In the Name of God - Chapter 105.2
That weapon was beyond a shadow of a doubt my apostle’s early-stage weapon.
At that time, even mana circuits meant to amplify the abilities of mana users had not been developed yet, so there was no way any special device was attached to the weapon.
Because it was merely an ignorantly hard iron club created by hammering sturdy black iron.
Even so, when my excellent, clever, and even lovely apostle held and swung that, he would exert formidable abilities that could be called truly beyond human level.
Because to the apostle of those days who chewed up the battlefield purely with his own raw strength and senses, performance of a weapon or anything like that posed no restriction whatsoever.
In other words, it means my apostle was amazing, not that the spear was amazing.
Regardless of my thoughts, to outward appearances, might I not have been reflected merely as one of the arrogant customers? To the extent that Kwon Jeong-han was looking at me with eyes saying, ‘Why is he like this all of a sudden?’
However, far from taking offense, the elderly man examined me with eyes filled with interest as if he had discovered a rare object.
“Fascinating.”
The elderly man let out a low exclamation.
“Usually, when I introduce this spear as a ‘precious item’, a hundred out of a hundred ask about the reason why it is treated as precious first. They are curious whether the material is rare, or if there is any hidden function.”
Pausing for a moment, the elderly man pointed out the emotion gathered between my brows accurately and smiled softly.
“However, far from curiosity, Awakener… it seems you feel pure displeasure at the very fact that this item is displayed here.”
While I was pondering for a moment what to answer to those considerably sharp words, he pulled something out from his breast pocket with a smiling face and held it out.
It was a thin card key so jet-black that it gave an unpleasant feeling.
On the surface of that card, which had a bit more heft than an ordinary card, an engraved silver geometric pattern was situated.
“What is this?”
When I asked while turning the card this way and that, the elderly man let slip a meaningful gaze.
“Please stop by once when you have time. Anytime is fine.”
He pointed toward the floor with his index finger.
“Why is this black spear here, you will come to learn down there.”
Ending with those words, the elderly man bowed politely and turned his back without lingering regret. Watching the receding back of the elderly man, I could not erase a lingering uncomfortable feeling.
‘If it is the lower floor… Does he mean to come to the 1st floor or 2nd floor?’
Fiddling with the black card held in my hand, I called Kwon Jeong-han.
“Hey, Kwon Jeong-han. Do you know where this is used?”
“It is a card key I am seeing for the first time too, but… it will probably work if you tap it on the reader in the elevator. Usually, things like this are used when going to the VIP exclusive hall.”
Kwon Jeong-han rummaged through his pockets casually, then pulled out a sparkling gold card key and held it up side by side next to my black card.
“Look, even though the design is different, the size is the same.”
“That is true.”
Nodding obediently, I paused.
Having a gold card key meant that Kwon Jeong-han was also a VIP of Prestige Market. Knowing that one could not easily become a VIP just by buying a few items, Kwon Jeong-han’s malice-free flex made me feel endlessly pathetic.
A 100% pure capitalist gap that made my stomach hurt all the more because there was not even an intention to boast.
Smacking my lips bitterly, I subtly turned my head away.
In the direction I turned my gaze stood Lee Sunho, who did not even blink an eye upon seeing Kwon Jeong-han’s symbol of being a VIP of this grand Prestige Market. Meeting my eyes, he grinned as usual.
A spoon born with a gold spoon on my right, and a diamond spoon on my left.
Damn world.
“Ha… How can a commoner live through this sorrow?”
Sighing, I shoved the black card key roughly into my breast pocket and walked ahead.
“Let us go for now. What are you doing without guiding quickly, Mr. VIP?”
“Why formal speech all of a sudden? And what is with ‘Mr. VIP’?”
Letting out a hollow laugh, Kwon Jeong-han still seemed not to forget his duty as a guide, walking ahead smoothly.
Following behind Kwon Jeong-han, I suddenly felt an emptiness at my side and turned around.
Lee Sunho was standing still while looking at the black spear. In his eyes, a strange, unknown emotion seemed to be peeked at for some reason.
“Lee Sunho?”
When I called his name, only then did Lee Sunho look at me. Lee Sunho, who changed his gaze in that brief split second as if nothing had happened, smiled toward me and stepped closer.
“Let us go.”
Skillfully detaching Lee Sunho’s arm that naturally grabbed my waist, I glanced one last time out of the corner of my eye at the black spear inside the display stand.
At that time, I failed to notice that a faint black energy was lingering on the black spear beyond the glass case.
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