Chapter 24: Chapter 26: The folly of making bad jokes.

The appraiser had had to contact the office head, who was a tier 4 appraiser, to find out what the status of the sword was. He had rushed out of his office when he had found out what he was dealing with, which meant I wouldn't have to wait long to finally get answers. The head appraiser was a round-bellied man with a thin moustache. He marched into his subordinate's office to come to inspect the sword, not even introducing himself in the process. I didn't think he had done it out of a feeling of superiority, though. He just looked excited to inspect the weapon. I guessed that curiosity was necessary to become an appraiser in the first place.

He took a large looking-glass out of his pocket and brought his face within an inch of the sword.

A moment later he squealed in glee like a pig. The tier three appraiser made an apologetic gesture in my direction with an embarrassed look on his face. I supposed the office head's excitability was nothing new, because he looked like he had had to deal with this exact situation before.

After a few seconds, the excitable appraiser turned to me, this time with a grim look on his face. The sudden change caught me a little by surprise.

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"Where did you get this sword, customer?"

I almost didn't want to reply to his sudden interrogation, but I supposed I should have expected this item to give me more trouble than it's worth.

"I got it off of a corpse I found on my latest quest. I can't tell you more. Ask the guild master."

He turned pensive at that. "I see. Very well. Here is its status. Due to the circumstances, I recommend that you don't sell it, despite the fact that you would be legally in your right to do so."

Now my curiosity was really piqued. The blue screen appeared for me to read.

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