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sounded like a good idea. He did not even know what kind of currency this world used.
    The tiny old woman clucked her tongue once then bit her lower lip. “Let’s try something simple. I need a certain type of wildflower to make medicinal tinctures. If you can bring me some I’ll pay you one Fayth for one hundred petals.”
    A new message screen popped up.
     
    <<< Quest! >>>
     
    Gather Red Violet petals for Mid the Sage
     
    Difficulty: F-1
    Pay Rate: 1 Fayth for one hundred petals
    Time Limit: Six Hours
    Success: Bring Mid at least one hundred petals.
    Failure: Run out of time, or insult Mid
     
    <<<*>>>
     
    Scott looked down at a red flower then asked, “Is that a red violet?”
    “Ah, yes. The only red flowers in this field are red violets.”
    Scott grinned. It would not be so hard to find plenty of petals then, though he did wonder at how a red flower could be called a violet. That made him think about how silly it would be to look for a green pink flamingo.
    He leaned down and plucked a flower from the ground. Bright yellow words appeared above the flower and it disappeared.
     
    <<< Red violet petal +5>>>
     
    “Where did the flower go?”
    “Check your inventory, childe.”
    Scott grinned at Mid then said, “Check Inventory.” Another screen popped up.
    This time he saw a traditional looking inventory screen. There was a flower icon in the top-left inventory slot and the number five below it. He also saw that he had zero Fayth, currently. That was expected, but depressing.
    He left the screen open and picked another flower. The number rose to ten. He repeated the process several more times and the number of flowers quickly rose to one hundred. However, once he reached ninety-nine red violets the left over petal appeared in another slot. Due to the easy access to red violets he was able to gather up the necessary petals in a little over ten minutes.
    When he returned to Mid, he received a quick tutorial on how to take items out of his inventory. He simply had to click on the slot, or he could link all related items together and trade them in bulk. If he had the trading skill he could trade in bulk from multiple slots of the same item, but he did not. He had to transfer them all ninety-nine at a time. Mid did not mind and even granted him the same quest several more times.
    “You’re fairly reliable when it comes to easy jobs, but would you like to do something slightly more difficult?”
    “Sure, if it pays slightly more.”
    Mid chuckled at his mercenary nature. “I like that attitude. Tell you what. Bring me one thousand red violet stems and I’ll pay you the same thing I paid for petals.”
    “How is that paying me more? It sounds like the same amount.”
    She hopped back and pointed her staff at him. “Ha, good response. Fine, I’ll pay you the same amount and teach you something useful.”
    “What would that be?”
    “I’m not saying unless you agree.”
    “Fine, but if it’s not useful I’ll think less of you.”
    Mid smiled then waved him off. “Trust me, you’ll like it. Probably.”
    “Probably?”
    “You won’t know till you do it.”
    “Alright, I’ll do it. Money is still money, anyway.”
    “That’s the spirit!”
    Scott quickly set about gather up red violet steps. His first few times were mistakes and he gathered petals instead. However, he tried to pull the flower up from near the ground and he ended up receiving petals and a stem. It took a bit longer for him to gather the stems, and he ended up having to drop the petals from his inventory when Mid declared that she had enough of those for now.
    Roughly an hour passed before he had enough stems. He took them back to the old sage and passed them along. He noted that the money entered his account automatically. He now had sixteen Fayth.
    “Good job! It’s nice to see such a hardworking youngster. Are you ready to learn something useful?”
    “Oh yes.” Scott was more than interested in learning anything right