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After the ‘discussion’ with Goji, Ryu returned to the Adventurers’ Guild. After returning to the Adventurers’ Guild, Ryu took over Goji’s business and headed for the purchase counter.
Inside the purchase counter is Roche. He was a familiar face to Ryu and one of the guild employees who had been kind to him.
As a new adventurer, he sometimes mistakenly brought medicinal herbs and poisonous herbs together, but Roche carefully taught him how to distinguish between them. Even after that, he didn’t discriminate against Ryu, who only brought medicinal herbs, and treated him like any other adventurer.
Roche looked apologetic and was about to say something to Ryu when he came to the counter, but Ryu held up his hand to stop him.
Ryu [I know, I know, I was prohibited to buy materials.]
Roche [Yeah, I’m sorry. I did protest to the master, though. I’ll try again later…….”
Ryu [Don’t say anything. I won’t make your position worse because of me. I just wish….”
Roche [?]
[Ryu [I don’t have to buy it, but could you just give me an appraisal? I don’t know the market price.
I’d appreciate it if you could even dismantle it if possible……of course, I’ll pay the fee for dismantling.”
Roche [Ryu……I’ve heard things about you, but you’ve changed. No, it’s a good thing ! Yeah, if it’s just an appraisal, it’s fine ! The only thing that was prohibited was ‘purchasing’. Where’s the material?]
Ryu [The material is too big to put out on the counter.]
Roche [Really? Then come to the warehouse in the back.]
Ryu went to the back warehouse and put out one of the dead crawling dragon corpses that had been stored in the subspace on the floor.
Roche, who saw it, exclaimed in surprise.
[Oooh? A storage magic tool……? No, the ‘storage magic’?!]
Roche was surprised, but his attention was diverted by the material that was being offered to him.
[Is this….. a dragon?!?!?!?!]
Roche’s mouth dropped open and he froze.
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The Adventurers’ Guild was in an uproar that day.
There had already been talk within the guild that Ryuujin had claimed to have slain a dragon in the dungeon, but most of the staff thought it was just a tall tale.
However, once they saw the actual thing, they had no choice but to believe it.
Many of the staff who did not see it in person still did not believe it, but there were many who helped in the appraisal and dismantling process. They testified that the dragon was real.
In other words, Ryu’s claim that he had slain the dragon was true.
It is not every day that dragon material is brought into the city. The Adventurers’ Guild in this town had no record of any such a thing since it was established.
If this were true, the guild would have been willing to purchase the valuable material at any cost.
As a dragon, it is a low-grade species. (Strictly speaking, the Craw Dragon is not a dragon species, but a lizard species. Its official name is Mimrud the Great Lizard Dragon.) However, even if it is a lizard, the purchase price can be several hundred G. If the whole body is intact, the price can be thousands to tens of thousands of G. If they are auctioned off, the price could be ten to a hundred times that amount.
(*1G = 10,000 yen).
However, no purchase can be made by Ryu. It was the guild master’s order.
They had no choice but to confirm the appraisal value, store all the dismantled materials in subspace, and watch Ryu leave the guild. Later that evening, Guild Master Daniel finally heard the staff’s gossip and flew to the purchase counter.
Daniel blamed Roche for why he had sent him home, but Roche was smug, saying that he was just following the master’s instructions, and the staff blamed him for why he had made such a foolish decision in the first place.
Daniel started to tell him to find Ryu and bring him back, but—
Roche [So you’re saying the punishment is lifted?]
Daniel [I can’t…..do that.]
Roche [Then what’s the point of bringing Ryu back? What do you want me to do?]
Daniel […Bring him to me.]
Daniel said that Ryu must be regretting now that he could not get them to buy the materials, and that he would like to apologize to them.
Daniel [I’m not a devil either, and if he apologizes honestly, I’ll lift the punishment. In exchange, I’ll have to buy his materials at a discount as a penalty.]
The guild officials, who were listening to this, were indeed disappointed, and no one wanted to go looking for Ryu.
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After receiving the materials dismantled at the Adventurers’ Guild, Ryu went to the Commercial Guild on the same day. The purpose was to sell the materials.
