"The little fairies come to eat, and I've basically been mooching off them with smiles and labor all this time..."
Yan Huan's gaze gradually turned vacant.
"Alright, alright, Huanzi. Look on the bright side."
Seeing this, Cipher instead grinned and patted his shoulder.
"Even if you saved up a whole sack of that money, you couldn't spend a single coin outside. What's there to care about?"
Then her tone shifted, and her gaze drifted as though she had truly recalled certain moments.
"But honestly... now that I think about it, I really have done quite a few... well... pretty interesting things lately."
She looked at Castorice, who had maintained her elegant smile all along, and raised a brow.
"What about you, Hermit Princess? Aside from running the restaurant, setting aside all those responsibilities and missions, did you have any fun yourself?"
"Yes." Castorice nodded lightly. Her eyes looked especially gentle beneath the hazy light, and she seemed genuinely happy.
"I tasted Myriad Enemies Your Excellency's unforgettable, warm, hearty stew, and I discussed many interesting techniques with Professor Anaxa regarding the combination of crop cultivation and alchemy..."
She paused, her gaze casually sweeping over Yan Huan as the smile on her lips deepened.
"And I personally awarded Lord Yan Huan many medals. Every little moment is worth remembering."
She looked back at Cipher, sincere curiosity in her eyes.
"But Your Excellency Saifeier, there is something... I still cannot understand."
"You clearly know that fairy currency does not circulate outside and has no practical value at all. Why do you always insist on asking for so much of it?"
"That seems... rather unlike your usual... um... practical style."
"Hah, you really want to know?" Cipher's eyes flashed with cunning, as if the question had struck exactly where it itched.
She deliberately kept