Chapter 408: Arc 6, - 24: Side Quest!
"There are many old castles and keeps in ruins all over South End. Kids in the town are told not to go anywhere near Casten Castle and most adventurers have already stripped the place bare of anything truly valuable.
This chest was a lucky find, but some of these gemstones, while can be magical components, are not that expensive or of value. The amulet is silver, could sell as an antique for a high price, but I would advise you to keep it.
There is some sort of quality of it that seems old—old enough to be ancient. I’m sure a historian or a scholar will pay a higher price than a pawn shop. Beyond that, none of this is cursed.
People often have visited the castle and say they get sick with the flu, hay fever in winter, nausea, cramps, the list goes on. When that happens, we may have an antidote for it; that is the most abnormal part about that place."
"What about the case from last November?" Fumeko continued to ask the cat-girl.
"That? Sheep were going missing, not that interesting. Could have been a beast, a hungry thief, a loose latch on a gate. The people though, we got a few cases that came to us. Some healing potions and rest did the trick.
Thought it was some new bug or beast with sharp fangs that drew blood, like vampires in stories and fantasy novels, but not much blood was even drained from them. Could have just been an odd double-pronged syringe?"
Jotou pondered for a moment before speaking, "What do you know about magic that can spy on people?"
To that, the shopkeeper’s eyes widened and her ears shook, as did her head, "We do not provide services like that, that’s a lot more illegal... Maybe, somewhere a little more secluded you might find someone who can offer that, but you did not hear it from here."
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They spent their next morning in Wensteter Village once more, having had another night’s sleep. "Oh no, we should’ve bought the potion that lets us speak to animals," Asobi regretted.
"We can still speak to them, we just can’t understand them," the cross-armed Fumeko walked beside. "I’m more annoyed that you accepted this commission from some random villager."