As Weed and Mapan entered the city of Regus, they decided to go their own way to do their business.
“I’ll stop by the exchange and see if I can purchase loot. Maybe I’ll find something to do. Then after one day I’ll meet you back here.”
Merchants have their own unique quests. Commonly they are called story procurement commissions. How to get some different goods, or requests, or even entrusted to transport particular items.
“Well…”
Weed parted with Mapan and made his first priority to look for a jewelry shop around the busier streets. Of course, this was in order to sell the jewels.
Regus castle, the capital of Keuroin Kingdom was a flourishing city, so it was not difficult to find a jewelry store.
1st and 2nd floor.
The jewellery store ran a business on two floors that were packed with the nobility. Users like to buy gems for items with sockets. If you combine those items with gemstones, special characteristics could emerge.
“What are you interested in buying?”
Weed was greeted by the shop dealer. A woman! The elegant beauty was the NPC of the jewellery store.
“I came here to sell.”
Weed took out the gems from his backpack. The various kinds of gemstones shined brightly. These were the deeply green emeralds, dark blue sapphires and pearls.
“Wow, they’re gems.”
“I think I’ve never seen so many gems.”
It was not very different from the reaction in Tomlin village. After viewing the dealer weighed the jewels and proposed a deal.
“Oh, I think I could give you 2900 gold for this! But wait, you are a famous adventurer and you have a related profession to this business, it would be proper to pay you 3200 gold.”
At the capital he had spent 1,700 gold, which turned in a moment to over 3000 gold. Gemstones from Rosenheim Kingdom bought for a cheap price, were processed and sold as highly expensive jewellery in Keuroin kingdom.
‘So this is a profit of 1500 gold? Considering the traveling time and effort of crafting, I would say this is a huge profit.’
The experience and the money of hunting for one month were given up. There was also the risk of losing the trade goods so the profits weren’t gained for nothing.
At this point, if you were a merchant you would bargain. Depending on your trading skills, you could sell things for a higher price; Weed, however, was not a merchant. So instead he pulled out the harp.
Ttiriring, Ding, ttingtting.
It was a secret weapon to improve impression. A bard, or a harpist, has the power to charm people through a performance. It elicits favor and goodwill, and lowers prices.
At a high level, a bard can earn the love of the masses and be a guest at inns or restaurants for no charge.
“Wow! That guy is playing the harp.”
“He’s decent.”
“It sounds pretty good.”
Weed’s performance was basic, but it was not bad. He deliberately set aside some of his spare time to learn it and added one more thing to his trade since he was the jack of all trades.