I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 13

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 013

Going Shopping

In the middle of the dark basement studio apartment.

Kancheo sat blankly, alternating his gaze between the sleeping Jinhyeok and the clock.

Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.

How many times had he heard the sound of the second hand?

Kancheo suddenly jumped up from his spot and rushed to Jinhyeok’s bed.

“Commander! Commander! It’s time to wake up! You must wake up!”

“Mmm…”

“It’s time to wake up! Didn’t you tell me to wake you up! Mission in progress!”

Smack! Smack!

The tiny hand tapped his master’s forehead.

Jinhyeok reluctantly sat up, rubbing his eyes.

Only then did Kancheo wipe the sweat from his forehead and sit down.

Yodel Ranger Corps Captain Kancheo, mission complete!

‘Why am I so sleepy?’

Jinhyeok, who couldn’t even open his eyes properly yet, yawned.

The most unrefreshing wake-up he’d had in recent times.

He was so tired it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’d woken up just one minute after falling asleep.

It was strange since he hadn’t particularly overexerted himself in the Tower of Despair.

Jinhyeok finally opened his eyes and checked his phone.

# 06:01 AM.

“Kancheo?”

“Captain Kancheo!”

“I told you to wake me at 12 o’clock?”

“That’s right!”

“It’s 6:01?”

“I was too bored, couldn’t help it!”

He swallowed dryly at Kancheo’s confident declaration.

The last time he’d checked the clock was 5:50.

If he’d fallen asleep for 10 minutes, then he’d really been woken up just one minute after entering dreamland.

“Aren’t you sleepy?”

“I’m not sleepy! I slept when Commander and Seira were training earlier!”

Come to think of it, while he was getting beaten up by Seira, Kancheo had been sprawled out on the bed sleeping soundly.

It was only natural that his eyes were bright and alert at this hour.

Looking at Kancheo, Jinhyeok made a mental resolution.

Next time, even if he refuses, I’ll definitely dismiss his manifestation.

“Are you going to sleep again?!”

“No.”

He’d thought about sending him away and going back to sleep, but after the morning commotion, his sleepiness had completely vanished.

Besides, today was a day with many plans.

Though unintended, starting the morning early wasn’t bad either.

While he was gathering his clothes to put on.

“Going out?”

“You startled me.”

Seira, who had manifested, spoke to him.

She’d said manifestation without orders only happened when the master was in danger.

It seemed autonomous manifestation was possible unless he specifically ordered her not to appear.

“I’m going to the General Store and then shopping.”

“Shopping?”

“Buying necessary items.”

“There must be various goods.”

“That’s right. They have everything except what they don’t have – clothes, food, and so on.”

Seira, who had been thinking about something, opened her mouth.

“That shopping thing, I’d like to go too.”

Jinhyeok stopped his movements and looked up at Seira.

He couldn’t help but be puzzled.

Except for eating chicken, she’d never said she wanted to do anything.

She hadn’t even shown curiosity about this world.

“There were merchants who visited the city on special days. We used to go out to look around then too. We’d buy clothes and accessories unrelated to combat.”

“Oh.”

He decided not to say that Seira was also interested in such things.

Just because she was the leader of the Black Knight Order didn’t mean her entire life was devoted only to swords and combat.

Jinhyeok rubbed his chin and examined Seira.

‘Everything’s a problem.’

Her dazzling silver hair, blood-red eyes, and even her ashen skin.

Even if he made excuses about her being from abroad, these were definitely not ordinary features.

The moment they went out, people would definitely focus their attention asking if she was dressed up for Halloween.

‘If only it were Halloween.’

Putting aside meaningless thoughts, he began looking for realistic solutions.

“You’d have to wear a mask and hat, would that be okay?”

“I don’t mind.”

“Really big ones that cover your whole face.”

“That’s fine.”

“Okay. Then wait a bit. I’ll go buy them.”

It would be good to cover her red eyes too, but since there was nowhere nearby to buy lenses, he decided to solve that while shopping.

He turned to leave, thinking to buy them quickly.

“…?”

For some reason, Kancheo was standing there with sparkling eyes.

“You really can’t. The moment you go out, you’d end up on ‘Believe It or Not.'”

He had once seen a summoner with a high synchronization rate taking a spirit around on NewTube.

Every passerby had focused their attention on them.

Even knowing it was a class ability, it was definitely a rare sight.

Sparkle sparkle sparkle!!

Eyes shining even brighter, crying out “Take me too!”

Jinhyeok closed his eyes tightly and swallowed dryly.

Would this shopping trip be okay?

Dongdaemun Market, smoky as always today.

Oh Jae-gap looked at the two people standing in front of him.

His regular customer Yoo Jin-hyeok, who always came alone.

For some reason, today he wasn’t alone.

“Is she your girlfriend?”

“She’s a friend.”

“What’s that bag in the back? Elementary school entrance? Want me to show you some decent bags?”

“It’s a pet carrier. I adopted one. A new bag is fine.”

Jinhyeok answered smoothly and opened his inventory to take out items.

Items he’d organized by grade and type before coming.

Oh Jae-gap puffed smoke and examined the spread-out items.

“This one’s pretty good.”

He picked up the Orc Warrior bracelet.

It was an item that melee-type classes would love, though it was Tower-exclusive.

“Why don’t you use it yourself? You’re a swordsman.”

