VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

Chapter 68: A hairpin

"Muuu."

The little slime was pointing towards something so, he followed where it wanted him to go and ended up at the very left side of the shop, in the ornament sections where jewelry of various kinds and types was showcased.

"You want jewelry?"

Elio did not understand why the slime would bring him all the way here, but when they reached there, the slime started Wiggling even more violently.

"Hmmm."

Elio can tell this was some kind of an involuntary response that even Az did not have control over, so he did not pay too much attention to it.

"Do you want this one?"

He just started pointing at various things on the display and in the glass cases, asking the slime what it was making it act like that.

"Muuu!"

"Then this one?"

"Muuu!"

"This…?"

Alex was confused at the back, and she could hear the other players who were badmouthing her clearly.

They could not understand why a player was asking a slime what it wanted but unlike the employees who were also confused, they were talking shit about them.

And she did not like it, she glared at them– and even used {Sword intent} very lightly to shut them all up.

It was a special skill that only those who understood the sword to a certain degree could possess. And not only it passively increased her control over her weapon, it could act as a versatile skill.

And it was useful to shut some people up as well.

"Then, this one-."

"Muuu~! Muuu!"

He had pointed at a few things before his finger landed on a small glass box and the slime reacted positively to it.

"Excuse me, can I see this?"

There was a female employee looking after the ornament section and she was actually mesmerized by the cute slime in his hands.

There was a cute lizard or something inside of the slime as well and it was smiling at her– it was so adorable that she wanted to hold the slime and hug the lizard but she was working right now.

"Oh, yes!"

They were customers and she was supposed to work instead of acting like that.

"Here you go."

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The one holding the slime was an attractive person as well, but seeing as how he was with an even more attractive lady, she knew she would not stand a chance in this situation.

"Thanks."

She surely had a blush on her face when she received his thanks and that smile– her heart almost skipped a beat when she saw that smile, but she controlled herself and tried her best to maintain her expression.

"Do you want this thing, Az?"

"Muuuu~! Muuuuu!"

The thing that they had taken out was a very attractive looking pin.

Made of gold and covered in unique patterns all around it, there was a single blue stone embedded at the top of it.

The sharp top of the ornament seemed dangerous, but from the looks of it, it was intentionally made that way.

The decoration around the blue stone made it seem like the center of a flower, and, though not perfect or amazing, this was a pretty decent work according to Elio.

"How much for this ornament?"

Elio had no idea why a slime would be interested in a hair ornament, but since this was the first time Az was asking him something that he could actually give to his little friend, he did not hesitate to ask for the price.

"O-oh. This piece would be one gold and ten silvers, sir."

"One gold?"

A whole gold coin for a simple ornament?

"It sure is pricey…"

He had that much money thanks to his sugar mommy's generosity and the quest rewards, but spending it all on something so simple did not seem fine to him.

"Muuu…"

But, it looked like the slime really wanted the ornament for some reason, and he could feel it thanks to their connection.

"Can you go down? Or are the prices fixed?"

"No, sir. We can not. The hairpin belongs to the 'Imported' section. All the items in this section come from trusted sources and are authentic.

I don't know the details, but the prices are strictly fixed."

"Is that so…?"

He did not have a ton of money to throw around and he knew how to handle his money. So, if he was going to invest in this item, he needed to at least know a little about what it was.

"Can you tell me some more about this piece? Something that you might know?"

"Apologies… sir. The items in these sections are different from the others. They are already sealed when we receive them and we sell them directly so that the customers can be the first to have them."

"It is an item at least, right?"

"Yes, that much we are certain about."

"Can I use an appraisal scroll on it?"

"You… can not, sir. You would have to purchase it before using any items on it."

Now this made things complicated for him.

"It looks good, why not just take it?"

Even Alex liked this piece.

She can tell it wasn't just a simple hairpin even though she could not tell much about it.

If this slime had any interest in it, there must be some reason behind it.

She didn't see it wrong to gamble some money and see what the slime does with its gift. But Elio was against it.

"I can take it, sure, but then what? I'd like to give Az a gift as well but I at least need to know I'm not giving my friend something dangerous as a gift, right?"

His main concern was if this pin was safe or not.

"I can see it for a minute?"

"Hmmm? Yes?"

And if he can't use an item on it, he had no other choice but to use the primitive method.

"Dude, seriously?"

Not having an appraisal skill was starting to become unfavorable, so he wanted to quickly fulfill the conditions to get the skill so that he doesn't have to waste so much of his time on small things like these.

"..."

The employee did not understand why the pretty man was looking at the simple hair pin so intently when it was just a hairpin with some kind of effects, but instead of him, she paid more attention to the slime that seemed to be cheering his master.

She had no idea what was happening here, and the rest of the employees and players in the shop were the same.

The one who had been guiding them to the upper floor had even gone back to his position after instructing the one they were talking to right now to take care of them.

"...sir?"

And though she wanted to show them what they wanted aside from the pin, she did not understand what the attractive man was doing with the pin.

"Umm…"

As more time passed and he just kept staring at the pin, she got a little worried and was just about to speak up once again— when he blinked his eyes for the first time in a while and placed the glass box containing the pin down.

"We will take this one."

His eyes had almost become red, and she thought it was concerning so she offered him her own handkerchief.

But he rejected it, saying there was no need for that.

"Now, will you be showing us the storage devices as well?"

"Hmmm? Oh, yes!"

Observation was not as good as the appraisal since it merely revealed some very basic information about the targets of observation.

But, what he got from his observations was more than enough to convince him to buy this object.

In fact, he wanted to quickly go back to their place and confirm his suspicions now.

The one liner info that he obtained from his observation was much more unique than any of his past observation targets until now.