"Woah! T-Those are real!?"
The store clerk stared at the paper bills inside Lawrend's wallet in disbelief.
"Why would I show you fake ones?" Lawrend retorted.
"C-Can I inspect one?" the store clerk asked nervously.
"Okay."
Lawrend nodded his head.
"Amazing! It's a real one!" the store clerk exclaimed as he raised a 10,000 gold paper bill in the air from Lawrend's wallet.
"W-What?! You have that much money?" Nuon exclaimed in shock.
As for Logan, he was speechless. After all, you have to be really rich to have that much money.
"Mm. My father is quite rich. Some of them are mine, though," Lawrend nodded his head and explained to them.
"Follow me, great customer! I'll bring you to see the ring."
The store clerk pulled Lawrend with him excitedly.
Lawrend allowed himself to be pulled off. Nuon and Logan followed behind them nervously.
They entered the door at the back of the store and entered a dimly lit room. There were countless shelves filled with folded clothes on them.
"Please wait a moment. I will call the manager," the store clerk said to them before he entered deeper inside the room.
A few moments later, he returned with a tall man with a fancy mustache.
"You want the Storage Ring?"
The tall man asked Lawrend with a doubtful look in his eyes.
"Are you the manager?" Lawrend asked him.
"Tell me, what is a True Mage doing buying a Storage Ring?"
Instead of answering, the tall man asked Lawrend his own question. He noticed the True Mage pin on Lawrend's cloak.
It wasn't mentioned, but the Mage Pin had a feature to automatically update the information displayed on the pin.
"I have the money," Lawrend said to him before he passed 5 10,000 gold paper bills to him.
"Hm?"
The tall man raised an eyebrow seeing the money. He grabbed it and inspected each carefully.
"Hello, dear customer. Forgive my earlier attitude. I am the manager of this Hurry Valley branch," the tall man suddenly introduced himself with an amiable smile on his face.
"..."
Lawrend was speechless. He had never seen someone switch their attitude so fast even in his previous life.
"Come, come. I'll show you the Storage Ring," the manager urged Lawrend while the paper bills were firmly held in his hand.
"..."
Both Nuon and Logan were shocked at the scene. They have never seen someone so shameless.
Lawrend and the rest followed the manager deeper inside. They encountered swordsmen guarding the room every now and then.
Lawrend was surprised that this building had such a large room behind it. It should be called a warehouse now.
Before long, they reached the end. There was a table with drawers under it.
"This," the manager said.
He opened one of the drawers and pulled out a small ring box.
"See for yourself," the manager said to him and passed the ring box.
Lawrend took the box carefully. The box was covered with an unknown monster's skin. It was soft and comfortable in the hand.
He opened it, and there was a blue gem ring inside it.
"Is this it?" Lawrend said as he picked it up.
There were cracks on the surface of the blue gemstone.
"Yes. It's actually a damaged Storage Ring. Before it could contain 10 cubic meters of space, now it could barely contain 1 cubic meter which is the reason for its cheap price," the manager nodded and explained to Lawrend.
"Oh," Lawrend exclaimed as he examined the ring carefully.
"Can I try it?" Lawrend asked him.
"Of course. Feel free," the manager nodded his head with a smile.
"Thanks," Lawrend replied.
He wore the ring on his ring finger.
"How do I use it?" Lawrend asked him.
"Pour your mana into it. Then, close your eyes. After that, you'll see its contents," the manager explained to Lawrend.
"Okay."
Lawrend closed his eyes and poured his mana into the ring.
Suddenly, Lawrend felt a connection between him and the ring form. He felt like he was connected to a container of sorts.
He followed that connection, and he saw an empty 1 cubic meter container.
"Amazing!" Lawrend opened his eyes and exclaimed.
He grabbed his wallet and POOF. It disappeared.
"Wh—?!" the manager exclaimed in disbelief and shock.
*Poof*
The wallet suddenly reappeared in Lawrend's hand.
"Huh, it's pretty easy to use," Lawrend murmured to himself.
"Dear customer, have you perhaps already used a Storage Ring before?" the manager asked.
He couldn't believe that Lawrend, who seemed to not know anything about a Storage Ring, was able to use it immediately without him even explaining it.
"No. I just somewhat know how to use it," Lawrend replied to him with a smile.
After all, he had read of something similar in his past life. It wasn't hard for him to figure out how it worked.
"Y-Yeah…" the manager nodded his head reluctantly.
"Lawrend, can you store this gold coin?!" Nuon asked Lawrend with a gold coin in his hand.
"Yeah, sure," Lawrend nodded his head.
He picked up the gold coin, and it suddenly disappeared in front of them. Then it reappeared clutched between his two fingers.
"It's really a Storage Ring! Only my father had that back home," Nuon exclaimed in shock.
"This is just a damaged one, though. Your father's Storage Ring should be more expensive," Lawrend said to him and shook his head.
"But still… Damn. I can't believe a clothing store would be selling something like that," Nuon replied to Lawrend, still in disbelief.
"Hoho, that's because it was sold to me directly. I would never sell it if it weren't for the fact that it's damaged," the manager explained to them.
"Alright. Give me the receipt," Lawrend demanded.
He was already satisfied with this ring.
The manager started scribbling on a paper on the table before passing it to him.
"Please sign here," the manager said to him.
Lawrend signed it, and the manager checked it before he nodded his head in satisfaction. He then split the original and carbon copy of the receipt.
He gave the original receipt to Lawrend.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, but this damaged Storage Ring has a tendency to collapse if something is taken from inside it," the manager said to Lawrend with a victorious grin on his face.