172 遺物の売却先とその反応
翌日、アキラは再び少量の遺物を持って出発した。非常に大回りをしてヒガラカ住宅街遺跡まで行くと、そこで訓練などをして時間を潰した後、再び非常に大回りをしてクガマヤマ都市まで戻った。
都市に戻ったアキラはそのままカツラギに遺物の買取りを頼みに行ったのだが、向かった場所にカツラギのトレーラーはなかった。
『今日は臨時休業か? それとも場所を変えたのか?』
なぜそれが分かるのか。湧いた疑問を今更だと棚上げにして、アキラはバイクをシェリルの拠点に向けて走らせた。
シェリルの拠点の前に着いたアキラが意外そうな表情を浮かべる。拠点は建物全体に周辺の建物まで巻き込んだ大規模な改装工事が行われている最中だった。
拠点の一室でシェリル、ヴィオラ、カツラギが会議をしていると、徒党の少年がノックして入ってきた。
「ボス。アキラさんが来ています」
「分かったわ。カツラギさん。一度休憩を兼ねて中断しても構いませんか?」
シェリルがそう丁寧に告げると、カツラギが
くなったように思い、商売相手の心強さを感じながらも、油断ならない相手への警戒を高めた。
少年が少し気まずそうに口を挟む。
「......あの、アキラさんはその、カツラギさんの方に用があるみたいでしたけど......」
カツラギが意外そうな表情を浮かべる。
「俺に?」
シェリルはアキラがここに来るのならば、それは理由は何であれ自分に会いに来るためだと無意識に思い込んでいた。それが崩れたことへの落胆などが、その
少年はシェリルの機嫌の悪化に気付いて気後れすると、アキラの案内を口実にしてすぐに部屋から立ち去った。
ヴィオラが含み笑いに
みを返した。シェリルとヴィオラが互いに向ける視線には互いの力関係が強く表れていた。
これはシェリル側の組織内のことであり自分には関係ない。カツラギはそう言い訳じみた判断をしてシェリル達から目を
部屋に入ったアキラはカツラギの正面に座った。シェリルはアキラの隣に、ヴィオラはカツラギの隣に座り直した。
「それでアキラ。俺に用って何だ? 注文の品はまだ届いてないし、買いたい物ができたからトレーラーを出してくれって言われても無理だぞ? 今日はそっちは休みだからな」
「遺物の買取りも休みか?」
「それぐらいならやっても良いが、買い取る価値のあるものを持ち込んでくれよ? 俺も休みの日に二束三文の遺物の買取りなんかやるほど暇じゃねえんだ。まあ、昨日みたいな品なら俺もやる気を出すけどな」
カツラギは完全に冗談でそう言った。旧世界製の情報端末。しかも状態の良い品などそう簡単に見つかる代物ではないのだ。そのためカツラギは目の前の光景を疑った。アキラが昨日と同様の遺物を同じ数テーブルに並べ始めたからだ。
カツラギが思わず口に出す。
としている。ヴィオラは意外そうに笑っている。この遺物が旧世界製の情報端末だと知らないシェリルだけは余り驚いていなかったが、それでもカツラギ達の態度から非常に高価な遺物だということだけは理解した。
カツラギは良い意味でも悪い意味でも頭を抱えた。短期間で貴重な遺物を2度も持ち込まれたことは間違いなく商機だ。
だがカツラギにも資金繰りというものがある。この手の遺物を求める企業を探し出し、選別し、高額で売れるように交渉して現金化するまで、最短でも1週間は掛かる。昨日買い取った遺物はまだ金に換わっていないのだ。
かる遺物を、当座の金がないために逃す。それは避けたい。だが無い袖を振るために金を借りるのは覚悟がいる。資金繰りが苦しいと判断されれば利率も足下を見られる。その後の企業との交渉が難航して、返済期限の前までに現金化に失敗すれば何もかも失いかねない。
「......取りあえず、また人を呼んで鑑定したい。構わないか?」
カツラギは一度資金の悩みを棚上げした。遺物の品質が悪ければその悩みは無駄になるからだ。同時に自身が落ち着きを取り戻すための時間稼ぎでもあった。
部屋の中でカツラギの呼んだ鑑定人達が遺物の鑑定作業を続けている。昨日よりも大掛かりな調査機器を持ち込んでいた。カツラギが念入りな鑑定を頼んだからだ。
鑑定人達は部屋の中にいたアキラ達を見ると様々な表情を浮かべた。しかしそこには一定の納得の色が含まれていた。
昨日アキラをただの子供だと判断していた者も、ヴィオラと一緒にいる姿を見て付随する情報を思い出し、アキラに対する認識を改めていた。
シェリルの徒党が遺物屋を再開するために大金を
「シェリル。なんかここを建て直す勢いで改装しているように見えたんだけど、そんな金があったのか?」
シェリルが笑って説明しようとするが、そこにヴィオラが割り込んでくる。
「この徒党を稼げる組織にする
シェリルがヴィオラに邪魔をするなと言わんばかりの笑みを向けるが、ヴィオラはそれを軽く流して話を続けた。
