For some reason, seeing a group of people looking so lazy made Roa feel lazy as well.
He had an overwhelming sense of not wanting to move.
Watching Aqua and Kazuma Satou always carefree, eating and drinking, then falling asleep, Roa genuinely envied the two of them.
Roa enjoyed the leisure, quietly waiting for the situation to develop.
After all, with the main characters around, he didn't need to do much; trouble would come knocking on his door.
He considered it a rare opportunity to take a break for himself.
As time passed slowly, due to the overly leisurely atmosphere, Roa, based on his memory, found a small shop that specialized in selling magical items in a corner.
The storefront was quite deserted, perhaps because Roa had come too early. He compared the remnants of his memories with the storefront in front of him.
The two sides gradually overlapped, and after pondering for a moment, Roa pushed open the door.
As the room opened, a somewhat lazy yet mature and charming voice came from inside.
"Welcome! May I ask what the customer would like?"
Following the voice, Roa saw a girl with beautiful long brown hair.
No, to be precise, she could no longer be called a girl, as she appeared to be in her twenties.
Of course, this was just based on her appearance; her actual age might be even higher.
The girl's hair was a bit messy, perhaps because there weren't many customers at this time. She subconsciously thought that there might not be any customers today, so she simply didn't bother to comb her hair, giving off a casual vibe.
Her hair was long, reaching down to her waist, and quite thick. The bangs in front were long, even intentionally leaving some hair in front of her eyes, covering one eye.
When she spoke, she always squinted her eyes, giving the impression that she hadn't fully woken up.
The girl's eyes were brown, the same color as her hair. Moreover, this girl—well, she should be called a girl—had a pretty good figure.
She had the kind of curves that were quite mature, and although she was wearing a purple mage robe, her chest still made the robe look quite tight.
Roa speculated that she was another D-class or higher candidate.
This was Wiz, who was once a cadre of the Demon King's army and a lich, but now she was running a business in a small town.
As Roa was sizing her up, she was also sizing him up. Wiz had a smile on her face, a genuine smile, as if she was very happy that someone had come to her shop at this time.
Roa took the initiative to greet her, "Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Roa."
"Oh, are you Mr. Roa? Recently, there have been rumors about you circulating in the town. Hello, I'm Wiz, the owner of this shop. So, Mr. Roa, what would you like?" The brown-haired, brown-eyed girl spoke.
Roa pondered for a moment. He wasn't sure what items Wiz had in her shop; he only remembered that the items sold by this person were all somewhat eccentric and had rather bizarre effects.
Moreover, Roa wasn't here to buy anything.
If he really wanted to buy magical items, he would choose to go to the Crimson Demon Village.
Although many of the Crimson Demon residents were somewhat eccentric, in a way, they were the easiest type of people to deal with, as long as you could adapt to their nonsensical way of speaking.
However, since she had asked, it seemed a bit abrupt not to respond to her question.
But Roa didn't know what Wiz had, so he curiously asked, "What magical items do you have here?"
Wiz's smile became even softer, as if it had been a long time since she had explained her magical items to anyone.
Wiz lightly coughed a few times, took a bottle of something resembling a potion from the counter, and began to introduce it, "This one will explode if a strong impact is applied, producing quite a nice explosion effect, similar to a large fireball spell that bursts right at the heart."
Roa nodded slightly and voiced his confusion, "I thought this was a recovery potion or something, since its color is quite similar to that of a mana recovery potion."
Wiz shook her head with a smile, "We don't have that kind of potion here. The items in this shop are all meant for dealing with special situations."
"Special situations?" Roa looked at Wiz with some confusion and couldn't help but ask, "Then what kind of situations would this potion that explodes upon impact be used for?"
"Ah, well, if you open the potion and throw it into a group of monsters, it will explode. I believe the effect would be quite good?" Wiz said, somewhat uncertain.
Roa glanced at the various bottles and jars on the counter, casually picked up a different potion that looked somewhat different from the previous one, and asked, "What about this one?"
"Ah, that one will explode as soon as you open it…"
Roa's hand, which was about to open the cap, paused slightly, and he silently put the potion back down.
Would something that explodes upon opening really be useful?
If the previous one could be used like explosives, then what was the purpose of this one? A self-destruct potion?
Roa looked again at the array of items on display, then glanced outside at the empty street, and surveyed the environment around the small shop.
To put it mildly, it was somewhat shabby.
The counter was quite old, and the items on the shelves had clearly been there for a long time. Although the surroundings were relatively clean, Roa could sense a hint of poverty emanating from this place.
Roa shook his head and didn't inquire further about the magical items. He felt that Wiz probably didn't have anything good.
Although saying this might hurt her feelings, it was the truth.
Roa got straight to the point, "Um, Wiz, I heard you're a lich with quite a high level. I'd like to learn some skills from you."
"Aren't you here to buy potions or magical items?"
"Uh, I don't particularly need those at the moment."
Upon hearing this, Wiz's smile froze. She looked a bit disheartened and said, "Is that so? You're not here to buy items? It's quite funny, actually. I haven't sold a single item in a month, and my finances are all in the red now."
"Is that so? Uh, well, if you could teach me a few tricks, I'd consider buying a few useful items." Roa's mouth twitched slightly, feeling somewhat speechless.