Chapter 6

It's been two days, 48 hours, 1440 minutes, 86400 fucking seconds! Satoru was truly in a bad mood right now. Not uncontrolled enough for his Emotional Suppression to kick in, but almost enough for his Despair Aura to activate.

The reason for his mood were his customers or, to be more precise, the lack of such customers. He opened to the public 2 days ago.

He knew the importance of appearances and so he tried his best to make his shop have the best external and internal appearances he could come up with.

He added many accessories and decorations. He even asked Randel to write on a blackboard some names of enchantments he offered.

He used his background as a traveller coming from a faraway land to justify his lack of knowledge of the common written language, but he was painfully aware of the fact that he will have to learn how to read and write if he wanted to survive in this world.

Right now, he was about to open his shop. It was the third day and he decided that if no one wanted to come inside, he would be the one to drag them in.

As he thought those words, he saw a lone figure walking through the great square. He was a tall, corpulent man with long dark blond hair, narrow eyes, and a wide nose.

He was wearing steel armor, probably an adventurer. He had seen some of them in the previous days. Some even looked with curiosity at his shop.

Satoru silently approached the adventurer from behind.

"Good morning good sir."

He greeted the adventurer turned toward him. He was a man in his middle twenties.

"Ah, uhm good morning."

He seemed a little bit intimidated by Satoru's appearance. Or was it his size? Maybe both? Casting these thoughts aside, Satoru continued with his plan.

"Are you an adventurer?"

The man replied while nodding.

"Yes, I'm Moknach, a gold ranked adventurer from the gold ranked group Rainbow."

Satoru patted the man's shoulder in a friendly manner.

"I see. I see. A gold ranked adventurer you say? But you don't have even a single piece of enchanted gear with you. This will not do, come this way. Let's see if something catches your eyes."

The magic caster said while escorting the adventurer toward his shop.

"Ah, uhm, sir. I should really-"

The adventurer tried to protest.

"Come on, come on. It will just take a few minutes."

As he said that, he reached the door of his shop.

"Ah truly, it's not a matter of time: It's just… would it really be fine for me to enter such an expensive looking place? Isn't this one of the shops only the nobility should be allowed in? I'm no artist, but even I can see that the signboard alone is a masterpiece. Is it truly ok for me to come inside?"

The adventurer asked in a worried tone. In the meantime, in Satoru's mind, a storm of thoughts was happening. 'AH?! THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! IS THIS THE REASON NO ONE CAME INSIDE IN THE PAST TWO DAYS?! NO! NO! NO! IT CAN'T BE FOR THAT REASON RIGHT?! BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE…' in that moment his Emotional Suppression kicked in and calmed him down.

"I didn't know my shop gave out such an impression, but to answer your question, no. This is no place thought out only for nobles. This shop was created to service adventurers or any other person who was in need of these services and goods; don't be shy, take a look."

With that said, Satoru finally managed to convince the adventurer to enter. The adventurer looked around in wonder and awe at his many items on the shelves.

"Ah, I bet that as a warrior you would be interested in weapons."

Satoru said as he grabbed a sword from one of the higher shelves and gave it to the adventurer to examine. The adventurer looked at the beautiful white sword decorated with carvings on the blade.

"This is a silver sword with the power of fire infused in it. It is the bane of any vampire and is very effective against undead in general. Of course, the fire magic in it is effective on any enemy who doesn't have a natural resistance to said element."

As he explained, the adventurer's eyes widened in shock and his hands began to handle the sword more gently as if he was touching a sacred treasure.

"I see, but surely this sword is immensely valuable, no?"

He asked. Of course, Satoru knew that this was the hardest thing to digest for any customer, the price.

"Oh well that is one of the most expensive weapons I have here. The price for that is 20 gold coins."

As he said that the adventurer's head snapped towards him, Satoru could swear he heard the sound of bones cracking.

"O-Only 20 gold c-coins? For such a magnificent weapon! I am no merchant but I would at least price it 50 coins! I wouldn't be able to afford it right now but surely a platinum rank would easily amass the required sum!"

He said as he gave back the sword to Satoru. The magic caster nodded and put the sword where it previously was displayed, before grabbing another.

"Then, maybe this one? A steel sword infused with ice magic. Not really a great weapon against undead, but surely effective against the living."

The adventurer grabbed the new sword and swung it around a bit to feel how balanced it was.

"This one is 5 gold coins."

The adventurer was once again surprised by the price and seemed conflicted. The blond man looked at his bag.

"I was supposed to buy some potions for our group today…"

He muttered. Satoru's enhanced hearing allowed him to hear his words.

"I see you are interested. Tell me, are you going on a quest today?"

He asked. The adventurer looked at him again before nodding.

"Well then, how about this? You will take the sword and try it out, when you return from your quest, you come back here and tell me if you want to buy it. How does that sound?"

Satoru asked. The adventurer looked at him with his mouth agape, but then a look of what seemed to be suspicion appeared on his face.

"Why, if I may ask, are you doing all of this? The incredibly low prices? The testing periods?"

Satoru raised his right hand and patted the adventurer on his shoulder once more.

"You see, Sir Moknach, I would tell you that I want to expand my business, or that my intention is noble, and I simply wanted to better equip the adventurers, the first line of defence against monsters. All of those would be lies. You see, if there is something I really despise in this world, it is the waste of talent. You surely heard the belief that only one in every 100 adventurers can reach above the gold rank. I believe that to be one of the most foolish statements in the world. I think that many are born with the talent to reach greatness, but they lack the means to do so. Why should someone's talent be wasted because he doesn't have enough money for the items he needs to reach greatness?"

As Satoru spoke, the eyes of the adventurer went wide. Satoru noticed it and continued.

"I want to see the adventurers reach their peak. I want them to be as strong as they can and to see if humanity can once more breech into the level of legends. I want to see if my way can inspire other fields like education. Think about how many talented people we are wasting because the kingdom doesn't give them the possibility to study and improve and instead waste their talent into the fields. I want to set the future of humanity upon the path to greatness!"

Silence descended as he finished speaking 'Ah, didn't it work?' As Satoru began to wonder if he went too far with his speech, he saw a new light shining within the adventurer's eyes.

"To think you had such a goal and I merely thought that you were trying to trick me. I must apologize from the bottom of my heart. May I know your name, sir?"

The adventurer asked bowing his head.

"Ah, I'm Satoru a magic caster from a land far away to the east."

The new merchant said.

"Then, Sir Satoru, allow me to accept your offer. I will put this sword to a good use today and return it tomorrow."

He said as he placed the sword on his belt, next to the one he already possessed.

"Then I wish you good luck on your quest."

"Thank you, I wish you the same with your business, let's meet again tomorrow."

As Moknach said those words, he left the shop.

Satoru stood still for few seconds before bringing a hand to his face 'The hell was that? Did he really get all excited by that speech?

C'mon, I just wanted to sell you some stuff! Well, it's not exactly false that I want to see how far a human of this world can go, but surely it isn't my primary reason and surely, I don't want to change humanity.

The most important thing now is money. If I want to be able to do whatever I want in the future, I will need money!' Well, the good thing was that he got so inspired, he will probably spread the word about his shop.

'Let's see how it goes in the next days.'

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