Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 2 Read Online Free PDF Page A

like a pyramid.
    The shops draw in as many of the new adventurers as they can to build as many relationships as possible. When the adventurers level up, they become regulars of that shop and buy high-level weapons.
    That’s what’s special about Orario. The large population of adventurers brings out all kinds of benefits and possibilities.
    “The most important thing here is that new adventurers and new smiths form bonds early in their careers. Doesn’t matter if it’s weak or strong.”
    What do you mean by that?
I ask with my eyes.
    “New smiths are discovered by new adventurers through the items the smith makes. If an adventurer remembers the smith’s name, they might have a client. Very talented—but unpolished—smiths can be hidden in the rough of the business, just waiting for an adventurer with an eye for quality to find them. They might not become close friends, but adventurers who have used their items in combat, felt their armor on their skin, will give the most valuable feedback.”
    …Makes sense when she puts it like that.
    At the very least, I feel that way about my dagger and light-armor provisions from the Guild.
    “Smiths can bring out special properties in the items they make if they are forging them for someone in particular, especially if there is a strong bond between the smith and the adventurer…Or at least they claim.”
    Eina lightly sticks out her tongue. I freeze in place.
    Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have imagined Eina doing something so…childish.
    “Kind of got sidetracked a little bit there, but what I’m saying is that there are items made by
Hephaistos Familia
that are in your price range. How much do you have on you right now, Bell?”
    “Um, should be right about ten thousand vals.”
    “I wonder if we’ll be able to find you a full set of new armor. Like I said before, there are diamonds in the rough made by raw ore smiths. We just need to dig them up! Let’s go!!”
    Eina seems more excited than I am. It’s all I can do to force a smile now that I’ve come to my senses a bit.
    She leads me to a shop that has a sign outside equipped with armor and a shield. Eina suggests, with a peppy smile on her face, that we split up to cover more ground. So I set foot inside without her.
    The view from my first step inside the establishment is that it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.
    Just look at these! Were they really all made by lower-level smiths? Everything looks amazing!
    Looking into the forest of armor is the highlight of the day so far.
    Pure white mannequin chests wear many different shapes and kinds of armor. It doesn’t matter that the head and arms are missing, the chest looks very dignified. A few full-bodied mannequins are equipped with the works. I can clearly see myself wearing those armored plates in battle.
    Shield and battle helmets on shelves line the walls. Some look impenetrable, some are simply gorgeous—there’s something for everyone.
    Male and female customers fill the shop, all looking for a piece of armor that suits them. It looks like you can try on the armor, too.
    I think…I’m starting to get a little excited…! What do I do now?…Huh?
    As I take in the sights and sounds, my eyes are drawn to a spot at the back of the shop.
    It’s the most ordinary-looking corner of the store. There’s a box filled with equipment pieces just sitting there.
    Are they…armor pieces?
    The rest of the store’s stock is equipped on the mannequins, so are these junk boxes? They’re just lying here like a pile of trash. Wait, there is another box next to it, and a few more after that. I guess these must be the items that the
Familia
deemed not worth putting on display.
    I’m sure they wouldn’t sell them if they were faulty, but maybe there are some imperfections or something like that.
    “Ah, yep, they’re for sale…”
    There is a price tag on the bottom of each box: 5,700 vals, 6,800 vals, 3,900 vals…All the prices are written in