再開する遺物屋は徒党の収益の柱にする。その
ヴィオラが僅かに心外そうな態度を見せる。
「あら、私がアキラとの約束を守ろうと身銭を切って努力しているっていうのに、随分な言い方ね?」
アキラが僅かに気まずそうにたじろぐと、ヴィオラが笑って続ける。
「そこは私が自分の実力に自信を持っている証拠だとでも思ってちょうだい。それに念押ししておくけど、融資よ。あげたわけじゃないわ」
アキラも自分との約束を守ろうとする努力にけちは付けられない。それに何らかの口実だと思っていたあの38億オーラムの負債が、いつか本当に回収できるのならばそれはそれで有り難い。投資資金を出しているのはヴィオラであり自分ではない。アキラはそう考えて、それ以上の疑念を止めた。
アキラが軽く笑い、ヴィオラも軽く笑って返す。するとシェリルがアキラに抱き付く力を強める。
「私も頑張ります」
「え? ああ。頑張ってくれ」
「はい」
シェリルは力強く答えた。そして
アキラはカツラギ達が遺物の査定を済ませた後、遺物の扱いをカツラギ達とシェリル達に任せて帰った。
当初はカツラギ達が前回と同じ6000万オーラムの査定額で遺物を買い取る話で進んでいた。だがそこにヴィオラが買取を申し出て割り込み、その後どちらに売るかで
カツラギ達とシェリル達のどちらに売るか詰め寄られたアキラは、買取額を100万オーラム単位で競うように提案した。6000万オーラムを下限にして、より高値を付けた方に売る。同額なら先に持ち込んだ筋を通してカツラギに売る。その提案は通り、アキラは取りあえず先に下限の6000万オーラムをヴィオラから振り込んでもらうと、一足先に拠点から出ていった。
『アキラ。今更だけれどアキラだけ席を外して帰って良かったの? あの後、カツラギ達とシェリル達が談合して買取額を低く抑えるかもしれないわよ?』
『昨日のカツラギの様子を見る限り、カツラギは買取資金を用意できない可能性だってあるんだ。それを考えれば、取りあえず6000万オーラム手に入ったんだし、カツラギ達とシェリル達が談合して利益を得たのなら今後の協力関係にも良い影響が出ると思うし、まあ、それぐらいはな』
アキラが帰った後、カツラギ達とシェリル達の交渉は資金難のためにカツラギ側の劣勢で進んでいた。
カツラギはシェリル達の拠点内に自分の支店を出す計画を立てており、拠点の改築資金の一部も出していた。更にシェリル達から徒党員の装備や拠点の防衛機器等の注文も大量に受けており、その仕入れにも資金を
カツラギはそれをヴィオラに指摘されて難しい交渉を強いられていた。
(もしかして、アキラが昨日俺のところに遺物を持ち込んだのは、俺の資金繰りを確認する
翌日、アキラは再びヒガラカ住宅街遺跡を訪れていた。そして先日と同じように訓練を兼ねて遺跡探索を進めていた。
遺跡の中をモンスターや他のハンターに発見されないように進む訓練。バイクをアルファのサポートなしで同じように運転する訓練。見落としやすい場所にある遺物の収得訓練。アキラはそれらをアルファからいろいろ指導を受けながら念入りに進めていた。
アキラがほぼ全壊状態の家屋の前で
め息を吐いた後、気合いを入れ直して作業に戻った。
遺物収集の訓練が続く。遺跡の中の適当な家屋を念入りに調べる。内部が無事ならば散らばっている家具の中まで調べ、家具を動かして隠れていた床や壁を調べる。情報収集機器などを活用して隠し部屋などの存在もしっかり調べる。
の壁の部分に隠し金庫などが埋まっていないかも調べる。情報収集機器で家具の内部を調べ、隙間があれば家具を分解する勢いで開けて中にへそくりでもないか調べる。
アキラはそれらの作業を先日からずっと続けていた。しかし収穫は今のところほぼない。全くない訳ではないが、装備に5億オーラム近い金額を費やすハンターのハンター稼業としては全く割に合っていない。
の入った食器らしい物を持ったアキラが、それを少し険しい顔で、大分嫌気が混じり始めている顔で見ている。
『実はこれが結構高い遺物だったりしないかな。ほら、前にアルファに教えてもらって、薄汚れたハンカチをハンターオフィスの買取所に持ち込んだけど、そこそこの値段で買い取ってくれただろう? そういうことがあったりしないかな』
『......アルファ。自力で調べるのも訓練の内なんだろうけど、ここは教えてくれ』
『その情報収集機器では精度に限度はあるけれど、恐らくありふれたセラミックス製ね』
『露店で100オーラムで売れたら
アキラは黙って食器を投げ捨てた。その基準で持ち帰ると、そこら中の物を持ち帰ることになる。カツラギのところに持ち込めば嫌がらせと判断されるのは確実だ。
アルファが苦笑を浮かべる。
『分かったよ。地味な訓練が上達の早道だ。そうだろ?』
アキラは半分気を取り直して、残る半分は少し
