Chapter 69

For the few days it took Belga to finish the work we’d commissioned, Luche and I focused on gathering information around Lacolina while doing a bit of sightseeing.

We also searched the shadier shops for a 〈Skill Book〉 for 〈Reaper’s Deadly Hand〉, which Luche would need for her future character build, but we came up empty-handed.

Though, since we had no way to afford 〈Reaper’s Deadly Hand〉 right now, even finding it would only have left us frustrated...

There was a fairly useful 〈Skill Book〉 going for a modest price, so I considered buying it to resell, but Luche talked me out of it.

Buying and selling 〈Skill Books〉 is a gray-area practice.

Shopkeepers might get arrested, but customers often aren’t punished. Still, if they found out an adventurer was making a fortune reselling them, I doubted they’d just let it slide.

If I made a habit of buying and selling them, I’d eventually get arrested by the guards.

If I got arrested in Lacolina and they found out I was a noble’s son, the Howlrod Marquis House would seize the opportunity to berate my family and make a big deal out of it.

And if Guildmaster Haraine heard I’d been arrested for reselling 〈Skill Books〉, I couldn’t imagine what Haraine would think.

On the day the Mithril Sword was due to be finished, Luche and I headed to Belga’s smithy...