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n“What is that?”

n“Oh.”

nMarie proudly held out what she was holding. It was a simple silver pendant with a green gem in the middle.

n“It’s the ‘Seal of Jade’. This was what I had..”

nMarie then took off the pendant she was wearing. It looked similar, but it was made out of wood with amber in the center.

n“I didn’t even get to buy it yet, but I was given the seal that’s three ranks higher.”

n“Does it represent your rank?”

n“YEAH!” Marie shouted and changed the pendant. The change was immediate. The green light shining from the jade was overwhelming. That’s when Dohyuk realized her iris color was same as the pendant she was wearing. From orange, her iris turned green. Along with that, the equipment she was wearing changed as well.

n“So…” Dohyuk began, “Are we ready now?”

n“Oh, y-yes. Here’s your payment.”

nShe nodded as she opened up her trade cart.

n“Here.”

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nIt was on the affordable side from the list of items that Marie could give out, and the rating wasn’t that spectacular. And there was only one option.

nCrazy lunch box(Lv.11)

n“This… it’s not really a great option.”

nThe effect was to make the user’s mouth and stomach bigger, comparable to the size of the dimensional space, to be able to consume a large amount of food and preserve it. However, one could only ‘swallow’ with it.

n“I just use it as a backpack or something like that.”

nThere were better items to store things for that purpose.

n“I did hear someone used this to imprison an enemy but… isn’t it useless in your case?”

n“Yeah.” Dohyuk agreed. But still, he asked, “Are there any other items with the same option? I will purchase them.”

n“WHAT?”

nMarie was shocked, but Dohyuk did not change his mind. So with the ‘discounted’ price, Dohyuk spent almost 600 thousand coins to purchase similar items, all with the option, ‘Crazy lunch box’.

n“T-..thank you.”

nThese were items that would normally never be sold. Marie wasn’t sure if she should be happy or not.

n“Oh, and-”

nDohyuk took the glass bottle out from his pocket.

n“Can you purchase this too?”

nShe activated her now green examination eye. She knew right away that it was a Godly Item.

n“O-of course!”

n“You don’t need to pay me much for this.”

n“NO! Of course not. I’m now a Jade-rank merchant!”

nMarie then received the glass bottle. Dohyuk immediately saw Marie open her eyes wide in shock. He could easily guess that some words were now popping up in front of her.

n“He-”

n“Huh?”

n“HEEEEEEEEYAK!!!”

nShe let go of the bottle, throwing it away frantically. Dohyuk quickly snatched it back.

n“Wha-”

nBefore Dohyuk could speak, Marie had retreated to the corner of the room, under the desk, trembling in terror.

n“H-H-H-HOW… HO-HOW…”

n“Hey. Are you okay?”

nMarie turned to Dohyuk. She was crying with snot running down her nose. She was terrified beyond reason.

n“What did you see?”

n“W-W-W-W-W-WO-WORD… L-l-lot of them… It-it’s…”

nWhat word could make a person be so terrified?

n“I’I’m s-s-sorry b-but I don’t think I-I can… purchase t-this…”

n“If it harms you…”

n“N-no. It c-can’t do t-that… at-at least th-that’s the r-rule, b-but…”

nMarie couldn’t speak anymore other than apologizing to Dohyuk, so he put the bottle back in his pocket. After all, it was he who felt like he needed to apologize to Marie.

n…

n“…uk!”

nDohyuk woke up from his sleep.

n“Dohyuk!”

nHeeyun was looking at him. Dohyuk was sleeping by Heeyun’s side with his back on the wall after he had finished trading with Marie.

n“It’s bad!”

n“What are you-”

nBefore Dohyuk finished, he saw the messages popping up.

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