Chapter 110: Roderick also wants to have an adventure on the night street (2)
"Didn't I tell you that this isn't Illya's territory? So even if you send money from home, there won't be any problem as long as you find a place to collect it."
"Huh, you didn't say that!"
"Ahaha, sorry, I forgot. But now you know it, Roderick-san."
Curitis smiled awkwardly and spoke in a perfunctory tone.
Afterwards, Roderick was dragged by Curitis and wandered around the night streets for a long time.
Even he could see that the other party was taking a very blatant detour.
"Speaking of which, where exactly are you taking me? Why do we keep taking a detour around here?"
Roderick questioned unhappily.
"Don't worry. We have plenty of time today. It's not a bad idea to wander around here. Don't you think so, Roderick?"
Curitis shrugged and replied with a smile.
But his smile was fake, which made Roderick feel uncomfortable and irritated.
But now, Roderick has no other choice except to rely on Curitis.
"Stop doing unnecessary things and take me to the black market merchant who can exchange credits. Oh, and there's also the store that can store packages for me. I want to write to my mother and sister and ask them to send me money."
"Well, Mr. Roderick, you are a little too impatient."
"It's you, Curtis, who's too slow. And what about that shop where the pretty lady approached me just now? It can't be that kind of..."
Roderick moved a little closer to Curitis and asked sheepishly.
Thinking back to the young woman who had just chatted with him, her revealing clothes, her plump breasts that were about to show out, and her cute appearance, Roderick's heart couldn't help but feel a palpitation.
In his previous life, he was not a virgin, but he had never had a girlfriend.
Roderick only uses money to win over women, and since he has experience in that area, he has basically no immunity to women.
"Hehe, it's just like what you thought, Roderick-san. It's that kind of store."
Curitis leaned over to Roderick's ear and whispered an explanation.
"Because this is a place that the imperial city officials cannot control, there are many shops that offer various ways to play. As long as you are willing to pay enough money, any interest and play method can be satisfied here."
"What?! Anything is fine?!"
Roderick's voice broke with some excitement.
"The premise is that you have to be rich enough. Let's sell all the monster materials first."
It was obviously Curitis who first piqued Roderick's interest.
But now he is deliberately pouring cold water on others, emphasizing the need to have enough money.
"Tsk, I see. Let's go over there quickly."
Roderick felt very disappointed and pushed Curitis' shoulder and said.
"Okay, okay, we're here. It's that store."
Kuritis pointed to an inconspicuous stall in a dark corner and said.
The man tending the stall wore a black cloak, which made him look suspicious even in a place like a night street.
"That's it... Let's go buy the materials quickly."
"Hello, are you looking to sell materials, buy items, or buy credits?"
Judging from the voice, the other party should be a man, and the tone of his greeting is very lazy.
"Sell materials and buy some credits at the same time."
Roderick replied unhappily, taking out a large bag of monster materials, about fifty liters in volume, from his space ring.
This is the maximum amount he can carry in one breath.
"Well, I'll start counting now. This is the price list of the materials from the Imperial Capital Merchants Guild. You can check it out for yourselves. We purchase them according to the Imperial Capital's prices, and then charge a 20% handling fee."
"One hundred, twenty percent? Are you kidding me?!"
Roderick froze for a moment and yelled at the man.
"So are you going to sell it or not? If not, take the things away quickly."
The man with his face covered by a hood asked back unhappily.
"Student Roderick, calm down. This is the market price on the black market. Some places charge 25% or even 30% in handling fees. The black market on Night Street is already considered cheap."
Curitis also came out to ease the tension and explained to Roderick.
"What? Doesn't that mean that I have been working for nothing? These materials..."
Roderick looked at the big bag in his hand, hesitating.
These are the materials from low-level monsters. To be honest, they can't be sold for much, and you'll have to pay a round of handling fees. It's better to keep them and exchange them all for high-level materials when you recycle the ancient magic spaceship.
But if he doesn't sell it now, Roderick has no money...
He also wanted to find the store he had talked about with Curitis before and have some fun with the beautiful ladies there.
"I'll sell it. I'll sell it, isn't that okay?"
Roderick answered reluctantly.
"Oh, by the way, how much do you plan to convert into credits?"
"What does it mean?"
"If you exchange materials directly for credits, we only charge a 15% handling fee. But if you want to buy credits with money, the exchange rate is the same as what Illya and Alia have announced so far, one Eli silver coin for one credit, and a % handling fee will be charged."
The hooded man continued.
"If you exchange more than one credit at a time, the handling fee will only be 10%."
(What do you mean by “only”! Why don’t you just go and grab it?!)
Roderick swallowed the words back in humiliation.
No matter how much he complains, the other party will not give him any discount. He has deeply realized this reality.
"Well, then let's exchange half for credits and the other half for cash."
Roderick said through gritted teeth.
"I see. Are you sure you want to buy it? I'm going to start counting."
The hooded man made a final confirmation with some impatience.
"Well... sell!"
Roderick stood aside, shaking his feet, waiting for the other party to finish counting.
"The total is 1960 credits and 196 Nia gold coins. Please count them."
The man put away the materials, took out the card machine and cash and handed them to Roderick.
"Tsk, this little money is enough for fun."
Roderick took the heavy bag and complained unhappily.
"That... Mr. Roderick, I think you've made a lot of money, right? As long as you don't go to particularly expensive stores or go to the casino to bet, this money should be enough for you to have fun here for a few nights, right?"
Curitis complained with a dumbfounded expression.
"Huh? If you want to have fun, you should definitely go to the best stores, right?! Going to a third-rate store is just a waste of time and money, right? This amount of money is definitely not enough to go to the store you mentioned, right?"