Toa, not even looking at the market, has been looking at the yowastain meat in the bag of materials all the time.

'Hey, could you stop doing that because Nem would be scared.

It's okay. And I don't think Nem is scared. Come on.

It's beautiful.

　Nem had stopped at something.

'Nem, what's going on?'

　Nem seemed to be admiring the necklaces with blue transparent stones that lined the stalls.

'Excuse me. How much is this one?'

　I'm forced to ask.

3000 lions. You like it, little girl?

　The shopkeeper asked Nem, not me.

'Yes, sir!　It's so beautiful!

　He's a disgusting shopkeeper.
　Using a little girl like this to get you to back off.

You're pretty good-looking, aren't you? This is a crystal stone from Pastelra.

Is it Pulstera?

Yeah. But it's not very common now that the country's gone, you never know when it'll be available again. You never know when you're going to get it again. It's not too late to buy one.

'The crystalline stones from the canyons of Palustria are well known. Right now it's blue in color, but after years of wearing it, it changes color in response to its owner's magical powers.

What color it will be is a matter of waiting for the right moment. The purity of the color will depend on the quality of the wearer's magic power. It's a good thing that you're not the only one who can do this.

Well I'll take three of these.

　It's an interesting-looking stone.
　Besides, Nemu wants it, so this should be good for him.
　A souvenir of the trip.

Thank you very much!　You must take care of it!

　When I put the necklace around his neck, Nem was blushing and innocently pleased with his cheeks.

'I'm sorry for my part,'

　Sierra said, trying to hide her embarrassment.

'Masamune. Well, you can't even put it on me...''

　A blush crept across her cheeks as she looked down to hide her face as Toa looked up and said that.

''It's fine, but........''

　I wonder if Toa is doing this on purpose.
　I can't make myself blush for this.
　I made a natural expression as I thought that, but when I put my arms around the back of Toa's neck, our eyes met and I smiled out of embarrassment.

''Thank you.''

'Uh, yeah ... oh, do you want me to put one on you, Sierra?

I mean, no!　I'm fine....

　I teased Sierra out of embarrassment.
　It's not something you should do if you're unfamiliar with it.

　We then continued to walk down the street and do some sightseeing.

　Walking down an alleyway, we found a sign with a picture of a wine and mug crossed on it.
　We checked inside through the glass, and it seemed to be a liquor store.

'Masamune-dono. This is a liquor store, would you like to come inside?

　Guided by Sierra, who took the hint, we walked into the store.

'Welcome!'

　The owner called out to me as I entered the restaurant.

''It kind of smells like alcohol~''

Nem, this is a liquor store.

Are you guys adventurers?　What are you looking for?

I'm not really looking for anything, but, you know, do you have any recommendations?

Well I could do this now, or this, or that.

　The owner introduced me to several wines and whiskeys, but I'm on a budget and don't take them lightly.
　With a bitter smile, I turned my eyes to the empty wall and tried to talk, but then I found a certain poster.

　It was a wine curler poster with a picture of an old man who looked good with the logo of the drink.

We're out of the Old Gelt. We would have had it yesterday.

　The owner smiled thinly for some reason as he said this.

'By Old Gelt, do you mean the wine depicted on this poster?'

　Then, after a look that seemed to freeze at my question for some reason, the owner smiled bitterly again.

I don't know," he said, "but that's true. You don't know what an old gelt is, do you?

Yes, I've never heard of it.

It's rare. It's a brand of wine that is now considered a miracle. It's a brand of wine that is not only no longer produced, but doesn't even exist in this world. Yesterday we would have had it, that was a joke. I haven't seen it since I was a kid and secretly drank some of it from my father's study.

　Then I remembered something.
　I had a feeling I'd seen this logo somewhere before, but then I suddenly remembered.

'Oh, you mean this one!'

　He opened the other space storage and took out a bottle of that bottle of wine that he brought back from the dungeon in large quantities. That's right.

　It was this very wine.

''Hey, hey, hey, no way!　I wanna see some of that stuff, man!

　I handed the wine to the excited owner with a light "Okay.

That's the wine Masamune gave me before, isn't it?

Yeah, it was originally found in a dungeon.

　The owner took out a magnifying glass of some sort and checked the bottom and sides of the bottle, then the cork and the logo.

"You're not faking this, are you?

I don't know. Do you want a taste?

You got a taste for it?

　He poured the wine into the glass the owner had brought.
　The owner confirmed the taste and aroma by turning the glass and holding it up to the light of the lamp.

'Seriously ... it's the real thing. There's no doubt about it!　This is a real Old Gelt!　Where did you get this?

It's a dungeon.

Well ... okay. Oh, I see, a dungeon.

　The owner of the store had a mysterious look on his face when he heard of the dungeon and seemed to be thinking about something.

Hey, you. I have a favor to ask you, but can you please give me this?

Will you give it up?

"I'll pay you as much as I can, but not for free. Well how about 10 million riots?　And I'll put some wine on it. If you want, you can take all the liquor in this restaurant.
What!　Ten million rions?!

　Sierra was astonished next to me.

''Wait, wait a minute. I'm grateful to be able to get a drink, but isn't all of it a bad idea?''

I'm not a pushy person. So I'm telling you honestly, even you ignorant people, that this wine is, as I said before, a product that isn't even supposed to exist anymore. If you put a price on it, it's worth 100 million. If you like wine, you can't afford it. A bottle of it would be worth a fortune to a lord and a billion dollars to live on for the rest of your life.

　No way.
　I've been lapping up a few bottles of such fine wine.
　But there's still over a hundred bottles left, and if you include the barrels, there's a lot of stock to go around.

