An Extra’s POV

Profit and Loss

Buying and Selling.

Stakes and Rewards.

Business was simply a complicated game where the players were the buyers and sellers.

In the end, both sides wanted to win, and it was often the case that only one party became ultimately victorious.

The seller would desire to sell at the highest price possible, while the buyer desired to get the product or service at the cheapest rate available.

In the end, the one with the lesser bargaining power or skill ended up losing and compromising their positions.

That was how Rey saw it.

"It's not technically a lie…" He smiled at Noah, who didn't wholly understand his thought process.

"Don't worry. I doubt it'll get to that level."

The United Human Alliance was in a precarious state. Rey doubted they would have the luxury of worrying about where Rey got a single Enchanted Item.

'I even asked Aldred, and unless the item is appraised, there's no way of telling what it really does…'

Why would the United Human Alliance go to all the trouble of yanking off and appraising the property of one of their strongest assets?

It was never going to happen.

'It's a relief we're able to use Enchanted Items now, though.'

Rey wondered what his classmates had gotten with their Gold Coin.

'I doubt they'd spend it wisely…'

*********

'Ahh… I was right!'

As Rey joined the gathering students at the agreed-upon rendezvous point, he could see the junks they were proudly holding in their hands.

could make out from all their chattering, he realized that those were the things they got with their Gold

wanted to slap his face and say, but he

wasn't their fault that they weren't financially literate in

'Oh wait… it is!'

was certain that if his classmates had taken their time to study the economics of H'Trae, or at least that

Look at how they're all treating it

merchants who had taken advantage

popped up in stalls

a result, they got ripped

And the worst part?

things

much just from a

till my belly

a lot of

the students were so impressed with what they had gotten that they felt it was

less than a silver coin, idiot!' Rey

were way more expensive than regular kinds. But, from what he was hearing his classmates say,

some point, he grew exasperated with hearing their adventures that he shut his ears off

wonder what

didn't seem to have anything in particular, so it got Rey

resembles that stranger I saw back then,

picture Adonis with a

had met someone who looked exactly like them—or who resembled

and lookalikes

A feminine voice startled Rey, causing to nearly

Adonis, blocking everything out, that he didn't sense the

behind him

You startled me, Trisha." He rubbed his head as he

does she want with

smile, and her very seductive body already

balance between his teenage hormones and

tight jeans today…' His eyes did their best not

her

to move in, since to her it feels

Rey that wasn't any

extraneous material hindering her movements and fluidity,