Zheng Qing did not want to become a squirming lump of flesh.
He especially did not want to suffer such a curse for some inexplicable reason. Therefore, he was extremely cautious when choosing an offering for Bastet.
"How about salted frogs?" Fatty Xin offered his suggestion.
"Wusa City is not Linzhong Lake, and Her Highness Bastet is not the god of the Merfolk Tribe." Xiao Xiao was the first to reject it. "Salted dried rat would be a decent choice, though."
"I really don't have that." The fatty flipped through the catalog on his watch and shook his head. "Because of the ratfolk beneath First University, the island is very cautious about rat products... Besides, not many people actually like eating rats."
Zheng Qing instinctively glanced at those sleek-furred brown figures.
The Zoogs trembled under his gaze.
The young wizard shook his head slightly. Though these Bewitching Rats generally looked like rats, no real rat had a ring of squid tentacles around its mouth, nor did any rat communicate by thumping its chest.
Rather than angering a god with an imitation, it was better to honestly give up on this clever little shortcut.
"Then how about saltwater taffy? Or mint juice? I heard cats like mint... Lourdes Holy Water would be good too. I still have plenty in stock." Fatty Xin continued flipping through the list on his watch.
Zheng Qing took a deep breath.
"Catnip is not mint," he said, trying hard to control his expression and tone. "Also, there has never been a precedent for offering saltwater taffy to a god..."
"Outer gods probably would not like Lourdes Holy Water either," Xiao Xiao added. "It would be like someone visiting your home and bringing you a bucket of Aqua Regia as a gift."
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