"...Moon God's Tear?"
Ya froze for a moment.
"Is it the Moon God's Tear I'm thinking of?"
"It should be." Bai Zhou nodded. "I heard it's an enhanced version of Moon Water? It should be enough to heal my injuries."
"—No, that's not right!"
Ya's expression suddenly changed, leaving Bai Zhou utterly baffled.
Then Bai Zhou heard Ya ask urgently:
"You didn't use up all the money I gave you, did you?!"
That was all her private savings!
"No, that's not right either... Can two Ashes buy a top-tier potion like Moon God's Tear?"
Ya's mind was having trouble doing the math.
Even if he had spent both Ashes, there was no way he should have been able to buy Moon God's Tear.
—Unless, during the time she had been away from the Reflection Ruins Realm, prices around the world had fallen by a hundredfold.
But... where had Bai Zhou gotten the money?
Did he rob someone?
Ya scrutinized Bai Zhou's frail little body with suspicion in her eyes.
"By a lucky twist of fate, I came into a small windfall."
Under Ya's astonished gaze, Bai Zhou took out two Ashes and returned them to her.
"You know me. My luck has always been pretty good."
...Then Bai Zhou briefly described what had happened to him at the Ghost Market.
But the more he spoke, the stranger Ya's expression became, as though something had occurred to her.
"You mean..."
"At the Auction House, you met someone who not only threw money around to compete with you, but also had a killer from the Art Club accompanying him—and after failing to ambush you, he used a mysterious Jade Pendant to teleport away?"
"Yes." Bai Zhou nodded. "What's wrong?"
"..."
Ya was speechless.
After a moment of silence, her expression turned exceedingly