Delier did not answer right away. Instead, she walked around the small shop, carefully examining every corner before returning to Saisara. Pointing at a garment held up by a hanger nearby, she asked, "May I ask how much you paid for this?"
Saisara paused, then gave an apologetic smile. "Sorry, I can't disclose what I paid for the clothes."
"No, I wasn't asking about the garment, but the thing holding it up... You humans call it a clothes hanger, don't you?" Delier asked.
"A clothes hanger?" Saisara looked at Delier in bewilderment, then turned a questioning gaze toward Xu Yi.
Xu Yi nodded slightly. "Saisara, what you paid for this garment shouldn't be anything you need to keep secret, should it? Tell her. You might get something out of it."
"Get something out of it?" Saisara looked doubtfully at Delier, unable to imagine what she could possibly gain from this beautiful female elf. Still, out of trust in Xu Yi, she answered honestly, "If you mean the hangers, I had them custom-made by the Telme Merchant Guild. On average... each one cost about seventeen silver coins."
"Seventeen silver coins?" Delier thought for a moment, then turned to Xu Yi. "Is that expensive?"
"Expensive is relative," Xu Yi replied with a smile. "Delier, if there's a cheaper alternative, then of course that price is high. But if there isn't, there's no point calling it expensive or cheap."
"I understand." Delier nodded, then asked Saisara, "Then may I ask... if I sold you a hanger that served exactly the same purpose, and might even work better, but charged only fifteen silver coins each, would you buy it?"
Saisara paused again. "Of course. If something is better and cheaper, naturally I'd buy it. But where are these cheaper hangers? Come to think of