First Hearing of the Three Great Trade Guilds

Five minutes later,

Wayne looked at the short-sleeved shirts and shorts printed with colorful designs.

He was delighted inside.

Aside from their especially high visual appeal, it was more the sense of ease that came after being liberated from cumbersome clothing.

After all,

Everything about this other world was good, but clothing was particularly troublesome. It was nothing like his previous life, where simply pulling something on finished the job.

At that moment,

Nia leaned closer. "Master, Nia wants some too!

Nia wants this too.

With a fire dragon pattern!!"

Aurora also came over. "Young Master, I want some too!"

As she spoke, she paused.

Her voice lowered a few notches. "Young Master, I never expected

you liked this sort of style!"

Wayne had initially been quite pleased, feeling that his taste had been acknowledged.

But upon hearing Aurora's words,

his little face darkened, and he flicked her forehead with a curled finger. "What are you thinking?!

Aren't these perfectly normal clothes?"

"Mm~"

Aurora covered her forehead. "Young Master, how is this normal?"

Hearing that,

Wayne also realized that his perceptions from his previous life had not been completely forgotten.

But outwardly, he merely waved a hand.

"Go, go, go. Why are little brats asking so many questions?

Don't pry into Young Master's affairs!"

With that, he went forward on his own to inspect the newly made short-sleeved shirts.

"Haha, Sister Aurora, Master is still so young,

and you were already teasing him.

Serves you right for getting hit!"

Hearing that,

Aurora raised a brow. "You milk baby who was just born,

what do you know?"

Nia rolled her beautiful red eyes. "Tch.

Weren't you just saying Master wants to mate? Sanctuary Mother's inherited memories have records of it!"

Hearing that,

it was Aurora's turn for her little face to darken.

"You... shut up already."

As she spoke, she reached out to cover Nia's mouth.

But Nia instantly flew far away.

"Haha, you can't catch me!"

Time reached four in the afternoon.

After purchasing their clothes, Wayne and the others stepped out of the hovering car and arrived at the very heart of the Southern District's commercial street.

If the outer area was still the ordinary version,

then the shops that could open in the very center were all stores related to transcendent power.

At that moment,

Aurora began introducing the place. "Young Master, look. This is the true central district.

Everything sold here is a transcendent item."

She paused as she spoke and raised a hand, pointing at three enormous buildings constructed in triangular opposition to one another.

Only then did she continue, "The three most famous are

the Elf Trade Guild, the Dragon Trade Guild, and humanity's Alchemy Trade Guild."

Wayne looked in the direction Aurora pointed, one by one.

His brows rose.

"Are these three guilds opened by the dragons, elves, and humans?"

Aurora nodded.

"That's right. These three are the three most elite and comprehensive trade guilds in Sanctuary World. The elves produce magical plants in abundance,

the dragons produce ores in abundance,

while humans excel at creation, so they produce alchemical products in abundance, such as potions, alchemical weapons, and so on.

On transcendent paths,

the transcendent items required by wizards, knights, and the like can almost all be found in these three guilds."

Wayne nodded slightly.

"Mm. You know this place well. Take a look at the resources knights need, as well as the house Nia needs.

Tell me which guild sells them,

and we'll go buy them one by one."

Aurora nodded slightly. "Then let's go to the Elf Trade Guild first.

Little elves are born because of the elves and the elves' Sacred Tree, so little elves can almost be said to be

the unseen kin of all elves.

Therefore, elves are the friendliest toward little elves and have prepared a whole range of products to meet all their needs."

Wayne nodded, and he and the little elf followed beside Aurora.

Together, they entered the Elf Trade Guild.

The moment they walked in,

Wayne's first impression was that it was huge—countless times larger than it appeared from outside.

"Spatial expansion, or folding?"

Aurora nodded slightly. "That's right. As an enterprise under the Elf Continent's Elf Empire,

the Elf Trade Guild naturally does not lack powerful experts."

As the two spoke,

a beautiful elf dressed in a white skirt approached them.

"Hello, little elf!"

Nia froze for a moment, then sensed a kind of closeness from the elf before her and smiled.

"Hello!"

The elf's eyes softened as she nodded slightly, then shifted her gaze to Wayne and Aurora.

"Sir, Madam,

have you come to the Elf Trade Guild to purchase things a little elf needs?"

Wayne nodded slightly.

"That's right. We need to buy a house for a little elf to live in.

The best one!"

He paused as he spoke.

"Of course, if there is anything else suitable for Nia, you can recommend it as well.

Everything must be the best."

Seeing that Wayne was practically about to write the words "money is no object" across his face,

the elf did not look down on him.

Instead, her gaze toward Wayne grew even gentler. There was no other reason—

a person willing to spend money on a little elf like this

would find it hard not to earn an elf's goodwill.

"This way, sir."

As she spoke,

she began leading them from one side.

The three followed the elf all the way to the northern section of the trade guild.

Looking at the exquisite little houses one after another, their eyes lit up again and again.

"Master, these houses are so pretty!"

Wayne smiled.

"Don't worry. These are all ordinary goods. If we're buying, we'll buy the best. Nia can choose for herself in a moment!"

Nia nodded happily.

Three more minutes later,

the elf brought Wayne and the others to a counter. The elf stepped behind it and faced Wayne.

She lightly tapped the crystal ball on the table. Three flashes of light shot out and formed projections,

appearing before Wayne and the others.

Then,

the elf continued, "These three little elf houses

are the finest three models."

She paused.

"They each have different styles. For example, this one is a villa house, suitable for three to five little elves.

This one is a manor house, suitable for ten to thirty little elves.

This one is a castle house, suitable for up to a hundred little elves.

These three houses

are all alchemical products, and they have spatial folding functions layered into them. They look small outside, but there is more than enough room within."

Hearing that,

Wayne frowned, his tone toward the elf turning somewhat stiff.

"Are you messing with me?

I told you to bring out the best, and all you've shown me is houses that fit more people?

What kind of 'best' is that?"

Hearing this,

the elf did not get angry. Instead, she became certain that Wayne truly treated little elves well, so she explained:

"Sir, you misunderstand. These little houses are not merely residences—they are their exterior form. They may look small, but their interiors differ.

Take the manor house, for instance.

Its interior space can cover an area three thousand kilometers across. Though the little elves' homes are arranged together in the center,

each one is separate,

and they are at least a hundred meters apart.

The remaining space

is land for little elves to practice cultivating resources. Based on a full capacity of thirty little elves,

roughly,

each little elf can receive an area one hundred kilometers across. The house also comes equipped with teleportation arrays,

energy-gathering arrays, defensive arrays, and so on.

It can be said that owning a manor house is equivalent to carrying inexhaustible resources with you."

Hearing that,

Wayne finally understood.

"So in other words, the displayed house is only an outer appearance. Inside, there are thirty manors identical to the one outside,

right?"

The elf nodded slightly. "That's right, exactly so.

Is sir satisfied now?"

Wayne nodded slightly, thought for a moment, then spoke again. "How many magic crystals does an elf house need to recharge each year?"

"One high-grade magic crystal is enough."

"One?"

Wayne's questioning voice rang out. It was not that he thought it was too much.

Rather, he sincerely thought it was too little.

Facing Wayne's obvious tone of feeling that it was too little, the elf could not help but laugh softly.

"Sir,

although you are very wealthy, your basic knowledge is lacking. The reason it only requires one high-grade magic crystal

is because

the high-grade magic crystal is merely a primer to activate the arrays. Afterward, the energy-gathering array within

absorbs magical energy from the outside world to supply the magical energy needed for the whole structure."