17 – Welcome to the doom shop
An appearance reminiscent of an English gentleman.
What’s unique is the pointy ears under the hat.
‘This is the NPC that runs the destruction shop?’
In the last quiz, it was a cat.
Again, a character that does not fit well with Apocalypse came out.
Besides, his name is ‘The Hatter’?
If I remember correctly, it must be-
“Are you the Hatter from ‘Alice in Wonderland’?”
Hearing Hye-na’s question, he burst into laughter.
“ha ha ha! I hear that a lot. But I hope you don’t compare me to that lunatic. The perish shop is always kind to customers.”
Yuri, who was listening with her arms folded next to me, asked me sneakily.
“Where is the country in Wonderland?”
“Don’t you know the novel? Lewis Carroll.”
“……I don’t know.”
It seems that Alice did not exist in the world Yuri lived in.
Or simply lack of culture in glass.
“……Did you just think I was stupid?”
“no? Haven’t you ever thought of that?”
“Hmm, suspicious.”
The reincarnated person is in good shape.
I hurriedly turned around.
“If it’s a store, it sells stuff, right? Can anyone buy that?”
“Of Calls! Sure!”
The hat seller answered with a confident expression.
“Our store does not discriminate against people as long as they have coins. Especially those with a lot of coins like you are always welcome!”
At that, Hyena tilted her head.
“Can the Hatter know how many coins we have?”
“Oh, what a trader’s keen eye just now! But there is also a way to know for sure…are you curious?”
The hat seller said with a hint that he wished he could ask sooner.
Hyena, who was pushed by the momentum, nodded her head in a daze.
“I have a special item. You can use this to check the destruction coins your opponent has. Now, like this!”
The Hatter’s eyes instantly lit up with gold.
Those eyes passed as if they were scanning us one by one.
“Oh wow, that’s great for a start. Mmm! As expected, this person is still… keugh?!”
The hatter suddenly narrowed his eyes and staggered.
I wondered why, but a message appeared in front of my eyes.
[The attribute ‘Metafiction’ deflected the opponent’s item effect.]
Does metafiction even have this effect?
I thought it was amazing from the moment I stopped the boss’s mental attack.
Could it be that even items can be bounced off?
‘Is this really a great trait beyond my thoughts?’
Maybe there are still hidden features that I don’t know about.
It’s to the point of bouncing NPC’s items.
“Hmm! Hmm! hey, this is amazing An ability that ignores the effects of A-class items.”
The gentleman coughed and laughed.
Are you surprised that the item is blocked?
A little bit of a look at me again.
“Anyway, the perish shop is always preparing something for customers. What item would you like?”
“Can I see what items are there?”
“I’ll show you, but I don’t think it’ll be very helpful.”
The hatter snapped his fingers.
Then, an enormous amount of letters spread out.
The list went straight over my head and up to the roof of the building.
“Ooh, wow…is this all a list of products?”
“The Doom Shop manages a number of dimensional items. Of course, the number of items is staggering.”
“In other words, the person who buys the necessary items has to tell them on their own?”
“O right! You are wonderful!”
……Can’t we just leave out the unnecessary English word in front of it?
It’s oddly annoying.
“Of course, if you tell me what you need, I can recommend it… … .”
“Don’t listen to that man.”
Then Yuri, who had been listening quietly from the side, intervened.
“He’s a nobleman who acts like a gentleman and overcharges you.”
“hahahaha, you still have low ratings.”
The hat seller didn’t particularly deny it.
It seems that there is something stabbed himself.
‘It’s ‘still’… So you’re saying they met in the previous world?’
After all, Yuri had already gone through destruction once before being reincarnated.
“Ah~ Yuri must have used the store in her previous life!”
“Well, not really.”
Yuri nodded and sneaked up to me.
It was a strangely burdensome look.
“Lee Ji-hoon, do you have any serious pain?”
“uh? I wasn’t hurt.”
“……You don’t have to hide it from me. I can understand why you pretend not to be in front of Hye-na.”
what is this again?
Yuri sometimes says things I don’t understand.
Even more so after the last boss fight.
But it seems like when.
I turned my head to the hatter again.
“I’d like to buy a life essence.”
“Hmm, what grade do you want?”