「俺が知るかよ。スポンサー様からの指示は、ヒガラカ住宅街遺跡を調べろ、最近誰かが遺物収集をした跡があれば重点的に探せ、だ。成果なしでも調査結果を報告すれば金になるんだ。割り切っていこうぜ」
都市に戻ってきたアキラは一度家に戻ると、遺物の詰まった箱を持ってシズカの店に向かった。店の中ではシズカがエレナ達と雑談していた。
「アキラ。久しぶりね」
「あ、はい。お久しぶりです」
「え、まあ、何とかやってます」
エレナは軽い戸惑いの様子を見せるアキラに親しみを込めて
「アキラ。いらっしゃい。今日の御用は何かしら。もしかしてまた弾薬の補充?」
アキラが少し真面目な顔になる。
「いえ、今日は遺物の買取を御願いに来ました。以前に衣類系の遺物なら持ち込んでも良いって言われたのを思い出したので持ってきました。これです」
アキラが持ってきた箱をカウンターの上に置く。シズカが箱を開いて中身を確認しようとする。エレナとサラも横から中身を見ようとする。するとシズカ達の表情に軽い驚きが浮かんだ。箱の中には旧世界製の女性用下着がぎっしり詰め込まれていた。
エレナとサラが軽い感嘆の声を上げる。それは高価な遺物を大量に目にしたハンターの感想だ。女性用下着を大量に持ち込んできた異性に対する戸惑いはない。しかしそれはエレナ達がハンターだからこその感覚だ。
シズカが箱から包装された下着を1枚手に取って中身を確認する。旧世界製の包装は中身の品質を十分に保っていた。損傷などは全く見られない。だがそれでもシズカは僅かに動揺を見せた。下着のデザインがかなり
アキラとシズカの目が合う。シズカが珍しく僅かな照れのようなものを表に出すと、その気恥ずかしさが伝わり、一生懸命真面目な表情を作っていたアキラの顔が少し崩れた。
だがシズカが普段の余裕を少し欠いた様子を見せたため、それを見たアキラも焦りや照れのようなものを押さえるのが難しくなった。
「そ、そう。確かにそんな話をした気がするわ。うん」
「アキラ。この手の遺物は査定がちょっと難しいの。私も買い取るとは言ったけど専門家ではないから、一度遺物を預かって、その手の専門業者と買取交渉を含めた鑑定とかを済ませてからの支払いになってしまうけど、良いかしら?」
「分かったわ。では、これはお預かりします」
シズカはそう言い残して箱をカウンターの裏手に、視界に入らない場所に置きに行った。視界に残していると変な動揺を招きかねないからだ。
Ch 172
On the next day, Akira took a small number of relics with him again as he went out to the wasteland. He took a long detour to Higaraka residence ruin, spent some time training there, and then went back to Kugamayama city taking another long detour.
When he arrived back in Kugamayama city, he immediately went to see Katsuragi to sell his relics. But strangely enough, his trailer was not in its usual place that day.
"Is he taking a break today? Or did he change place?"
Of course, Akira wondered how Alpha knew about that, but he reminded himself that it was nothing strange for her. So he just set that aside for now, got on his bike and headed to Sheryl's base.
Akira was taken aback when he arrived at the front of Sheryl's base. The base was under huge renovation involving the base itself and the area around it.
Inside one of the rooms in the base, Sheryl, Viola and Katsuragi were in the middle of a conversation. That was when a young boy from the gang knocked on the door.
