Chapter 223

Lumine helplessly listened to Paimon's complaints.

The Adventurers' Association does not allow her to continue doing this, so what can she do?

Therefore, the business can only be temporarily abandoned.

Next, she will try to catch the slimes herself.

Worst case, she could ride her small motorcycle to Mond to catch them.

If that doesn't work, she could try going to Dragonspine.

But there don't seem to be many slimes to catch in the snowy mountains.

After all, the most profitable ones are Electro Slimes and Pyro Slimes.

There are mostly Cryo Slimes in Dragonspine.

So, she has no choice but to drive to Mond to catch them.

Once she catches them, she'll return.

That works too.

With her vehicle, she can go back and forth in a few hours.

She could also head to places like Mt. Aozang to capture slimes.

The two returned directly to Xiangling's shop.

Then they started preparing for work.

Later, she would go over and give some of the money to Takumi.

"Your Highness!"

"Your blood relative seems to have stopped looking for you."

"She tore up the missing person notices in Mond."

"It is said that she is planning to buy a house in Liyue and get married."

A petite Abyss Mage brought Aether some very bad news.

When he heard the news, Aether suddenly felt uneasy.

"What happened?"

Aether's face darkened instantly.

It felt like something was slipping out of his control.

His own sister had stopped looking for him?

This time, Aether was truly unsettled.

Hearing Aether's demand, the Abyss Mage did not dare to delay and quickly relayed all the information it had gathered, full of fear and trepidation.

"Your Highness, your blood relative said—"

At this point, the Abyss Mage hesitated, afraid to speak further.

What if His Highness took his anger out on him?

Aether stared at the Abyss Mage coldly.

"Say it!"

The Abyss Mage trembled in fear and quickly blurted out everything it knew.

"When your blood relative was tearing up the missing person notices, someone asked her why she wasn't searching for you anymore."

"She said that she didn't want a brother like that."

"If you want to die, then die."

Boom!

As expected, it was still beaten.

A terrifying force struck.

The Abyss Mage was sent flying.

At this moment, Aether's expression was extremely ugly.

He picked up the documents on the ground.

Looking at the contents, his face darkened even further.

His grip on the documents tightened, and he left the scene with a cold expression.

Once no one was watching, his icy demeanor faded.

Then his whole body seemed to slump in despair.

What the hell?

His sister didn't want him anymore?

And she said that kind of thing?

Are you sure this is what his sister said?

How could his gentle, lovely, kind, and considerate sister say something like that?

"Fake, fake, this must be fake."

"There's no way my sister would say something like that."

"Wooooo."

"Lumine, why? Lumine."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Why won't you come see your brother?"

Aether was genuinely doubting his life at this moment.

What was happening?

Why did his sister tear up the missing person notices?

And why did she say those things?

At this moment, he was completely lost.

He had no idea what had caused his sister to change so drastically.

Thinking of this, he quickly collected himself.

No!

He had to find time to see his sister!

Lumine, on the other hand, had no idea that her brother was panicking and questioning everything.

She was still angry.

She genuinely had no interest in searching for her brother anymore.

Let him be.

No more missing person notices.

She didn't want to see him at all right now.

Currently, Lumine was focused on making money.

And paying off her house.

So, work, work, work!

Work hard, catch slimes, work hard.

Make money, buy a house, marry into a wealthy family. jpg

At noon, Takumi ordered takeout.

Lumine and Paimon came over in person.

After handing over the food to Takumi, Lumine took out her bank card.

"Here's another 5 million Mora. Paying off more of the debt."

Hearing this, Takumi was a little surprised.

"You got the money so soon?"

"Did you drive the price down that much?"

Takumi was speechless.

How ruthless was this woman?

Lumine gave him an annoyed glance.

"What else could I do?"

"The Adventurers' Association won't let me do this anymore."

"They won't allow it."

"From now on, the missions will be shared between both regions."

"Mond will now have the same slime bounty prices as Liyue."

Catching slimes was no longer exclusive to Liyue.

Lumine lamented the hundreds of millions she could have made.

Hearing Lumine's explanation, Takumi's mouth twitched slightly.

Ah… this~~

It got shut down immediately?

What a shame.

"As for the money, just give it to the lady next door later."

"She's the one who handled your paperwork before."

Takumi shook his head.

Then he opened the food container and started eating with Shen He.

At that moment, Paimon took out the camera Takumi had given her.

"Takumi!"

"This is for you."

"I've been taking lots of pictures lately."

"Look!"

Hearing Paimon's words, Takumi was stunned for a moment.

Then he nodded.

"Put it down."

"I'll give you a new one."

"Keep taking pictures."

"If you capture anything interesting, I'll give you a bonus."

Takumi hinted at something with a sly smile.

Paimon's eyes lit up at the mention of a bonus.

"This is great!"

"Hey, you're a good guy."

"Looks like Lumine's house debt still needs me to help out."

She could make money.

In the end, it was still up to her to help pay off Lumine's debt.

Excited, Paimon took the new camera and stored it away.

Lumine didn't say much, although she was curious why Takumi wanted Paimon to take pictures of her.

But since there was money in it for her, she didn't care.

Takumi paid too much for her to question it.

With Paimon's future earnings, she could even buy a car.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have her flying motorcycle.

After delivering the food to Takumi, Lumine left.

She found the clerk who had handled her house purchase and handed over another 5 million Mora.

Only 10 million Mora remained. Once that was paid off, the villa would be hers.

Next, she needed to prepare money for renovations.

So, she still needed a lot of money.

She had to find a way to make more.

Thinking of this, Lumine decided to go to Liyue Harbor.

Maybe she could find more work there.