24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 122

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 122

 

Episode 122. Babel Official Excellent Seller (3)

 

Just showing it doesn’t end things.

 

I continued my explanation while opening the zipper of the transparent bag containing the microfiber blanket.

 

“You said you keep bumping into hard places and your body breaks, right?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Would you like to touch this fabric?”

 

At my words, the giant hexagonal pillar slowly descended toward the shop stall.

 

The stone person’s eyes changed as it touched the blanket I carefully pulled out from the gap in the bag.

 

The hexagonal pillar that was originally positioned horizontally turned vertical as if surprised.

 

Though I nearly stopped breathing at the rather creepy sight, I continued speaking calmly.

 

“As you can see, this fabric is very soft. And it’s fluffy too. Where are these ‘hard places’ you mentioned? The floor? Chairs?”

 

“There are chairs, and floors too.”

 

“Then how would it be if you thought about laying this on top and sitting on it?”

 

“How can I trust something like this?”

 

I’d felt it from the blunt response earlier, but this didn’t seem to be a particularly friendly stone person.

 

I smiled and thought for a moment.

 

Then without hesitation, I opened the bag and pulled out the fluffy light purple microfiber blanket, spreading it on the floor.

 

“Just try sitting on it!”

 

Right, many people would need to touch it anyway to know the true value of the microfiber blanket and make a purchase.

 

‘I should set aside one for display purposes.’

 

When I pointed to the blanket again as if telling it to sit, the stone person looked back and forth between me and the blanket as if asking if it was really okay.

 

This was probably the first time encountering a seller telling them to just sit down on the market floor.

 

However, perhaps because it was really stressed about stone pieces breaking off, the stone person slowly bent its body.

 

Watching a 5-meter giant stone person sit down on the floor was quite an amazing experience.

 

‘There’s probably more stone dust falling when sitting than from bumping and breaking.’

 

An enormous amount of stone dust was falling from what appeared to be joints at each segment.

 

I wonder if coating the stone skin would help prevent some of the stone dust from falling?

 

While I was thinking such thoughts, an exclamation burst out from the stone person who had settled on the floor.

 

“Mm.”

 

And with a nuance full of satisfaction at that!

 

Seeing it pat the spot where it was sitting with its hand, that stone person had properly experienced the appeal of microfiber.

 

“It gets even fluffier if you layer two.”

 

When I shared this obvious fact like a secret, the stone person nodded as if realizing something very important.

 

Then it asked without hesitation.

 

“How much?”

 

It was a microfiber blanket I bought on discount at the mart for 60,000 won.

 

But there’s no way such items would exist in the Irregular Dimensional Market.

 

The stone man definitely said he was ‘old’.

 

If someone old has this kind of concern, there’s a high possibility this was a chronic problem he couldn’t solve for a long time.

 

He even abandoned his gruff attitude over a single blanket and showed great satisfaction.

 

Before the Dimensional Market opened, I had searched for blankets on the Open Market as preliminary research, but I couldn’t find even a trace of similar items.

 

So this is an item that only I sell throughout all dimensions!

 

That means I can name my price.

 

“The price is 350 Gold each.”

 

Well, it’s not like there’s anyone to sanction me for selling a 60,000 won item for 3.5 million won.

 

The only one surprised by my statement was Kang Yeon-hee, who knew Earth’s prices.

 

The poor stone man, a patient of stone dust syndrome who knew nothing, reached out his hand without hesitation.

 

“I’ll buy 2.”

 

“An excellent choice, customer!”

 

I clasped my hands together with a bright smile and pointed to the blanket bags stacked behind the stall.

 

“What color would you prefer?”

 

“Anything.”

 

“Since you have such sophisticated gray-toned skin, I’ll give you blue ones that will suit you well.”

 

When I offered the blankets while even matching his personal color scheme ridiculously, the stone man nodded three times as if satisfied.

 

This seller is really kind.

 

…Isn’t that what he’s probably thinking?

 

If this were a department store, I might have received a compliment card with a review saying ‘explained well and sold good products’.