"Boss, Akira-san is here."
"Alright, Katsuragi-san, is it okay if we stop here and take a small break?"
As Sheryl said so politely, Katsuragi smiled teasingly and said.
As Katsuragi saw that, he once again thought that Sheryl had really changed into someone hard to deal with. His merchant instinct was telling him that the current Sheryl was not someone he could underestimate.
The young boy then awkwardly said.
"...Uhhh, it seems that Akira-san is actually here for Katsuragi-san..."
Katsuragi raised his eyebrows.
"Me?"
When Akira came to the base, Sheryl always thought that it was for meeting her. So the moment she was proven wrong, the shock caused her smile to freeze for a sec. She then noticed Viola who could not hold back her laughter. It was obvious that Viola had completely read her mind, so Sheryl could not help but pout a little.
The young boy realized that he had just soured Sheryl's mood. He sounded rather scared as he used guiding Akira as an excuse to leave that room.
Viola was still trying to hold back her laughter as she said.
Sheryl regained her calm and smiled back at Viola. Their stares at each other, clearly showing the difference in their ranks.
Katsuragi looked away from Sheryl, excusing himself thinking that it was a matter between people in Sheryl's gang and he had nothing to do with it.
Akira entered the room and sat across Katsuragi. Sheryl sat next to Akira, while Viola sat next to Katsuragi.
"So then, Akira, I heard that you wanted to meet me. So, what is it? The goods that you ordered haven't arrived yet and if you want me to bring out my trailer in case you want to buy something, I can't really do that right now. I'm taking a break today from that one, you see."
"How about buying relics then?"
"Well, I don't mind doing that, but make sure to bring something that might fetch a lot of money, yeah? I'm not really free that I would deal with cheap relics during my holiday, you know. But, of course, if you bring something like yesterday, that would be a different story."
