Chapter 251: Molar Earrings

Following the guiding thread of the 【Treasure Obsession】, Rod looked toward the shop located at the end of the street.

Unlike the bustling crowds and long queues at other establishments.

This small shop, its walls painted a pale blue, stood out precisely because of its bustling atmosphere having nothing to do with me.

"Treasures sink to the bottom, after all."

Rod did not hesitate and walked straight into that shop.

The rabbit-person Ona beside him paused for a moment, then immediately followed.

Although she had originally intended to curry favor with this future stepfather of Lady Yulia, after actually spending time with him, Rod's various qualities made her feel at ease.

He did not flatter her due to her higher status; his attitude was as if treating an ordinary friend.

Moreover, he was handsome, and he smelled very good.

Especially the fact that every time they met, he happened to pick a gift she liked.

This made Ona feel very fond of Rod.

One could only say, truly worthy of being Lady Yulia's future stepfather!

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Walking into the shop.

Here, instead of using magical puppets like others, there was a real mage.

A human female mage wearing an ordinary mage robe, looking very young, her face full of collagen.

She had originally been propping her cheek with one hand, bored out of her mind, about to come over to serve them.

But after clearly seeing the visitors' faces, she instantly became excited.

"Lord Rod?! Is it Lord Rod?"

Rod paused for a moment, looking at the girl in confusion.

He didn't know her.

This was no fault of his; he had always been unable to recognize human girls very well.

"Who are you?"

"It's me! Pavla! During the Death Desert disaster response, I, Vernon, Leon, and Senior Sharon were dragged into the Terror Arena! Later, you came to rescue us!"

She was very excited, hopping up and down.

Her eyes were full of admiration and gratitude.

"Oh—"

Rod remembered; indeed, there was such a matter.

After being rescued, this unlucky trio was sent back, and they had never met again.

"You have recovered well."

"Yes! After the three of us came out of the Terror Arena, we each made some progress in focus and mana accumulation, all thanks to Lord Rod's life-saving grace!"

In her excitement, she only then noticed Ona standing to the side.

Pavla was, after all, someone from the Magic Control Union, so she naturally knew this famous Bao Mu Fa beside the King of Vampires.

Her expression froze, becoming awkward.

But looking at Rod, then looking at Ona who had stepped forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder.

She became excited again.

She had heard that during the disaster ritual of the Cutting Maze, Ona, who was the personal mage beside the committee member, insisted on being present to observe; originally, she thought it was Lady Yulia's order.

But Pavla, who was actually present, knew that Lady Ona did not care about the ritual at all, running around and often disappearing.

Sneakily, it always felt like she was doing something unspeakable.

Wait.

Could it be, could it be that when the two of them were in the forest, they already...

Truly worthy of Lord Rod!!

Pavla let out a girl's exclamation in her heart.

Fortunately, Ona did not have the habit of randomly peeping into employees' thoughts, so she did not know what Pavla was thinking at this moment.

"Welcome, Lord Rod, Lady Ona, um... I think you two are very well matched, seriously."

Pavla's first half of the sentence was loud enough, but the second half was only heard by herself.

"What?"

"Nothing! By the way, what would the two of you like to pick? Although this shop has few customers, the magical effects are very average, the boss is very stingy, pays me a very low wage, and is even unwilling to spend money on magical puppets, but it doesn't matter! The styles of couple's magical accessories here are first-class in the entire market district! I dare say no one spends more money on designers than this shop's boss!"

Rod: "... Oh."

Is this a magical accessory shop?

Located on a street dedicated to selling the internal organs, bones, and various disgusting flesh materials of cosmic creatures?

As long as you are happy.

But it is highly unlikely anyone would bring a girl here to stroll around.

Ona said with a smile: "Speaking of being good at giving money to designers, in the entire Magic Control Union, no one else but Committee Member Darnell Boone comes to mind."

Pavla wore a bitter expression: "It is indeed Lord Darnell Boone's shop."

"Oh? This is Lord Darnell Boone's shop? I know his personal mage and have never heard that he opened a magical accessory shop in the market district."

"How to put it, Lord Darnell only manages the styles of the accessories and ignores everything else, so his cousin who manages the shop takes the finalized accessories to cheap mages for enchantment, then submits an inflated invoice to Lord Darnell. The result is that this shop has always been the representative of flashy but useless items in the market district; perhaps to maintain the image of the committee members, the relevant facts have always been classified as rumors."

Rod couldn't help but smile: "Is it okay for you to say this about your own boss?"

"It's fine, it's fine! I'm just taking on some part-time work while Vernon and Leon are training outside and the trio can't be gathered!"

After a brief greeting.

Rod rushed straight toward the spot indicated by 【Treasure Affinity】.

A crystal table draped with a black cloth.

Unlike the other magical accessories, which were either displayed in showcases or housed in exquisite boxes, this table sat in the very corner of the shop.

Moreover, the magical accessories on it were of poor design, with no protection whatsoever, simply laid out on the tabletop.

Pavla explained: "These are the 'goods' brought back by my lord Danel's cousin—that is, the shopkeeper. The design is quite a bit worse off because of that. The shopkeeper seems to think the shop's lack of profit is because my lord Danel's taste is too high, making it incomprehensible to ordinary people, so he brought in a batch of not-very-good goods."

Rod picked up an earring.

Hanging from an uneven golden ear hook was a molar with blood vessels streaking across its root.

【Treasure Guidance Ended】

【Molar Earring: An unknown cosmic creature, while chewing, inadvertently accumulated vast amounts of spiritual energy and aether upon it. After arriving on the continent, the spiritual energy and aether within gradually transformed into spirituality.】

【Treasure Property: Infusion】

【Details: The spirituality within the Molar Earring can be infused into a target, greatly accelerating the accumulation of spirituality. Once the spirituality is depleted, the Molar Earring will slowly absorb and refill itself.】

Almost the entire table was filled with pieces of this style.

Things like a bracelet with two amberized eyeballs, a necklace with a still-beating small heart, and a ring rolled from the dried skin of an unknown creature's finger.

As for magical effects—

None at all.

"I bet your shopkeeper deliberately didn't enchant them, to preserve the accessories' most primal beauty."

"Correct, my lord Rod. These are scraps the shopkeeper picked up from the Other-Space Cleanup Squad, and he stayed up all last night rushing to make them. He believes that as more cosmic creature materials appear, accessories in a cosmic creature style will become fashionable too."

"Quite the imagination."

Rod smiled and glanced at the prices of the accessories on the black-cloth table.

Generally under 100 Jin Along.

The fluctuations were huge, making it obvious how carelessly the prices had been set.

"I'll show my support—I'll take every accessory on this table."

"Huh?" Pavla was stunned for a moment.

Ona also looked at him in confusion.

It doesn't make sense—someone who could buy two pieces I liked in a row couldn't possibly want this pile of junk.

Rod's mind was made up; he was determined to take them all.

Pavla couldn't very well dissuade him, so she wrapped them up and gave him a discount.

She calculated—it came to roughly 600 Jin Along or so.

(End of Chapter)