Rebuild World
137 Resale of relics
I'm looking at Kolbe like Levin and Hazawa said something. Corbe notices it tells Cheryl.
"May I ask you to step away for a moment? Look, we have a budget, too."
"I'm scared. Call me if you need anything."
Cheryl meets lightly and walks away from the Corbes. Then Levin and Hazawa come to Kolbe's side (buckwheat).
Levin asks Corbe with a complicated look.
"Hey, your strategy is to resell artifacts? Buy the artifacts here and sell them off at a high price elsewhere. Is that what you're saying?
"Don't be abusive. You're a long hunter, too. It's not like you're an amateur."
Levin speaks anxiously dissatisfied.
"That being said, I don't even have that in mind, do I? I don't know where to resell it. First, the artifacts obtained are contracted to be sold off at the Katsuragi store. I can just buy a snail and slap it."
Corbe answers with an extra grin.
"Don't worry. I'm thinking about that. The relics constrained by your contract with the cuttlefish are the relics you have acquired in the relics of the Old World. Artifacts bought at this store are not covered."
"Oh, really?
"Oh. The hunter's office jurisprudence is also out. It's okay. And I know you don't have any money. So you buy cheap artifacts like they're sold for discards. Don't target mechanical or technical artifacts like the Hunter's Office shopping office buys first. Toys (Cancer Gu), entertainment, artwork. Aim for artifacts that are likely to have a value different from the value of those old world technologies. Relics of this kind vary greatly in price due to fashion (again). And surprisingly, there's a lot of excavations. Even seemingly frivolous artifacts that seem to be sold at about 100 orum can sometimes come with a value of a million orum if you let an expert appraise them. Aim. Well, think of it as a little gambling. Luck is involved, but if you're sure about your artifact, I think it's a good bet. It depends on your ability to run a hunter."
"... gambling to keep your knowledge of hunter operations alive"
"And if you're sure of my information, this store just recently opened. It is also possible that we are now offering more discounts than usual for regular wins. It is also possible that the inexperience of the clerk makes the pricing of the artifact appropriate. It is also possible that there is a mixture of items that are intentionally cheaper knowing their original value in order to advertise that this store has excavations. Must be a bet, but expectations shouldn't be bad now."
I say as Hazawa was convinced that he was listening next to Levine.
"I see. If you do well, isn't it your dream to pay off Levin's debt in bulk?"
When I heard about Hazawa, Levin started staring at the artifacts that were arranged with a serious look on his face. Talk with a bitter smile when Corbe sees how it goes.
"Well, I paid the entrance fee to get in. Buy at least one because it's a cheap one. I'm not gonna talk about it without any artifacts to sell off at the reseller we're heading to after this."
"Oh. Okay."
Levin replied without turning his face to the Corbes with a serious voice. The gaze remains on the artifact arranged on the white sheet and its price. I'm desperate.
When Kolbe and Hazawa looked at each other and laughed bitterly, they joined in the hunting of the relic.
Corbe and the others finished picking out the artifacts to buy. Its total cost is about a million aurum, the majority of which is for Corbe's share. Levine had chosen a total of about 100,000 aurum of artifacts.
Hazawa chose a pair of cards. The trump is an unopened piece in a tightly sealed case, almost intact even though it was manufactured in the Old World Era. 10,000 Aurum at instant price. Though a relic of the old world, it's quite a strong pricing.
I can feel free to go home with my bare hands, but that's why I don't want to spend any extra money. But it's also ridiculous that the purchase falls below the admission fee. Hazawa wouldn't have been willing to buy this tramp either had it not been for such an insider.
Corbe asks Cheryl.
"Do you have a choice of payment methods? I'd like to pay with a hunter's card, if possible."
Cheryl answers with a loving smile.
"We also support payments with hunter certificates. It also supports cash, general cards, transfers, etc., but is it appropriate to pay with a hunter's card?
"Oh."
"I'm scared. Then I'll keep your hunter's card."
Corbe gives Cheryl a hunter's card. Upon receipt of the Hunter Certificate, Cheryl reads Corbe's Hunter Certificate at the terminal corresponding to the payment made with the Hunter Certificate. When the terminal was operated to complete the payment process, the Hunter Certificate was carefully returned to Corbe.
