Chapter 621: Look at me conducting business abroad
The flame lizard disappeared and we stared at each other. What stone could be better than a diamond in the Human Realm? We waited for Ignis curiously; Zarfa even forgot her relaxation and sunbathing plan. We decided to make tea for whatever tea Ignis would bring later, and the salamander finally came back while we were having our first sip.
"Here," the flame lizard literally spit the stone onto my hand. Thankfully, Salamanders did not have saliva, so the stone only burned a bit.
Interestingly, the stone absorbed the salamander’s fire inside itself and glowed slightly before dimming again.
"Huh? Isn’t this...mana stone?" Zarfa raised her head.
Ah, it was to be expected since the mana around here was so rich, but...it was funny that for Ignis, a mana stone was better than a diamond when diamonds were more expensive here. Even then, the Salamander still wasn’t satisfied.
"Nothing that I like though," Ignis scoffed. "Maybe Jade will like it, but your mana tastes better."
Aww~
"Thanks, Ignis," I stroked the flaming head, and Ignis crawled onto my shoulder, curling there as usual.
"Wait," Zarfa shifted closer and brought my hand to the front of her eyes. "Hey, this is not just mana stone. Look here."
She pointed at a side of the stone that was covered in some kind of iridescent metal, and as a person who wasn’t a metal connoisseur, all I did was tilt my head. "What is it?"
"It’s mithrill!" Zarfa replied with more interest. "It’s not uncommon for the mine for mana stones and mithril to be close to each other since they go hand in hand, but it’s quite rare to find them in the exact same place."