Since time is suspended inside the subspace where Ryu stored the materials, the materials would not be damaged no matter how long he kept them there. In other words, there was no need to rush to sell them, but he was taking advantage of the master of the Adventurers’ Guild.
It is not necessary to always sell materials to the Adventurers’ Guild.
Commercial guilds also buy materials, and it is possible to deal with merchants and nobles on a personal basis. In fact, merchants will pay much higher prices for materials than the Adventurers’ Guild.
The reason why adventurers still sell materials to the Adventurers’ Guild is that the purchase of materials is reflected in their evaluation points and leads to rank advancement.
But Liu, who has lost interest in rank advancement as well, no longer has any reason to follow suit.
Daniel believes that without the purchase, Ryu should dry up without earning any money, but there are plenty of others who want to buy materials. However, Daniel, who is so steeped in his privileged position and narrow-minded, is unaware of this.
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Commercial Guild receptionist [Welcome, how can I help you today?]
Ryu [I would like to sell some materials, can I do that?]
Receptionist [Yes ! We accept them at the purchase counter over there.]
To be active in a commercial guild, you need to register as a member of the commercial guild, but registration is not required if you just want to sell materials.
Purchase counter staff [Welcome, are you here to sell materials?]
Ryu [The quantity is a bit large, do you have somewhere spacious?]
Purchase counter staff [If so, we can do it in the warehouse in the back. Are your belongings outside?]
Ryu [No, I can use storage magic.]
Purchase counter staff [Oh ! That’s great. Then please come this way.]
She led me to the warehouse in the back.
Purchase counter staff [I’ve never seen a person who can use storage magic before. Well, since there are alchemists who can make magic bags, it is natural that there are people who can use storage magic……]
Arriving at the warehouse, Ryu puts out the Craw Dragon material.
The moment she saw the material, the color of the staff’s eyes changed.
Purchase counter staff [P-please wait a moment ! !]
The purchase counter staff ran somewhere, but soon returned. It seemed that she had called for backup.
[Nice to meet you, my name is Eil, and I’m the master of this commercial guild. Thank you very much.]
The staff brought the master of the commercial guild.
Eil [Ryuujin sama, please wait in the reception room for a moment so that we can evaluate your purchase as soon as possible.]
After instructing the staff to show Ryu to the reception room, Eil and the purchasing staff split up to check the materials.
Eil [Hmm, no doubt, it’s dragon material ! Excellent !]
Eil said as he entered the reception room.
Eil [Sir, with all due respect, where did you get this……?]
Ryu [It’s on the 15th level of the eastern dungeon.]
Eil [Oh, did you beat it, Sir?!]
Ryu [Yes?]
Purchase counter staff [As expected. He’s the kind of person who uses storage magic, so it’s only natural that he would have this !]
Eil [But why did you bring this here…? We are very grateful, but aren’t most adventurers usually have their materials purchased at the Adventurers’ Guild…….?]
Ryu [I’ve got a punishment from the master of the Adventurers’ Guild for a bit. I’ve been banned indefinitely.]
Eil [What…..!]
Ryu [If I’m banned by the Adventurers’ Guild, does that mean I can’t sell it here, too?]
Ryu asked, a little worried by Eil’s reaction.
Eil [Oh, no, that’s not true. I just thought that Daniel was a fool. Of course you can sell it, no, please let us buy it ! We’ll buy it for more than the Adventurers’ Guild !]
Commercial guilds and Adventurers’ guilds often do not get along very well. Since there are many competing areas in terms of business, this tends to happen in all towns, but in this case, they are particularly bad.
In fact, Ryu knew this and brought the material to the guild.
Ryu’s aim was right on target.
When Eil heard what had happened, he decided to cooperate out of a sense of rivalry.
In the end, he agreed to buy the materials at a price five times higher than that of the Adventurers’ guild. (The guilds were still able to make a good profit on this.)
Word soon spread that the Commercial guild had purchased the dragon’s materials. Daniel was so frustrated that he became more and more determined against Ryu.
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