Corbe manipulates his information device to verify payment details from his account information. I laughed lightly making sure there was no problem with its content and making sure I got the information I wanted, but I immediately returned my expression.
I finished shopping. Corbe and the others are dropped off by Cheryl and out of the room. Outside the room, Tiol waits and leads us straight to the back door of the building. Just outside the building, Tiol asks the Corbe and the others.
"Let me ask you something, do you need a lift to the surface?
Corbe answers.
"No, I'm fine.... No, I knew I'd rely on it. Send me."
"Okay."
Corbe and the others walk with Tiol to the front street. Ask Kolbe as Hazawa wonders.
"Don't you have to send me something else? Though in the alley of Slam Street, there will be no one to attack a threesome of hunters in a place like this"
"That's good. Let's be sweet for good intentions. It would be tough to get lost in a place like this. Anyway, there's a building around here where two of the three hunters hesitate to get in."
When Corbe talks like that a little bit, Hazawa answers like he misdemonizes.
"Yes, no, that's just a precaution. I'm cautious about that."
"I was a little cautious, too. That would be good, wouldn't it?
"... still, well, yeah"
Corbe was chatting and exploring what was going on around him. The gaze of those around you who see Corbe and Tiol. Tiol's attitude in that gaze. Evaluation of Cheryl and the others in the vicinity derived from it. It's all useful information.
At least those around them don't insult Tiol and Cheryl and the others as just children. Those who turn their gaze of contempt also included jealousy and vigilance there. It is proof that Cheryl and the others retain the power to be jealous.
Corbe and the others broke up with Tiol just as they came to the front street. When he is satisfied that Corbe has obtained useful information, he asks Corbe while suppressing Levin's feelings of yi (haya).
"So, what are we gonna do after this? We also have the means to replace this artifact with gold, don't we?
"Oh. I have a convenient store to redeem that hand. A black and silver shop."
Hearing Kolbe's reply, Levin and Hazawa gave him a surprising look.
A black and silver shop is a buyer of relics from the old world that are widely deployed in various cities in the east. The black and silver shop also operates as a pawn shop and is famous for its golden hunters bringing various artifacts to collateral. The appraisal eye for a wide variety of Old World artifacts is also high, as is the appreciation from individuals and companies seeking certain Old World artifacts.
Hunter's office shopping centers basically tend to collect artifacts that are needed by eastern companies to analyze the technology of the old world. For this reason, even if the hunter brings the art of the old world to the hunter's office boutique, it is the material itself, not the artistry of the artifact, that the expert of the boutique attaches importance to.
Even when we bring in handkerchiefs of extremely artistic designs created with nanomaterials that are nowadays difficult to generate, the purchase is an amount for the value of the material, and there is basically no amount attached to its artistry.
Meanwhile, appraisers of black and silver stores judge relics of the old world simply by the evaluation and demand of individuals and populations who want it. If a collector's millionaire wants a large sum of money, even if it's a relic of the old world that only seems frightening at first glance, it's going to put a high price on account of the demand.
Hazawa asks Kolbe for his concerns.
"... a black and silver shop? I have certainly heard that the black and silver store has a first-rate eye. But the appraisal fee for the relics is also expensive. Bringing artifacts to a black and silver store doesn't cost you a leg on the appraisal fee and vice versa?
Black and silver stores are not commercially attracted to hunters targeting a thousand pieces of gold and appraising them only (just). Black and silver stores set high appraisal fees to prevent it. If the purchase amount is offset by an appraisal fee, and you're the only one to hand over the artifact (just), you may even fall into the position of paying a shortfall in the appraisal fee for the citation that was taken.
Corbe laughs invincibly and answers.
"Don't worry. I also have measures for that hand. At worst, it can be offset with an appraisal fee. Let's go."
Corbe took Levin and Hazawa, who looked uninterrupted, to the black silver shop.
The lower sections of the Kugamayama city are as secure and land expensive as they are close to the fence. The black and silver store had opened a store where it came into contact with its walls. It is a location where the size of the company in the black and silver shop can be seen.
