The Extra's Return

Chapter 11 Black Merchant

?"What do you mean by that? You'd better explain now."

Clarista wears a threatening expression.

I didn't want her to misunderstand, so I started to explain what I meant.

Clarista, in the current timeline, has a big secret that no one knows about.

Clarista is actually a black merchant. She sells Magic Items in secret within the church.

Most of her customers were high-ranking people within the church itself. That's why not many people know.

For her reasons… Of course, there were special reasons why she wanted or should become a Black Merchant.

When she finished hearing my explanation, she looked very surprised. Her mouth was wide open. I was so worried that her chin would fall to the floor.

"So when I tell you I want to see your stuff, I mean your merchandise items."

"How did you know that I was a Black Merchant?"

She asked with a question mark hovering over her head.

"I only heard from a few people."

I said to Clarista, making a bad excuse.

Of course, she won't believe the bad excuses I gave. She looks like she's about to explode.

But I couldn't possibly tell her how I knew that.

So, what will she choose? Is she going to silence me so I don't tell anyone else?

Of course, I can honestly say that I haven't told anyone else. So, the option to silence me is actually wide open.

I saw her rubbing her head, looking down, and looking deep in thought.

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"No. I can confirm that only I know."

"I don't know and I don't care how you find out about my identity as a Black Merchant. But, did you know that this is a big secret of the church? If the pope finds out that any outsiders know about this, then that person will definitely be killed instantly, including you!"

"Ahem. I know that. Don't worry. Then, are you going to silence me? Or are we going to continue our business? Of course, the middle ground is that we can sign a secret agreement on a magic contract."

I propose an idea.

I'm sure she won't choose to silence me.

Why am I so sure?  it's because she is the one who will become a saintess, that she should not kill 'good' people.

'Good' here is the definition of a person who has never killed someone.

I'm sure she must have identified that I had never killed anyone.

At least in the current timeline.

I'm sure in the future I'll be killing people soon, so I should take advantage of it soon.

As I expected, she immediately took out a blank piece of paper from under her robes.

I continued to observe the blank paper Clarista took out, and a system message suddenly appeared.

[Name: Magic Contract Paper.

Level: Middle

Description: Magic paper that can be a judge. If you write the contents of the contract and sign it with your blood and will, the contract will be active immediately. If one of the parties reneges on the agreement, the Judgment Magic will activate. Judgment Magic power depends on the Magic Item level.]

The system message suddenly appeared and explained the description of the item.

While I was focusing on the description, Clarista seemed to be hesitating when she was about to use the Magic Item.

"Uhh, I'm actually very reluctant to use Magic Contract Paper. Isn't this too wasteful?"

"Then do you believe me that I won't spread your identity as a black merchant?"

"That's impossible."

"Yeah, right. It's a Middle tier Magic Item, but wouldn't it be safer to use it than nothing."

"I'm surprised you were able to find out the level of this Magic Item. Yes. I guess I'll have to agree with you."

Oh, so it's true that it's a Middle tier Magic Item? I was also quite surprised. Smart also this World System. I'm sure the World System would be furious if he/she had an ego. But he/she is a system, so he/she doesn't own it.

Clarista then wrote something on the paper using mana. Yes, mana, not ink.

A bright light flashed from her index finger, slowly starting to carve out one word at a time.

'That's great mana control,' I thought to myself.

When she was done, she handed the paper to me.

I saw what was written on the paper.

In essence, she told me to keep her identity as a black merchant a secret at all costs. Not even the thought of revealing the secret should exist.

"Hmm, before I sign this, may I have a look at your merchandise? Maybe there will be something to add in the Magic Contract Paper later."

I said in a cheerful tone, but for some reason, Clarista's expression darkened.

***

Before the transaction started, Clarista took me into the confession room inside the church, where no one would be able to see or hear.

In this confession room, there was only one table and two chairs. This room is dark. The only light came from candles

Once there, she sat down and started asking questions.

