[The Game has been updated!]

[Class Advancements have been added!]

[Skill Creation has been patched, skills now appear more often!]

It has been almost a week since my initial lucrative business venture into the Knight Instant Dungeon. Metal Scraps were a very useful item material to have with it being actual metal for me to use so I had taken to returning to the dungeon multiple times. Being able to fill my shelves with metal things like scrap metal, bars of metal, and some equipment such as daggers, swords, and spears had given me customers and a surplus of Metal Scraps that I have any idea what to do with.

It was nice to discover that making sales actually gave me XP, another bonus of the Merchant class.

So now I was sitting in my shop on a quiet Sunday afternoon, counting up today's earnings and wondering whether or not I should actually throw splurge a little bit for something nice to eat for I had been eating nothing but hotdogs the entire week. I had also been saving up Lien to buy materials to repair my quaint shop of gain. No one would come in here to shop if it looked like the shop was going to collapse on them any moment.

I eyed the 'Help Wanted' sign on the display window of my shop and sighed. I had put the sign up the day after I had my first customer, a Faunus guy looking for something to hit with, in hopes that someone would take it and man the shop while I experimented with the Item Creation in the Workshop.

Or while I slept or lounged about in the Workshop.

I heard the sound of the door opening and jammed the Lien into the drawer.

"Welcome to Moor Items!" I greeted the newcomer automatically with a wave, keeping a calm face as I used Observe on someone I already recognize.

[Jaune Arc Lvl4]

[Hunter Wannabe]

[1040/1040 HP]

[15000/15000 AP]

"Bulshiiiit." I exclaimed complainingly. His health was leagues above mine and I was not touching the subject of his Aura without something caffeinated or mildly alcoholic.

"…What?" He was looked taken aback by my sudden response.

"Oh nothing, just talking to the voices in my head." I replied dismissively. "So what're you looking to buy?" I added as I used observe on his sword.

[Crocea Mors]

[An old sword passed down from generation to generation. It's incredibly durable despite being very old.]

[Observe has levelled up!]

"O…kay?" He began "I was wondering if you sold any armour..." I realized that he wasn't wearing the white armour from the series that I remembered and was only sporting his black hoodie. I mentally berated myself for being slow on the uptake.

"Hmm, armour you say." I said with a grin before leaping over the counter, making Jaune back up. I circled him, looking like I was appraising him by slowly moving my head up and down. "Yes, I sell armour, I can't exactly display it since they're an expensive thing to make and let me tell you, one size does not fit all." He gulped visibly.

"Expensive?" He squeaked.

"Hmm given someone your size?" I continued without breaking stride before making it look like I was thinking about something by absentmindedly rubbing my chin "Ehh…It'll be 5000 Lien." I probably could've made it a lot cheaper. My announcement was met with silence.

"I don't have that much…" He finally said before slowly turning around with slumped shoulders and began walking away.

"…Tch, wait." He turned back. "Why do you need the armour? Shouldn't kids like you already have that and be going to those fancy Hunter schools and be learning to fight the Grimm?"

"I got here early and Beacon doesn't start until a few months from now…"

"…Pffffffft…" I began to laugh, much to his embarrassment. His shouts of 'Stop laughing!' and 'It's not funny!' only made me laugh harder. Soon I began coughing and wiping my tears from my eyes, finally calming down. "I haven't had a laugh like that in years! Tell ya what, I'll make you some armour, yeah, I'll do that free of charge."

"Really?" He looked hopeful.

"Heck no." Now he looked crushed. "I'd be out of a business if I gave away stuff for free, instead I'll offer you a deal. You work for me here in this shop and before you go to Beacon I'll be giving you that armour. Does that sound nice to you?" I held out my hand with the most sinister grin I can muster.

"I'll do it! I'll work for you until Beacon starts!" He said, shaking my hand. "Can I design it?"

"You're pushing it." I jokingly warned with a smile. He was going to get the armour he was supposed to have. "So, what's my new employee's name?"

"It's Jaune Arc! Sho-"

"Yeah yeah Jaune Arc, here's your first task, go buy me dinner, noodles and soda." I said, slapping a few Lien cards onto his chest with enough force to stagger him and send him to the floor.

"Ow!" He was now clutching the money in his hands and looked up at me with a bewildered look on his face.

"Do you want that armour or not?" I tapped my foot impatiently and glared. I held back my laughter as I watched him scramble out of the shop.

"Mwehehehe…HAHAHAHA!" I let a manic grin decorate my features as I rubbed my hands excitedly. "Jaune Arc…I will make a warrior out of you, the Merchant way." I declared to the empty shop.

Somewhere in Vale, a running Jaune Arc felt dread at something, he just wasn't sure what it was for.

The next chapter will take a lot longer before I release it, basically it'll cover Jaune's first month...of whatever this is.