Will I End Up As a Hero or a Demon King (WN)

Chapter 183

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Chapter 183 – Equipment Update

It was about 8 in the morning.

I had deliberately skipped breakfast and watched the blue-violet mist thicken before my eyes.

“Sorry, I’m late!”

“Good morning!”

The reason was that the goddess who would descend this time was determined to be Felin.

A short time after using Divine Communication, a report came in using the Oracle.

“It’s me this time! I’m going to have breakfast in the morning, so please take care of me!”

That was all she said, but it was enough information to know who it was.

I gave Felin her shoes, and she turned around.

I checked her condition, but…

“Her hair isn’t flying around this time, and there seems to be no sign of a fight, right?”

“Hahaha! If we really fought, the world would be destroyed, so we have to go in order again, right?”

“Ah… I-I see.”

What does she mean by ‘the world will be destroyed’?

I don’t think that’s something you say with a smile on your face, but when I imagine the scene, the Hannya Felin from before starts saying ‘Konichiwa,’ so I have to pretend that I didn’t hear anything.

I want a cute Felin.

“Um, did you bring the Concealment as planned?”

“Of course!”

“Okay, then I’m relieved. I’m hungry anyway, and there are two restaurants I want to take you to, so let’s go right now.”

If everything is prepared like that, there won’t be any trouble.

When I say that there are two restaurants I want to take her to, Felin jumps out of the room with a strange laugh and says, “Nihihihi~!”

As my eyes follow her figure from behind, I let out a small sigh…

I followed her, trying to hide the various emotions I was feeling.

“Yes! This is the first shop I’d like to introduce to you, Felin-san!”

“Oh!”

We got into a carriage and traveled to the Fourth District.

In a slightly rundown alley with an atmosphere that really felt like a working-class neighborhood, we watched as a large lump of dumpling-like dough was cut into smaller pieces.

It was a small, semi-stall-like shop that I had stumbled upon yesterday.

It was a kind of performance, and they were cooking the food right there on the street for all to see. I was completely mesmerized by what I saw.

“What is that white lump?”

“If you were to broadly categorize it, it would probably be flour. Strictly speaking, there are probably several different types within it, but… would it be easier to understand if I said it was an ingredient in bread?”

“Huh, it looks like they’re just cutting it up randomly, but is that how it’s done?”

“In Japan, where I lived, they would flatten it and cut it evenly, but I had never seen ‘noodles’ in this world, so I definitely thought I’d come here at least once.”

At first glance, it looks similar to the ‘knife-cut noodles’ of the earth.

When I went inside and looked at the other items on the menu, I noticed no other Chinese-style dishes, so I wondered if this dish was independently born in this world.

Or maybe it was a knowledge that had been dropped by earthlings. I had no idea.

Anyway, as long as it tastes good, it’s okay.

I ordered two, thinking they would be perfect for breakfast, and they were served in a wooden bowl.

Inside was a slightly cloudy white soup, some kind of herb, and some meat I didn’t recognize, and the smell of chicken bones drifted over with the steam.

When I looked at Felin, she looked like a dog that had been abandoned.

She was staring at the contents of the bowl, waiting for my signal.

“Well then, let’s give thanks for our first noodles. Itadakimasu!”

“Itadakimasu!”

I smiled at Felin as she copied me and stabbed at the noodles with a fork. As I expected, they did indeed look like noodles.

They were short, so there was no need to slurp them up, and Felin ate them happily, stabbing them with her fork and taking them into her mouth.

I don’t know if the slight fishiness was due to the ingredients used to make the broth or a technical problem, but…

At 200 yen a bowl, it’s the best deal in the world and complaining would only get you in trouble.

“Puhaahh! It was so delicious, I just ate it in silence!”

“Wow, the soup was nice too! It was the perfect breakfast.”

“I could eat another bowl!”

“I could eat two more bowls, but that’s no good, is it? Because lunch is a meal that looks like nothing but pizza, you have to save some energy for that, or you’ll regret it.”

It’s been a while since we went out to eat, since the days of Bezart.

We used horse carriages to get around. While we were out, we found some interesting food stands, so we picked up a few things to eat. One of today’s destinations was the third district.

We went to a jewelry store with a gorgeous storefront located along this main street.

“Welcome!”

The soft answer of the saleswoman was directed to both of us.

Unlike the time with Riste, I was also wearing better clothes than before, and Felin, for better or worse, gave off a relatively down-to-earth vibe.

The slightly wandering look in the female clerk’s eyes suggested she wasn’t sure which one of us was the main customer, so I quickly opened my mouth to offer help.

“I’m looking for accessories to use as equipment, can you show me some?”

The clerk, who seemed to understand what I was saying, turned to a corner of the store and led me there, her expression and tone of voice breaking a little.

“This is the section for hunter’s supplies and equipment.”

I see.

At first glance, the number of items in stock seems to be about three times as many as in Malta.

I don’t know if it’s ‘micro’ or ‘small’ because it’s not written, but…

Still, I couldn’t help but raise the corners of my mouth when I looked into one corner.

The price of each item was around 30,000 beeke, then around 200,000 beeke, and the next group of items was around 2,000,000 beeke.

