Without a doubt, in the second and third horse races, the fabulously wealthy little Annie bought tickets on every single horse to win, just as she had before. All told, she spent over a hundred thousand G on a whopping 1,188 tickets—nearly as many as all the other Mineral Town residents combined!
And then...
After the thrilling, nerve-racking races were over, she didn't even bother counting her tickets. Instead, she dumped all 1,188 of them—several pounds' worth—right onto the counter in front of Mayor Thomas, who'd been scowling the whole time and had no idea what to say. Then she collected a staggering 3,663 medals from him.
There were so many of them that they filled an entire little box to the brim.
"Hahahaha!!"
Hahaha (*)
"You guys are so silly! Look, I didn't need to study the horses one by one like you did. I just bet on all of them, and now I've got this many winning medals~!"
.(ˊ▽ˋ*).
With one foot planted on the box overflowing with medals, Annie loudly taunted the Mineral Town residents who were waiting to trade in their pitiful little piles of medals. She flaunted her victory right in front of nearly the whole town.
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"!!"
"Duke! Next fall, we should bet the way she did, don't you think? Look at us—we only won a few dozen medals, but she's got a whole boxful! That's got to be at least three or four thousand!"
"That's not far off! I just asked Thomas. She's got exactly 3,663 medals!"
"My goodness! How could anyone have that many?"
"But she really does!"
"She must be able to trade them for all sorts of things, right?"
"Of course! The Truth Jewel, a Power Berry, skincare products, jewelry, or even Matsutake, the king of delicious food—she