Katsuragi said so as a joke. Finding an old-world information terminal was not an easy thing, and even more so to find them in a good condition. Because of that, he could not help but question his eyes as Akira lined up similar relics like yesterday in front of him.
Katsuragi inadvertently mumbled.
Akira said so casually that Katsuragi had a surprised look plastered on his face. Viola found it surprising and smiled amusedly. Sheryl was the only one who did not know that those were old-world information terminals, so she found no reason to be surprised. But even so, she could understand from Katsuragi and Viola's reaction that those were expensive relics.
Katsuragi had both of his hands on his head, both for the better and for the worse. He did not expect Akira to bring invaluable relics twice in such a short time. There was no mistaking it, this was a very golden business opportunity for him.
But Katsuragi had limited capital available to use. He at least needed one week to find corporations looking for this kind of relics, choose where to sell those relics, negotiate a good deal with that corporation, before finally converting those relics into cash money. So the relics that he just bought yesterday had not been converted into cash money yet.
Those were relics that would definitely bring in a lot of money if he bought them, but unfortunately, at the moment, he had not enough money to buy them. To be honest, he wanted to avoid having to let that opportunity slide just because he did not have enough money to buy them right now. But he needed extra resolve to work up the courage to borrow money in order to put his bet on those relics when there was no guarantee they would sell. But if the credit company judged that it was unlikely for him to pay back the debt later, they might use that to take advantage of him and set a high interest. And if Katsuragi could not come up with enough money to pay that debt when the deadline came, then he would lose the bet and everything else along with it.
"...I want to call some people again to inspect those relics for now, are you okay with that?"
Katsuragi decided to set aside the matter with his money at the moment. After all, if those relics were actually not in a good condition, then there was no need for him to worry about money. While at the same time, it would also give him some time to compose himself.
People called by Katsuragi were inspecting the relics that Akira brought that day in the same room. This time, they were using bigger devices compared to yesterday. After all, this time Katsuragi contacted better relics inspectors.
When the relic inspectors saw the people inside that room, they had a rather conflicted look on their faces. But some of them seemed to quickly grasp what was going on.
Although they only saw Akira as just a young boy the other day, seeing how he was together with Viola inside that room, reminded them of a certain piece of information and decided to treat Akira differently from now on.
They had also heard Sheryl was investing a lot of money in order to restart selling relics in her base again. So they thought that the reason they were called there today might have something to do with it. If those relics were something that Viola procured, then it was nothing weird for them to be in such a good condition. The relic inspectors there thought so as they continued checking the relics.
"Sheryl, now that you mention it, it seems that you're doing a large-scale renovation of this place, where did you get the money to do that?"
Sheryl smiled and was about to explain when Viola suddenly interjected.
"In order to help turn this gang into a profitable gang, I decided to invest 1 billion Aurum into this gang."
Sheryl smiled at Viola, covertly telling her to stop running her mouth, but Viola ignored that and continued.
Once the gang started reopening the relic shop, it would be the main income for the gang. Because of that, they needed to renovate the interior of the gang in order to provide more security for the shop. The special room for storing those expensive relics was remade into something similar to a huge safe box. They also installed some defensive equipment to help even amateurs defend certain important points. Sheryl was also planning to sell relics that were entrusted to her by the other people too. So they made sure to be prepared for that too. Viola explained all of those things to Akira.
Viola looked slightly surprised.
"Oh my, I'm doing my best here to fulfil my promise to you, you know? So like, you don't have to say it like that, yes?"
Akira awkwardly winced back, Viola smiled and continued.
"Please think of it as me having absolute confidence in my own skill. And also, just to get this straight, it's a loan. So it's not like I gave that money for free."
Akira himself had no plans to say anything bad about someone who was trying her best to fulfil her promise to him. Moreover, if he was really able to get that 3.8 billion Aurum that he thought to be nothing more than an excuse for Viola to get involved in Sheryl's gang, that in itself was a good thing for him. Not to mention, Viola lent her own money, not his. So Akira decided to stop worrying about it.
