There were lots of shops that fit the characteristic of Vampires.
“We sells broken wings of Unicorns.”
“Pegasus’ horn for sale.” (I feel so trippy here, like it’s switched around. But that’s how it is on the raw.)
“Freshly received blood here, for the youngling.”
Vampire merchants went around in their black capes.
Their arrogant deals made it thrilling for the spectators within Todeum.
Mapan checked the prices and his eyes lit up.
“Most component items and loots’ prices are all lower than normal.”
It was the time not long after the combat with the Unicorns and Pegasus.
These guys were selling miscellaneous goods at low prices, while art, handicrafts, and jewels were sold at high prices.
Mapan pulled out all of the carpets, furs, and jewels he had in stock.
“With so much jewelries how many am I going to sell? I wonder if I have enough to fulfill all the Vampires’ desires. In comparison to here, the humans don’t pay nearly as much.”
Mapan began to bargain and all of his quantities were sold off.
It was a huge victory of an investment; then on the empty carriage, he filled it with miscellaneous goods.
For Merchants, this moment was such a win.
“Euhahahaha!”
Within Mapan’s poignant laughter, Weed also hid a smile during the conversation.
Later Mapan will have to pay tax in Morata!
‘Probably more Merchants and adventurers will have to stop by to pay taxes in Morata.’
Weed had this secret expectation when he returns to Morata.
With the lot of Vampires, the quests they could receive from the easy Grade F or even to Grade B were available.
Since there was nobody else beside them, this was the golden land of quests.
“You humans who we fought with. These days, there were issues that popped up in the east. We were asleep so we don’t know what had happened. I’d like you to investigate.”
With just those few words, quests of Grade C or B were released!
There was no way other people could come to Todeum, so it was a complete monopolization of quests!
“We will try to find out what’s wrong.”
Geomchis and the party members had accepted the quest. Weed also tried to perform the quest.
“We’ll investigate things in the east and will come back.”
But the Vampire shook his head.
“You cannot.”
Has been denied to perform the Quest.
“What?”
Weed hesitated for a moment in this embarrassing situation.
Most of the time when one’s unable to receive a quest, it is due to the lack of Reputation or level.
But Pale, Zephyr, or even the Geomchis could accept the quest without having being rejected.
“You have a special job to do.”
At the end of the sentence, Weed’s eyes sparkled.
“Is it important work?”
“Yes. It is very important work.”
Other colleagues weren’t in the Vampire’s selection. Only just Weed was chosen.
So the quest lying in wait must be something special!
At this moment, the party looked very enviable.
“This time as well, it’s Weed nim.”
“Perhaps…the Vamp is implying it’s something we don’t have…”
Weed shown the party an apologetic façade. However, it was a rotten face to cover up the intense joy he was feeling!
Weed carefully asked the Vampire.
“What’s this adventure that I have to do? Just leave it to me and I will faithfully commit to it, even if it’s hard or even lonesome.”
“It’s not an adventure so to speak. That’s not it. As you know, from our earlier battles, the city we live in has been severely damaged. Statues on the streets, and sculptures in castles too, has been significantly destroyed.”
“……”
With the sudden talk of sculptures, Weed had an ominous feeling surfacing. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a mistake.
“My ‘Child Holding an Apple Figure’ was also damaged. I woke up at night and the first Sculptor I remember is you… so as an exceptional human Sculptor, I have you repair the sculpture for me. Is it possible?”
Ttiring!
The broken ‘Child Holding an Apple Figure.’
The sculpture the Vampire Metson purchased 36 years ago for 120 Gold!
The treasured sculpture is severely damage due to this battle.
To repair the sculpture, you need an exceptional Sculptor with keen eyes.
Difficulty: F
Compensation: 3 Unicorn’s feathers.
Quest Limitation:
Specifically Sculptor.
To deny the quest, Metson’s trust will fall.
“……”
Weed was speechless.
An absolutely unwanted quest by profession!
The Vampire seriously asked.
“I realized that besides having attained an exceptional state in sculpturing to explore the land as a human, to sculpt would be impossible if you don’t have affection toward the work. So you won’t refuse my request, would you?”
Weed, of course, wanted to refuse.
“I’m sorry. What art is are passion and creativity. I cannot accept this because I am busy dedicating my time to create new things.”
If there were no other quests around the maybe he would; but he did not want to begin repairing sculptures with the plentiful amount commissioned quests with large rewards lying around.
Of course he’d take if it the compensation was a lot of money; but regrettably, the reward was just three Unicorn’s feathers.
The Vampire was considerably disappointed.
“Oh, I guess I got the wrong human.”
Quest refused.
Received Vampire Metson’s distrust.
Weed noticed and spoke gently.
“So instead of repairing, I want to help you out by investigating the east.”
The Vampire shook his head again.
“You can not.”
Has been denied to perform the Quest.
All other colleagues were able to accept while just Weed was denied.
“I would never entrust that to a human who won’t even repair a sculpture.”
“……”
The situation had completely put him on the spot!
Along with Weed’s face faltering, the party members held their stomachs.
“Kikkikkik.”
“Haha, so funny.”
“Really interesting. I thought with everything Weed nim does, he was great; but he’s like this too.”
Zephyr, Mapan, Irene, Maylon, Hwaryeong, and Seechwi were laughing.
Weed kept all their names in his memory so he could later in the future take his vengeance.
But now, the quest took priority.
“Actually, come to think of it, I’d like to repair the sculpture.”
The Vampire bluntly refused.
“Didn’t you already refuse my request to repair a few minutes ago?
“If someone like Metson nim with such keen eyes to deem a sculpture is good, shouldn’t it be worth it for me to try and put it back together? New creation is important, but I want to see what kind of sculpture it is that retained Metson nim’s interests.”
The Vampire cleared his throat.
“Hum! But human, it’s just something trivial to the eyes of the one was deemed as an exceptional sculptor.”
“Artworks, sculptures, how can anyone tell whether it is good or bad? All I see in the sculptures are beauty and its noble values, not whether it could fetch a price or not.”
“Yes, I truly feel what you do. Then, can I count on you to repair my sculpture?”
“I really want to work on it.”
You have accepted the quest.
The party and Geomchis left to do the quest.
Weed also intended to work on the lowly compensated quest he received.
‘I’ll roughly work on this and then follow up with the commissioned quest.’
The sculpture the Vampire brought out was badly damaged.
The boy’s neck had broken off, ant it seemed as if something had tried to eat the apple as there were plenty of holes dug into it.