January 25th, evening.
On the third floor of the Flower Shop in the Imperial Capital, inside a mahjong room.
Nora sat to Ron's right, Yuna to his left, and Sylvie across from him. The four of them were playing War of the Gods.
"Shopkeeper, after I gave the Scale Leaf to Jolina, her father's leg injury healed very quickly."
Nora said happily, then grew a little troubled. "Afterward, Jolina came to see me and said something like Scale Leaf was too precious. She hoped to have her salary halved so she could slowly pay off the debt."
"You need to learn to make your own decisions about things like this. As long as you think it's appropriate, that's fine." Ron played an "Eight of Wands."
"Pung!" Sylvie claimed the "Eight of Wands."
"I know, but I still ought to let you know about this sort of thing." Nora nodded obediently.
War of the Gods continued until ten that night.
Sylvie reluctantly left the mahjong table, bade Ron and the others farewell, and returned to the convent.
Nora and Yuna returned first to the Flower Shop in Chaos City to get ready for bed, while Ron stayed behind to check the sales figures for the Elemental Cards Gil had delivered that evening.
After steadily building momentum over the past several days, the Elemental Cards' popularity had risen to another level.
Especially after the second wave of Elemental Cards was launched yesterday, sales had exploded in a sudden surge.
Given the popularity of Magic Duel, Ron had not merely replaced the magic illustrations on four cards this time. He had also changed only one card in each deck, and most decks contained only three altered cards: "Earth 3," "Water 5," and "Wind 8."
Moreover, these three cards had different drop rates.
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