Legend

Ray's figure was all over the city of Imperial Capital as the autumn sun fell.

In the past, Maust told me that we couldn't buy anything in the shop selling magic items, so this is the time to take a stroll around the city.

I was also interested in the games taking place in the arena, as a result of following Elk's advice that if you concentrate too much on just one thing, you won't be able to get your eyes on Ning Ro's correct answer.

If it hadn't been for that, I'd probably be watching other games in the arena, or training myself to be stronger.

Most of all, the place I have used as a place to train several times before cannot be used now.

It's also because he's been attacked by assassins twice, but the biggest reason would still be a second raid.

(That hurt that the guards found me. In the end, I couldn't give you much information about the moonlight bow or other guys, and I couldn't use it as a place to train because I sometimes look into that place.)

Think that far, shake your head small and sideways, understanding that your own thoughts are dropping by to fight again.

Ray understands. Focus on one thing...... no, that too much would narrow your horizons and result in a mistake that doesn't go down.

Because I understand that, because I'm taking a stroll around the city, following Elk's advice that today is a day off.

... For the holidays, there are a lot of deviations around looking for practical magic items to use, including combat... I don't even seem to have noticed him at all.

"Quite a lot of people, for what it's worth."

Ray whines when he sees those walking around the city.

Indeed, the number of people is much smaller than when Ray came to the Imperial City. It would be obvious because there is no such thing as not going down the road in a crowd.

But still, the number of people was still higher than the usual guilds.

Most of all, people are gathered from all over the Bestian Empire, so naturally.

(I knew you were right not to bring Seto.... I was pathetic)

If I had taken Seto and walked all over the city, it would have undoubtedly caused an extra commotion.

Is that what scares Seto, the Griffon, or what comes after Ray... I don't know if it's something else altogether.

"Just take it for now... right"

Squirting, stopping looking at the stall that was nearby.

The fragrance of freshly baked fragrant bread stimulated my hunger, because my belly worm insisted on it.

"Oh, there you are. Boy...... no, is that you lady? Well, no. Which one?

Order a sandwich with plenty of cheese and fangboa grilled meats and leafy vegetables from a store owner who is lost for a moment whether Ray wearing a dragon robe hood is a man or a woman without any particular correction.

Instead of eating as a snack, stick to its sandwich, which is voluminous enough to be satisfied even if eaten as a decent meal.

The distinctive slight acidity of black bread is first felt, followed by the flavour of fragrant baked fangboa gravy and intense cheese spread across the mouth. Then plush the dark flavors of fangboa and cheese with the shaky texture of leafy vegetables.

"... delicious"

"That's right. We've been running stores in this capital for years. Besides, don't you have to go to the fight?

It was Ray who for a moment wondered if he had been spotted who he was in the words that came out of the store owner's mouth, but the store owner doesn't show anything particularly unusual.

Therefore, he exhales relieved, perhaps judging himself an officer who came to visit the martial arts tournament.

"I don't have a match today.... I'd like to ask you a little more than that, you know a store that sells magic items?

"Magic item? Oh, my God. You're an adventurer.... but magic item hey. At this time of year, there will be people in the capital. Many people buy magic items and stuff like that because the merchants gather for it. Look, Teito's had a sudden increase in the distribution of magic items in the last few years or so, right?

"... I see"

Precisely as a result of the development of alchemy, more magic items are correct, but the store owner keeps the word going with some ambiguity as to whether he knows it or not.

"You just are. I don't know if we still have it in stock, but there's a store that turns the third corner towards the back of the aisle there and handles a magic item a little further down the road. It's just a store run by a lot of difficult people, so I don't think they'll sell it if they don't like it.... Well, that's why I haven't sold out yet, despite this time of year"

"Heh.... thanks for the info. Then give me another five sandwiches like this."

Not just for information, but purely because it was delicious, Ray bought a sandwich and stored it inside the mysteries before heading to the taught shop.

"Here.... but it looks like a regular shop."

Proceeding as the stall owner told me, eventually there was a shop there.

It is common when it comes to building shops, and it does not appear to be done by someone who has been told it is difficult.

(Although it is usually possible that the building of a store has nothing to do with the character of a merchant)

It would be more rare for things to happen, like Ning Lo last time I was introduced to Maust, where people would fly through from the inside the moment I tried to open the door.

That's how I open the door and go inside the store.

"Heh."

Unexpectedly grumbling Ray.

Because it was cool in the store.

Just selling magic items, and the cooling magic items that Ray has benefited from so many times in the inn have been moving in the store.

Although it may be natural to assume that it is a store selling magic items, Ray speaks out in surprise because he has hardly ever seen anything used before.

Looking around at the same time, what's there are countless tools that can seem like tons of crap.

For a moment I also thought this was all a magic item Ray, but soon I realize that it's just a tool of no value, or something like a well done artifact.

"... who is it?

Turn your gaze towards the voice you hear from the stack of artifacts in the back of the store.

Then the old man, whose head is bald but whose hips are not bent at all, shows up in a crisp motion.

I have a cane in my hand, but the speed and attitude at which I walk is not something I can never walk without a cane.