"What items do you need?"

"What items do you have?"

She let out a sigh and began to take out a large number of items from within her robes.

Various kinds of items appear.  Most are accessories, but there are some weapons too, like swords and knives.

People who saw the scene might be surprised, they would think, 'Where did that much stuff come from?'

Yes, with a normal mind, it would be impossible to keep all those things in an ordinary robe pocket.

I'm sure it's from Dimensional Pocket.

[Name: Dimensional Pocket.

Level: High.

Description:

A Pocket already Enchanted with Spatial Magic. Capacity is determined by the level of the Magic Item.]

A system message popped up as I stared at the pouch under her robes.

Magic Items.

Magic Items are items that have a magical effect.

Most Magic Items come from Dungeons.

Very few Magic Items could be made by human hands.

There are 6 levels of Magic Items.

The lowest is Common, then there is Low-Middle-High. Above the High level was the Unique level, but that was extremely rare.

Then there are items that are said to exist but don't really exist, namely Legendary-level Magic Items.

I looked at the various Magic Items on the table.

[Name: Fire Knife.

Level: Common.

Description:

When you inject the Fire Knife with Mana, the Fire Knife emits fire.  The amount of Mana that needs to be used is very large, while the resulting fire will be very small.  Potentially inflicts injury on the user.]

[Name: Sound Earrings.

Level: Low.

Description:

When you wear Sound Earring, your hearing will improve.  Activates automatically. Can't be stopped. It is likely to affect the user's mental health if used for too long.]

'Why doesn't anything look useful?'

For the people in this world, they had to use Magic Identification in order to judge the level of an item.  Whereas I don't need to use Magic Identification because I have the World System.

After I browsed and assessed all the Magic Items using the World System, I finally found one Magic Item that looked useful.

In the end, I only took that one item out of all of Clarista's merchandise.

Then I bought the thing. 'Buy' is probably not the right word, because I didn't spend a dime.

Actually, I'm just in debt.

"Are you crazy? Don't you know how expensive that thing is? I thought you would have quite a bit of money since you're still the son of a noble, but you really...."

At first, Clarista was angry and didn't want to hand over the item, but in the end, she gave it away after I convinced her.

"I promise I'll pay you in a few months. At most a year. You can add this transaction to the Magic Contract Paper that we're about to sign."

The promise that I would pay her was now added to the Magic Contract Paper. So, if I don't pay her a maximum of one year's time, I'll have a backlash from breach of contract.

I can only sigh.

Actually, I was planning to find and collect Magic Items myself. I still remember some places that contain a lot of Magic Items. With the memories of my past life, I plan to go there.

However, unexpected events continued to occur. From Jullian's arrival in this town, and the appearance of someone called Ghost Face by Baron Warwick.

Even though Clarista's arrival was sudden, her arrival was also an opportunity for me.

I was planning on visiting the market and buying some stuff, but now I don't have to.

Now I just have to put my signature on the Magic Contract Paper.

I checked the text on the Magic Contract Paper. In essence, I had to keep Clarista's identity a secret and pay the Magic Item fee. Then I signed with my blood.

Clarista also signed autographs using her blood.

After that, the Magic Contract Paper suddenly flew in front of the two of us, then as if on fire, the Magic Contract Paper instantly disappeared into thin air.

[Magic Contract Paper - Active.]

Instantly, I had the feeling that something had entered my body.

[An unknown energy has already entered your body.]

[Since you don't have a Mana Core, that unknown energy can't survive in your body.]

[Do you want to bind that energy into you?]

A question mark suddenly floated over my head. What does energy mean? Was it something from Magic Contract Paper that activated?

I gave a refusal to the World System.

[You have already resisted the unknown energy. That unknown energy will dissipate.]

If that energy is from Magic Contract Paper, then… Mmm, that Magic Contract Paper isn't effective on me? I just found out that there is an effect like this.

'Not having a Mana Core has its advantages too, huh.'