Akira lightly smiled, Viola replied with a light smile too. That was when Sheryl suddenly tightened her hug.
"I'll give my best too."
"Eh? Ah, yeah, sure, give it your best."
"Yes!"
Sheryl replied back firmly, she then sent a glare to Viola who was smiling teasingly.
After they finished inspecting the relics, Akira immediately went back home, leaving what to do with those relics to Katsuragi and Sheryl.
Originally, just like before, Katsuragi offered to buy those relics for 60 million Aurum. But suddenly Viola interjected and made an offer to buy those relics too. Then from there, they had some debates on who to sell those relics to.
Both Viola and Katsuragi pressured Akira to sell his relics to one of them. So in the end, Akira decided to auction it starting from 60 million Aurum in 1 million Aurum units. If both of them were offering the same price, Akira was planning to sell them to Katsuragi since he made the offer first. And so with that, he made Viola transfer the minimum 60 million Aurum first and quickly left Sheryl's base.
"Akira. Though it might be too late for me to say this, are you sure you're okay with leaving them alone? After all, Katsuragi and Viola might manage to lower the price as much as possible in their negotiation with Sheryl, you know?"
"Judging from how Katsuragi gave me store credits instead of cash money yesterday, he might not have the money to buy those relics. So from that point of view, I was at least able to get 60 million Aurum out of those relics. And if their negotiation leads to more profit, it'll motivate them to get along more. So I don't think it's a bad idea."
After Akira left the base, Katsuragi and Sheryl were having a negotiation. During that negotiation, Sheryl had the upper hand since Katsuragi did not have much money.
Katsuragi had made a plan to have his branch inside Sheryl's base and invested some money in Sheryl's gang for the sake of that plan. Moreover, Sheryl had also ordered a lot of equipment and defensive devices for the gang from Katsuragi. So Katsuragi had also spent a good portion of his money to put those orders in. Because of that, he did not have much money in hand and he had a disadvantage during the negotiation.
Of course, Viola did not let it slide and pushed Katsuragi into a difficult negotiation.
[Don't tell me that Akira sold those relics to me yesterday for the sake of probing my current financial situation? No, it can't be... Right?]
On the next day, Akira went out to Higaraka residence ruin again, and just like last time, he was searching for relics there which also doubled as training for him.
Akira was being careful not to encounter any monsters or other Hunters during the training. He also did some training with his bike without Alpha's support, or spotting places for relics where Hunters would normally miss. He was doing his best in his training by following Alpha's instructions.
Akira stood in front of a dilapidated mansion and sighed. He looked slightly annoyed at Alpha.
With a light sigh, Akira changed gear and restarted the training again, but more seriously this time.
His training for hunting relics continued, he closely checked all corners of the mansion. If the interior of the mansion seemed relatively okay, he would check all the furniture and move them around to check for secret rooms. He did not forget to use his information-gathering device to look for secret rooms too.
In case if the mansion was mostly run-down, Akira would move aside the rubble and check the interior in case if the rubble buried a secret safe or something similar. He also checked the furniture using his information terminal, and if he found any hollow space, he would break the furniture to see if there was anything inside it or not.
Akira had been doing that since two days ago. But even after three days, he did not get anything valuable. Of course, it was not like he did not get anything at all, but for a Hunter who had now spent 500 million Aurum for his equipment, it was not worth the hassle.
Akira held a cracked plate in his hand and stared at it with a stern face. He looked slightly displeased as he said.
"I wonder if this thing might be an expensive relic. Like that thing, you know, that handkerchief that turned out to be an expensive article when I brought it to the Hunter Office. I wonder if this plate can be actually an expensive relic too."
"...Alpha, I know that judging it by myself is also a training for me, but can you help me with this one?"
"I can only tell a limited amount of info based on your information-gathering device. But from what I can get, it's made of usual ceramic."
