"These?"
The witch followed Zheng Qing's gaze to her wrist, casually took them off, and tossed them into the young wizard's hands. "A few Haha Beads, little trinkets my cousin gave me at Christmas... an ancient kind of alchemy doll... If you run into a troublesome but not overly powerful opponent on the hunting grounds, smash them, and they'll turn into alchemy dolls to help tie up the enemy. But don't get your hopes up too high. Their magical resistance is limited, nowhere near as good as your Minotaur. I even think Maodou could take on three of them by himself."
Zheng Qing shook the few pale golden beads in his palm and weighed them. They felt rather heavy. Looking closely, they resembled tiny figures curled up and laughing with their mouths wide open.
No wonder they were called Haha Beads.
"Really interesting. I've never seen anything like these before." He sincerely praised them, then took the opportunity to kick the furry gray-skinned Doggy by his feet, who had appeared from somewhere after hearing his name. "...Get out of here, now. Don't come into this shop. Be careful someone catches you and skins you!"
That was no exaggeration. Zheng Qing had already vaguely sensed curious gazes from the black-cloaked figures at several nearby tables falling upon the Doggy by their feet.
Maodou whimpered, wagged his tail happily, circled the witch once, then vanished in a flash into the shadows in the corner between the bar counter and the wall.
"Sorry, I forgot about his habits." A trace of apology flashed through the witch's eyes, and then she added cheerfully, "So, as compensation, these Haha Beads are yours..."
Zheng Qing immediately felt that the little beads in his hand had become exceptionally scalding.
"Your Butterbeer, no sugar!" The Multi-armed People waiter