You already bought this item!
This is the unique item that was specially made just for you in this entire continent!
Forget about your life until now. You will be reborn as soon as you hold this bag.
Let’s see how well you’ll be off without buying this bag!
This motivation that will drive my sweet talk!
Weed’s thoughts were reflected by his actions and words, so the Mermaids had no choice but to grab the bags.
Addressing the young Mermaids, he spoke as sweetly as he could.
“Hey, you girls can cry, right?”
-Well, we don’t cry often, but only sometimes.
“Collect some of your tears for me. Then I’ll let you have the bags.”
-We understand.
Mermaid’s Tears was a rare item.
Letting them Crystallize will transform them into pearls and after craftsmanship, there won’t be anything that could be compared with it.
They were truly the treasures of the sea that would yield high Fame and Trade stats when sold on the mainland!
He even told the young Mermaids some tales, like a friendly uncle.
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Once upon a time, there lived a prince in a kingdom called Nephyllos.
Tall, handsome and good-mannered as he was, all the women in that kingdom couldn’t help but fall in love with him.
Those ladies were satisfied by simply watching the prince whenever he walked around the towns.
Because they could literally see their prince shining thanks to the smart clothes he wore.
A lady who sold apples at the market, Helen, also loved the prince.
She was an innocent lady, whose smiles were quite cute.
However, she wasn’t able to let those feelings come out.
Because it was her job to do everything, from making a living to housework under her foster mother, as her mother had recently passed away from a disease.
She would often wake up to pluck apples at early dawn, and she wasn’t able to return home until late at night that too only after she finished selling all the apples.
While snacking on disfigured and unripe apples that couldn’t be sold, she had to sell the good apples.
“Fresh apples. Selling ripe apples.”
The apples that Helen sold were as sweet as honey, as they reflected her heart.
Even the spirits of the forest blessed the apples she picked.
And when Helen’s apples became popular and more people wanted to buy them, she had to wake up even earlier to pluck the apples.
Even the prince who was walking by at that time, visited the apple store.
“Young miss, you have to pay your taxes regul…. no, I came here after hearing great praise about the delicious apples that you sell.”
So Helen wiped a well ripe red apple with a tea-towel, and gave it to the prince.
After eating the apple in a satisfied manner, he said this.
“I will be holding… a ball, this Saturday. However, as I have not yet decided on my partner, may I invite you to join me?”
The prince tried to pick her up… no, he asked her for a date.
Helen didn’t know what to do, so she replied.
“I’m sorry, but I have some things to do, so I don’t have any time.”
Because the girl had stepsisters and a foster mother who despised her.
The prince spoke again.
“But you won’t have to work on that day. Everyone will be resting as it is His Majesty, the
King’s birthday. Who is making you work so hard?”
Not only was the prince handsome, he was wise as well. Helen’s background was quite famous throughout the kingdom, so the prince was well aware of her situation.
“No one should be able to order you to work, Since they can’t ignore me as I am the Prince.”
Her foster mother and the stepsisters became as pale as ghosts. They wouldn’t dare to keep
Helen at bay and ignore the prince’s warning.
Eventually, Helen was allowed to attend the ball, and the promised date of
Saturday came.
The prince liked this gentle lady, and Helen was sure she could live happily with the prince.
But unfortunately, Helen wasn’t able to attend the ball.
Just because she didn’t have a good bag to bring to the ball.
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A third-rate story that he made up on the spot!
The young Mermaids that reached the peak of their emotions started to weep.
-Whaaaaa.
-Sniff.
Weed diligently gathered the tears that fell onto the deck in a bottle.
In exchange for the tears, Weed’s clothes, bags and accessories sold like pancakes.
Excluding the things he could sell normally, he was able to rip off a profit of at least over 35000 Gold!
The antiques received from the Mermaids could only be truly valued on the mainland.
The rusty swords that couldn’t even be drawn were worthless, but they could be melted down to create other weapons.
