RBCT Chapter 38: Free Purchase?
Chapter 38: Free Purchase?
The braided adventurer felt that someone like Terra would never understand the feeling of believing in a god.
Maybe it's because Terra doesn't believe in any gods that she looks so strange.
This long speech was shocking to Andrea 2.
Has human society's beliefs become so insane?
Shouldn't people who believe in gods read scriptures, study philosophy, and be kind to others?
How could this be?
She remembered what Mana had mentioned about the "cutting a knife" event at the church before she went to the ruins to make a request.
Could it be that some believers who were just passing by were not family members and were simply dragged away and beheaded?
At this moment, Andrea 2 saw Mana step forward beside her.
He took a badge out of his bag and pinned it to his chest, then pointed at the female adventurer with braided hair and greeted her in a very refined manner.
"You're talking nonsense!"
"The goddess of fertility that I worship is the most powerful deity!"
"Your Moon Worship Cult's new female saint, all those miracles she performed have long been exposed as fake! Her image has collapsed! What right do you have to look down on us?"
Stella yelled, "Stop arguing!"
Terra watched the cutscene with amusement, finding it quite amusing.
However, he also noticed something.
"It seems I have one more reason to defeat the Moon Lord and save the world."
That means all NPCs won't have to pay the Moon Lord for their houses!
He nodded, and the bubble above his head transformed into a clenched fist.
Why can the NPC give the money to the boss but not give me Terra?
Isn't this going against the natural order?
Terra is the savior.
"Mr. Terra!"
Stella quickly covered Terra's mouth and looked at the adventurers who believed in the Moon Worship Cult in a panic.
Adventurers who worshipped other gods also expressed their dissatisfaction with Terra's statement.
Stella: "Don't talk nonsense! Let's get back to the mortgage issue. Faith is a slippery slope you can't even touch!"
"Where were we? Oh right! You want to buy a house, but you don't have the money, so you have to borrow money from others to buy it, and then slowly pay them back."
Stella was also a believer in God.
She also uses a small portion of her monthly salary to exchange for indulgences at the church and to draw lots for newly released female saints.
However, she worshipped the god of roaring and tides.
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Stella's comical appearance and her conversation with Terra attracted the attention of almost all the adventurers around them.
Aside from the new adventurers who are eager to complete their assigned tasks.
They missed out on a lot of fun.
"Leaving aside Mana's beliefs, I really didn't expect Stella to have a mortgage to pay."
I've just recovered from all that messy religious stuff in Andrea 2.
Hearing the adventurers around her talking about Stella and Andrea 2, she muttered to herself, "So, humans have to pay for housing here?"
In the Elven territory, or more precisely, in the Amber Room where Andrea 2 resides, the situation is entirely different.
When each elf reaches adulthood, the clan prepares a small house for him/her.
It's not just a house; it's part of a ritual that signifies the community's recognition of its adult members.
Of course, Andrea 2 has not been assigned a house yet.
She is only 180 years old.
Andrea 2 naturally assumed that the human side was the same, or at least that it should be similar.
After all, the elder who loved to let knowledge go in and out of his mind showed her "A Study of the Customs and Traditions of Continental Races".
Although human society has a complex structure, basic living security should still be available.
She was surprised when she first entered the city. She thought it was amazing how many houses humans had.
"Humans seem to have a pretty miserable life," Andrea 2 murmured, a hint of sympathy in her eyes.
On the other side, the question mark bubble above Terra's head had turned into an exclamation mark.
"Why should money earned through one's own abilities be returned?"
He seemed to be asking Stella, or perhaps talking to himself, "And why can you buy things even if you don't have money?"
This completely contradicted his understanding.
Terra's understanding of the mechanisms of the world.
When trading with NPCs, if you don't have enough money in your inventory, you can't click on the items in your inventory and can't take them out.
But now Stella, this NPC, says, "You can buy things even if you don't have money."
"A new mechanism in the new version?" Terra frowned.
How do I buy it?
How can this zero-yuan purchase mechanism be triggered?
If he really had this characteristic, wouldn't he be a fool to grind monsters and make money all the time?
Terra was originally planning to use a bug—no, I mean a mechanic!—to create a nuclear-powered money-making machine for fun.
He decided to ask his mentor mother at this time.
Terra walks toward Andrea 2.
When the elf saw him approaching, he immediately straightened his back and gave him an expression that said, "I already know everything."
"Mom!" Terra cut to the chase.
Andrea 2 took a deep breath and lowered her voice to Terra, saying, "How many times have I told you, Terra, when we're outside, we must use our names!"
"Director, you can buy things even without money? Is this a new feature in the latest version?"
What mechanism?
Andrea 2 felt a chill run down her spine.
She had no idea about things like mortgages or loans.
They also don't understand the financial system of human society.
But with so many people watching, she was an elf! She couldn't show any weakness.
Elves know everything.
"This... is actually common sense, right?"
Andrea 2 spoke in the calmest possible tone, even slightly raising her chin.
I don't know who she was referring to when she said "right?"
"Everyone knows that."
After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced at the reactions of those around her.
To her surprise, many adventurers nodded in agreement.
A warrior carrying a greatsword sighed, "Yeah, I paid for my weapons and house in installments too. I still owe that dwarf blacksmith money for this sword."
A female thief next to me shrugged: "I have to pay rent every month for my rented apartment, it's about the same as my mortgage, oh no, maybe even more? My god, I'm only just realizing that!"
Andrea 2 looked at the nodding humans and became even more confused.
What are you all nodding about?
So, you guys have to pay off a mortgage just like Stella, that receptionist?
Is it common for humans to borrow money to buy houses or other things?
She turned her head and saw Mana, who had just been passionately arguing with the braided adventurer girl, also clapping.
Mana is among the youngest mages in the guild.
She studied at the Magic Academy before graduating.
She was wearing the academy's standard robes, only slightly altered to be a bit more revealing.
Mana was holding the staff with obvious signs of repair in her arms.
At that moment, she was clapping vigorously, even more enthusiastically than those around her, with an almost fanatical smile on her face.
"You want some too?"
Andrea2 couldn't help but ask.
"You also have a mortgage to pay?"
Andrea 2 was worried that Mana hadn't understood, so she even repeated the explanation.
Mana laughed twice, "Haha!" but there was an indescribable bitterness in her laughter.
"I'm not paying off my mortgage, I'm paying off my student loans. I'm still a long way from being able to afford a mortgage."