Corbe and the others arrive at the black and silver store to begin the process of buying the artifact. Kolbe took out some of the relics of the old world that he had just obtained, and Levine and Hazawa went out to buy everything.
Corbe tells the black silver store clerk how to buy artifacts.
"Ask for an appraisal as Viola's proxy. The appraisal time is the shortest and the buying assumption. Please pay in cash. Make each of the three of you separate accounts."
"I'm scared. Please allow about three hours for the appraisal of the relics you have deposited. As soon as the appraisal has been completed, we will contact Master Corbe here. This will be your deposit card. If it is lost, it will interfere with the post-appraisal process and, in the worst case scenario, there is a risk that you will not be able to give us the relics you have deposited with us or the cost of your purchase. Be very careful."
That's what the clerk at the black and silver store said and gave Corbe his deposit card. Depository cards are thin cards and incorporate advanced technology to prevent duplication or alteration (or alteration), both electronically and physically.
Levin asks Corbe.
"I was on Viola's behalf asking for an appraisal, but who's Viola?
"A little acquaintance. Viola is a member of the Black Silver Store, and I heard she has extra free appraisal usage this month, so, hey, well, that's the thing. That's why I asked for cash. If you ask for a wire transfer, it will be transferred to Viola's account."
"... well, only (just) a high appraisal fee. I'm not saying anything."
The clerk at the black and silver store didn't say anything in particular either. I suppose there is an implicit understanding, even if it is strictly a violation of the terms. Levin is also in debt. If it's a means of paying off that debt, I'm not willing to point it out one thing at a time.
Corbe and the others left the black and silver store to discuss how to crush the wait.
Cheryl was back in his room with Akira after Corbe and the others left the room for the sale of relics.
Cheryl starts dressing back in her room. Wear this clothing only when serving customers. Otherwise, wear another clothes. Be very careful not to get used to wearing these clothes and inadvertently get dirty. Remember that it is very expensive clothing. That's what Cheryl had decided.
Cheryl carefully takes off one piece of clothes at a time. You don't need to get dressed in a hurry. Take it off slowly to avoid damaging your clothes. I stopped my hand with my clothes off until I was on my way to see how Akira was doing.
There are no partitions for changing clothes in Cheryl's own room, etc., so Akira, who is in the same room with him, can see how Cheryl is dressed. Akira was sitting on the couch in the room and operating an information terminal.
Cheryl calls on Akira.
"Akira."
"What?"
Akira moved her gaze from the information terminal to Cheryl. Akira keeps a good eye on Cheryl, a little glossy, with her clothes slightly open while she is dressed.
Cheryl checks on Akira. I turned my face because they called me. I couldn't read any more emotions from Akira.
Cheryl speaks to Akira with a sniffle (sighs) in her heart.
"... it would be very helpful if Akira could help us for a while. Thank you. I'll sit down. So, how long will Akira be with us?
"I'm going to stay in the city until the rewards for my work at the Mihazono City site have been transferred and I've done a lot of things with that reward. Until that's over. I don't know exactly how many days it's gonna be, but it's not gonna take a month or anything like that."
"Okay."
Cheryl keeps changing. Akira returned her gaze to the information terminal.
Cheryl finishes taking off her clothes and tries to take out her regular clothes by dancing (stamping) her customer service clothes in her closet in her underwear.
Cheryl's everyday clothes these days were chosen by Akira at Kashare's. It is a good item for the price and it is a garment that enhances Cheryl's beauty. It was Alpha who actually chose the clothes, but Cheryl cherished them because she thought they were the ones Akira chose.
Cheryl took her clothes and stopped her hand there again. Cheryl calls Akira again.
"Akira."
"What?"
Akira moved her gaze from the information terminal to Cheryl again. Akira holds the beautiful girl in her adjustable, attractive body shape underwear firmly in sight.
Cheryl checked again to see how Akira looked like herself, but the results were the same as earlier. Akira is not as interested in what Cheryl looks like.
Cheryl tells Akira as she smiles (cheeks), taking care not to put her inner dissatisfaction on the table, when she exhales with a louder bubble (sighs) inside earlier.
"... the sale of an earlier artifact, should I transfer it immediately to Akira's account?
