Multiworld Merchants
Selling Watches

"Are you new here, young man?" ask a man when he sees Adam looking like a confused man.

"Yes, you could say that."

"You look very confused. Is there anything I can help you with? Just tell me. Maybe I can help you."

"Actually, I was left out of my entourage. I come from a far country. Can you tell me about this place?" ask Adam.

The first thing Adam needs to do when he is in a new place is not to look easy to use. With him saying that he is now the highest of his entourage, he hopes that it will eliminate the bad intentions of people against him. At least they knew that Adam had someone else to rely on.

Then, Adam also made up stories that he came from a distant land. This minimizes the possibility of someone seeing it differently than others. Although in terms of appearance and language Adam is the same as the population here, but the daily habits of Adam will not be able to change just like that.

"Ah, apparently you are from a far country. I heard these last few days many merchants came from faraway lands. They started selling all sorts of unique items that could not be found in the Guerio Continent. Are you one of them?"

"Yes" Adam answered quickly. At least he has a good identity that he can use traders from far away countries. Fortunately, there are people like that here. Adam could use it well.

"So, can you tell me what city this is, sir? What do the people here like? What are the advantages of this city? You know, I just want to do some research on market tastes, right. If I go back with my entourage later, I can tell them what I know" Adam said.

"This is Red Stone City. This is Duke George's territory. The residents here are mostly a mana stone miner. Then, here is also the place of the best blacksmiths in the Kingdom of Adergeus."

"If you want to sell something, you need to sell something that has nothing to do with magic weapons here. It's not that I want to underestimate, it's just that your product will never sell if you sell here. Quite a lot of people sell magic weapons here. Your competition is very much," explained the man.

From that explanation, Adam has enough new information. The place he was in right now really had a connection with magic. The man in front of him had said that the city had many residents who worked as a stone miner.

Then, the world where this is located uses the royal system as a system of government. His place was led by a Duke. There must be a noble system here as well.

This made Adam a little depressed. He came to a magical world that was obviously quite dangerous for him who had no power. However, on the bright side, Adam could have studied magic here.

Thinking of himself learning something new that smelled of magic made Adam's feelings slightly improve. Which man does not imagine himself to have great power. Especially magic power like this. As a lover of fantasy novels since childhood, Adam once imagined himself to have superpowers as well as the main character he read.

"Ah, as it seems. So, I can't sell items related to weapons apparently."

"Then, can you tell me about the portal in the square, sir? How much do I need to spend to use the portal?" ask Adam.

Adam has a hypothesis now. He appeared in this world right at the door of the portal. The man thought the portal was the door for him to return. Maybe he needs to think about the door in the basement to get back there.

However, to be able to use the portal, Adam needs more complete information. The man saw a large number of heavily armed guards standing guard around the portal. The one who asked Adam to step aside was one of them.

If using the portal was necessary to pay and Adam broke through to use it, he feared he would be arrested and detained. Getting into a prison on another world was the last thing Adam wanted to do.

"You don't know this? Aren't people from distant lands used to use portals when traveling in the Guerio Continent? How can you not know about basic information like this?"

Adam scratched the back of his head that was not itchy. He behaves like a person who is embarrassed because he does not know trivial information like this.

"That, my partner usually pays for it. I just went along without ever knowing the cost required to use it" Adam said.

"Ah, as it seems. This must be your first time coming to the Guerio Continent. It's only fair that you don't know general information like this" said the man in front of Adam, nodding his head. Act as if to understand Adam's current state.

"If you want to use that portal, you have to pay Kyra one gold. A little expensive for people in general. However, for a merchant from a distant land like you, this kind of money doesn't mean much, does it?"

"One gold Kyra? I'm not bringing any money right now. Can you borrow me some money, sir? I promise, I'll pay when I meet my partner later" said Adam.

The man in front of Adam immediately showed a defensive attitude when he heard that Adam wanted to borrow money. He who had previously looked friendly, was now alert.

Adam did not blame this man. He himself will also behave so when there are strangers who suddenly come to borrow money. Moreover, this man said one gold Kyra is not a little money.

"Don't tell me you intend to trick me? You pretending to be someone needs to be helped to draw my sympathy, don't you?" ask the man.

He then spread his gaze around. It seemed like he wanted to find out if Adam had another colleague who was now watching from afar.

"No-no. I have no intention of deceiving you at all. I really don't have any money right now. Or put it this way, I'll sell you the things I have. Maybe you're interested in the stuff I have," Adam explains.

Adam did not want to be called a fraud when he first came to this world. He still wants to explore this place. Maybe this world can help him gain wealth. Adam needed money to survive. It was quite difficult for him to get a job just by relying on the High School diploma he had.

