Only two Mist Immortal Cat Lamps remained in the shop.
Cat Gernis wanted to put on the air of a mature, unruffled big cat, but the very next second, she was already bouncing about, her tail frantically beating the rhythm of the Meow Reunion Song against the floor:
"Cat's rich! Cat's rich!"
Jiang Han held the ruby in her hands, feeling as though the dazzling gem was about to blind her. "Those castle lord sisters are way too generous, aren't they? Such a huge ruby, and they just gave it away..."
Cat Gernis sidled over and bumped Jiang Han's waist with her rump. "Meow, it's a fine pure ruby. Cat traded a few glass beads, whiskey, bandages, and some natives for it. Meow hahaha, what a killing, what a killing, meow!"
Giant Cat Lamps often traveled to other worlds to procure goods.
In the worlds where they appeared, there were often rumors of "plump, fluffy, gigantic spherical creatures roaming about," along with news that "these marvelous creatures seek people to trade with." They were like the gentle face Witch World showed to the outside; these plump creatures were warm and generous, and would occasionally even guide lost travelers. They had some conscience, at least.
Still, there were also cases of "these cats sell high and buy low."
Most worlds only barely possessed a sense of the value of their own equivalents, but there were still silly creatures willing to trade vast amounts of Witch Gold for whiskey. Whenever they encountered such a world, the Giant Cat Lamps could make a fortune!
Jiang Han put away the gemstone. Pure gemstones were not cheap, but they were not expensive enough to make a cat's paws tremble just from holding one.
After all, Jiang Han had even held the Sovereign Scepter before.
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