24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 13

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 13

Episode 13. Bamanjang Store (2)

[⁕ Good morning, Manager. Today is the day the Irregular Dimensional Market opens :)]

The first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was Sam-i’s nagging.

“I know.”

I got up with an irritated dance move, kicking off the blanket.

‘I wanted to sleep in a bit, seriously.’

After running around from Floor 1 to Floor 12 all day yesterday, I’m exhausted to death!

This is all because of that damn side Quest.

I’ve known since the moment I awakened that the Tower of Babel doesn’t know moderation.

Making me run around from Floor 1 to Floor 48 when all I have to rely on is the ‘Merchant’s Mark’ skill.

‘Making me trade starting from Floor 1 was a bit harsh.’

You have no idea how hard it was to convince the newbies who just finished the tutorial and entered Floor 1 that I’m not a weird person and to please just buy one potion.

[⁕ The Dimensional Market opens in 2 hours, so please move without being late :)]

“I said I know.”

I answered irritably and quickly grabbed my toothbrush.

What I could see through the bathroom window was…

‘Wow, it’s incredible from morning again today.’

The scenery of Bamanjang where the Warp Gate, standing like a blue and massive pillar, was directly visible.

I moved into the 2nd floor of the sky blue building, Friendly Market’s Bamanjang Store, three days ago.

Looking out the window at hunters in various outfits running around still felt awkward.

Well, not having to pay rent anymore was a good change though.

After washing up roughly, I tied my hair tightly, threw on my robe, and went downstairs.

The moment I arrived on the 1st floor and was yawning lazily.

“Oh, Manager!”

The workshop door, which had been rearranged structurally, opened noisily, and an alchemist wearing an apron dirty with various stains appeared.

I answered in confusion at the much brighter and more energetic greeting than expected.

“Good morning, Ms. Kang Yeon-hee.”

“You haven’t gone in today?”

Kang Yeon-hee looked at me with a bright smile, waiting for an answer.

Was this person really the same woman who protested with trucks and casually spewed harsh words?

The day I guided her to this building and introduced her to a place to sell potions, Kang Yeon-hee signed the contract immediately.

And exactly the next day, the fierce-faced alchemist I had seen in front of the Babel Management Bureau appeared with a completely changed face.

She must have originally had a modest impression.

‘She transforms when her anger gauge fills up.’

When I didn’t answer, Kang Yeon-hee asked sociably.

“Where are you going? Are you going home?”

This is my home though.

Perhaps because I hadn’t bothered to mention that I was staying on the 2nd floor of this building, Kang Yeon-hee seemed to think I had spent the night here.

Since there was no need to explain the situation, I answered nonchalantly.

“Yes, I have some business.”

“Ah! I organized the potions you mentioned the day before yesterday in the back.”

Kang Yeon-hee, overflowing with enthusiasm from the morning, opened the workshop door and pointed to the boxes stacked inside.

Since I was going to the Irregular Dimensional Market, I also needed something to sell, so I had pre-ordered potions from Kang Yeon-hee.

It was like wholesale, you could say.

The problem was the prepared quantity.

I said about 10 would be enough, but that amount looked like even 100 would be laughable…

“They’re all B-Grade. They’re my latest work, so they’re very effective! I mixed them with a new ratio I researched this time!”

Kang Yeon-hee’s voice was loud, showing how confident she really was.

‘Or not?’

Despite her enthusiastic tone, her hands were trembling slightly.

She seemed quite nervous.

Well, she said she’d open the doors of this sky blue building and start selling from today, so it was understandable to be nervous.

Not that I was going to help her though.

[⁕ Manager, you need to go to the Irregular Dimensional Market today :)]

‘Ah, I got it.’

How many times are you going to confirm this?

After neatly placing the potions that had been stacked on one side into the Market Sales Slot, I spoke in a dry tone equivalent to ‘I’m going to school.’

“Well then, I’ll go out for a bit.”

“Yes, have a safe trip!”

Kang Yeon-hee, who was attaching price tags to potion bottles, answered while pretending to be calm.

Before I knew it, Sam-i’s kind notification window was floating in front of me.

[⁕ You can visit the 75th Floor Irregular Dimensional Market using ‘Merchant’s Mark’ 🙂 Would you like to visit the Irregular Dimensional Market?]