"You can get a small amount of profit by selling that for 100 Aurum in a street stand. If you still have some doubt, you can try bringing that to Katsuragi."
Akira did not say anything back, he just threw that plate away. If that was good enough for him to bring back home, he would be bringing a lot of relics back home from that ruin. Not to mention that Katsuragi would definitely take it as a bad joke.
Alpha smiled wryly and said.
"I know. Diligent training is the shortcut to success, right?"
Akira got back half of his spirit, so he made up the other half with bravado and returned back to training. He continued looking for relics for some time after that, but in the end, his training ended that day with almost zero results again just like the other days. He looked slightly tired as he got on his bike and drove back to the city.
"Like hell if I know. It's an order from the boss to inspect this Higaraka residence ruin, especially for places where other Hunters are also searching. Even if we can't find anything, we still can get some money by reporting back the result from our inspection. So just stop complaining already."
When Akira returned back to the city, he went to his house and took a box full of relics to Shizuka's shop. Unbeknown to him, Elena and Sara were hanging out in Shizuka's shop at that time.
"Akira, long time no see."
"Ah, yes, long time no see."
"Eh, ah, it's going pretty well."
Elena looked a bit troubled on how to continue from there as she threw a friendly smile at Akira. But behind it, she actually felt relieved that she saw no sign of contempt, or alertness, or hostility from him. Sara, who was also smiling awkwardly until now, looked relieved seeing Akira's friendly reaction.
"Akira, welcome. Are you here for ammo again today?"
Akira's face immediately turned slightly serious.
"No, I'm here to sell relics today. I remembered that you said you can buy fabric relics from me, so I'm here with those relics today. This is it."
Akira placed a box filled with relics on top of the counter. Shizuka opened that box and checked the content. Elena and Sara also peeked at the content of that box. Shizuka, Elena, and Sara were amazed when they saw what was inside. That box was filled with lady's underwear, and of course, all of them were old-world relics.
Elena and Sara could not help but hum in amazement. It's a common reaction for Hunters when they saw a huge amount of expensive relics. There was no feeling of awkwardness although the one who brought in that huge amount of lady's underwear was a boy. But that was exactly because Elena and Sara were Hunters.
Shizuka took one of the underwear out of the box and checked it. It seemed to be in excellent condition without any damage. But something else surprised her, its design was rather daring.
In her surprise, she made eye contact with Akira and ended up blushing, which was very very very rare of her. Seeing that, Akira who was trying his best to make a poker face could not help but blush too.
But since Shizuka gave a reaction that he did not expect, Akira could not hide his surprise and started feeling embarrassed too.
"I-I see. Well, I too remember that we did have that kind of conversation before, yup."
"Akira. It's rather difficult to inspect this kind of relic, you see. Though I did say that I would buy them from you, it's not like I'm an expert in this. So if you're okay with it, can you leave them here? I'll have them inspected and get a good deal to sell them. But that would mean you'll receive the payment later when everything is done."
"Alright then, I'll take care of the rest."
Shizuka said so as she moved the box behind the counter, out of everyone's view. The only thing left was the lingering awkwardness from what just happened.
Rebuild World (WN)
リビルドワールド
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/rebuild-world/
Action Adventure Drama Harem Mecha Mystery Sci-fi Seinen
Abandoned Children Adapted to Manga Adventurers Alternate World Anti-social Protagonist Apocalypse Artificial Intelligence Beautiful Female Lead Cautious Protagonist Child Protagonist Dense Protagonist Determined Protagonist Distrustful Protagonist Futuristic Setting Gangs Gunfighters Harsh Training Lack of Common Sense Male Protagonist Manipulative Characters Monsters Near-Death Experience Older Love Interests Poor Protagonist Poor to Rich Ruthless Protagonist Shota Sudden Strength Gain Survival Twisted Personality Unlucky Protagonist Weak to Strong
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