A Bar In An Alternate World: Pick Up A Young Witch - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Value of Gold Coins in Another World

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After having the wine, Glenfiddich took out a key and handed it to Lin Ge.

“I came to the shop today to give you the key. From now on, you can come and go as you please. You can even treat this place as your home and live here.”

Lin Ge took the key. It was an ordinary brass key about five centimeters long. It was slightly worn out and didn’t look special.

He thought for a moment. There was nothing in the resting room, so he could transform it into his room. If he moved into the shop, he could save on rent and it would be more convenient to work.

However, Elise and Neelu would often go in and out of the resting room during work, and there were no bathrooms. If he wanted to solve his physiological problems, he would have to go to the nearby public toilet, and he would also have to bathe in the bathhouse, which was more troublesome.

After he got his salary, he could move to a nearby neighborhood and rent a single suite. With that, he wouldn’t have to share the house with others. As such, he didn’t plan to move into the shop for the time being.

After giving the key to Lin Ge, Glenfiddich left.

After Prince Lieyang failed to strike up a conversation with Karina, he was ready to leave as well.

“Customer, your gem.”

He didn’t take the ruby on the bar counter as if he had forgotten that it came from his pocket, so Lin Ge stopped him.

The Prince waved his hand, “Who do you think I am? I’ve already given it away. Why would I take it back?”

Then, he left the bar.

Lin Ge couldn’t help but feel that although the lizardman Prince was arrogant, he had his principles. In this aspect, he was quite cute.

Lanya stared at the ruby in Lin Ge’s hand, her eyes glowing, “A ruby like this is worth at least 1000 gold coins.”

“If you want it, I’ll give it to you. Exchange it for gold coins and eat something good there.”

He didn’t know the price of goods in that world, but something that came from a Prince shouldn’t be too cheap. Otherwise, the other party wouldn’t have used it to try and buy him over.

Therefore, this gem should be able to sustain her life for a long time.

Lanya stared at the gemstone in shock but did not reach out to take it.

“I didn’t do anything, so how can I accept such an expensive gift from you? Thank you, but I can’t take it.”

Lin Ge thought for a moment and changed his words, “Then help me exchange them for gold coins. The gold coins I exchange for will be stored with you. Are you willing to help me with this?”

“Okay, I’ll help you,” Lanya said. She took the ruby and ran to the door of the bar.

“Oh right, take 100 from the gold coins you exchanged as your reward. Go and have a good meal.”

Lanya nodded hard. Then, as if she had received an official mission, she left with a serious face.

As soon as Lanya left the bar, Elise said teasingly, “Oh my, brother Lin Ge is such a good person. Can you give me 100 gold coins too?”

Lin Ge ignored her sarcasm. He picked up a wine glass and calmly wiped it.

Elise glared at him unwillingly and stopped asking for a rebuff.

About an hour later, Lanya returned to the bar with a small purse in her hand. Her face was red with excitement. She had never held so many gold coins in her hands.

She raised the money bag with both hands and placed it on the bar counter.

“The total is 1150 gold. Please check.”

Lin Ge was quite surprised. This money bag was only the size of a fist, so how could it hold over a thousand gold coins? Could it be that this money bag was a magic storage item?

When he opened the bag, he found that there were only 12 gold coins in it.

“Why are there only 12?”

“11 of them are 100 gold, and 1 is 50 gold,” Lanya explained, “That’s 1150 gold in total.”

Lin Ge poured out the 12 gold coins and arranged them in a row. Sure enough, one of them was slightly smaller, and the pattern and words were different.

“I thought it would be 1150 gold coins,” He said with a smile.

Lanya shook her head and said, “No, the gold coins here are not cast with pure gold, but smelted from a variety of metals. A certain amount of gold is mixed in during the smelting process. According to the different amounts of gold, the coins are divided into 1 gold, 5 gold, 10 gold, 50 gold, and 100 gold. A gold coin of 100 gold is almost pure gold.”

Understanding the situation, Lin Ge put the 12 gold coins back into his wallet and returned them to Lanya.

“I’ll leave it with you for now. Don’t forget your 100 gold.”

Lanya had seen Lin Ge buy things in the convenience store before and knew that he did not use gold coins back in his world, so she nodded vigorously.

“Yes, I’ll definitely help you keep it safe.”

She then waited for Lin Ge to get off work.

On Lin Ge’s third day of work at the Emeralds bar, there were no new customers.

As soon as it was time to get off work, the wall clock in the shop suddenly rang. A crow popped out from the dark brown wooden clock, cawed twice, then shrank back into the clock.

Lin Ge walked into the resting room to change his clothes. Neelu was lying on the sofa, sleeping soundly, but her posture was not very elegant.

He shook his head and gave up on waking her up. He went straight to the locker, took off his shirt, and was about to change into his own clothes when he suddenly heard Lanya’s exclamation from outside the resting room.

He turned his head and saw a pair of excited eyes through the crack of the door.

Those beautiful eyes were very familiar to Lin Ge. Coupled with the few strands of red hair hanging down by the door, he instantly confirmed the identity of the peeper.

“Damn you, Karina!”

He quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the resting room without even buttoning his shirt. However, Karina was no longer in the shop. Only Lanya was standing at the door of the resting room, her face red and panting slightly.

“I didn’t see anything. She was the one who covered my mouth and pulled me to the door,” Lanya explained in a panic when she saw Lin Ge’s gaze.

“Where is she?”

“She ran.”

“Hmph, at least she ran fast,” Lin Ge loosened his clenched fist.

Elise’s gloating voice could be heard from the side, “Even if you catch up to her, you can’t beat her. However, if you’re willing to give up your place at the bar counter, I can help you teach her a lesson.”

“Thank you for your offer, but there’s no need.”

As he buttoned up his shirt, Lin Ge wondered if Karina’s power would be suppressed like Lanya’s if he led her to Earth.

In that case, he would have a chance to teach her a lesson.

However, he had to go to the Adventurer’s Guild to register with Lanya today, so he let Karina go for the time being.

Lanya pulled open the wooden door of the bar, and Lin Ge followed her out of the bar. The warm sunlight immediately shone on his head, and what appeared in front of him was a lively street.

He glanced around and saw taurens, elves with pointy ears, lizardmen covered in black scales, warriors in heavy armor, scepter-wielding mages hidden in black robes, and strange creatures that were thin and looked like mice.

On both sides of the street were retro medieval buildings with all kinds of shops, and a few fruit stalls among them.

He turned back to look at the Emeralds bar, and the signboard on the door had also changed into words he didn’t recognize.

So this was the city of another world?

“This is the commercial street to the North of Castaron, Uradaha Street,” Lanya introduced to him with a smile.

Just then, Lin Ge felt something jump in his pants and make a strange sound.

Croak.