DAY 18 NIGHT - OMUI GUILD INTERLUDE: TRADE-IN COUNTER

THE BOY ASKED, "Can I, uh, trade in some F-class spellstones?"

Why was the kid phrasing that as a question? Oh, he's that boy who

intimidated everyone earlier. I had to be as polite as possible.

"You have F-class spellstones, I see. The payment depends on their

size and purity, so we will appraise them and determine their value. Is that

acceptable?"

"Okay? So where should I turn them in?"

"Uh…you can place them on this counter."

Where else did he think they went? This was the trade-in counter,

after all.

"But won't they fall off?" he said.

"Ahem, please try placing them in the middle of the counter. They

won't fall off."

"In the middle?" He looked confused but suddenly grinned. "Aha!

You must have some sort of magical device set up to keep them from

spilling over! Perfect!"

He flipped over his bag and out poured…oh my lord.

The counter was buried under a mountain of spellstones. I had to

work overnight with twenty other guild employees to pick them all up. That

boy is the worst.