“I’m trying to build up my bank account first. I’ll use the next one that comes out.”

Oh Jae-gap nodded and tapped his calculator.

Whatever the reason, he was grateful that Jinhyeok was willing to sell it.

Finally, when he untied the pouch placed to one side, sparkling stones revealed themselves.

“Ho. Is this udium?”

An ore used as accessories by Orc Drods and Orc Knights, who are classified as middle-class or higher among the Orc Tribe.

Not only was it pretty, but when processed, it could provide strength enhancement effects, making it quite expensive to sell.

Oh Jae-gap looked at Jinhyeok in front of him.

In the Tower of Despair, Drods and Knights appeared starting from the 15th Floor.

The fact that Jinhyeok had obtained this meant he had cleared the 15th Floor or higher.

‘Last time he brought completely low-floor items.’

Considering the date and floor number, it meant he had climbed one floor per day, which was generally impossible.

Usually people valued their lives and spent a day or two gauging each floor.

“How much would each one be?”

“Udium itself isn’t top-grade. There are scratches too. But at this level… I can give up to 300,000 won each.”

“Yes. I’ll sell them all.”

The market price he had researched was roughly 150,000 to 350,000 won.

This was an excellent price.

“So including the udium fragments… that’s 11 million won total.”

“Please transfer it to my account.”

Tap tap.

“Transfer complete.”

“Confirmed. Thank you again today.”

“Take care and come again.”

Jinhyeok bowed his head and turned around with Seira.

“Phewwww.”

Watching the two people walk away, Oh Jae-gap blew out cigarette smoke.

Normally he wasn’t one to take particular interest in others, but this guy strangely caught his attention.

‘Still, it’s good that he got a companion.’

Even if they couldn’t climb the Tower together, having a friend to share something with was always good.

‘Hm?!’

For a moment he wondered if whatever was in the pet bag should count as a companion too.

But it seemed too pointless, so he decided to stop thinking about it.

Rustle rustle!

“Stay still.”

“It smells delicious!”

“Keep your voice down.”

They entered the outlet located below Dongdaemun Station.

The outlet had higher prices compared to the market, but it dealt with items of correspondingly higher levels and grades.

Seira had told him to prepare a one-handed sword as a backup for situations where he couldn’t use his two-handed sword.

Now that he had some money, he had made up his mind to visit here, hoping to get one with options if possible.

“Seira. That’s the women’s clothing section over there. Go look around. I’ll be checking out equipment.”

“Alright.”

Seira, wearing her cap pulled down low, walked away.

Though silver hair peeked out from under her cap, no one particularly paid attention to it.

Slightly faded jeans, a loose-fitting baseball jacket, and white sneakers.

It was probably thanks to searching online for fashion that friends her age wore and dressing her exactly like that.

“General. I have one suggestion.”

“What is it?”

“Can I come out of the bag? I’ll go invisible.”

“If it looks like your invisibility will break, you have to go back in.”

“Understood.”

After confirming he had gone invisible, Jinhyeok let Kancheo out.

Regaining his freedom, Kancheo stretched languidly.

Even though others couldn’t see him, Jinhyeok could, so there didn’t seem to be anything to worry about.

Taking Kancheo with him, he went to the weapon section located in one corner.

A section dealing with various weapons from melee weapons like swords, maces, axes, and clubs to bows, crossbows, and staffs.

Jinhyeok went to the sword shop and his mouth fell open.

‘The prices really are otherworldly.’

10 million won for a single sword that only had fire magic resistance attached to it.

He knew Tower-exclusive equipment was expensive, but this far exceeded his expectations.

“You know that from the 31st Floor it’s a lava zone, right? Without related resistance items, you’ll collapse from the heat the moment you enter. I’ll give you a special discount price. How much were you looking to spend?”

“I haven’t reached that floor yet. I’ll buy it next time. Where are the other one-handed swords?”

“Come this way. We have everything from swords imbued with the power of wind that make your body lighter just by holding them, to swords that have a certain probability of causing explosions with each swing.”

’40 million won?’

His jaw nearly dropped.

That price for just one explosion effect. If it had even one more feature attached, it would easily exceed 100 million won.

Weapon dealer Kim Jin-guk examined Jinhyeok’s appearance.

He didn’t particularly look wealthy or strong.

Players were the type who couldn’t help but show off their abilities, even with very low synchronization rates.

Yet the fact that he was dressed like this meant he was a newbie who had just started climbing the Tower.

But even without money, a customer was still a customer.

It was a merchant’s duty to provide customized service to make customers open their wallets.

“Are you looking for any specific options?”

“Do you also deal with cursed equipment?”

“Excuse me? Do you mean curse resistance equipment?”

It was such an unexpected question that he had to ask back.

“No. I mean equipment that’s literally cursed. That has negative effects on the user.”

There were often items that had decent options but sold for dirt cheap.

Those that caused status ailments like sleep or bleeding just from gripping the handle were among them.

In other words, items that people wouldn’t use even if you paid them to.

‘What would he use something like that for?’

He was curious but didn’t bother asking.

Whatever equipment a customer bought and how they used it was the customer’s freedom.

“Hmm. Please wait a moment.”

Kim Jin-guk went into the back of the shop.

As it happened, he had one.

A cursed piece of equipment that he had mistakenly purchased and had been giving him a damn headache.

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