'But there's a problem. I said I'd pay you as much as I could, but I don't have enough money to buy this stuff right now. I can only pay you thirty million riyons right now, that's all I can afford.

　He wants it badly.
　The owner even offered to take all his money out of the bank.

"But I have a few contacts. My ancestors built it, but I can sell the wine directly to the highborn and I can promise them at least a billion dollars in profit for now. I don't know what, exactly, but I'll give you half the price. How about that?

'One billion rions my head is starting to spin. I didn't know that Master Masamune had an Old Gelt....

Does Sierra know about this?

'Of course. My father runs a vineyard, so it's no wonder he doesn't know.

Speaking of vineyards around here, are you an Ecarlato?

'Yes. I am the daughter of Brown Eckerlert.

I see.

When I was a little girl, I was told that the Old Gelt was the one and only supreme wine in the world. "When I was a little girl, I was always told that old gelt was the greatest wine in the world, one and only. But I never realized that the wine they were drinking with such gusto in Tanya village was Old Gelt.

　Sierra seemed to be very interested in Old Gelt.

　Toa, on the other hand, didn't look at him for a drinker and laughed at Nem, who picked his nose and said, "He smells like alcohol.

　That's not the point, it's what to do with the wine.
　Even if we were to be toned down as it is, we'd still get thirty million.
　I don't know what the monetary value of this world is, but the fact that Sierra-san is stunned next to me should be enough to explain it.

''It's not a bad story for me. But basically, I don't trust people I've never met before.''

　The owner of the store showed a certain amount of understanding in his words, "Of course.

'But what do you mean by "but not a bad story"?　This is not worth 100 million dollars by mistake, okay?

　He looks a little confused, but it seems that the owner has no intention of deceiving me.

30 million riots. If you can pay for it right now, I'll give you the wine. I'm not holding my breath, but of course, I'm talking about half the sales price included.

'Really?　Ho, you're really going to sell it!

Yes. Yes, of course.

'I didn't think ... you'd actually sell it to me.

　The owner was holding his head in his hands, rubbing his forehead with his right hand, as if he were serious for some reason.

'All right!　Just give me a minute and I'll get the money down from the bank.

　Then he suddenly said that and ran out of the store with great vigor.

　After a while, the shopkeeper came back with a not-so-large bag in hand, gasping for breath.

''I'm sorry, five million rions first.

　He calmed his ragged breathing, put the contents of the bag out on the counter, and then disappeared to the back of the store.

I'm sorry to make you wait so long. Here's the remaining 25 million rions.

　The owner replied enthusiastically when he came back.

'Thirty million in total!'

　There was the smile of a man who had done it all.

　Wads of bills are stacked on the counter in front of him.
　Three thousand bills of ten thousand riots.
　Apparently, much of his fortune had been hidden in the store.

　But why is only 5 million in the bank?
　More importantly, I didn't know that there was a bank in this world.
　I want to open an account too.

I've received it.

　I didn't dare check the number of bills, but gave him a bottle of new wine.
　There would be no need for it.
　Rather, this bottle is not as valuable to me as the one to this shopkeeper.
　There's plenty of wine out there.
　Don't be stingy with it.

I'll pay you back. I'll remember half the sale price. That's right!　As I told you earlier, take all the booze you want in the store if you want!　Or all of them, as promised. I ain't got two words for you!

　The proprietor was insistent, so I chose a few bottles that looked good.

Are you sure that's all you want to drink?　We can pick and choose more, you know?

　But the owner was persistent, even though I took my time and chose accordingly.

'No, this is good enough for me.'

You're weird. You're a man who gets more than he deserves.

　It's none of your business.

　But the Old Gelt must be so valuable.
　I could tell that much from the shopkeeper's appearance.

　We decided to ask him to bring half of the sale price to Sierra's house.
　It seems that the Eckerlath family in Rathhausen is well known and they know where it is.

　The owner said it would be convenient for him to make a deposit as soon as he had an account, but I didn't have one.

I don't mind if you open an account with me, but I'd appreciate it if you could open one as soon as possible. I don't want to carry a lot of money around with me.

Okay. I will.

　It's a hell of a pick-me-up. I didn't expect the wine to turn into something like this. Be that as it may, how to spend this large sum of money.......

''Sierra-san, come to think of it, didn't the rapier break at Boreas-san's request?

　Sierra-san was having something of a discussion with the owner while tasting the Old Gelt.

''Well I'm embarrassed to tell you this, but it's actually true,''

　As she says this, Sierra takes out a broken rapier from the sheath on her hip.
　The shopkeeper is impressed, "It's broken beautifully.
　Should we stop tasting it?

''It's a disgrace to the swordsman.''

　Sierra chuckled as she said this.

'Is that an expensive thing?'

''In its own way, I'd say. Each of the White King's Knights is provided with a weapon to match. It is the most valuable thing in Razhuisen.

　Apparently, this rapier is a special order for Sierra-san.

''I see. Then why don't we go buy a rapier now?

'Oh!　You are so generous," said the owner.

There's no better way to give this kind of money back to the people around you.

But I have nothing to offer you in return.

'Don't worry about it. I'll buy clothes for Toa and Nem, too.

My clothes?

Are these Nem's clothes?

　Nem is still picking his nose.

'Yeah. We can't wear that outfit every day, can we?　I'll buy it while I can. It's just a reward for Nemu for following me hard. Let's buy a rapier then too.

　For some reason, Toa's clothes don't get dirty.
　Is there something magical at work here?

''Then I'll show you the best place in town.

　The owner, who was listening to the conversation there, said that with a motivated look on his face for some reason.