(Probably some kind of magic item)

Ray opens his mouth to the old man when he decides that it must be a magic item with some special effect, not in the sense of a magic activator.

"When I was dealing with magic items here, the owner of the stall where I was selling sandwiches told me... I'd like to show you a little"

To the words, the old man turns his gaze to Giroli and Ray...... but in the next moment he opens his eyes wide.

"Lord, that robe..."

Little surprise Ray at the words out of the old man's mouth.

When I went to a store that sold magic items before, I was spotted in a dragon robe. But I didn't think they'd see it through here the same way.

(Wouldn't the cover-up be diminishing, would it?

While I don't think that's exactly the case, I won't be able to help but doubt it.

After carefully observing the dragon robe, the old man exhales and opens his teasing mouth.

"Lord, what can I do for you at Non's while you have so many magic items? Compared to that robe the Lord wears, there's nothing here but magic items that don't even go under your feet."

"I know. Sure, because this dragon robe is special in many ways. However, I have a hobby of collecting practical magic items. So I came here..."

To the words out of Ray's mouth...... the old man opens his eyes small, especially against the practical part.

This old man is from a clan that has run a magic item store in this capital from generations like his old grandfather, or great-grandfather.

However, in the past decade or so, alchemy has developed all at once in Teito, with the result that a large number of magic items have also been set to appear in the last few years.

Of course that's fine. Because I don't think I'm the only one who has to sell magic items.

However, more and more people were treating magic items as if they were works of art as a result of the development of alchemy, and that was very uninteresting for the old man. You can say it's against doctrine.

As a result, they had seldom sold magic items to nobles, and had become said to be bigoted personalities.

Appearing before such an old man was Ray craving a practical magic item.

In this case, I would say that the old man and Ray's tastes coincided beautifully.

"... I see. Wait a minute. Let me show you some interesting magic items I got a while back."

That's what I told him, an old man leaving for the back of the store.

Ray drops that back off with anticipation and looks around the store again.

(Even when it comes to artifacts, I think they have a pretty high level product.)

For example, Halvard, which is placed unwrought near the entrance.

It may not be a magic item for sure, but it looks more than enough for me to see it as a normal weapon. Low-ranked adventurers around here can't help it.

(Oh, if you leave that unmade, shouldn't you worry about getting stolen or something?

Thinking that way, the old man eventually came back from behind the store.

In that hand is the arrow barrel.

Definitely a magic item from what the old man said and did, but still a less meaningful substitute for Ray, who doesn't even use a bow.

But the old man doesn't even notice how Ray looks like that... or even if he does, he intentionally ignores it, putting an arrow in his hand on a nearby table.

"This arrow cylinder has the ability to use the user's magic to produce arrows"

"... what?

Ray tried to say no to the old man, but there was something very interesting about the explanation that came out of his mouth.

I ask him back unexpectedly.

The look on that Ray's face must have been extra interesting. The old man continues to explain with a nibbling grin, like doing it.

"I mean, if we had this arrow, we wouldn't be running out of arrows, which is also our biggest drawback in using bows."

"If that's true, it's certainly an awesome magic item. You're a coveted archer."

"Mm-hmm. But naturally, you can't use that much performance without any constraints. There are several drawbacks."

"... I guess. Otherwise, anything is too improbable."

An arrow barrel that can produce arrows forever. That, I would say, is a magic item to the point where you shoulder to shoulder with the dragon robe Ray is wearing.

But it was the faults in the old man's mouth that kept him from doing so.

"First, an arrow can be created by magic, but the arrow itself automatically extinguishes in about a few minutes. In addition, only those who produce arrows can use them, except when they are forming arrows by magic. If the Lord had created an arrow and given it to someone else, it would have disappeared in seconds."

"... Also, it's a subtlety in many ways, whether it's hard to use or easy to use"

The function of being able to produce arrows inexhaustibly is tremendously appealing, but the fact that you can only use it yourself is not user-friendly by the time it is fatal.

If this means I can make other people use arrows, I could still use them as Ray...

"Look, you may not understand, but I'm not using a bow. Sure, this magic item would be an ideal substitute for bow users..."

Tell them that much, and if they have magic items like this, come to think of it, and open their mouths.

"Is there no such thing as magically creating something other than an arrow...

"Hmm, what exactly?

"A spear."

"... Lord, have you listened to Non? Anything created with magic will disappear in minutes. So if you're building a spear and you're no longer in the process of using it in combat, you're just putting yourself in a crisis, right?

What the old man is saying will be extremely natural. But that's only happening if you're trying to use a spear as a normal weapon.

"Don't worry... it's a little strange to say that I use spears as weapons for throwing."

"... throwing spears, huh? With that little body? No, isn't it surprising, given the Lord's strength in arms"

In that word, Ray learns that the old man in front of him understands himself as a deep red.

Is it because of the wealth of life experience that you still don't show any particular change?

"Right...... um, okay. I don't know if you have such a magic item, but let's look a little further here. Hopefully we'll be back in a few days or so."

Probably not a guess. But Ray bows his head in gratitude to the old man for still looking for him.

"I won't thread gold until some point, so find me if you can"

That's all I told him, so the old man could rush me out of the store.