makes it even more amazing is that the store is so big that there are a variety of items hanging around.
'This place is nice. My store really can't compare.' I suddenly have a pessimistic thought comparing this to my store.
Well I haven't been to many places in this city after all it is not strange for me to feel this way.
I have been too busy with school and work that I don't have time for sightseeing.
And the work that I took in the guild can't help me cover up the whole place either.
"Wow, this place is amazing."
"Would look at these artifacts."
"But this place is in a secluded area. It isn't as busy as I thought it would be."
We expressed our amazement about the place and suddenly a remark came from one of the team members of BK and the others.
"Well there is a reason for it. As you can see there are a lot of customers but not too many to pack the place."
"Yeah, Jester is right, the reason for its seclusion is that a lot of people will run over this place."
"It's just that famous."
"At the same time the price is not to be scoffed at."
"Yeah that's right. But what is being displayed here is just to scare off the customers though."
"Heh, yeah like someone I know."
"Shut up."
Out of nowhere the two explained the reason for why the place is here in such a hidden location.
Which I think is a good strategy for those who want good and loyal customers.
But at the same time it is a bad choice if you look at it from a business perspective.
"Well enough of that. Let's start."
As he said that we took out our magic board and out in our answers the questions were shown.
I'm really intrigued about how this thing works. We just walk around and the thing just pops up some questions.
And are different from each other.
As we were answering the group BK that was with him were having troubled looks.
Not just them but senior Jesters too. What's going on?
"Hey Jester, why so glum? I thought your group was gonna ace this."
"Tch, it's not like that. What happened yesterday was something we didn't take into account so they weren't able to protect their magic board."
"Eh, it was damaged.
"Yes but the teachers are fixing it. So it's either get a passing score or wait for it to be fixed in time."
"Oh I see. Anyways, we are going to five places today. What about you guys?"
"Five? Isn't one enough?"
"Well yeah sure. But the teachers also told us we can go to more than one place."
"Really?"
"Yeah, didn't they tell your class?"
"Did you forget who our homeroom teacher is?"
"Oh that lazy scatterbrain."
"While yours is super nosey and enthusiastic."
"Haha, yeah she is. "
"Hey what's with this price?!"
As we were listening to their conversation as we answered the board
We suddenly heard someone yell and stopped to look at the one person.
"Why is the price for this one twice as expensive as it was before?"
The dwarven store manager then asked.
"Hmm. What are you talking about?"
"Look here. This sword is priced twice than it did a month ago. How?!"
"Haaaa, so what can't you see the current market price right now."
"Nonsense!"
He kept on yelling to the dwarven store manager.
And the manager just stared at him like what he was doing was just a waste of time.
And at the same time the people around us started talking.
"Yeah the prices everywhere are high."
"The medicine for my children was also hard to buy now."
"Ever since the last incident the price suddenly started to rise."
"Yeah this is getting out of hand already."
"I also heard that the government is putting their full attention to the repairs of the city and that crimes are rampant right now."
"Really?"
"Yeah that's true, I heard from my friend that a noble's house got their stuff stolen."
"Oh no."
Hearing that made me think that it is quite understandable. As the fight last time gave the city heavy damage.
Especially the transportation system. So it is quite understandable for it to affect the economy.
The argument kept on going even until we finished the question given in the tablet.
And after that we head to the next store, along with BK and the others.
As we visited the next store questions kept popping in the magic board.
And we kept on answering. The next visit was at an apothecary where medicines were sold.
After that was a fruit and vegetable store.
Then the next one was a bookstore which surprised us because there were also questions for us to answer. Especially the part where the geography of the place was very important.
And lastly was a place that I would never have expected.
"Here we are, this magic tool shop on the rise today so let's make this our last stop."
"Oh I know this."
Kurt enthusiastically said as he pointed at the shop.
"This is where "Dazzling Bloom" bought their current camping tools, also-."
He then explained many things about the store and how his favorite adventurer group the dazzling bloom first found it.
Most of us were amazed but except for some like The seniors, who might already know about it. BK who has been here Already. And especially me, after all this is -.
My store.