# What's the latest trend? **Quest Group**: 106592 **Steps**: 31 ## Summary What's trending these days? Well, the increase in taxes did lower interest in luxury items. Though, with that said, Fan Flamingo Plumes are always in high demand! ## Walkthrough ### Step 1 - **Dialogue**: Are you going to use the Central Market? Be prudent, always! Your money is precious! ### Step 2 - **Reward**: Adventurer, welcome! A lot of good products came in today! ### Step 3 - **Reward**: Adventurer, how is it? My calculations aren't wrong, are they? ### Step 4 - **Reward**: If you want to trade, I'm the person you're looking for! ### Step 5 - **Objective**: What's the latest trend? - **Summary**: What's trending these days? Well, the increase in taxes did lower interest in luxury items. Though, with that said, Fan Flamingo Plumes are always in high demand! ### Step 6 - **Reward**: I trust today has been uneventful for you? How can I assist you? ### Step 7 - **Objective**: I've come across a rather intriguing item. - **Summary**: Ah-ha! In that case, you've come to the right place! My eye for appraising goods is unparalleled, after all. ### Step 8 - **Reward**: Shall we take a look at what you've brought? ### Step 9 - **Objective**: Hand over the pocket watch. - **Summary**: Huh? This watch... I've seen it somewhere before... ### Step 10 - **Reward**: Adventurer, this pocket watch, you know... Could you possibly tell me where you acquired it? ### Step 11 - **Objective**: I got it through bartering. - **Summary**: My goodness. To see it here is quite the surprise. I'm so delighted. ### Step 12 - **Reward**: My father was once hailed as a legend in Imperial Trade. ### Step 13 - **Reward**: He learned a great deal from my grandfather when he was young. This watch's journey around the world is due in part to that teaching. ### Step 14 - **Objective**: What kind of teaching was it? - **Summary**: There was a time when my father was involved in a significant trade, but he was at a disadvantage with little to boast about. ### Step 15 - **Reward**: Fortunately, the other party admired my grandfather. My father handed this watch over to them right away. ### Step 16 - **Objective**: Must've taken quite the resolve... - **Summary**: Right? At the time, I didn't quite understand it. Even though the trade was successful, and he became the man he is today. When I asked if he was truly okay with it, he said, "You should always be willing to do so, especially if deemed necessary." ### Step 17 - **Reward**: Remarkable, wasn't he? He's incredibly earnest about trading. ### Step 18 - **Objective**: But I imagine it must've been bittersweet... - **Summary**: I'm sure it was. He'll be thrilled to see it again. ### Step 19 - **Reward**: Adventurer, would you like to make a deal with me? ### Step 20 - **Objective**: Just take it. It's returning to its rightful place. - **Summary**: You're so kind to offer it so readily. Thank you very much. ### Step 21 - **Reward**: If I were to honestly say it was a gesture of goodwill, he'd probably tell me to take it back entirely. ### Step 22 - **Reward**: He might even be disappointed. That's why I need successful trade experiences, too. ### Step 23 - **Objective**: Isn't it limiting within Heidel? - **Summary**: I think so, too. My father was in charge of Imperial Trade, after all. I need a bigger stage as well. Like Calpheon, for example. ### Step 24 - **Reward**: If I accumulate many successful trade experiences and grow, he'll just have to acknowledge me, won't he? ### Step 25 - **Objective**: Why not aim for something even bigger? - **Summary**: Bigger, you say? Do I need to go as far as Valencia? ### Step 26 - **Reward**: Or should I establish my very own, brand new trade guild? ### Step 27 - **Objective**: Expand your horizons to the sea. - **Summary**: The sea... Of course! The sea is where I should make my mark! A limited and harsh place, where everyone is in dire need. Sometimes lawless, sometimes a battlefield. By gaining successful trade experiences on the vast sea, I can grow beyond comparison, especially to how I am now! My father will have no choice but to acknowledge me! But... how do I venture out to sea? Should I secure a ship first? ### Step 28 - **Reward**: Perhaps that's the first step in proving my worth. But no problem, I'm confident! ### Step 29 - **Objective**: Even if with a ship, the sea is no easy feat. - **Summary**: It's certainly quite dangerous for me alone. Then it would be wise to find a ship to board. ### Step 30 - **Reward**: Once I'm ready to depart, I'll head to Velia first. ### Step 31 - **Objective**: As it happens, I'm in need of a first mate... - **Summary**: First mate! How splendid! That position would be perfect for showcasing my skills! I won't let you down. I've learned a great deal from my father, after all. Given the size of my family, I've learned how to handle all sorts of people as well.