Chapter 563

Chapter 570: This is clearly fraudulent behavior! (Please subscribe!)

Now, having already obtained the “book,” the middle-aged merchant obviously had no chance to refuse the remaining vial of magic potion worth three hundred Valis.

With tears in his eyes, he took out another three hundred Valis from his pocket, while Victoria smiled and handed over the matching magic potion.

After completing the transaction, the middle-aged merchant hugged the book and the magic potion, admiring the two items’ exquisite appearance with great affection.

Although he hadn’t even opened the book to check its contents yet.

But just judging by the appearance alone, he already felt that the three thousand three hundred Valis was well worth it.

Subsequently, after politely expressing his thanks, the middle-aged merchant quickly bid farewell to Victoria.

He still hadn’t forgotten Victoria’s reminder: you need to use the magic potion before reading the book, and you must be in a particularly quiet environment.

The street… clearly didn’t meet these conditions.

The first person to buy the “original edition of a book with infinite possibilities” hurriedly left.

With the start, the other wealthy merchants who were observing obviously became more interested in Victoria’s goods.

Especially since there were only five books left on the wooden rack, meaning only five lucky ones could get the “book.”

Realizing this, a few wealthy merchants immediately stopped hesitating and stepped forward from the crowd.

“Excuse me, beautiful shopkeeper lady, I’m interested in buying your goods… Here are three thousand three hundred Valis, is it enough?”

“Not enough~ Now it’s five thousand Valis per book~”

Facing the second merchant who approached to inquire, Victoria tilted her head and smiled warmly, her mature and intelligent beauty captivating everyone.

However, the merchant didn’t pay too much attention to that at this moment. Hearing that it suddenly increased by two thousand Valis, his face was full of astonishment.

“It wasn’t three thousand Valis…?”

“That was earlier; the first person got a discount. Now there are only five ‘original editions of books with infinite possibilities’ left, rarity makes things valuable, you know? And…”

“And?”

“The customers behind you are also interested. If you want to buy, I suggest you hurry up~”

Victoria sat comfortably on the wooden box, not giving the merchant any chance to haggle.

The latter quickly turned around to look at the colleagues around him who were about to gather, and the habit of grasping opportunities in business instantly gave him a sense of crisis.

Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, “Alright, five thousand Valis for five thousand Valis! I’ll buy it! Including the three hundred Valis magic potion!”

“Thank you very much for your patronage~!”

“And me too! Shopkeeper lady! I’m interested in purchasing these precious books!”

“I’m willing to pay double the price!”

In the blink of an eye, Victoria’s simple stall was surrounded by several merchants, and the witch lady laughed happily.

Though it might be inappropriate to say so, but there will always be people in this world who need to pay the IQ tax.

At this moment, Victoria did not deny that she suspected herself of defrauding them.

But looking at this matter from another perspective, her actions also had a certain social significance!

At least, she taught these merchants the lesson of “don’t randomly buy suspicious items sold by unknown beauties on the street.”

By the way, the books themselves were just blank notebooks, but the magic potion was indeed a rare item to some extent.

Because those magic potions were all handmade by her.

Its effect is to make people see hallucinations of what they want to see! (Note: harmless to the human body, just a time-limited buff)

After using the magic potion and then flipping through the book, the merchants would absolutely see what they wanted to see.

In a certain sense, the gimmick of “having infinite possibilities” wasn’t entirely false.

In the final deal, Victoria managed to sell her subsequent four notebooks at double the price.

The witch successfully earned forty-nine thousand eight hundred Valis with just six blank notebooks!

Before the hype she created spread, the instigator quickly packed up her stuff and fled.

Stopping in front of another fried potato ball stand, Victoria patted her now fuller pocket, and she hadn’t forgotten her original purpose.

—Tasting the local delicacies of this city.

“With so much money, it seems like I don’t have to worry about my life recently!”

The witch, unaware of the consumption level of the upper class in Orario, unintentionally planted a flag.

…

Driven by curiosity and the cravings in her stomach, Victoria bought two servings of red bean cream-flavored fried potato balls to try.

And with just one bite, the witch was captivated by this cheap yet delicious snack.

“So delicious! And it’s so cheap!?”

Is this why the stands selling fried potato balls are everywhere on the streets?

Everyday snacks that anyone can afford can reach such a level, the living standards of the people in this city are simply incredible!

Even many royal cities in Victoria’s memory couldn’t compare.

While enjoying the delicious food, she didn’t stop walking.

The scenery around kept changing, and before she knew it, the witch seemed to have entered a rarely visited alleyway.

Around the eight main streets of Orario, various backstreets and alleys are distributed. Except for residents nearby, adventurers rarely move around in these places.

Of course, unless they’re trying to change routes.

These backstreets are the fastest way to go from one main street to another.

“Rarely visited alleys… Did I accidentally come here?”

After finishing the fried potato balls, Victoria slowly realized the situation.

Since she didn’t have a map and didn’t know the way, it wasn’t surprising that she ended up in a backstreet by wandering aimlessly?

But Victoria didn’t plan to stay in such a place for long.

Years of travel experience told her that rarely visited places are also where accidents often occur.

Especially in this city where her witch identity doesn’t work, street thugs lurking in the alleys wouldn’t show her any respect.

With the thought of avoiding trouble, Victoria quickly looked for a way out.

On the other hand, moving from the northwest area toward West Street, Izay and Laentoluca discussed the mysterious merchant who had briefly appeared earlier.

“A book with infinite possibilities… Why didn’t we get the chance to see it…? We rushed there as soon as we heard the news…”

Laentoluca lowered her head and let out a soft sigh, feeling a bit downhearted.

As someone who loves reading, being attracted by such news is quite natural.

When the news reached their ears, the excited girl immediately dragged Izay to the “incident location.”

Unfortunately, they still arrived a step too late. The mysterious merchant selling books had already disappeared without a trace, leaving only a group of interested people gathered together discussing tirelessly.

“I think, Laent, it’s better not to have too much hope about this matter.”

Izay glanced at the sky.

He had his own understanding of this “infinite possibilities” gimmick.

To be honest, it was something he’d seen countless times before.

Having infinite possibilities means it could become anything, and a book that fits this characteristic, plus the word “original edition.”

Isn’t that just a blank book?!

It means you can turn it into whatever you want.

This kind of simple reverse thinking seems difficult for people living in a medieval environment.

Enticed by that fancy title, it’s easy for someone to fall for it.

This is clearly fraudulent behavior!