“I want at least a B grade.”
At Yuri’s words, the hatter’s eyes widened.
“Yeah? But right now, you can only buy one bottle of B grade with the coin you have? Besides, as you know, the efficiency… … .”
“That’s not your part-time job.”
When the hatter heard that, he looked at me for some reason.
Then, as if he noticed something, he grinned.
“Ahahahaha! indeed! okay! Uhm, well, if you buy me, you’re welcome.”
Soon after, a small blue bottle fell on Yuri.
Yuri opened the stopper of the bottle as if she was used to it.
“Drink all the way.”
Why did it stick out to me?
The act of giving Jeomsoon a potato.
I blinked my eyes without knowing why.
“Why are you giving this to me?”
“It’s okay, so just drink it.”
“Isn’t it poisonous?”
“……Do you want to make people angry?”
If you continue to doubt it, you will be hit with one blow.
Reluctantly, I drank the bottle in one gulp.
The liquid had no taste whatsoever.
To put it bluntly, should I say pure taste?
However, the effect was not simple.
[You drank the essence of life!]
[The energy of life overflows!]
[Strength and Agility increased by 2!]
‘Oh, that’s great?’
I just drank it, but my ability went up by 2.
Does it have some elixir-like effect?
“What do you think? Have you noticed any changes in your body?”
Yuri asked with a more expectant look than me.
I honestly nodded.
“Yeah, my stats went up. It’s awesome.”
“……Any other effects?”
“uh? Other than that… … .”
“is it… … .”
A visibly disappointed look.
What? Wasn’t this the reaction you were expecting?
‘Why did you suddenly buy me something like this in the first place?’
Of course, glass is still strong.
Considering it’s the beginning of the story, there’s still plenty of room for growth.
Even according to the hatter, it seems like a pretty expensive item.
You willingly gave me an item you bought with all your money as a gift.
‘Are you still bothered by the help I got from the last boss fight?’
By the way, I know about these items.
After all, the main character who suffered destruction before reincarnation is different.
In the end, I decided to ask Yuri for advice.
“There are some good items to buy right now”
“It’s better to save coins in the beginning. I don’t know what kind of quest will come out.”
“Eh? But did you buy the essence of life for a high price and eat it?”
“……Noisy. How I spend my coin is my heart.”
It seemed that he was ashamed to be pointed out.
My ears turned slightly red.
Yuri slightly tilted her head and turned around.
“Hmm! Hmm! If I had to buy an item right now, ‘Pasa’s talisman’ would be a good choice.”
“Pasa’s amulet?”
“It’s an item that allows you to attack spiritual bodies like ghosts and spirits. Because physical attacks don’t work on them. Besides, it will be much cheaper if you buy it now.”
“Is it cheap? Why is that?”
“The price of items at that store changes depending on the situation and time.”
At Yuri’s words, the hat seller put on a puzzled expression.
“hahahaha…it’s not like that for no reason. Conversely, there are some items that lose their value over time as information is released.”
Ho, does the value of an item change depending on the story?
In other words, there are items that are much cheaper if you buy them now.
Anyway, I believed Yuri’s words and purchased ‘Pasa’s amulet’.
Fortunately, it wasn’t too expensive.
‘Yeah, I wanted something like this. Since ancient times, if you have Hoebingwan, you should suck some honey with future knowledge.’
If you look at web novels, don’t you see something like that?
I’m also parasitic on the knowledge of the main character, so let’s take care of it.
“Anything other than this?”
“Hmm… the cat’s blessing still remains, right?”
“Ugh! no way!”
The person who responded to those words was the hat seller.
He crumpled his face as if in embarrassment.
‘What, was this great?’
The buff obtained after taking the quiz in the last boss fight.
Effect: Uplifting Uplifting energy is increased by 50%.
To be honest, I still don’t know where to put it.
“If you have them, you can buy ‘yellow cat shoes’.”
“How much are those shoes?”
The hatter opened his mouth with a face that he really did not want to talk about.
“It is a 2022 coin.”
It was more expensive than I thought.
It’s not like I can’t live.
“Turn it off. You do too much, sir. This is an item whose price will more than triple if the information is released.”
“That’s not my part-time job.”