"No, I'm not in a hurry. Later, when you can afford it."
"But Akira needs a lot of money too, doesn't she? I hear hunters spend a lot more on ammunition etc. Do you like it?
"I'm fine. I still have spare ammunition at home, and as I was saying, the rewards for my previous job are due to be transferred soon. After the artifact has been sold to some extent, you should send me information about the artifact sale together with a wire transfer. Besides, I might pay Cheryl to ask for something. Then you'll have to deduct the money from my payment."
"Okay."
Cheryl keeps changing again. Akira returned her gaze to the information terminal again.
Cheryl was showing Akira who she was intentionally dressing. I expected Akira to show some interest in that figure, but unfortunately it ended up with unexpected results.
Cheryl is taking a bath with Akira once. Even then, Akira was immersed in the hot tub without even caring if she saw Cheryl naked. Based on the attitude at that time, it can also be said that it is difficult to imagine Akira changing her attitude to the extent that she was in the process of dressing or showing her underwear. Cheryl understands that, too, but still it was inevitable to be slightly discouraged.
Cheryl continues to change her clothes, exhaling lightly.
(... I wonder if I'm not as attractive as I think. As far as judging by the attitude of all the inmates, I'm supposed to look quite inviting...... I wonder if my appearance is of a high standard by Slam Street standards. But Akira also lived in Slam Street until recently, and I wonder if that kind of aesthetic standard is something that changes quickly. Plus I should have been pretty good with the hunters earlier. I don't know......)
Cheryl is Akira's lover on the face. That assures me of many things. Seat of the inmate boss. The safety of the entire prison party. Deal with the cuttlefish and the sissies. It all presupposes a powerful force called Akira.
Cheryl would be more at ease if she really was Akira's lover. But Cheryl is not Akira's lover. Exquisitely, friend, stop. Maybe to a lesser extent an acquaintance with a slight edge. The guarantee that Akira's distractions will continue is too fine.
Cheryl doesn't have the confidence to live without Akira anymore. At that time, he asked Akira for help, and since Akira responded to it, he has lived in Akira in circumstances, spirit, and position.
If Akira asks for Cheryl's body, Cheryl would happily offer Akira her body. I would be happy with what I was asked for and relieved (mostly) that there is something I can offer. Expect Akira's distractions to continue while she is being asked to.
But as for Cheryl, unfortunately, Akira doesn't seem interested in Cheryl's body. Cheryl has used her body as a material for trading in the past to ask Akira for help. Even then, Akira only considered Cheryl's body to the extent of her time spent eating and killing by monsters, and she didn't even think about shards (pieces) of what to do with Cheryl sexually.
Akira is all kinds of distorted. Cheryl knows that. But I also think we've been able to get along a little since almost the first time we met.
If you ask me if I like Akira, I do. If you ask me if I love you, I love you. But more than that, on the assumption that Cheryl was with Akira, Before feelings of favor or romance, there are feelings close to dependence or blind faith. Cheryl was aware of it. Including what I can't do anymore on my own. Cheryl had a lot of distortions at Cheryl.
Only for getting intimate, Akira might have become a little interested in her own body, too. That's what Cheryl had in mind, but as far as Akira's attitude is concerned, she doesn't seem interested in Cheryl's body at all so far.
(... Well, you must be getting out of the bait for buying time. Akira gave me clothes and underwear, and I should be moving forward. Calm down and get to know each other a little better)
Cheryl sat right next to Akira when she finished dressing. Akira glanced at Cheryl, who sat next to her, and glanced back at the information terminal again without showing how she cared in particular. Even as Cheryl leans on Akira, Akira continues to turn her awareness to the information terminal without complaining to Cheryl.
Cheryl leans on Akira and thinks while she is watching Akira.
(Whether you sit next to Akira or lean on Akira, you won't be made into an evil person. Keep me close to my natural state of being on Akira's side. … it was too much to cross (again) into Akira sitting on a boulder and hug her from the front. You lacked a lot of peace, too)
Cheryl laughed a little bitterly in a somewhat good mood, reflecting on her past deeds.
Corbe and the others were about to receive the price for the appraised artifact at the black and silver store.