Mermaids’ handiwork or their accessories could fetch a high price on the mainland.
The 35000 Gold was the lowest estimated profit, so his profit for the day was an astronomical one.
-Thank you. I’ll use it well.
“Come back whenever you want.”
-I’ll be back tomorrow.
“I’ll have a lot of new products waiting for you then.”
Dressed in leather clothes, hats and holding bags, they jumped into the sea.
Players often envied rich Mermaids, but were unable to attack them.
According to the legends on the Versailles Continent, Mermaids were the children of the God of the Sea, and friends of Sea Dragons. So hunting them would bring divine retribution on the hunters. Also, as they had authority over marine animals, angering them would bring headaches.
But on the contrary, Weed received their thanks.
This was because Weed stayed true to his principles of ripping off the customers while satisfying them at the same time.
“Mermaids are also women, so they should like shoes, but what a shame. I could have sold new heels for a really expensive price…. I know, I’ll make some webbed feet and sell that!”
Weed was busy trying to corrupt these innocent Mermaids.
Whether on land or at sea, people were victimized wherever Weed passed by!
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Navigating back to the Northern part of the continent, where Morata was placed, was faster than the trip to the Jigolaths, with the help from the winds and the sea current.
The mysterious sunrise and sunset of the sea, and a distant singing voice that could be heard.
A sea journey is great for creating those special memories and romance.
Hwaryeong and the other members were enjoying the rare ship cruise by sunbathing or looking at the view.
Yellowy was also resting on the warm deck, lying down on its stomach.
Mooooooo!
They were taking a break while eating some hot octopus chowder.
The bull normally wasn’t able to eat such delicacy, but all of that would be deducted from his pay!
Yellowy closed his eyes and rested comfortably.
He had worked hard in Jigolaths, so it was now time for him to rest.
On their trip back to Morata, Weed’s party and the Living Sculptures had boarded on three different ships.
But then, there was a large island-like fish that was continuously following behind them.
It was a palm-sized Living Sculpture when they left the Jigolaths, but after diving into the sea, it suddenly grew in size as it consumed coral reefs and other fish.
Its scales sparkled along with the sunlight and the seawater.
Judging by appearance alone, it seemed to possess gigantic strength!
Due to the Wyverns’ weight, they were perched on top of the Living Sculpture and followed behind them.
The Wyvern with stretched out eyes, Wy-Seven, slipped off the scales and fell into the sea with a splash. It then resurfaced.
Even Surka, who loved water, jumped on top of the fish to enjoy the sea, despite being acrophobic.
“What’s your name?”
The fish sank slightly below the surface, then resurfaced saying this.
“Turtle.”
“Your name is Turtle? But you don’t have a shell and you don’t look like a turtle.”
“Turtle, Turtle.”
The turtle Living Sculpture named itself to be Turtle.
This was one of the few existing masterpieces in the Jigolaths by Latcherry, who had only sculptured extinct creatures all his life.
This creature’s original name was Maleins Airnoto Turtle!
It was a Gigantic turtle that lived in the deep sea, and when matured, a shell would form in areas apart from its head and tail.
There were a lot of extinct and rare lifeforms that were given life in the Jigolaths, as well as handsome and artistic-looking ones.
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Weed was sewing buttons on the clothes of the dolls. He was attaching doll eyes and this job was a very sensitive task to do!
He was sick and tired of doing it, but he couldn’t make a single mistake when sewing buttons or eyes onto the doll.
“I should grind down shells for the buttons. The product value should rise if I sew different colored shells on it. There obviously won’t be any material fee, and they’ll sell well as they’ll have some uniqueness to them.”
Weed believed business was all about cutting down the production fee and ripping off customers!
He also checked some old maps that he received from the Mermaids.
“Identify!”
• Map of Somewhere in the Sea of Planetis
• Durability: 3/10
• A map with illegible records
• Created based on astronomical positions, wind and sea currents.
• Treasure Grade: D
“A treasure map, huh?”