However, looking at the reaction, it seems certain that it is a pretty good item.
Even the cost is over 6000 coins.
That’s well worth the investment.
“Then give me those shoes.”
“……Coins confirmed.”
At first glance, ordinary looking sneakers appeared in front of me.
As I was about to put it on, a ghost in the form of a cat suddenly jumped out of the shoe.
[The cat spirit in the shoe has appeared!]
[If you cannot tame the spirit, you cannot use the item!]
“What?”
“Shaaa!”
A yellow cat ran at me.
Unknowingly, I reflexively swung the baseball bat.
– Booung!
But the bat went through him in vain.
‘Ah, I said it’s useless to just hit the spirit body!’
Did you have to use Pasa’s amulet first?
I hurriedly rummaged through my pockets, but it was too late.
Pointy claws protruded from the cat’s paws.
The moment he tried to scratch his arm.
“Nyan?”
Suddenly the guy stopped.
The cat sniffed and sniffed and rubbed its cheek against my leg.
“Wow…that’s cute. Jihoon must have liked you.”
You rushed like you were going to kill them earlier, and suddenly you’re like this?
As I was questioning it, a message popped up in front of my eyes again.
[The cat spirit has sensed uplifting energy from you.]
[Intimacy with cats increases by 100%!]
[I feel a strong affinity for you.]
[The cat spirit has recognized you as a user.]
After a while, the cat went back into the shoe.
It feels like I passed the test in some way.
‘I can’t believe the uplifting energy had this kind of effect.’
If Yuri hadn’t told me, I really wouldn’t have known.
When I tried on the shoes, item information came to mind.
＜Item information＞
▶Name: Yellow cat shoes
▶Type: Shoes
▶Grade: B
▶Effect: Grants ‘Cat Blessing’ to the user
▶Description: Shoes that can only be worn by those who have been recognized by the cat spirit. It is an item that contains the dreams of butlers.
＜Cat’s Blessing＞
-Speed is greatly increased.
– The sense of balance is greatly improved.
– You can land even if you fall from a high place.
– You can see clearly even in the dark.
-Intimacy with all cats increases by 50%.
‘Wow, crazy!’
Five simple effects alone!
When I put on my shoes and ran in place, I could feel my body getting lighter.
‘If this is a 2022 coin, it’s free.’
To be honest, it was such an effect that I even thought about buying 6,000 coins.
It’s a crazy item that needs no words.
“How is it, did you just live?”
Yuri looked at me with joy and asked with a proud face.
I nodded without hesitation.
“Yeah, that’s really great.”
“Originally, I had to defeat the cat spirit, so I couldn’t use it easily. However, if you have received the Uplifting Blessing, the story will be different.”
Is this the ability of the original protagonist who even reincarnated?
The chest becomes grand.
“Hmm! Hmm! That’s great, sir. I suffered a great loss.”
But the hat seller was still crying.
Well, I think I would be sad if I handed over this item to that money.
Then he asked with a coy gaze.
“……Would you like to buy a lottery ticket for destruction?”
“A lottery ticket?”
When I reacted, the hat seller quickly responded.
“Yes! But this lottery, unlike the others, is free.”
“If it’s free, are you just giving it away for free? Why is the merchant selling them?”
The hat seller let out an unpleasant laugh.
“That’s the fun part of the doom lottery! There are pluses and minuses to this lottery. If it’s a plus, you can win money, but if it’s not, you lose that much.”
“In other words, if it’s plus, they give me coins as much as they do, and if it’s minus, I give them coins on the contrary?”
“Perfect! You understand perfectly!”
In other words, it means that the lottery ticket has an undetermined price.
Like the buyer, the seller is taking a gamble.
‘There are now 2848 coins left. It’s not few, but the more coins, the better.’
Besides, you never know when you might need something.
I want to secure as many coins as possible.
The problem is that there is a possibility of losing it.
“How about you, would you like to buy this lottery ticket?”
I think he didn’t think about how it looks from outside, so forgot.
Did he forget how that sword steal people lifeforce? The fact that he uses that sword and she bought life essence for him and continue to worry about him should be enough to make the connection of why she bought you that item right? After all, it’s not like she knows his resurrection skill.