24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 113

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 113

Episode 113. Good Fortune (3)

After reading the lengthy description that appeared in the appraisal window for a while, I asked calmly.

“This is an item you’ve never used even once, right?”

What if the feather trembles because my heart is beating too fast?

I was a little worried about that, but I still managed to speak relatively calmly.

“Yes, well…”

Yoon Seo-yoon roughly nodded her head as if she didn’t want to give a long answer.

Of course she would.

She couldn’t use it without properly knowing what the item was.

It would have been nice if, like in other novels, you could naturally check the name and abilities just by holding an item, but unfortunately, such a convenient system doesn’t exist in reality.

There are only three ways to know an item’s name.

Either hearing it directly from a performer inside the Tower of Babel or in a Gate, or checking it when receiving something given by the Tower as a scenario completion reward.

And when weapons get epithets like the memory-playing string ‘Legato’ or the deep sea frost scythe ‘Winterfrost’.

In this case, the weapon chooses its own master and tells the master its name.

Of course, since most items are obtained inside the Tower, almost all items on the market have names attached.

But this item doesn’t seem to belong to any of the three categories above.

Floor 47 is a scenario where you break through a maze garden full of monsters and traps to defeat the final boss, the ‘Gardener’.

“Did you take this from the Gardener’s desk?”

“…”

Yoon Seo-yoon didn’t answer.

But I didn’t need to hear the answer.

The Gardener probably used this item to design the maze.

Because this item has perfect enough functionality to make that possible!

[Detection Writing Tool (A)

A tool that drew the Gardener’s brilliant thoughts in green light.

Can create maps of areas under Babel’s influence.

Takes a minimum of 1 minute to a maximum of 3 hours depending on the area’s range.

When the map is completed, the creator’s current location is displayed and the marker moves according to movement.

Status: Damaged]

My heart is beating too fast even though I don’t have arrhythmia.

An ordinary A-rank item without a single Hidden Ability.

It has a very honest name with no style whatsoever.

But it can draw maps!

‘Maps!’

This is an item that could be used even more usefully for me than Keyenum’s watch.

The kind of item that should have been included in the beginner adventurer package I diligently scraped together!

It says it’s damaged, but that’s a problem that can be solved if I, who has the Repair skill, spend a little Gold.

No matter how expensive it is, the repair cost couldn’t be more than the S-rank item Mask of All Things, so there’s nothing to hesitate about.

‘Drooling…’

I smoothly wiped under my chin with the soft feather.

Fortunately, I wasn’t actually drooling.

Anyway, this item that looks like an old fountain pen – with just this, I can say goodbye to the days of floundering around not knowing where I’ve fallen.

‘Sam-i, go find out what an area under Babel’s influence means.’

[⁕ I can’t go anywhere 🙂 The Detection Writing Tool isn’t registered in the Dimensional Market, but there are records of previous transactions. The ‘area under Babel’s influence’ specified by the Detection Writing Tool refers to inside the Tower of Babel and Sudden Gates :)]

‘Good.’

With this, I won’t get lost and become a missing person during reconnaissance, and I can easily grasp the surrounding terrain and features too.

I can show off to the Management Bureau, raise my prestige, clear scenarios quickly, and South Korea can achieve prosperity and strength as a leader in Babel society.

This is a matter on which South Korea’s survival depends.

‘I want it so badly!’

I barely suppressed my rising material desire.

…What do you mean barely? My material desire has risen to the top of my head and is about to make my wing tips tremble.

I quietly lowered my head, feeling like a blush might appear on my feathers, when Yoon Seo-yoon hesitantly opened her mouth.

“It’s cracked…”

“Cracked?”

When I looked down after hearing her words, the fountain pen had cracks all over it.

No wonder the cap seemed roughly closed.

‘It did say it was damaged when I appraised it earlier.’

I was so excited about being able to draw maps that I overlooked it.

“You’re right, it is cracked. Is that why you couldn’t use it?”

“The name too…”

“You don’t know the name either.”

“Um, I thought about repair…”

Yoon Seo-yoon, who drew out her words, glanced at me and nodded.

Her attitude of not opening her mouth and just rolling her eyes was so frustrating that I felt like all my head feathers would fall out, but I waited like an adult.

After waiting about a minute, Yoon Seo-yoon opened her mouth again.

“My younger sister is a creator…”

“So, you thought you couldn’t use it because it’s cracked, and since you don’t know the name, you felt awkward about just trying to use it? So you commissioned your younger sister who has the creator title to repair it, but she couldn’t fix it – is that what you’re saying?”

“Well, yes…”

Well, do you want to get hit?

How is it that you never finish a sentence with a proper period?

If I stay with you a little longer, I might grab you by the collar and snap at you to speak properly.

“Repair…”

“Repair isn’t my specialty, but I’ll take a look for now.”

Of course repair is also my specialty, but there’s a reason I’m saying this.

I pretended to carefully examine the fountain pen once more while thinking about other things.

…Anyway, if I don’t fix it, you’ll just keep it buried away, so wouldn’t it be better if I just took it?

If even someone with a creator title couldn’t fix it, I’m probably the only person in this dimension who can repair it.

‘But would she give it to me if I asked?’

I can only think of stealing it.

This frail-looking person who seems like she’d faint if I poked her brought this asking for just an appraisal – would it be okay for me to extort it as I please?

How hard would I need to hit the back of her neck to knock her out?

The opponent looks so weak that I think I could steal it, but for that, my precious conscience…

‘No, Lee Hae-won, since when did you feel guilty about highway robbery?’

My conscience wasn’t that big to begin with, so what am I worrying about?

I changed my mind.

