Ye Chuqi filled a bag with gold coins and handed it to Big Black Fish. Seeing an expression of flattered surprise on his fish face made the whole thing even funnier. "Starry and Little White can't carry money easily. When you take them out to play from now on, don't go spending other people's money, understand?"
Big Black Fish: There's going to be a next time? And money? Does this mean she's accepted me?
Joshua muttered, "I'm not other people..." They were all part of the same group, so how was it spending other people's money? The young master was very unhappy.
Ye Chuqi glanced at Joshua, then continued speaking to Big Black Fish. "You're getting bigger and clumsier. If you still want to go out whenever you like, get your size under control." Since Big Black Fish had begun cultivating in the space, his mutations had taken an increasingly interesting direction. As long as he was willing, finding a way to control his size without hindering his growth probably wouldn't be difficult with San San's help.
"As for you," Ye Chuqi said, looking at Joshua, "it isn't easy for Pa Aiton to earn money. Stop throwing it around and spoiling them. I'll find a way to cover their spending money. You should save some money yourself, too. Studying to become a mage is expensive."
"A mage?" Joshua looked a little dazed. "Studying?"
"Isn't becoming a mage your dream? What, you've made it all the way to the gates of the Imperial Capital Academy, and now you want to give up?"
"Can I really do it?" Joshua wasn't sure.
His travels had shown him a much wider world. Ye Chuqi's fighting prowess in particular, and even Xiaojiu's strength, had shaken him deeply. As he came to recognize reality, his once-inflated