 

As soon as the stone man picked up the bag placed on the stall, a notification appeared before my eyes.

 

[> Transaction Notification 1 item

 

– 2 ‘Microfiber Blankets’ have been sold. Ι Buyer: Kaium (Dimension-Panpim Ι Zone-Deltartia)]

 

The thrill of my first sale ran down my spine.

 

I kept calling him golem or stone man, but he had a proper name, Kaium.

 

‘Though it would be a bit funny to exchange names with someone buying stuff.’

 

I’m a native Korean born and raised in South Korea, so I’m someone who finds even small talk very difficult.

 

Panpim, Deltartia.

 

As a resident of Seoul, South Korea, these were dimensional place names I’d never seen before, making them difficult to pronounce.

 

But pronunciation aside, a strange sense of incongruity caught my attention first.

 

‘It’s not hidden?’

 

Manti’s dimension, my friend who shared Churu with me, was hidden.

 

What’s the difference between dimensions that Babel shows and doesn’t show?

 

Since Babel doesn’t do anything without reason, there must be a convincing explanation.

 

Just as I was frantically thinking in front of the customer.

 

“Shop owner.”

 

The stone man moved his body a bit closer to the stall and asked.

 

“Do you have anything bigger?”

 

No emotions were visible on the hexagonal stone pillar, but I could see subtle anticipation seeping through.

 

I had brought out a king size to match the stone person’s massive frame, but it was woefully inadequate.

 

“Do you perhaps need a size that could cover a bed?”

 

“I do.”

 

“Hmm… I don’t have that among the items I brought today.”

 

The golem tilted its head to one side as if disappointed.

 

But I wasn’t about to back down here.

 

As if I’d been waiting for this moment, I pulled out a business card from thin air and offered it.

 

“First, please take my business card, and I’ll prepare a large size for beds separately. If you purchase through the Open Market, you can buy without having to visit the market directly.”

 

Using the Open Market allows for contactless purchases, and they might log in to buy something but get distracted by other items and buy those too.

 

Killing two birds with one stone!

 

“Mm.”

 

The stone person seemed pleased and accepted the business card.

 

While I was curiously watching the business card slip between the hexagonal pillars and disappear inside.

 

The stone person picked up the two blanket bags and started walking in another direction.

 

The combination of a massive stone person and blanket bags was unbalanced and somewhat amusing.

 

I shouted loudly at its retreating figure.

 

“If you need bulk orders, please contact us through the market!”

 

I really hoped that golem would spread word in its dimension so that microfiber blankets would sell out daily even if sold daily…

 

Alessandro chuckled at my back as I indulged in such dreamy fantasies.

 

“You really are…”

 

“What? I told you I don’t scam people.”

 

Though I do charge high prices.

 

I gathered up the dirtied microfiber blanket and went back inside the stall.

 

The blanket covered in gray stone dust was in a state that made it awkward to use for display again.

 

Kang Yeon-hee poked the blanket once with a worried expression, then covered her nose against the rising stone dust and muttered.

 

“This got dirty, so what do we do? We can’t sell it again.”

 

True, not wanting anything but new products would be the same in other dimensions too.

 

But we couldn’t bring out a new blanket every time someone wanted to experience one.

 

Instead of a worried expression, I covered my mouth as if shocked and sighed.

 

“Did you just call this dirty?”

 

“Huh, what?!”

 

“Is this really dirty? Does it look too dirty to sell?”

 

“Oh, w-well, isn’t it…? There’s so much stone dust on it, it seems too dirty to sell…”

 

Those were the words I’d been waiting for.

 

I smiled brightly and pulled something out of my pocket.

 

“Then since Yeon-hee thinks it’s dirty, you clean it.”

 

Kang Yeon-hee, who received what I handed her, looked like she’d been hit on the head.

 

An unused Midnight Spring cloth that I’d folded up and brought in my pocket.

 

With just the Midnight Spring that can wipe away everything the target considers dirty, even the trial microfiber blankets are problem solved!