‘If I use Kang Yeon-hee’s special sleeping pills, she’ll definitely fall asleep, so if I take it and run away…’

It was when I was seriously considering knocking out Yoon Seo-yoon, stealing the fountain pen, and escaping from the isolation room.

“It must be… a good item…”

Your speech is slow as molasses, but why are you so quick to catch on?

Yoon Seo-yoon stared at me intently and slowly nodded her head.

It didn’t take long to make up my mind.

‘Right, let’s put her to sleep and steal it.’

Even though I currently have wings instead of hands, I still have that level of dexterity.

But at that moment, Yoon Seo-yoon lowered her hand from the table.

Yoon Seo-yoon, who had been looking at me with powerless eyes as if she had no intention of taking back the fountain pen, quietly added.

“This was sent by the guild leader as a gesture of reconciliation…”

…It sounds like that lady over there sent it.

The problem is that lady is Lee Hwa-yeon.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s just, it’s only a gift…”

Yoon Seo-yoon shook her head weakly as if asking whether she needed to explain further.

“So you mean she’s giving this as a personal gift, not as payment for Baekdan’s transaction?”

“Yes, well…”

Even Yoon Seo-yoon’s habit of saying “well, well” could be smiled at lovingly, at least for now.

She’s giving me this map maker!

And for free!

Lee Hwa-yeon, who had remained as a bad memory for me, recovered her image a little.

On top of that, she also saved her secretary.

‘But I shouldn’t think of it too lightly.’

I tried my best to calm my pounding heart.

This isn’t just a gift.

Even if the Lee Hwa-yeon I’m thinking of is a straightforward general type who isn’t that complicated, this gift definitely has meaning.

Lee Hwa-yeon tentatively considers me the administrator of Friendly Market.

‘Is this a strategy like “let’s get friendly with the market administrator”?’

Since we got off on the wrong foot during our first meeting, it seems she’s thinking of starting over properly.

It’s true that Baekdan doesn’t know the identity of this fountain pen.

Because the canary made a clear bird sound.

But there must be some plausible speculation backing up their decision to offer a fountain pen with unknown abilities as a ‘gift’.

For example, that the gardener tried to protect it until the end, or that it was displayed very preciously.

They’re checking appraisal abilities while confirming if there’s any connection to the repair shop, and incidentally building a connection with me.

Though Lee Hwa-yeon couldn’t confirm it in the end, if this really is a good item, she probably calculated that I, who appraised it, would feel somewhat burdened.

I slowly picked up the fountain pen and put it in my inventory.

“I’ll gladly accept the gift.”

Yoon Seo-yoon nodded with a face that had become quite serious, as if she had accomplished an important deal.

She’s probably thinking something like taking the first step in forming a friendly relationship with me.

I showed a light smile beneath my feathers.

‘But why should I?’

Sorry for not living up to expectations, but I just accepted the gift with pure intentions.

I can just play dumb and that’ll be the end of it.

I calmly opened my mouth.

“Shall we start the appraisal now?”

* * *

Second day of work, exactly 11 hours in.

There are several things I’ve figured out while working as a field appraiser for Baekdan.

First, drinking water from a water container with a swan’s beak is an extremely difficult task.

I can understand why the fable of the fox and the crane came to be.

Second, Baekdan is full of people just like Lee Hwa-yeon.

I’ve completed appraisals of 48 weapons so far, and they were all laughing with the same good-natured, hearty laughter as Lee Hwa-yeon.

Chae Geun-dam’s Wolpae were all serious like their guild leader, so I guess guild atmosphere really follows the guild leader.

Third, Baekdan’s cafeteria food is the greatest delicacy of my life.

Of course, I can’t go to the cafeteria myself, so they sent meals separately to the isolation room, but I realized it the moment I ate on the first day.

Even if Alessandro evolved into a 10th-dan househusband, this is the ultimate taste he could never catch up to.

Separately from that, if I had to point out one strange thing.

‘Why isn’t she coming?’

The fact that Lee Hwa-yeon hasn’t shown even her nose for 11 hours now.

I searched on my phone to see if she was handling a busy schedule outside, but I only saw things like commute candid photo verifications, and there didn’t seem to be any other important schedules.

Even when I asked Yoon Seo-yoon, who answers frustratingly, she only said ‘She’s in the guild leader’s office,’ without giving any particular explanation.

Of course, I’m the one who elaborated on her short answer of ‘guild leader’s office.’

‘This makes it seem like I’m waiting for her.’

This contradictory feeling of looking for someone I don’t want to see because they’re not visible – what should I do about it.

I shook my head and cleared away the idle thoughts.

“Please tell the next person to come in.”

While Yoon Seo-yoon opened the door to the isolation room, I straightened my back and stared at the entrance.

In these two days, I had cleared one section of the title Quest and had also gotten used to playing the role of an appraiser.

A woman who was entering flinched in surprise and stepped back.

“Oh my.”

“Please sit down.”

Getting used to faces surprised by seeing me was a bonus.

I spread my wings wide and spoke gently.

“Shall we look at the item first?”

The woman, who looked to be in her early to mid-twenties with quite a young impression, glanced at me while placing something on the table.

I get that a swan head is interesting, but she keeps staring too much.

I deliberately ignored her gaze and reached for the item.

‘Is it a musical instrument?’

It was an ivory-colored horn shaped like a buffalo bone.

Less than a palm’s length with no particular decorations visible – a plain appearance.

It doesn’t look like a weapon or armor, so what is this now.

I lightly picked up the item.

The woman, who was watching the item get hidden among my feathers, asked carefully.

“What kind of item is it?”

Her voice was full of curiosity.

However, I couldn’t give her any answer.

“…”

The item’s name and long description weren’t even visible.

As if only that part was magnified, just one word attached at the end.

[Optimized for: Lee Hae-on]

It was Brother’s name.

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