I nodded and opened the back door.

Come to think of it, it had been a long time since someone told me to have a safe trip.

* * *

I thought it would be empty like last time, but as soon as I arrived on the 75th Floor, noisy sounds like a wholesale market struck my eardrums.

Was it because I had already opened a market once before?

This time, it didn’t give me time to prepare mentally.

In the direction the golden arrow pointed, there was a shabby stall with a quite different impression from the Friendly Market building, sitting there as it was.

‘Well, this is a stall after all.’

Since it’s not a market that opens daily and you never know when it will open, I’m the one who needs it, so I should endure it.

[Friendly Market]

As I read the letters written carelessly on the tent, I suddenly realized that there was no sign at the Bamanjang Store.

“I should put up a sign there too.”

Muttering like that, I entered the stall.

“Meow.”

-How delightful to meet again after so long. Has anything happened in the meantime?

A pair of particularly shining blue eyes.

“Manti!”

I raised my voice happily to greet the cat.

Whether it had been lying under the shop stall waiting for me, its slightly pressed fur radiated a cuteness different from its way of speaking.

“Were you waiting for me?”

-Is there not a deep friendship between us that cannot be fully expressed in words?

‘How ridiculous.’

It would be a friendship connected by the finest delicacy called Churu.

But my hand was already pulling out the Tuna Flavored Churu I had stored in my inventory.

As soon as I took out and opened the Churu, Manti’s tail began swishing back and forth.

After sniffing it for quite a while in majestic silence, Manti carefully began licking the Churu.

No matter how much she terrifies me with her dignified way of speaking, in front of Churu she’s just a cute cat.

“Meowwwww-“

-The deep flavor of the sea spreads subtly. It has a different kind of umami than the previous salmon. Perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to call this a true masterpiece that surpasses its predecessor.

“Yeah, as long as it tastes good.”

If she knew that Churu receiving such high praise is everywhere in convenience stores and marts, wouldn’t she want to cross dimensions immediately?

Watching Manti’s tail that couldn’t hide her joy, I brought up the main point of today’s meeting.

“Manti, you know what I asked you before. Did you happen to get the 49th Floor Sub Items list?”

“Meow.”

-Of course. I spared no effort for your sake.

Manti elegantly raised her front paw with Churu on it and pointed to my feet.

When had she placed it there? Looking down, I saw a small scroll at my feet.

I gently scratched under Manti’s chin and spoke softly.

“As expected of Manti. I’ll give you all of this Churu as a thank-you fee.”

“Meow-“

-To make such a generous decision, I am truly grateful. This will deepen our friendship even further.

“Yeah, yeah.”

Our relationship is tightly bound by deep-flavored Churu.

I nodded casually and unrolled the scroll.

With this, my strategy to help clear the 49th Floor to reach the 55th Floor was finally on track.

[Last Emblem of Fallen Falkon

Sealed Ring of the Dark Mage

Altar Stone of the Ruined Temple

Key to the Royal Library

Crystal Orb of the Ninth Prophet

Blood-Stained Prayer

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“….”

Getting off track doesn’t seem like a bad decision either.

There are so many.

A total of 20 Sub Items needed.

I originally thought there were many, but seeing them listed like this, there are even more than I expected.

“How am I supposed to find all of these?”

At first glance, these don’t look like items you could get in bulk from one place.

“Meow, meow meow.”

-According to the hero who climbed those stairs, it boasted an unprecedentedly harsh difficulty. They said they barely succeeded after more than forty attempts.

“It’s that difficult?”

Since I’d never been to the 49th Floor, I was only guessing its difficulty from Guk Min-seong’s stories.

“Just what kind of species are you to have cleared all these floors?”

Manti seemed to have no intention of answering, just pressing down on the empty Churu wrapper with her paw.

Is this because of my narrow-minded thinking that humans are a superior species?

My curiosity grew even more.

Right, she’s a cat that opens subspace so she’s not ordinary, but isn’t it amazing that a four-legged animal succeeded in just 40 attempts?

Just as I was about to ask more questions.

“Hmm….”

At the unfamiliar exclamation, I turned my head to see a new customer standing in front of the stall.

“Oh, welcome!”

