The next morning, Izumi woke up and shared a simple breakfast with Kanon—prepared by the maids of the Small World—before moving straight into preparations for opening the shop.
After heading downstairs, Izumi casually released Wiz.
The moment she appeared, Wiz froze on the spot, utterly confused, a piece of bread still in her hand.
It was obvious she had just woken up.
Seeing her like that, Izumi spoke matter-of-factly.
"Wiz, from now on, you'll be working here."
"The empty cabinets over there are for displaying your magical items."
"In this world, there should be people who'll want your goods."
At those words, Wiz's eyes immediately lit up. She hurriedly stuffed the bread into her mouth and spoke with excitement.
"No problem!"
"I'll definitely sell my items this time!"
Izumi twitched at the corner of his mouth.
…Let's hope so.
Now it just depended on whether there were customers just as questionable as her willing to buy them.
Next, Izumi gave Wiz a rough explanation of the situation in this world.
When she learned that this world was filled with gods, the timid lich immediately began trembling.
T–Too terrifying…!
However, once she heard that the gods had sealed their divine powers, she finally relaxed.
With her current strength, there was actually no one in this world she truly needed to fear.
There were probably only a handful of adventurers who could rival her.
If Wiz truly went all out, there might not even be many who could stop her.
Unless, of course, the gods unsealed their powers.
Back in the world of KonoSuba, Wiz often suffered from chronic mana shortages and starvation, leaving her unable to display her true strength.
But here, under Izumi's care, she had been well-fed and well-rested for several days already.
She was completely back at peak condition.
All kinds of magic were now at her fingertips.
If she were truly angered, she could probably blow Orario sky-high.
After all, her Explosion-type magic was on a completely different level from Megumin's.
And running out of mana wasn't even a concern.
A lich's innate talent was life drain—
if mana ran dry, she would simply absorb more.
No fear, no hesitation.
Of course, given Wiz's personality, she would never actually do something like that.
...
After explaining everything, Izumi also went over the local currency system with her.
Each weapon already had a clearly marked price, so leaving the shop to Wiz posed no real problem.
And even if she messed up, Kanon was still there.
As for Izumi himself?
He planned to take the little girls into the Dungeon for a stroll.
With his Luck EX, drop rates weren't a joke.
Who knew—he might casually pick up something incredible along the way.
Besides, sending the girls into the Dungeon alone made him uneasy.
He needed to accompany them for a while first.
One could say that Izumi truly worried himself sick over his lolis.
He was practically turning into a doting father.
Even though those very lolis were constantly talking about wanting to marry him.
After settling everything, Izumi pushed open the shop's front doors.
It was the exact time adventurers usually departed for the Dungeon.
Early in the morning, countless adventurers passed by Izumi's shop.
The moment the doors opened, many of them cast curious glances inside.
And when they saw the weapons on display, their eyes were instantly drawn in.
"You've got to be kidding…"
"So many high-grade weapons?!"
"Some of these are practically divine-class, aren't they?!"
"Th–This is incredible…"
The adventurers were stunned.
One by one, they gathered around.
But the moment they saw the prices—
They deflated immediately.
"Let's go. We can't afford this."
"I really want one, but there's no way…"
"What a shame. Guess we'll have to save up."
Quite a few adventurers were frightened off by the prices Izumi had listed.
And so, they left one after another.
Just looking was enough.
After all, most adventurers were dirt-poor.
There was no way they could afford Izumi's weapons.
Izumi didn't mind in the slightest.
Those adventurers weren't his target audience anyway.
The real customers were the large familias.
After opening the doors, Izumi returned inside and waited calmly.
As for when customers would arrive, he wasn't concerned at all.
Sure enough, news of the shop's opening quickly spread among the familias.
Before long, members of the major familias began heading his way.
The first to arrive was Loki.
The moment she stepped inside and saw the weapons, her eyes sparkled.
"Oho~! You really are something, kid."
"These weapons are no joke."
Loki was genuinely shocked.
So many powerful weapons—
especially those displayed behind Izumi.
The aura they gave off was barely inferior to weapons forged by Hephaistos herself.
And Hephaistos was a goddess specializing in blacksmithing.
Yet the weapons in this shop were on the same level as divine creations.
That was absurd.
Seeing Loki and her familia enter, Izumi smiled.
"Welcome."
"Take a look around. Pick whatever you need."
He couldn't be bothered to give a detailed sales pitch.
Choose what you want, then pay—that was it.
Hearing that, the Loki Familia members spread out, curiously inspecting the shop.
The moment Ais Wallenstein entered, her gaze locked onto the sword behind Izumi.
Durandal.
It was slender—very similar to the weapon she currently used.
There were differences, but it suited her perfectly.
At the same time, her eyes were also drawn to another sword—
A weapon Izumi had created purely out of personal amusement:
"閃光の剣（Shining Light）".(T/N: 閃光の剣 means Flash Sword)
Though it couldn't compare to Durandal, it was still far stronger than her current sword.
Without hesitation, Ais pointed at both weapons.
"How much?"
No preamble. Straight to the purchase.
She was Ais Wallenstein.
She had money.
The words of a true rich girl.
Izumi immediately laughed.
"Both of them?"
"I'll give you a discount—five billion Valis."
"If you don't have the money, materials or magic stones of equal value are fine too."
Frankly, that price was already cheap.
After all, Izumi had made them himself.
He decided the price.
Ais, who had no real concept of money, simply nodded.
Then, under Loki's utterly dumbfounded gaze, she turned to her goddess.
"Pay."
Izumi raised his thumb.
Impressive. Truly bold.
Loki finally snapped out of it and screamed.
"AIS-TAN, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"
"Five billion! Five billion Valis!"
"That's half a year of our familia's income!!!"
"And that's before expenses!"
This was ridiculous.
Five billion in one go—was she insane?!
Riveria Ljos Alf and the others stared in shock as well.
Seeing the scene unfold, Izumi grinned mischievously.
Then, with a flick of his hand, he projected a crimson gauntlet into the air—
The Boosted Gear.
"Oh, right—Loki-san."
"This is what I wanted to recommend to you."
"I'm sure you'll absolutely love it."
As Izumi said this, a wicked smile slowly spread across his face.