A black and silver store clerk tells Corbe and the others about the appraisal results of the artifacts they brought in.
"We wanted separate accounting, so we will deal with each one individually. Let me now begin with Master Corbe. Dear Corbe, As a result of the appraisal, unfortunately we did not include the items to which we would add value. The appraisal fee will be free. How would you like to receive the items you have left with us? You can also dispose of it in our store, will you take it home?
"No, dispose of it that way"
"I'm scared. We will dispose of it. Next, Master Levin"
Levin looks at the clerk with anticipation when his name is called. The clerk is used to being seen with the same kind of eyes, so he doesn't care to keep talking.
"The results of the appraisal have been offset by an appraisal fee and assessed at 10,000 aurum. Please accept."
The clerk puts 10,000 orum in the tray and puts it out in front of Levine. When Levin saw it, he felt powerless. Encourage Levine as Corbe smiles bitterly.
"Well, that happens."
Levin grabbed the money on the tray silently.
When the clerk returns the tray, he goes on to talk.
"Finally, Master Hazawa"
Hazawa, who saw the tragedy of Levine, was waiting for results without expecting otherwise. But I'm stunned to hear the clerk's next words.
"The results of the appraisal have been offset by an appraisal fee and assessed at 1.5 million aurum. Please accept."
The clerk puts out the tray again before the Corbe and the others, who are amazed and hardened. On top of the tray is 1.5 million aurums, with a bunch of band-wrapped bills on it for sure. The black and silver store valued the cards bought by Hazawa at 10,000 aurum at 1.5 million aurum. Adding the offset appraisal fee would have put more value on just one pair of cards.
Kolbe says quite jealously to Hazawa.
"Isn't that a big win? Don't do it. By what criteria did you choose an artifact? Was it something to come for?
Hazawa answers with agitation.
"... Hey, no, I just picked the right one"
"I mean, were you just lucky?...... good! It's your day! Decisions!"
Kolbe tries to push off Hazawa with a smile. Answer in a good mood with such attitudes as Hazawa being a jerk.
"I get it. It's the result of your strategy."
"Good! Levin. Let's have a drink today.... Levin?
Levine continued to solidify into the excess shock. As Corbe shook Levin's shoulder, Levin slowly returned to me.
Levin returns it to me and stops at the black silver store clerk.
"Hey, why does that even do 1.5 million aurums!? It must be cards!?
If a value of 1.5 million orum is to be attached to such a thing, the artifacts you bring in should also be good for a high price. Levin had been driven by the thought over not recovering from the upset and confusion, roughing up his voice to cram into the clerk for a reason to convince himself.
The clerk at the black and silver store was used to dealing with customers like the commercial pattern Levin. Answer calmly.
"We will sit with the results of our trusted appraisal. Our appraisers refine daily (to) correctly and highly appreciate the value of the artifacts you bring in. I was wondering if that effort had borne fruit. If Levin wants more information about the appraisal details, he will receive a separate information fee due to the consent of Hazawa, who brought in the relevant artifact, and the provision of appraisal knowledge from our store. How would you like it?
Seeing Hazawa as Levin does. Hazawa exhales and asks the clerk.
"I don't mind agreeing, but how much for information?
"It will be 300,000 aurum for three people. Please note that the information will be provided orally by the person in charge. You are also advised not to record the content or resubmit the information to third parties. If we determine that you are intentionally spreading the information we have provided, we will have to respond accordingly. Beware."
Hazawa tells Levin.
"I'll give you my consent, but you can pay for the information yourself, okay? Hey, hey, hey.
"Well, do something about it"
"No. Even I need money. Pay your share yourself. Corbe, you too. I only pay my share."
Levin tries to convince Hazawa.
"... No, you know, I got, like, a hand, right?
"No."
Hazawa doesn't seem that sweet either.
Corbe smiles invincibly at Levine.
"If you don't have a hand, I'll replace it. I'll add it to your debt. Now with a hundred thousand aurums more, it wouldn't make a big difference, would it? So, what do we do?
"............ ok. Please."
Levin accepted the proposal to Corbe after being very troubled. Levine's debt is set to increase a little again.