Testing My Luck in the New World

Volume 1 - Chapter 11

Without realizing that I had gotten lost in thought while reviewing the fight, I had forgotten to let go of Yua. I quickly pulled my arms back and embarrassingly tried to play it off by scratching the back of my head. Yua just looked at me with a slight furrow in her brow and a pink hue to her cheeks. She lifted her chin into the air with a "hmph," and looked away.

She left me standing there like an idiot and walked over to where the boss' body once lay.

I sighed.

Unable to complain, I decided to check my stats again since the boss rewarded us with a lot of experience.

When I opened it up, I saw that my Adventurer class had gone up to 7, my Swordsman had gone up to 3 and my Mage grew to 5. That was a pretty sizeable jump from just that one boss. But then again, bosses should be expected to give out much more experience than the regular mobs, anyways. Definitely can't complain there. It was a small token of our efforts here.

I went ahead and checked Yua as well. Thanks to the potion, she was at full health again and her Beast-Warrior class grew to level 6, finally putting me ahead of her. But that was the only class of hers that changed. Which was strange, since I clearly remembered her using her Monk ability "Iron Fist."

"Unless... Even with bosses, it depends only on who gets the final blow."

While I murmured to myself, Yua walked back towards me holding my sword with the pommel turned towards me and a big grey pelt large enough to be used as a blanket draped over her shoulder. I took the sword back and put it back into its sheath while she shifted to holding the pelt with both arms against her bulging chest. It looked oddly comfortable... The fur on the pelt, I mean.

"I wonder how much this is worth," Yua said looking at what she carried.

"Let's find out."

I put my hand over it and silently cast Appraisal. What popped up was the expected explanation that the pelt belonged to the Proud Great Wolf and the price on it wasn't too terrible if and only if compared to the other wolf pelts Yua was carrying. However, when compared to how much trouble we had just fighting the damn boss, I felt robbed.

"Well, Mr. Merchant-Master, how much is it?" she asked with a smug smile and a wave of her tail when I dropped my chin.

"It's only worth 10 gold pieces. That's all we got for our troubles. And you even ended up getting hurt."

While I seethed to myself, Yua's eyes went wide and her ears stood on end.

"C-Can you really use Appraisal, then?"

"Yes, I can. Like I said, I don't know how to explain it, but I can. Why?"

"Because, when I beat the boss by myself, that's how much I sold its pelt for."

"Oh..."

Did I accidentally just simultaneously prove I wasn't lying about my extra classes and that the price shown in Appraisal is what the item will sell for? I suppose I can tack onto that the confirmation of my previous thoughts on Yua selling the loot she picked up and not telling me their worth out of spite.

Seeing my bewilderment, Yua's expression shifted from surprised to oddly annoyed. I suppose being faced with someone so unsure of themself while she was full of pride for her strength must have irked her some. I coughed into my fist to clear my throat. Then coughed again, probably due to all the smoke I inhaled.