Customers came in, went straight to the shelves, grabbed what they wanted, walked up to him, and he scanned their products, received their crystals, and handed them their items back like some kind of well-oiled… human register.
Simple. Repetitive. Safe.
And he wasn't complaining.
Still, one thing confused him.
The drawer.
He placed the crystals in, and - poof. Gone.
When he closed the drawer and opened it again, there was nothing inside.
Not even a glimmer.
A spatial array? Some high-level craftsmanship?
Maybe both. Probably both. The whole place was too mysterious to judge with regular logic.
And the store itself?
It wasn't just "high-end."
Calling it that felt insulting.
This place was exactly what it was meant to be. Premium. Unreasonable. And yet somehow, perfectly fair.
Every item cost crystals, sure. And at first glance, the prices felt absurd.