I reflexively jumped up and welcomed them.

‘A dog, no, a wolf?’

A sharply protruding snout with sharp fangs, gleaming yellow eyes, fur-covered arms and hands with long claws stood out prominently.

The perked-up ears kept moving, as if constantly alert to the surroundings.

‘A werewolf.’

I swallowed hard and barely managed to smile while suppressing my trembling.

Trading with a different species that I’d only seen in fantasy movies was nerve-wracking in a different way from Manti with her familiar appearance.

At least Manti looked like a cat, but this one looked like a half-human, half-wolf mix.

‘They won’t just bite me if they don’t like something, right?’

An E-rank Hunter’s body would only be snack-level.

What I needed at times like this was confidence.

“Is there something you’re looking for?”

Instead of answering, the werewolf picked up one of the potion bottles densely displayed on the shop stall and examined it carefully.

With yellow eyes gleaming sharply while examining the potion that showed transparently in the sunlight, it looked more like they were verifying rather than simply browsing.

‘If it’s not good enough, they look ready to smash the potion….’

I tried not to show my nervousness and smiled, pretending to be a calm merchant.

Then the werewolf growled in a low voice.

-Where did this potion come from? I’ve never seen it before.

“It’s a potion made in our dimension. It’s the work of an alchemist who has an exclusive contract with me.”

Damn, this werewolf’s howling is quite menacing!

-It smells good. Is this a health potion?

“Yes, that’s right. It’s a B-rank Health Potion. It’s quite popular in our dimension, so it sells out quickly.”

A smile seemed to appear on the werewolf’s face but quickly disappeared.

Though the expression was similar to a human’s, the wolf-like murderous glint in their eyes made me strangely uneasy.

The moment I unconsciously swallowed while being stared down by that face.

-I’ll buy them all.

[> Trade Notification 1

– 100 ‘B-rank Health Potions’ have been sold. Ι Buyer: Khan (Dimension-■■■■)]

The werewolf purchased all the potions without hesitation.

True to being a place where the Open Market system applies even though it’s offline, as soon as the werewolf placed his hand on it, all the health potions that had filled the shop stall completely evaporated.

And!

[Gold in possession: 3,198G]

The gold amount increased immediately!

With this generous customer’s swift transaction, the faint tension that had remained until just moments ago completely disappeared.

“Thank you, customer!”

So what if he looked like he could swallow me in one bite.

Big-spending customers are always welcome.

[⁕ If someone can visit the 75th Floor, they can also use the Open Market. Try handing out a business card for promotion :)]

Business card?

‘Do I have something like that?’

As soon as I thought that, a business card appeared from thin air.

I was staring blankly at the business card with the Friendly Market logo on it when the werewolf naturally extended his hand.

Without time to think, I immediately handed over the business card.

-Friendly Market, I’ll remember it.

The werewolf left the stall without any lingering attachment, as if nothing had happened.

I let out an exclamation only after the werewolf had disappeared far into the distance.

“Wow…”

I really made a trade with a being from another dimension.

And even sold out all the health potions!

‘Am I having good luck today?’

This was an amazing sense of achievement incomparable to the pain of climbing up to Floor 12 as soon as I woke up this morning.

“Perhaps…”

And immediately I heard the voice of the next customer in my ear.

“Do you have health potions?”

The next customer surprisingly had the appearance of a human.

I almost smiled at his wonderfully welcome appearance, but I responded calmly to maintain my dignity as a merchant.

“I’m sorry, all the health potions have been sold.”

The man with an extremely tired face let out a deep sigh as soon as he heard the answer.

“It can’t be helped.”

He looked so exhausted, had something happened to him?

But the health potions Kang Yeon-hee prepared were sold out, and there was nothing a merchant without products to sell could do to help.

The man slowly turned around and began to walk away.

It was the moment when the man’s cloak fluttered in a wind that came from who knows where.

“Excuse me!”

I urgently called out to stop the man.

“What is it?”

The man turned back to look at me with tired eyes and asked.

Potions, if I didn’t have them, I could just urgently buy some from another Open Market.

I had no choice but to stop the man.

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

Because on the back of the man’s cloak was drawn the emblem I had seen on the ‘Last Emblem of Fallen Falkon’.

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