 

‘Though the blanket is a bit big compared to Kang Yeon-hee.’

 

Alessandro, who had been looking at the frozen Kang Yeon-hee with pity while holding the palm-sized Midnight Spring, shook his head from side to side.

 

“You really are….”

 

It’s not like I asked her to do anything difficult.

 

Just as I was about to feel wronged for seemingly becoming an exploitative employer.

 

“Excuse me!”

 

Someone called out urgently from the stall entrance.

 

It was a customer with bright yellow hair wearing a mysterious mask with unknown patterns drawn on it.

 

Though humanoid in shape, they had no fingers or toes, just round appendages.

 

Even barefoot.

 

Though their appearance was unfamiliar, this customer was familiar to me.

 

Because they were the very customer who had been restlessly peeking around from behind earlier!

 

Sure enough, the mask that suddenly poked into the shop stall asked.

 

“What was that just now?”

 

“The microfiber blanket?”

 

“Yes, that! What is it that made him make such a pleased expression?”

 

To think there was someone who could read that stone human’s expression, how amazing.

 

I knew everyone had been glancing over since I laid out the microfiber blanket in the middle of the Dimensional Market and had the 5-meter golem sit on it.

 

I wonder if this could be considered noise marketing, but anyway, here was a customer who came because of it.

 

‘I won’t turn away customers who come.’

 

And with a tone full of curiosity and desire to have it!

 

We could sound the celebratory music.

 

Double good fortune.

 

I asked again with a kind and gentle smile.

 

“Would you like to touch it once?”

 

* * *

 

Whether word had spread throughout this vast market, the microfiber blankets sold out in less than 10 minutes.

 

Moreover, even after the microfiber blankets were all gone, the Friendly Market stall was bustling with quite a crowd.

 

Those who had been just watching with curious eyes began touching the items one by one, and that interest and curiosity soon led to purchases.

 

Maybe it’s because I only brought easy items that weren’t difficult to use.

 

There didn’t seem to be any particular resistance to purchasing.

 

Kang Yeon-hee, who had been diligently wiping blankets because she was unfamiliar with the market customers, now actively began soliciting customers.

 

“Ah, this? This is called a hot pack, and if you tear this packaging and shake the contents inside….”

 

Maybe it’s because she has experience from selling potions originally, but she explains things cleanly and well.

 

“If it’s cold enough to use hot packs, how about purchasing this together? This is underwear that blocks cold air, and the quality is really good.”

 

She even has talent for bundle selling.

 

One avian beastkin who heard Kang Yeon-hee’s kind explanation nodded and gestured that they wanted both items.

 

I don’t know how she plans to wear heat tech when she only has wings and no arms, but it seems like a satisfying purchase.

 

I watched Kang Yeon-hee bow politely and smiled contentedly.

 

“You’re doing well without crying now.”

 

“Wasn’t she not crying in the first place?”

 

I glanced at Alessandro and then looked away again.

 

After talking for several hours straight, this was finally my first break.

 

I was gulping down carbonated water I’d bought by the box like it was the elixir of life.

 

While doing so, I muttered as if lamenting.

 

“I’m tired from talking too much.”

 

“If you don’t talk, wouldn’t that be the end of business?”

 

Now I understand why kings only wanted to listen to their flatterers.

 

Loyal retainers may speak the truth, but they don’t say pleasant things.

 

‘Still, I won’t cut down my loyal retainers…’

 

I won’t become a tyrant.

 

I was having these pointless thoughts when I yawned so wide my mouth nearly split.

 

Meow-

 

My eyes snapped open at the familiar cry.

 

Looking toward the entrance, I saw a small silhouette boldly invading the stall without hesitation.

 

Well-groomed pure white fur, bright blue eyes.

 

A cry directed at me with an aloof air.

 

-Have you been well? How delightful it is to inquire after your health after such a long time.

 

And the translation window, still absurdly polite as ever!

 

With my fatigue completely gone, I smiled brightly and shouted.

 

“Manti!”

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