There are also a few other accessories with completely different price tags, but if we go with this three-tiered structure, then accessories with a price of around 2 million beeke would be the ones with the ability to be classified as ‘medium.'”

“Um, are the expensive ones around here the ones with the ability of ‘medium’?”

“That’s right. We have all three parts and four types of abilities in stock right now.

That’s amazing.

Up until now, I’ve often been treated with contempt because of my appearance, so I’m a little touched by this female clerk’s treatment of me normally.

2 million yen for one piece is like an elementary or junior high school student coming to buy a car.

If I were the saleswoman, I’d probably just think, “Are you here to find the toilet?” but the fact that she’s treating me like a customer is enough to make me want to buy it, so it’s really easy to get me to buy things.

“By the way, the more expensive one in the back―ah, it looks like it’s made of a different material.”

I’ll check it out anyway, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the same.

First of all, the color of the metal is different.

“That’s right. These are equipment accessories for ‘normal’ abilities made of bronze, silver, and gold materials.”

“Is the reason for using high-quality materials to make it easier to succeed in the bestowal?

“That is the main reason. Besides, there are people who enjoy the appearance and differences between people.”

I see.

You can tell the difference just by looking at it, so I guess this is some kind of status symbol.

If you’re rich, you’d probably jump at the chance to buy one.

The normal iron material is about 2 million beeke.

The bronze with a bluish tint is 3.5 million beeke.

The silver with a strong sheen is worth 6 million beeke.

The gold that looks like gold is 11 million beeke.

As I stare at the price tags, which seem to be jumping up and down in an amusing way, I think about my current financial situation, which I don’t really understand.

(I have seven bags of gold coins in my possession, so I think it’s about 6 to 8 million beeke?)

Even though I’ve been earning all my money in cash since I left Malta, I haven’t been hunting in one place for that long.

It was a rough calculation, but I don’t think I have more than 10 million beeke.

I also have three platinum coins, so if I add them up, it should be around 10 million beeke―but those are light and handy for emergencies.

I still don’t know how to exchange them for money, so I probably shouldn’t use them casually.

Besides――

“You only have rings made of these high-quality materials in stock, right?”

“That’s right. This kind of high-quality material is not often used for anything other than rings… Of course, if you want, you can order it with the material included.”

Hmm… I guess that’s the downside of focusing on looks.

It seems that rich people like to wear a lot of rings on their fingers.

If possible, I would prefer a necklace that doesn’t stand out and doesn’t get in the way of hunting.

After that, I considered what I should do while I checked the existence of a personal bestower and the information about the Second District shop.

If the shopkeeper’s explanation is correct, there is a stock of necklaces, and the price is okay, so there is no problem with the iron material.

If you think about Paisa-san’s example, he was able to combine silver and mithril, and he was able to do multiple bestowals of the same type with a level 2 bestowal.

This means that it is almost impossible to achieve multiple bestowals of the same type using only low-grade materials such as silver and gold.

The story would be different if the bestower were of a higher level, but the bestower in charge was of level 2.

There used to be a level 6 bestower in the royal capital, but now even the bestowers with reputations are level 3, so even if you spend a lot of money on a gold ring, there is a high probability that you will end up with only one type of bestower.

Besides, to buy two, I’d have to use a letter of credit in the capital, where there are no decent hunting grounds, and withdraw the guild’s deposit.

Since I only want the very practical Magic Power Auto-Recovery Amount Increase, which is a numerical fluctuation type, there is no benefit to getting my hands on half-baked high-level materials.

However, if there is some hidden information that even this clerk doesn’t know about…

“What is it? Are you okay, Loki-kun?”

Maybe it’s because I was silent for so long in front of the items.

I smile at Felin, who looks worried.

“I’m not sick or anything, so I’m fine. I was just wondering which one was the right one for me.”

“Hmm? Oh, is that the one Rigal was talking about?”

“Hmm? Well, something like that.”

Perhaps because the employee was standing right in front of us, Felin chose to convey her message in a somewhat vague manner.

Still, as the person in question, I could more or less guess what she was talking about.

――Quantification of equipment.

I still remember the shock I felt when Ril told me that the attack power increase value for ‘Micro’ was ‘2’ and ‘3’.

…That’s right.

When I have a level 10, all my current worries will be solved.

How much of a numerical difference is there between ‘medium’ and ‘micro’ or ‘small’?

Which accessory in my current stock of medium abilities has the highest actual ability value?

And, if it’s a high-level material, will the skill increase more than a low-level material?

Depending on the numerical difference, even if you can only hope for the same number of bestowals, there will be a point where it makes sense to go for the higher-level materials.

“Shall I help you?”

Felin’s words made my throat involuntarily dry up.

But…

“…It’s okay. I’ll take two necklaces in order of price, with the bestowal of ‘medium’ attack power increase and the material of iron. No need for bestowal.”

“Two pieces…? Oh, thank you very much!”

I guess she didn’t expect me to suddenly buy two pieces.

I rummaged around in the medium-sized leather bag I had bought earlier.

The clerk, who showed a slightly excited expression as she counted the gold coins, was quite impressive.

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