Trade with the peddler.

The man is old and bald with small wire frame glasses on his nose, it's hard to tell what is junk and what is treasure in the pile of miscellaneous items on his stand.

He has even tied small bits of paper on some items with prices and they are both too expensive for me and totally unwarranted. The dwarvish Kaz Idol (their creator God) is an obvious fake.

I spot a pile of worthless quartz crystals and....

Wait, it can't be! Lost in the pile, barely different from the other there is a Keldrin crystal. It's small, of low quality and it shows a crack, but it could still be useful.

The man has no sense for magic or he would never have let this happen. I put my hand in my pocket and it touches the small aquamarine trinket. I mutter a short spell under my breath, trying to make it look like I whisper to Gnash. With some glamour on the trinket it will look better for a few hours.

"Sir, I need a piece of quartz as a component for a spell. It might get destroyed and I want to buy one of those damaged ones here. " I tell him.

" Beautiful quartz, from the Dwarven mines of Kaz-Durak. (a lie, a dwarf would never let a Keldrin crystal go with a batch of quartz) It is yours for 9 coins. " He bargains.

" A bit high for a cracked stone, what about a trade? I have this jewel here that I can't use, I will let it to you Fort those three pieces of crystal. " I offer, showing him the one I want and two bigger ones.

" It's shoddy craftsmanship and aquamarine is out of trend in the capital since Countess Vilgroth, lost her earrings and accused anyone wearing the stone of mocking her. It's barely enough for the smallest crystal. " he retorts.

" It's worth more than that, look at it more closely. How about this. " I reply showing him the enchanted Trinket in one hand, the Keldrin crystal and a small piece of quartz but without defects in the other.

He finally accepts the deal, not realizing that he let go of something worth more than all his stock for a worthless jewel.

I put the crystal in a safe pocket inside my coat and leave his stand.