Chapter 152

Magic Tool Store

“If am afraid to say that this store doesn’t sell them, but our company has a contract with magic tool craftsmen, so I could introduce you to that store . You are an adventurer, aren’t you, Takumi-dono? Do you need magic tools for that?”

“No, if I had to say, then I need a magic tools for cooking…”

Right, I want magic tools for cooking .

A mixer, a hand mixer, juice mixer, and also a meat grinder . Anyhow, I need something that will allow me to prepare the ingredients finely and mix them together .

Currently, I am doing it myself in my free time, but to do it when I like, a magic tool would be much more convenient .

I have not seen a magic tool like that on sale before, so I thought of having it made . Therefore, I would be happy to get introduced to some magic tool craftsmen .

“I see, I see . In that case, your affinity with the magic tool craftsman contracted by our company might be good . ”

“N? Is the magic tool craftsman an occupation with various specializations?”

“Well, they are not necessarily limited by specializations, but they have tendencies to be good at making different things . ”

Certainly . There are many tools I have on me like the barrier stones, a portable cooking stove, ignite beads, and mermaid bracelets . There are many kinds of magic tools, aren’t there~ It might be difficult for the craftsmen to be able to make everything .

I don’t know whether that person will be able to make the tools I need, but I would like to ask, at least .

“Could you please introduce that magic tool craftsman’s store to me?”

“Yes, of course . ”

“Thank you very much . ”

We left towards the magic tool craftsman stotre introduced by Stefan-san without a delay, however—

“Uh-oh… is this it?”

“”Here~?””

The place indicated on the map was in the back alley of the shopping district, it was a store that scored perfect on the worn-out, suspicious scale .

“Is this really the place?”

It’s a magic tool craftsman the Fiji Company has a contract with, so I selfishly thought they would be running a more respectable-looking store, so I was startled for a little .

“”Going in? Going in?””

For some reason, Allen and Elena were making excited expressions .

Does it perhaps feel like a haunted house for the two?

“Indeed . Let’s go enter . ”

“”Yeah!””

“Excuse~ me- n? —-N?”

“””Huhh~?””

When entering the store, I had an unpleasant feeling .

“… A barrier?”

Apparently, this store has a barrier of some kind cast over it . It had a similar feeling to the barrier spread around the Mermaid village, so I immediately noticed .

Looking over the store one more time, I was startled in a different kind of way .

“Pretty~?”

“Many~?”

“Now this was unexpected . ”

Unlike the outward appearances, the interior of the store was very beautiful, moreover, it was crowded with magic tools lined up next to each other .

“Oh my, my, it’s rare for this store to have customers . ”

“Ah, sorry for intruding . ”

An elder with a cane appeared from inside the store . Is he the shopkeeper here?

“Are you the shopkeeper here? This store has been introduced by Fiji Company’s Stefan-san to me . ”

“By Stefan? How unusual for him to introduce someone to me . ”

“Is that so?”

“There are two kinds of stores Stefan recommends to other . Stores he introduces merely for formality’s sake and stores he introduces to considerable guests of honor . The people he introduces to this store are those he is pleased with or absolutely doesn’t want to offend . ”

Pleased with? Doesn’t want to offend? Which am I?

If I had to choose, I would prefer the former?

“Still, you did good entering without turning back . ”

“Well, I did think the store looked suspicious though…”

“”Looks fun~♪””

“The children were eager to enter… besides, the store was introduced to me . So that means, as I thought, you were using a magic tool to make the store look like that on purpose . ”

“Fuo, fuo, fuo . You even noticed the barrier? You are quite good~ I see, I see, I see why Stefan likes you . I am pleased with you as well . ”

Apparently, I somehow managed to earn the old man’s favor .

“Now then, now then, what kind of magic tool is that you want?”

“Err, it’s a cooking tool . Something like one with a rotating blade that would finely mince the ingredients?”

“You want something strange . I recall making something like that in the past…”

“I sure made it, but it never sold, I think . ”

He apparently has a mixer-like magic tool . Rather, he’s biding mixers with something strange .

“Let me take a look, you guys wait here . ”

“Yes . Err, can we take a look at the magic tools here?”

“Sure . Go ahead . ”

Grandpa went to look for the magic tool in the inner part of the store, so we decided to take a look at the magic tools that were on display .

“”Onii~chan, what’s this~?””

“N? This looks like a light magic tool . ”

“”Light~? And this one~?””

“This is a magic tool to start a fire . This one looks like a barrier stone? Somehow, there are many tools that adventurers would use, aren’t there~”

There were many magic tools the adventurers would use such as magic bags, water bottles, and even a single button press tents on the shelf we were looking at .

“Adventurers~”

“Need them~?”

“Hm? It’s not like they really need them, but they are convenient tools to have . ”

“Does Onii~chan have~?”

“How about Allen and Elena~?”

When I told them that they are magic tools that adventurers use, Allen and Elena were curious whether we also have them .

“We have most of them . You guys also have ignite beads and water bottles in your magic bags, right?”

When I told Allen and Elena that they have some things too, although not completely same, the two let out voices of admiration .

The two has never used the things in their magic bag, so they seem to have forgotten about it .

“Look, I found it . ”

When the two nodded in understanding, the old man returned .

“When you do this like this, this blade rotates like this…”

“Ohh!”

When the old man brought the thing and placed it on the table while explaining, I realized that it was closer to a mixer than I thought .

“It seems that you are satisfied with it . ”

“Yes, I really wanted this . ”

“I see, I see . By the way, I also have this one for juicy ingredients . ”

“!”

The old man even prepared something that resembled a juice mixer .

“I want this as well . ”

I replied the moment I saw it .

“At least look a little bit troubled . You are too brave . Recently, there were many fellows who tried finding faults with my products, but you, how do I say it… you are too honest . Seems like there are more tools you want? Tell me in detail . If I have nothing resembling it, I will make it for you . ”

“Thank you very much . ”

I was shaken up by the words “honest” but I decided to accept the old man’s offer and requested him to make me a hand mixer and a meat grinder .