Special Access was a proceeding that a person would be connected to the Store of All Things via an intermediary, the System.
In fact, if Jeremy were in Pantheon, he wouldn't lose any accessing or transaction fee at all.
However, Jeremy had chosen to access it here, in the middle of nowhere, so he ought to pay some extra money for it.
As for how the Store of All Things worked, it literally sold all things as the name suggested. All things... with the starting price of at least one black star...
The shop was operated by someone called Mercury, aka the Great Merchant. He was a mysterious entity that no one had ever seen his face before.
In fact, people didn't even know what gender Mercury was, but they usually referred to Mercury as a 'he'.
At this moment, Jeremy was finally connected to Mercury as a mysterious voice was suddenly heard out of nowhere,
❰ Greetings, I'm Mercury, at your service. What do you want from my shop? ❱