"Indeed, what do you have? If it wasn't a valuable item, I wouldn't be willing to pay it at such a high price" the man replied.

"Attent."

Adam then reached into his pants pocket. There are not many things that he is carrying at the moment. Previously he only focused on cleaning the heritage house of his late grandfather. Moreover, Adam's high curiosity made the man enter the magic door without making any preparations.

"Here, do you want to buy this?" ask Adam.

If not for wanting to have money to return, Adam would not have issued this watch to offer to the man in front of him.

"What'sthis? What is this thing? I've never seen anything like this" said the man quite enthusiastically.

The man received the watch that Adam had proffered with great care. He looked at the watch carefully.

At first, Adam thought this watch was not very valuable. Can't it be that not in a magic world like this nobody has a watch? However, the beauty of the man in front of him made Adam think otherwise. Is the world so backward that they don't have watches?

"That's a watch. You can wear it on your wrist. It was used to indicate the time, sir," explained Adam.

"Handshirt? Show time? This is an amazing thing. Can this really show time? If I had this difference, I would no longer have to estimate the time now. I also do not need to wait for the time keeper to announce the time," explained the man with full enthusiasm.

"So, you want to buy it? I don't think anyone in this town has had this. If you buy it, you'll be the first to own it, Sir. I can guarantee no other trader has a clock like this" Adam explained.

"Yes. Wanted it. How much?"

"It's certainly not cheap, sir. You will be the first to have it. I'm sure you're paying a lot for this, aren't you?" ask Adam.

Adam did not immediately mention how much the price of this watch. First, he did not know the price comparison of the goods that were here. He did not want to sell watches given by his late grandfather at low prices.

Second, Adam wanted the man in front of him to determine the price of his watch. That will help Adam figure out how much his watch is worth. In addition, Adam will also know how high this watch can sell. The enthusiasm of this man cannot be lied to.

"You put me in a pretty tough position, young man. Destiny brought me together with you and it turns out you sold stuff I've never met like this. Now, you want me to set the price of this watch?"

"If you don't want it, I can sell it to someone else. I'm sure someone will buy my watch" Adam said.

"Don't!" exclaim that man.

"I'll buy it for a hundred gold Kyra. Although this item of yours is very unique, but I do not feel the existence of mana from this watch. So, I can't pay you more than this" said the man.

Adam was a little surprised to hear this man appreciate his one hundred gold Kyra watch. When he noticed the people around him, Adam could see that the money in this world was in the form of coins made of pure metal. Gold made from original gold, silver made from original silver, and bronze made from original bronze.

Despite not knowing how much the coins weighed, Kyra's hundred gold was a considerable amount. It exceeded the value of his watch. Even if Adam bought new.

"Is it too cheap? I can't add to it anymore, young man. How about I add ten gold Kyra. Would you sell it to me?" ask the man who looks worried.

It seemed that Adam's silence was regarded as a disobedience by this man. He immediately raised the price because Adam did not give any response.

"Alright, Sir. I'll sell it to you. One hundred and ten gold Kyra. No less no more."

Adam heard the man in front of him breathing deeply. It seemed that he was relieved to hear that Adam was willing to sell his watch at the price he offered.

"This, one hundred and ten gold Kyra. You can count young people" said the man, who now gave up a leather pouch. A gurgling sound rang out as the pouch was moved.

When Adam opened the bag, he could see gold coins in it. One side of the coin shows a picture of a plant. On the other hand, there was a writing that Adam could not read. Perhaps this is the original writing of this world.

Adam immediately counted the money without taking it out of the bag. Although it looks a lot, Adam did not want to consider all that fit without counting it.

"Yes, this is fitting, one hundred and ten. Thank you for buying my watch, sir."

"Call me Parsley, Parsley Wood. If you have a unique item like this, call me young man. You can find me at Old Hans's shop."

"My name is Adam, Mr. Parsley. If I had any good stuff, I wouldn't forget you."

...

Adam was a little anxious while queuing up on the portal. He was still not too sure whether his hypothesis regarding this portal that could bring him home was true or not. However, now there was not much the man could do. Failure or not will only be known after Adam tried, right?

"Next," said one of the guards near the portal.

"The city of Akroi, sir," said Adam, handing over a gold coin to the guard in front of him.

It was the name of the city that Adam often heard while queuing. It was probably the closest town from here. Because Adam did not know much about this place, he decided to imitate what people said.

White light began to circulate around Adam. Before the white light completely enveloped his body, Adam immediately thought about the door in the basement of his house. He also thought of anything he could remember in his world.

When the white light disappears, Adam finds himself in front of a magical door. The room around him was exactly like the basement in his house.

"It worked. I can really go back this way. Now, I can use this magic door to earn money. Thank you Grandpa. Turns out you didn't really forget me" cried Adam loudly.