The Foolish Daughter of a Wealthy Family

Dris was as peaceful as ever today. People went about their usual business when they noticed a striking splash of pink on the streets. Her short pink hair, which had originally fallen to her shoulders, was tied into a side ponytail hanging to the right of her head. She wore a long pink dress as well; rather than beautiful, she gave off a cute, playful impression.

The childishness had not yet fully faded from the girl's face. She looked about sixteen or seventeen. The greatest difference between her and ordinary people was her eyes: a golden five-pointed star was embedded in each black pupil, making them as beautiful as stars.

"Ugh, why did I have to stop in this dump of a town that doesn't even have magical streetlights? Just look at these buildings—they seem like they're from centuries ago."

Eve Edel Starry Night's little face was filled with displeasure. She could not find a single remotely upscale shop in this tiny town! Those dust-covered chairs made her feel as though she would die the moment she sat down.

"Small towns are like that. Besides, if you hadn't stolen the master's Wings of Freedom badge and flown around recklessly, we wouldn't have ended up here."

The female mage beside Eve replied with a smile. She wore a dark blue mage robe and a mage's hat that marked her status. Though she had tried hard to tuck her long dark blue hair into the hat, a few mischievous strands still slipped out through the gaps. The half of her face not hidden beneath the brim showed that she was a young and beautiful girl.

"Who knew that stupid badge would run out of magic power so quickly? It's not my fault—it's the world's fault!"

Eve puffed up her cheeks and looked at the badge pinned to her clothes. She was not a mage, so the only way she could experience the feeling of flying was through a magical item engraved with Wings of Freedom. Yet after getting carried away and playing wildly for several days, its magic power had been depleted.

"Yes, yes. The moment something doesn't go your way, you shove the responsibility onto someone else. Young miss, you truly are ugly on the inside, despite having such a pretty face."

Sairan's voice was soft and gentle, yet filled with obvious malice as she mercilessly criticized her young miss.

"Ugh, sharp-tongued Sairan is still as annoying as ever."

Eve let out an injured sound. She could never gain the upper hand when talking to Sairan. Every time, Sairan's poisonous tongue made her chest ache with anger, yet there was nothing she could do.

"Because after living for so long, my only pleasure is seeing what you look like after this willful young miss gets scolded by me."

"Sairan, are you two hundred years old this year?"

Eve suddenly asked as if launching a sneak attack. She had no idea how old the person beside her was. She only knew that her father occasionally called Sairan "great-grandmother"—not old granny, but great-grandmother! Her age had long since broken through the heavens, hadn't it?

"It's not good to casually pry into a girl's age. I'm forever ninety-nine."

Sairan was not so easily fooled. She gave her young miss a smile for her to interpret as she pleased and spoke casually.

"Would it kill you to admit you're three digits old... Ah!"

Eve was extremely displeased by Sairan's smile, so much so that she failed to notice the person walking toward her. The two collided and each took a step back. Eve landed on her backside, while the fruit in the other person's arms scattered all over the ground from the impact.

"Brat, don't you watch where you're going?"

Mayuna looked painfully at the apples covered in dust. She was going to use those to make fruit salad! Anyone who messed with her food would get a piece of her mind!

"You weren't watching either!"

Eve was both angry and wronged. Ever since she was born, no one had dared speak to her like that. Unwilling to suffer a loss, she immediately snapped back.

"Huh, those eyes... You're from the Starry Night Family?"

Only then did Mayuna notice Eve's eyes. Those stars, like an innate skill, existed only in the direct line of the Starry Night Family. This family was not some great clan—merely the wealthiest family on the Holy Continent. At its root, this was because their family excelled at spatial teleportation magic.

The invention of spatial teleportation arrays spared merchants across the continent the hardship of travel and eliminated the danger of being robbed. Some goods that were difficult to preserve could even be delivered on the same day. Of course, teleportation was extraordinarily expensive, and the Starry Night Family monopolized most of the continent's spatial teleportation arrays. Every time an array activated, countless gold coins flowed into the Starry Night Family's coffers. In other words, they could make money while lying down.

The reason Mayuna knew this family was also due to a certain twist of fate. "In my eyes, there are only two kinds of things in this world..." Those words Mayuna recalled when she had tricked Ruben had been spoken by the current head of the Starry Night Family.

"Oh? I didn't expect anyone in this godforsaken place to recognize me. Since you know who I am, that makes things easy. Hurry up and apologize."

As the foolish daughter of a wealthy family, the first skill Eve had learned was naturally throwing her weight around. Lines like "My father is XXX" came effortlessly to her.

"Listen, you ran into me too. Shouldn't you apologize first?"

"Hmph, I've never apologized to anyone since I was born. I don't know how."

"That fat man really doesn't know how to raise a daughter..."

Mayuna shook her head. Given her personality, she normally would have used plant magic to hoist this brat up and hang her from a southeastern branch. But out of consideration for her father's reputation, the Mage God restrained herself.

"Wait, you still haven't apologized!"

When Eve saw Mayuna about to leave, she immediately stopped her. Her upbringing had ensured that she was unwilling to take any loss.

"What can you do if I don't apologize?"

Mayuna laughed in extreme anger. At a glance, she had seen Sairan's true strength. Perhaps that was what Eve relied on to be so willful. Yet the other woman did not seem to intend to act at all, merely smiling as she watched her young miss make a fool of herself.

"Hmm... As long as you apologize and call me Lady Eve, all of this will be yours."

To Mayuna's surprise, Eve did not call anyone to attack. She merely took ten full bags of gold coins from her spatial necklace and tossed them before Mayuna. Each bag contained a thousand gold coins. The foolish daughter of a wealthy family's second skill: smashing people with money.