Heir of Mana:Beast made king-Chapter 66: I’m No Fool

Opening the door, they came face-to-face with an old man sitting behind a counter.

The man has long gray hair that reaches down to the floor, and strangely enough, this was even after he looked to have tied it up several times,

His beard was also fully gray, but unlike his hair, his beard was short and scruffy; his skin was as white as freshly fallen snow, and he looked to be severely malnourished.

Even worse than Azrael and Olivia when they were sold from the Actson house.

Behind him were several items, some weird, others useful, and many downright ridiculous.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the old man looked up from the copper coin he was playing with in his hand to welcome his new customers

His eyes were frosty white, and seeing his customers, he let out a wide, creepy smile and was about to open his thin, dry, cracked lips to speak, but before he could utter even a single sound

Azrael beat him to it; wasting no time, he crossed the short distance between them and the counter before saying

"Old man, we got something to sell."

Short, simple, but effective, they weren’t here to browse, much less buy or be sold something.

For one reason above all else

They were poor, unbelievably poor

They only had about 10 copper coins that they stole from the adventurers who had come to check on the now missing dungeon.

Furthermore, they were probably poorer than a beggar on the streets, but unlike those beggars, they had something that could earn them money. How ironic it would be that the same thing they were put to work for was going to be the same thing that would feed them.

"Oh, Sonny, are you sure you don’t want to take a look at some of my wares first? There might be something that catches your eye."

"I’m sure unless you wish to gift us something for free, then I wouldn’t have the heart to refuse. After all, who could turn down a gift from a senior like you?"

"I’m afraid I’ll have to pop your bubble, young man, as nothing in here would make a suitable gift for someone as young as you."

Seeing as neither of them was going to get what they wanted from the other they couldn’t help but smile while looking into each other’s eyes before completely moving on as if it never happened.

"So what do you have to offer young man"

Turning towards Olivia Azreal reached into her oversized shirt, and when his hand fully reached inside something appeared in his hand, and feeling this he pulled it from within her clothes

"This is what I have to offer"

Turning back to the man he showed a big blue stone, it was almost as big as his entire palm and he couldn’t wrap his two hands around the entirety of it and his hands were bigger than most.

The edges were rough and jagged and it was glowing a slight fluorescent blue, in his palm it felt like a small tingle of electricity was being passed over it.

As soon as the stone came into the old man’s line of sight he erupted from his seat rising to his feet immediately

"YYYYYoung man that wouldn’t happen to be a mana stone now would it, where did you find one that big, how did you find one that big"

"Yes it is and as for where I found it am sorry but I can’t really give up that type of information" he replied with nothing but a smile on his face

"So how much can I get for it, old man?"

Hearing his question the old man stopped to think for a second, he would think it was a fake but there was no way he could feel the mana rolling off of it and he wasn’t even past the Initiate stage yet so it must have been full to the brim with mana.

"Ok lad tell you what I’ll give you one gold for it that sounds good"

To this Azreal didn’t respond instead choosing to turn and walk away instead he had no time for jokes

"Wh, where are you going"

"Old man do you take me for some common fool, do you really believe you can not only scam me but scam me to this degree, i am not a fool"

"Now when ever your ready to get serious it’ll be too late as I’ll find someone else who has some sense"

"10 gold"

Hearing this Azreal stopped in his tracks but he did not turn around choosing to stay like that to hide the massive smile that was slowly forming on his face.

Seeing that he had gotten the young man’s attention he stated again 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"I’ll give you ten gold for it"

To which he got an answer he didn’t want

"Still not enough"

He needed that mana stone he couldn’t let one of his competitors get their hands on it plus if he got it he would be one massive step closer to retirement so he could afford the teloptason gate home

Away from these disgusting creatures, he really couldn’t believe his kind came from these creatures but that was beside the point.

"Ok lad you’ve twisted my arm, twenty gold is the highest I’m willing to go"

Azrael knew when to stop right before he broke the camel’s back so he turned around

"Deal, see that wasn’t so hard wasn’t it"

The old man couldn’t even look at him or else he was afraid he might do something he would regret.

Walking over the old man told them to wait for a second while he went to collect the money.

It took him a total of ten minutes to get everything together when he returned he had twenty-one bags with him with one of them looking to be almost empty

"So I gave you ten actual gold coins in this bag" he said putting the almost empty bags down

"And the rest of these have the worth of gold in silver, five hundred silver in each bag so two bags are worth one gold"

Azreal simply nodded before opening the bags with the silver to examine them, the silver coin had an image imprinted on it,

The image depicted what looked to be a hand rising out from within water while the rest of the body was underwater,

The hand was holding a big sack of coins as if the coins were more important than the person’s life.

And that was exactly what he was looking for to make sure the old man wasn’t trying to scam him again, all silver coins must have the Ossianic tyrant on them or they would never be accepted as silver coins.

Next, he moved over to the gold coins and it was the same thing they too had an image imprinted on them but this one was different

As instead of the hand of the Ossianic tyrant it showed two androgynous people holding onto each other while simultaneously each holding up a bag of coins above their heads.

The twin calamities

Seeing that the old man gave him actual coins Azreal handed over the mana stone to him

When he was giving it to him, his hand brushed the old man’s and and all he felt was cold but he paid no attention to that

Why would he, that wasn’t his problem or his business

Now that the trade was complete Azrael was going to pick up the bags and walk away but that would just be asking to get roped and it wasn’t like the old man even knew their name a so instead he decided he didn’t care

Swiping his hands over all the bags they all disappeared as the space around them bent and pulled towards the ring he wore on his right hand

Seeing this the old man’s Jaw hit the floor before he said

"Young man do you want to sell me that too..."

But before he could finish they were already walking away

And the only answer he got was

"Not for sale" before his doors closed

He would have been upset if not for the great deal he got for the mana stone but as they say, nothing good lasts forever

Turning to go put the stone in the back of the store he came face to face with the customers that he had forgotten were at the side of the store looking for weapons

It was a young man no almost a little boy, who looked to have just entered puberty he had blond hair and yellow eyes, and beside him stood five knights in full armor except for their helmets

And they were huddled around the counter giving the old man no space to move except back

And right as he was about to ask what they wanted the young man spoke his voice sweet and annoying

As if a brat had been forced to Learn manners

"Am sorry sir but by the orders of my father the earl of Kelsbourg you are to hand over that mana stone, but worry not sir as I’ll give you a fare amount for it, hmm how about one gold for it"

He said, while throwing a gold coin at him, with the smile you would only find on a bandit before they robbed you blind.