Alma POV 10/17
Ivy continued showing the Mana Cores, as I grew actively more interested in them, I was going to buy them all anyways, but imagining the types of powerful beasts they belonged to made me realize how amazing they were.
"And lastly… this is the bests Rank 4 Mana Cores I got…" he said, pointing at a dark and a golden core.
"This black mana core, which is the size of a small melon, comes from a Dark Specter King, a powerful Undead Monster with the ability to devour souls… its dangerous. And then, there's this one, the Golden-colored core comes from a Young Sunshine Sky Whale, a young cub from a species of massive whales that grow to enormous sizes and fly through the skies." Said Ivy.
"Oooh…! W-Wait! What about the other big one?!" I asked, pointing at that one."Oh! I would usually say that it is way too expensive for anyone to afford but… well, Alma-sama is the princes so… well, this is a young red fire dragon mana core, Rank 5… this has been a treasure from a family that ended falling to bankruptcy and were forced to sell it off… I bought it, of course!" said Ivy.
"W-Where do you usually get your Mana Cores?" asked Elred, even he was surprised. Perhaps in his country there wasn't so many shops like these…
"I buy them around. Mostly buying them from merchants. I've bȧrėly approached Magus or Hunters before. I know that Hunters have Guilds in this city, where they take tasks and complete them for rewards, they often sell monster corpses and mana cores here. Unlike other parts of the country most of this continent is run by such systems of Guilds, although there are other areas where there are sects, which are pretty many Guilds but merged with clans and that own an entire nation." Said Ivy.
"I-I see… Well, Sects are rare around this continent as we Elves live too long, Kingdoms and Nations reigned by a few royal families are better to maintain more order for prolonged amounts of time." Said Elred.
"Hm~! I see you know your stuff, young prince. You're just as intelligent as you're handsome and cute." Said Ivy with a blushing smile.
"H-Handsome?!" asked Elred while blushing.
"Indeed, you're quite a gallant at your age, I can't imagine how much of a charming man you will become as you grow up!" said Ivy while ŀɨċkɨnġ her lips, which made Elred swallow saliva nervously.Ivy seemed to have taken a liking on Elred's cute appearance.
But he's mine!
I moved in front of Elred and covered his sight from Ivy.
"Then I am buying everything! How much will it all be?" I asked.
"All of this? L-Let me see… D-Don't worry Princess, I wasn't flirting with your future husband or anything!" he apologized.
"You better not. Another offense and I might just take down your entire shop." I said.
"Gyyyhh…! O-Okay! I will count the price!" he cried.
Ivy began counting the price of everything and quickly made up a number.
"It will be… if I apply a special discount because the princess and her future husband are very cute… Then…! About 10.560.730 Gold Coins. The currency of this place is mostly gold coins, right? There are sects that use Mana Stones as currency as well, so I can accept both and calculate the price around, but if there were need for Mana Stones, hen the price would be way more millions… Other things you could offer are precious items that cost a lot, I can take them as a payment too and discount part of the money." Said Ivy. He was very accessible to all types of transactions; I see he has done this many times before. He must be quite the merchant.
And indeed, apparently in most of our Nations we trade items and use Gold Coins as currency, well, there is the lesser currency such as Bronze and Silver Coins, but those don't cost as much as Gold Coins, and then there are also Gold Plates, which are 1 million coins each in value, they're only used for big transactions.
Good thing I brought with me the pile I had back home, I have a dozen plates my parents casually dropped on my room time to time.
"Rose, is there enough?" I asked.
Rose quickly checked the bag of money, and nodded.
"I-Indeed, there is enough, princess-sama, but still… for what do you require this?" she asked.
"To make potions and stuff while I am bored! Also I could give them to Elred as a present, I did said I wanted to give him back the gift, right?" I asked.
"Right…" said Rose.
"A-Alma, you don't have to go this far…" said Elred.
"How much was this pendant? Be honest." I said.
"Around… fifty… gold plates?" asked Elred.
"Fifty?!" asked Rose and Ivy, looking at my pendant.
"Royalty is really in another level! A-Am I selling my stuff to cheap? Ah, I cannot change the price now that I said it…" said Ivy, almost falling unconscious out of shock.
"Now pay up, Rose." I said.
"Understood…" sighed Rose, as the transaction was easily done. I was a rich princess, what did you expect?
Alongside that I bought around twenty Rank 2 Mana Cores and left Ivy with some extra fee so he wouldn't open his mouth over this entire transaction.
Ivy stored the items inside her dimensional pouch, a very expensive item that not many had, which also Dagger had eaten back then, and then we continued our travels around the main streets, our next stop was a series of equipment and clothing shops, alongside weapon shops. I wanted to see if I could get myself some armor or something…
"Oh my, this dress looks way too good! My lady, please buy it so you can wear it!" said Rose, showing me a pink dress with many frills.
"T-This one would look stupendous on you, Alma!" said Elred, showing me a dress that seemed quite tight into the body…
"Agh, I didn't come here for that! I want some armor!" I said.
"A-Armor?!"
