After the five of us has arrived at the Appraisal Hall.
"So...., can I look at the stuffs that is about to be appraised?"
Instead of the old expert Mr. Chao Bao, it's the Himemiya Elder who asked me about the things we want to be appraised.
Without further ado, I lifted my trunk and placed it on the appraisal table that is round and as large as a dining table for 12 people.
If we have Knights of the Round Table here, they all would be able to sit in this table.
*cough cough ahem*
Enough with the distracting thoughts, let's just make this over quickly.
*click click*
With a pair of crisp sounds, I opened my trunk and showed the contents inside.
Seeing how my trunk is fully filled with gold and gemstones, the eyes of Kiseki's Uncle lit up brilliantly.
Meanwhile the Chao Bao the Appraisal Expert only have a surprised expression for a split second before he managed to calm himself down and making a lofty face like an old dog who have gone through many storms in life.
Heh, acting cool, eh?
Let's see how long you can maintain that calm and lofty expression,huh?
"Let me begin my work, you can stand aside or look around to watch, just don't disturb me."
Finally with just one sentence, Mr. Chao Bao comes forward and begun to examine my gold and jewels with the appraisal tools that is already placed on the table.
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30 minutes later....
"This..... this..... this too...."
Hey, hey, it's only 30 minutes, why are your character now already breaking down?
I see Chao Bao-san sweat profusely while examining my jewels, but his eyes shone with a mix of doubt and excitement.
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I along with Kiseki and Chikane decide to look around the Appraisal Hall while we wait for the appraisals to be done.
There are some items here and there that are just finished being appraised and not yet been moved to the storage room which Kiseki and even Chikane is interested about but they don't know the details about it.
And I as an opportunist will always take this chance to impress both of the girls by using my newly gotten Library feature in the System Interface to get the information of the items before explaining it to them.
Gotta use everything I have to its fullest potential, right?
Our exchanges would be something like this:
Kiseki: "Whoah, this green pendant is good. Is this carving a lion? But it has wings and even horn."
Ranata: "This jade pendant is carved with the image of Pixiu, a mythological being that eats gold and precious stones but will always use their tails to cover their behind so as to not let any wealth that they have been eaten to be getting out. It symbolyzes gathering the wealth and safekeeping it for prosperity. The female have one horn and the male have two horns. Aside from attracting luck, gathering fortune and keeping the wealth to ensure the prosperity, the two horned male Pixiu are also believed to be capable of repelling evil and guarding the safety. This jade pendant seems to be made from green jade mined from Dian Province in Red Lantern Country, carved by a renowned expert around 800 years ago and thus making it a valuable antique."
Kiseki: "Wow, amazing. Is what he said is true, Uncle?"
Himemiya Elder: "Yes, that's right. This young lad here sure to know the antiques. Not only can you explain the meaning behind the carving but you can also predict the origin and the time this trinket is made. Amazing amazing."
Chikane: "....."
Not only is Kiseki impressed by me, but even her Elder is also praising me.
Meanwhile Chikane's cheek is slightly pouting while she looks at me even more coldly now.
What? You jelly, girl? He he he he.
But the usually cold and aloof Saegusa Chikane unexpectedly looks quite cute when she is pouting.
Never in the anime, manga or novel that I have ever seen her making that kind of expression.
Man, seeing her pouting made me want to pinch and play with her cute cheeks now.
*Ding*
[Congratulations, Host! You have made the Protagonist making a facial expression that she have never made in the series before. You get a Silver Rank Reward : Skill Card - Cosmic Beam]
[Σ(°△°|||)]
Nani!?
I got a Random Reward again!?
And just from that?
Quickly, I opened up the System Interface in my mind, tapping on the Inventory menu, and look at the new Item that has been delivered by the System there.
It is a card with a black card with silver border picturing a.... Jirachi from Moémon Flora Sky firing multicolored beam of light?
Silver Rank Reward [Skill Card - Cosmic Beam]
[Description: Use this skill card by tapping it on your forehead to get a New Skill: Cosmic Beam. The card crumbles to dust after use, but the skill that has been learned will be permanently yours.]
Good Stuff!
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I continue to impress Kiseki by explaining whatever things that caught her interest.
Her beryl green eyes looks at me with more and more amazement and admiration whenever she heard my explanation.
Sometimes, Chikane tries to test me too.
She often point out to some obnoxious items that have "mysterious" or "unknown" vibes on them, like a set of white bone scripts written in ancient language that has become so blur because it has been ravaged viciously by the power of time, or a stone with an unknown animal fossil that is embedded on it surface.
With the power of System Library that I abuse -I mean, utilized to its fullest, I can always easily explain what the item really is.
Even if she is showing some doubt, I can always have my way to prove that my deduction is correct.
I feel like Zhang Yuan from Library of Hentai Path (Fictional title again, don't bother searching it ;P But I think everyone here especially the Readers in Webnovel already know who and what novel is I based on?)
As I explain the items one by one, not only the girls, even the uncle who followed us behind also seems to be very impressed with what I have done.
He even give me a big applause and thanked me for explaining some items that even their family's hired appraiser can't appraise until now, like the bone script and the unknown animal fossil pointed out by Chikane.
Turns out that girl really knows how to deliberately making things difficult for me, huh?
It's good that I have the Library in my System now....
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Author's Note:
I write this Chapter and upload it at Patreon on the Friday Thirteenth of the Godless Month (2023 October 13th).
And guess what?
This Chapter contain exactly 1,111 words if you count only the chapter (and not including the Author's Note) using Microsoft Office Word 2007 Word Count.
Also, while other people are often thinking that 13 is an unlucky number, I have never think so.
For me, the number 13 can even be considered as a lucky and auspicious number.
Because in one of our religion's myth, it is believed that a certain Supreme God is doing Karma Mudra (check what is Yab-Yum or Vajrayana or Dual Cultivation in Google if you don't know what it is), fusing masculine and feminine cosmic energy, on the 13thnight of every lunar month.
By the way, the Cosmic Beam is from my Jirachi in Moémon Flora Sky.
I have her learn Beams and Cosmic-themed Moves :)
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