Ranking-Buying Sis, I'll Never Laugh at You Again-Buying a Spot Really Works! (Continued)

"But I'm a puppet now!" Herta snapped in embarrassment.

Herta had not installed any digestive system in her puppet body, because she considered that function entirely unnecessary. As a result, she rarely went to bars.

"And what if someone takes a bite out of such precious Memory Bread?" Herta guarded the bread in her hands, glancing around from time to time as if wary of anyone who might have designs on it.

"Snort, snort, squeak!"

"Waaah! Get that Trash Can away from me! This isn't something you can eat!"

When Herta saw a Trash Can actually come up to her feet and look up at the Memory Bread in her arms, she became even more nervous.

"Ah, sorry for startling you. Huh? Miss Herta, why are you here?"

Topa had been discussing buttons with a Hound Family member who had a pile of buttons stacked before him. When she noticed Numby suddenly run off, she immediately chased after him.

Topa and Herta were not exactly strangers. After all, one owed money, and the other collected debts.

Even with the Interstellar Peace Corporation's generous subsidies, the Herta Space Station had never generated much revenue, so Topa often paid visits to the Herta Space Station.

Of course, that was no problem for Lady Herta. The space station's affairs were naturally managed by its stationmaster. What did they have to do with Herta, the owner of the space station?

And Lady Asta had always been loaded.

"What? Do you think I wasn't qualified to receive an invitation?"

"Of course not, Miss Herta. You were naturally qualified to receive one, but... never mind. It's nothing."

Topa remembered receiving news not long ago that Miss Herta had accepted the Wish Mirror she had sent to the Herta Space Station. Why was Herta now aboard an