Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

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We walked downstairs to a floor we didn’t know existed. It was underground, and things grew darker, like a secret shopping area.

Kajithe entered, showing his merchant card or something, and we were allowed by his side.

As we walked through this area, we saw other shops selling more interesting things, but they were also quite expensive.

They had a lot of materials too.

I had to restrain myself from buying everything, or I would end up spending all my savings.

“It’s here, nya,” Kajithe said with a smirk as he knocked on the door of a closed shop.

“But it’s closed?” Frosty asked angrily. “Are you really trying to pull something on us, cat?!”

“Hmph! If you don’t believe, then leave!” Kajithe said angrily.

“No, no, we’ll stay, good sir,” I nodded. “Please tell us about your friend.”

“You’ll get to know him soon. He’s technically a mentor figure to me, nya,” he said.

Suddenly, the door opened, and a black Cat Sith, wearing a cute white dress, appeared. I think she was a female.

“Meow~? Oh, but if it isn’t Kajithe! Did you get robbed? Why are you here so early?” the black Cat Sith asked.

“Nyehe! The complete opposite, Blackitha!” Kajithe said. “I have gotten most of my things purchased. I have caught a big fish here. This lady druid is a big spender! I have brought her to Daddy Sardines.”

These names…

“Meeow~?” Blackitha glared at us from head to toe. “Hmm~ Only one can enter, the lady. The rest stay outside, you heard me? Nobody can easily meet or see Daddy Sardine, only the best spenders!”

“Wait, are you doing some clandestine dealings here, cat?!” Frosty asked. “Let me tell you that. Ugh, hey! What are you…?”

Frosty complained as Mark dragged her back.

“Go ahead, we’ll wait for you outside,” Mark smiled. “We know you can take care of yourself, so don’t worry…”

“Ah, Mark, you’re so nice, thank you,” I said.

We walked inside the shop with Kajithe as Blackitha closed the door behind us.

The interior was full of trinkets and items, materials, valuables, gold, and jewels everywhere. It was a large storage house of sorts.

We moved upstairs, finding a group of Cat Sith drinking milk and eating grilled fish, glaring at us with suspicion.

However, they didn’t say a word as we moved to the third floor, where a large door greeted us. A big cat, almost tiger-like, guarded the door.

It wasn’t a Cat Sith, though, but seemed to be a domesticated or tamed Spirit Beast.

“Daddy Sardines awaits you inside. He has already been told who you are… Kajithe, better behave, alright~?” Blackitha smiled.

“I’m fine, let me enter already!” Kajithe groaned as the tiger creature hissed at us.

“SHAAAH!”

It was slightly angry, its eyes glowing red and its hair spikier. I could feel my Spiritual Heart Beasts trembling, shocked by its strong presence.

Despite being smaller than me, this tiger was no weak Spirit Beast!

Was it stronger than the Owl Bears? Maybe at the same level as the Earth Eaters.

“Come on, little Tiger, we’re here for the boss. Open the door.”

“Graaarrr…”

The tiger walked toward the door and pushed it open as we entered with Kajithe. Blackitha stayed behind, closing the door behind us.

We walked forward, surrounded by endless treasure everywhere, slowly making our way toward a grand feast where only a single cat enjoyed it.

It was big, very big, old, and also kind of fluffy and cute.

A gray and white Cat Sith with tired-looking, half-closed eyes, long and coiled whiskers, and a long beard.

He was around twice my size. He was the biggest Cat Sith I had ever seen!

Using his big paws, he grabbed large grilled fish and took big bites out of them.

Then, as we watched him eating in silence, he grabbed a large bottle of fresh milk, drank it, and sighed in relief.

“Phew…!”

Slowly, he glanced at us, opening one eye that shone bright gold.

“Hmmm… Kajithe… you’ve brought the big fish today, son?”

“Yes, Daddy Sardine! This is it! She’s a big spender. I imagined she would be interested in your wares.”

“Oho? I have never seen my son so interested in a single customer before… Nyeeehehehe…”

“She’s just a big spender and… I wanted to help her, nya.”

“How so?”

“We’re going to subjugate the Ice Trolls threatening the city, so we need as much strength as we can,” I said. “Ah, right, it’s nice to meet you, sir.”

“Hmmm, right, there’s a lot going on out there. I had almost forgotten about that…” Daddy Sardine nodded. “So it has come to this, hmmm… okay, very well then. I can see you’ve got some splendid talent, lady… Spiritual Heart Beasts? Three at that…! At your level… your Spirit Power… is so high… nyeeeheheh… you’re no ordinary human, are you not?”

“That’s a secret! Sorry,” I giggled.

“Hmmm…” he nodded. “I know what I can offer you.”

“You do?” I asked.

“Daddy Sardine has the special ability to know exactly what his customer would want and need from his great pile of treasure and wares!” Kajithe said with a proud smile. “My dear customer, you won’t be able to resist buying what he’ll offer!” This content belongs to novel·fıre·net

“Oh?!”

From what I could tell, Cat Sith were very greedy and valued money quite a lot, at least these merchant ones did. Another thing was that they greatly respected those who were bigger merchants, had more money, and, well, were bigger.

And lastly, it seemed this Big Daddy merchant had adopted a lot of Cat Sith and treated them as his kids, just like Kajithe here.

Which was really cute.

“There!”

His two eyes shone bright gold as his Spiritual Aura surged.

He definitely had a powerful Spiritual Heart!

The golden aura spread all around his fortune and then brought forth three items.

He smiled gently as three items floated within his open paws.

A golden, metallic scroll, a strange jewel resembling a star with each tip a different color, and lastly, a large horn colored gold, red, blue, yellow, and orange.

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