In the end, the elderly shopkeeper decided against trying to fleece a fat sheep. Instead, he treated Anvis as a true expert and conducted the transaction accordingly.
This included Fiona's six fragments, Little Cat's stone, and Anvis's two crystals. The fragments were ten Gold Coins each, the Moonstone was sixty Gold Coins, and the Relic Crystals were eighty Gold Coins apiece.
After an 12% discount, everything was sold for a total of 246 Gold Coins.
Once he confirmed that the price was fair enough, Anvis paid readily. Then, amid the shopkeeper's enthusiastic farewell, he left Old Jimmy's shop.
It was nearly five in the afternoon. Outside, the sky was approaching dusk, though there was still some time before sunset.
Having bought the ores they needed, Anvis took Fiona on another stroll through Gray Raven Market.
The market was even livelier in the evening than it had been during the day. Beneath a sky already streaked with pinkish-purple sunset clouds, all sorts of people flowed endlessly through the streets. Vendors' cries, arguments, and clamor overlapped into a humming background din.
The air carried the pungent aroma of exotic spices. Members of caravans from afar laid out the rare goods they had brought, hoping to fetch a good price.
A gentleman in a formal top hat and gold-rimmed glasses was arguing with a peddler-like stall owner before a mobile stall, occasionally waving his cane in agitation.
Groups of two or three rough-looking mercenaries in leather armor passed through the market, heading toward the dancing girls' tavern.
A mysterious Spellcaster in robes entered the area selling Magic materials, followed by two voluptuous Dark Elf guards clad in Bikini Armor...
There were also quite a few small vendors sitting directly on the ground beside the crowded road. They spread large pieces of cloth before