Shopping [C22]
In the VIP resting room.
"I will be direct to the point. In this hidden remains' expedition multiple sects will be going, so amongst the sects, there is an agreement to let go the juniors into the remain while us elders will wait outside and protect the entrance from possible attacks. The reason I asked if you are interested is that our sect could only send Ru Seji and he alone may not survive, so if you team up with him his survival chance will get higher. Inside the remain there are multiple treasures, so it's only the norm to see killings among the juniors of the sects; Also, if you find anything you can keep it for yourself, you will divide the things with Ru Seji based on who found it, and if you both find it at the same time the one that gets it can give the other half the monetary value of it. What do you think of it? Will you accept?"
Not even thinking for a moment, Shu Himo immediately said "Sure!".
"But I need a moment, I originally fought in the arena because I need a storage ring, can we go once I buy it and inform my family?"
"It's fine, we are going tomorrow anyway. Let's meet at the north gate at 8 AM."
"Thank you, then I will go." Said his farewells, Shu Himo then went back toward the manager with a grin on his face.
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"Hi, it was 25 win streak, based on the rules of the arena it's 80 gold."
"Sure, here are the money." While having cold sweat in his back and giving the money, the manager barely managed to hold his composure. 'Thanks to Ru Seji I got saved or my arena would truly be in bankrupt by now!'
"Thank you!" Bidding his farewells once again, Shu Himo then went to his sister that was waiting for him outside.
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In the outside of the entrance of the arena.
"Hi, Aria, how was it?" Said Shu Himo toward his little sister, but what Shu Himo did not expect would be his sister jumping and hugging him the moment she saw him seemingly upset.
"What happened?" Worried for a moment, he calmed down afterward seeing that she was not hurt.
"Big Brother Himo! Those guys from the audience kept insult you at the start, it really bothered me!"
Seeing his sister like this only for a couple insignificant persons, Shu Himo felt the need to teach his sister an extremely important thing.
"Aria, hear me right now. The fact that they kept insulting have given me a great chance!"
"Chance? Getting insulted? Brother Himo are you a masochist?"
Almost spurting blood thanks to his sister thinking of masochism Shu Himo immediately corrected her. "It's not masochism! It's the chance of applying the Art of Faceslapping!"
Hearing the unknown word, Aria had her eyes sparkling: "Art of Faceslapping? What is that?"
"Hehe, the Art of Faceslapping is simply when a lot of peoples believe that you are weak and a nullity, but a moment later you will instantly prove to them that you are actually a monsterlike genius, making them feel like they just got face slapped, did you noticed that after the head of the first guy started rolling no one dared talk anymore in the audience?" Shu Himo said while chuckling, and the few people walking close to him dared not to object anything he said, even if they never heard of this Art of Faceslapping.
"Oooh, Big Brother Himo, that was amazing! Can we do it again?"
"Sure, someday I guess."
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20 minutes later.
"We are finally here, in the market zone!" Said a Shu Aria extremely excited, as she did not go shopping for a while.
"Yes, we need to search for a good storage ring, our budget is 80 gold."
The two kept walking and visiting each stall until they eventually reached the shop that sells Storage Rings.
*trring*
The sound of the bell hitting the opening door could be heard together with a "Welcome!" From the interior of the Shop.
The owner of the shop looking toward the two children that entered was startled. 'What are you both doing here? Aren't you a bit too young to go around the city?' While he was thinking if those two where here to buy or not, he would surely not show it on his face or say it loud. What if they were here to buy and then went away displeased by the question? Wouldn't he make a loss like that?
Indeed, the next moment the shop owner knew he did right at shut up. "Owner, I'm searching for a storage ring, do you have any decent?"
Startled and a bit annoyed by the word 'decent', the shop owner still went to take a storage ring with 30 cube meters in it. "This is the best storage ring I ever got in this shop, with 30 cube meters of space in it. I will sell it for 100 gold, what do you think about it?"
"Too much, 60 gold." Knowing that if he did not negotiate he would not have the storage ring, Shu Himo immediately started to utilize a technique he learned from playing online mmorpg's: claim lower value than what possessed and gradually lower the price to what he can afford while seemingly that he was pained by the 'increase' of the first price he propose.
"Impossible, 60 gold is barely more than half the value, 90 gold." Startled by the try of negotiation by the children, the owner decided to lower a bit the price.
While making a slightly pained face Shu Himo then said: "Fine then... what about 70 gold?"
Stunned again by the child, the shop owner decided to lower one last time the price, not because he was fine with it, but because he knew that it would be hard to sell it at 100 gold anyway, in this Kingdom even 10 gold is considered an amount only possessed by nobles after all, who knows how this child got all these money. Sighing, he then said "Fine, you won, 80 gold, no less."
Taking the storage ring and giving the money, Shu Himo then stopped himself from appear pained and immediately said a "Thank you." To the store owner, who now wore a bitter smile seeing that all the money Shu Himo had were 80 gold, he knew he had fallen for his trap, even if willingly.
Going out of the shop, Aria then immediately looked at his brother. "Big Brother Himo you are amazing! I did not know you could do trading so well!"
"Hehe, that's just one of my abilities! If I truly wanted I could have brought the storage ring at 75 gold, but it was a bit too risky, if he got angry he could decide to not sell it; To lower the price I was just abusing the fact that this Kingdom is poor and that the price of the Storage Ring is high."
Said this, Shu Himo and Shu Aria went back toward their manor, where they passed the rest of the day.
While in his room at night Shu Himo immediately brought the next phase.
[Dectracting 25 BS points...]
[Thanks for your patronage!]
[You now have 1 BS point.]
While cultivating the Meridians Strengthening phase, the night quickly became morning.