The Dangerously Cute Dungeon Volume Two [A Dungeon Core LitRPG]

2.13 Pixie Pals

Since Violet hadn't managed to sell anything to Avorn and Camellia this time around, she reluctantly decided to try and see if David would be up for it. The promise of income later in the week was nice and all, but it just wouldn't be that helpful in the meantime. However, that didn't exactly mean that Violet was all that happy to interact with the overly standoffish David either.

As it turned out, David was just wrapping things up and fixing to head out by the time she reached him. With a huff, he narrowed his eyes and questioned

"What do you want now? I thought we were done for the day. I need to get my daughter home soon, it's a bit late for her to still be awake."

Violet gritted her teeth as she answered

"I just wanted to see if you'd be interested in buying anything today. However, if it bothers you that much, I'll just leave."

David sounded surprisingly gentle when he replied

"No, wait. What do you have available?"

Violet felt exhausted as she turned back around and answered

"I've got some potions and then some food items. I don't have much else right now, but that might change later on."

David looked thoughtful as he replied

"Alright, well, I'll buy whatever food [Items] you have."

Violet narrowed her eyes in suspicion as she replied

"I don't have a ton, but it still won't be cheap. Are you sure you can afford it?"

David grunted in response before beginning to pull [Items] out of his magic bag. Back when he had thought they would be trading sooner rather than later, he had begun to collect [Items] he thought Violet might have some interest in. However, even back then it had been close to the beginning of the cold season and it wasn't like magic bags could extend the shelf life of goods. So, most of what he had was a mixture of different clothing [Items] and decorative buttons he had bought in the next city over in the hopes Violet would be interested.

Violet began to pull out her own [Items] as she pointed to items, negotiating on a fair price for her goods. She hadn't created much in terms of new merchandise over the last few days, but she still had twelve tins of black tea, five glass jars of honey, five glass jars of apple jam, two loaves of iced carrot bread, four bread rolls, two wild violet & honey lollipops, fifteen lavender meringue cookies, and twenty chamomile shortbread cookies. The whole lot had cost her an entire 293 MP to create it all, which was, admittedly, not as big of a deal now as it used to be, but that still meant she was expecting a minimum of 586 DP as a return on her investment.

David wasn't entirely happy with how much he ended up having to trade away for the goods he wanted. While he had gotten a really good deal previously by only having to bring a few flowers, fruits, and mushrooms in exchange for several sweets, he had to trade away much more expensive goods this time. That was primarily due to a fundamental misunderstanding on his part as to how things were valued in the dungeon, but that was hardly something that Violet was going to explain to him now that their relationship had gotten as bad as it had.

Violet ended up obtaining: a red velvet dress, a brown leather tunic, a white wool cap, gray linen pants, a blue silk nightgown, some hemp rope, a fox fur scarf, black, white, and blue fabric buttons, clear, red, green, and blue glass buttons, horsehair, flower-shaped, and square patterned ceramic buttons, engraved iron, engraved gold, and engraved silver metal buttons, iron snap buttons, and a lot of wooden buttons. The [Items] couldn't be absorbed until after the dungeon was cleared of occupants, but it would end up being worth an entire 635 DP, which was really not a bad haul.