"Um..."
"Let me have a look..."
The waiter leaned in to inspect the few coins, whose style was quite unlike the currency minted by the Heavenly Court. Then he looked up at Annie's delicate little face, which was covered in an "innocent" expression. Soon, he shook his head with an embarrassed smile.
"These..."
"Please forgive my poor eye, honored guest, but I really don't recognize this kind of currency."
"Besides..."
"My shop wouldn't dare accept something of unknown value!"
Though he wore a smile, he was already fretting inwardly. He clearly hadn't expected to run into such a difficult customer today.
"..."
(||￢▽￢)
Annie was even more troubled now, her brows knitting together.
Then!
Her eyes shifted, and she instinctively scanned the shopkeeper's counter downstairs. She had just been about to help herself to some money when something occurred to her, and she slipped her little hand into her pocket again.
This time, she properly took out a stone about the size of an egg, bright in color and faintly pulsing with spiritual energy.
After all, taking money straight from someone else's counter to pay for a meal was clearly not right. It went against the principles of her, Great Immortal Annie, and she wouldn't do something like that lightly—unless she stopped behaving like a person altogether. So she could only take out something similar instead.
This spirit stone was something she had casually picked up long ago, back when she was staying in that place called Yellow Maple Valley. Who would've thought it would come in handy now?
"Here!"
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(゜-゜)つロ
"This should be the spirit stone you wanted, right?"
(ψ｀▽′)o
As she spoke, Annie handed the stone over.
If this still didn't work, she'd have to resort to some extraordinary measures later. Anyway, as long as nobody could