{As expected, the numbers got cut in half again. Every Monday, the students go to school and the workers go to work. I'm used to it ╮(╯▽╰)╭}
"Here you go, Stelle. Your twenty million Mora."
Himeko pulled a bag of Mora out of her fourth-dimensional tail and tossed the full twenty million Mora to Stellaron Essence.
"Hehe, I knew you could take a loss, Himeko. Thanks!"
Stellaron Essence excitedly accepted the heavy bag of Mora, her face brimming with excitement as she thought about how to spend it~
"Lumine, here's your eight hundred thousand Mora."
"Paimon, you bet on the wrong side, so your Mora is gone."
Himeko handed Lumine eight hundred thousand Mora, then turned to the somewhat dejected Paimon and spoke.
"It's okay. Even though I know the Traveler and I didn't actually lose anything, it still hurts to watch four hundred thousand Mora go down the drain!"
"That much Mora could've bought me over a month's worth of delicious food. Gambling really does hurt everyone involved."
Paimon decisively abandoned the idea she had been itching to try. Sure enough, earning money meant grinding commissions the honest way!
"Thank you, Himeko. Looks like even being the house couldn't save you from losing money."
Lumine knew very well that Himeko still had to pay Skirk sixty million Mora in total, as well as forty million Mora to Neuvillette, since he had bet twenty million.
"It's fine. I was just bored and doing this for fun anyway."
Though Himeko said that, it still pained her a little to hand Skirk sixty million Mora.
"As for me, returning my original stake will suffice. You resolved the problem of the Star-Devouring Whale causing trouble in the Primordial Sea. Besides, as the Chief Justice, I have accumulated some savings over the years.