Chiori: I'm from Inazuma. Sell Me Your Figurine!

Just yesterday, Wu Wanghai had sped all the way to Lumidouce Harbor with Furina.

They had spent the day at Lumidouce Harbor until evening. Once they were tired from playing, he had sped back to the Court of Fontaine with Furina.

Only then did Wu Wanghai return home, not forgetting to casually plant the newly pulled lemon sapling in the spiritual field at the edge.

Early this morning, Furina had actually come to Wu Wanghai's home and taken back her Heavy Bunny.

Good grief. He had only been Heavy Bunny's owner for half a day, and Furina had taken it back the very next day.

Furina had even twisted the throttle without the slightest politeness and sped away...

Well, Furina seemed quite skilled at driving it. Then again, Fontaine did have similar mechanical vehicles.

Judging by the direction Furina had left in, she was going to watch an opera again.

Speaking of which, he still had some Primogems left in his backpack that he had not used up, but they definitely were not enough to reach pity again.

After thinking about it, he was not particularly short of anything right now.

He had originally wanted a five-star sword, but now he at least had a three-star Harbinger of Dawn to make do with.

He could pull again when he needed something later. For now, he would save up.

Come to think of it, Wu Wanghai had not yet experienced how Heavy Bunny fought monsters in its non-riding mode.

Instead, that morning, he still carried two one-handed swords and brought along his little Furina summon, preparing to finish four commissions.

The summon still only spat water balls, while Wu Wanghai snuck in from the side and started stabbing.

Court of Fontaine, Lyonnais District, Adventurers' Guild.

After completing four commissions and collecting the rewards, Wu Wanghai asked, "Catherine, are there any monster-hunting commissions closer by?"

Catherine replied with a smile, "There are none at the moment, but aside from hunting missions, you can also accept commissions within the Court of Fontaine. There are quite a few of those."

"I'll pass on those. Give me four hunting commissions that are a little farther away, then."

So, when Wu Wanghai saw that the commission locations lay in the darkened areas of the map, he was left somewhat speechless.

He already had a mount! They could not possibly expect him to run ten or twenty li just to finish a mission, could they?

So Wu Wanghai sat on a wooden bench beside the Adventurers' Guild, squinting in the sunlight and doing absolutely nothing.

From time to time, Catherine beside him would say, "To the stars..." It was basically his lullaby.

"Zzz..." After taking a little nap, Wu Wanghai opened his eyes and discovered it was already past one in the afternoon.

He opened his inventory. Heavy Bunny had not been put away by Furina yet? Was she still riding it?

He stood up and left the Adventurers' Guild.

Catherine even bid him farewell. "Safe travels, Mr. Adventurer."

He should go have some afternoon tea first.

Wu Wanghai wandered around casually, and without going very far, he arrived at a café.

Seeing the elderly female clerk, Wu Wanghai directly said, "Auntie, one cappuccino for me~"

The clerk turned around and called out, "One cappuccino for this handsome young man."

He slowly savored the drink made from milk and coffee.

Wu Wanghai leisurely passed the time.

Suddenly, Wu Wanghai remembered something and took out the figurine he had pulled, playing with it in his hands.

Come to think of it, he had forgotten to find a spot at home to display this figurine.

But forget it! It felt too unsafe. Rather than leave it at home, he might as well let it gather dust in his backpack, where he could take it out and look at it from time to time.

He placed Elysia in front of him on the table and began admiring her carefully.

Wow, as expected of an authentic figurine worth over a thousand. It was truly exquisite, truly beautiful.

The texture, the outfit, the pose...

At the same time, not far from Wu Wanghai, who was absorbed in studying the figurine, sat another table.

A young girl, travel-worn and freshly arrived in Fontaine, was also drinking coffee there. She had ordered pure black coffee, without sugar or milk.

She had been sitting there for a long time, observing the crowds coming and going along the most luxurious street in the Court of Fontaine.

At first, she had paid no attention to this newly arrived passerby, merely treating him as an ordinary traveler.

Although he wore one of Fontaine's common types of luxurious ready-made clothing, the style, the fabric, the cut...

There was only one thing she could say: "No! It's still not enough!"

The girl, who had only just arrived, had watched for half the day and seen many people, shaking her head internally the whole time.

In Fontaine, the city of fashion and art, the clothes they designed and made were not as good as she had imagined!

"These trends are far too ordinary."

The girl grew even more resolute in her ideals, feeling that she could achieve her dream with ease.

"I follow intuition, not trends! I'll rewrite the rules with my aesthetics!" the girl murmured.

That was until she inadvertently caught sight of the newly arrived passerby taking out a figurine.

Her red eyes, which had been utterly calm, trembled slightly, as though she had seen something capable of overturning her entire world.

"Slurp~" Wu Wanghai lifted his cup and took a few sips of coffee. After setting it down—

Wu Wanghai suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something extra in his field of vision.

He closed his eyes again, opened them, and took another sip of cappuccino.

That was right! There seemed to be half a girl's head beside his table. A large red three-petaled flower was pinned in her hair.

The girl crouched down on her own, revealing only her eyes above the tabletop as she stared at the figurine placed there. She began carefully scanning it and judging its outfit in her mind. "Mm-hm, hmm? Uh..."

Seeing the figurine's owner, Wu Wanghai, looking at her, the girl pointed at the figurine and ordered without ceremony, "Turn it around. Let me have another look."

Out of reflex, Wu Wanghai turned the figurine halfway around. Then he realized something was wrong. Why am I listening to her? Wu Wanghai shot her a fierce glare.

Unexpectedly, after taking a few more looks at the figurine, the girl stood up, touched her waist, and said, "Name your price. Sell me your figurine!"

"Huh?" Wu Wanghai stood up as well and began staring down the girl before him.

"The figurine. I like it. Sell it to me!" The girl pointed at the figurine on the table, then struck the same pose as the Elysia figurine toward Wu Wanghai.

Her left hand rested against her chest while her right hand reached toward Wu Wanghai, demanding it.

Wu Wanghai rubbed his head and rolled his eyes as he refused, "I won't sell it for any amount of Mora!" Was this something Mora could buy?!

Even if you are a cute girl, I don't know you!

The girl understood. Its value to him could not be measured in Mora. He was not short on money. Then...

"Hello, my name is Chiori. I'm from Inazuma." The girl named Chiori began trying a different strategy.

Seeing the girl introduce herself, Wu Wanghai felt too embarrassed to ignore her. "Hello, hello. My name is Wu Wanghai. I'm from Blue Star."

"Huh?" Chiori's face was filled with a giant question mark.

After they had introduced themselves, and while the other side had been silenced into awkwardness, Wu Wanghai finally got the chance to take a careful look at the girl before him named Chiori.