Chapter 51, Star: Making Money, Oh Making Money

Nighttime, inside Ye Yun's shop.

Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng returned to the Express via the portal.

As soon as she returned, Stelle, carrying a large black trash bag on her back, charged straight into the small bar, giving Paimon—who was in the middle of pouring a drink—a huge fright.

"Stelle! Why are you running so fast? You scared me!"

Stelle chuckled foolishly, lowered the large black trash bag from her back, and cupped her hands in a greeting.

"Sorry, sorry, urgent business."

Paimon hugged a red wine glass with a straw inserted into it and took a sip of her drink.

"Urgent business? What kind of business? Do you need help?"

Stelle waved a hand.

"No need, no need."

With that, Stelle directly grabbed a handful of Stellar Jades from the large trash bag and placed them onto the exchange scales.

She kept grabbing and placing them until the Stellar Coins on the other side of the exchange scales were overflowing and scattering all over the bar counter.

Paimon stared in utter astonishment.

So many Stellar Coins! How much food could this buy? One roast chicken, two roast chickens, three roast chickens...

Behind Stelle, March 7th was also holding a small bag, standing in line and waiting to exchange her Stellar Coins.

Soon, Stelle and March 7th had exchanged all the Stellar Jades in their hands for Stellar Coins.

Combined, the two of them got a total of 50,000 Stellar Coins, which meant 500 Stellar Jades.

250 Stellar Jades each, which translated to 25,000 when exchanged.

Stelle reached out and touched the faucet at the small bar to get a little water to moisten her fingers.

Then, she happily started counting the Stellar Coins one by one.

Right at that moment, Bronya walked out of the portal with Seele and Natasha and happened to witness this scene.

Bronya almost passed out, breathless.

The Stellar Jades didn't really matter; they were ownerless items to begin with.

But... but could you please not use a bag printed with the four large characters "Belobog" to hold them?!

Indeed, the black bag that Stelle had tossed by her feet to hold the Stellar Jades clearly bore the four characters for Belobog.

Bronya recognized this kind of bag. There was a cabinet right outside her office door stocked with these exact trash bags, which were used to hold discarded documents destined for centralized incineration.

How did Stelle get her hands on this trash bag? Bronya was deeply perplexed.

Just then, Ye Yun walked over.

"Natasha, Seele, Bronya."

Natasha smiled.

"Bothering you again, Ye Yun."

After the greetings, Ye Yun asked.

"Are you here to go shopping?"

Bronya nodded and took out the box containing the Stellar Jades.

"Yes, I heard from Seele and Natasha that you can exchange Stellar Jades for supplies here, so..."

Bronya remembered that the last time she saw Ye Yun, she still owed him a debt.

"Oh, right, when you saved my mother last time, it seemed you used a bottle of potion. 100 Stellar Jades, right?"

Ye Yun nodded.

"That's right, that potion is worth 100 Stellar Jades."

Bronya took out 100 Stellar Jades and handed them to Ye Yun.

"Thank you for saving my mother last time."

Ye Yun smiled and called out to Paimon.

"Paimon, come here for a second."

Paimon, who was still counting roast chickens in her mind, snapped out of it and flew over, hugging her drink.

"Ye Yun, why did you call me?"

Ye Yun pointed at Bronya.

"Take Bronya through the shopping process."

Hearing that she had to do work, Paimon's face filled with reluctance.

"No! This is your shop! Go entertain your customers yourself!"

Ye Yun wore a sly expression.

"I'll give you a roast chicken!"

Paimon, who had been slowly flying away, suddenly paused and stopped in her tracks.

"Two!" Paimon spun around abruptly, holding up two fingers.

Ye Yun smiled.

"Deal."

Hearing this, Paimon quickly put down her drink and flew over to Bronya's side.

"Hello, what's your name? My name is Paimon. Come, come, come, I'll take you through the shopping process so you'll know how to buy things. Let me tell you, shopping here at Ye Yun's place is such a hassle; you have to go to the exchange scales first..."

Watching Paimon energetically lead Bronya away, Ye Yun smiled. Dealing with Paimon was truly simple.

However, Ye Yun felt that he really needed to find a shop assistant.

He wanted to go out and look around too, but the shop couldn't be left unattended.

Lost in thought, Ye Yun walked over to his booth equipped with a tea table and tea set and sat down.

After pondering over it for a while, Ye Yun finally settled on a candidate.

I choose you, Noelle!

Ye Yun took out a sheet of stationery, scratched down a few lines of writing, and slipped it into an envelope.

"Paimon! Paimon!"

Paimon, who had just finished guiding Bronya and was looking forward to taking a sip of her drink, instantly puffed out her cheeks and angrily stomped her feet in mid-air.

"What is it again?!"

Ye Yun directly purchased three roast chickens named "Super Invincible Delicious Roast Chicken" from the system and placed them on the table.

"Go on, help me deliver a letter to Jean."

As soon as Paimon saw the roast chickens, her expression instantly shifted, and she fawned as she took the envelope from Ye Yun's hand.

"You got it~ Just wait, I'm heading out right now."

The moment Paimon left, Lumine suddenly walked over from the neighboring booth.

"Ye Yun, are those three roast chickens Paimon's?"

Ye Yun nodded.

"Yeah, what about it?"

Lumine chuckled, picked up all three roast chickens, and headed toward the adjacent booth.

"Then I'll just take them over first~"

Lumine flew like the wind, carrying the roast chickens to the neighboring booth, sat down, and without another word, tore off a chicken leg and began eating.

"Mmm~ Free food really tastes the best!"

Paimon returned through the portal and came straight to Ye Yun to collect her "salary."

"Ye Yun, the letter has been delivered. Where's my roast chicken?"

Ye Yun sipped his tea.

"Didn't Lumine already take them?"

Hearing this, Paimon was instantly dumbfounded.

"Lumine!!!"

Paimon flew over to the next booth, and seeing Lumine devouring the food, her face turned red with anger.

"Lumine! Let go of my roast chicken!"

Lumine swallowed the chicken in her mouth.

"So what if I eat your roast chicken? You've eaten so much of my stuff in the past."

Hearing that, Paimon instantly had no counterargument.

Forget it, forget it. Since matters had come to this, she might as well eat the roast chicken first.

Paimon flew into the booth, snatched a chicken leg, and started devouring it.

...

Inside Jean's office at the Mondstadt Headquarters of the Knights of Favonius.

After reading Ye Yun's letter, Jean had someone summon Noelle.

Noelle arrived at Jean's office.

"Acting Grand Master Jean, did you call for me?"

Jean looked at Noelle and said with a smile.

"Yes, I need your help with something."

Hearing that Jean needed her help, Noelle instantly turned serious.

Acting Grand Master Jean needs me!

Jean looked at the rigidly standing Noelle and smiled gently.

"There's no need to be so tense, it's nothing major. I just want you to work as an assistant at a friend's shop."

Noelle looked a bit puzzled at that.

"An assistant?"

Jean nodded.

"Yes, go and be an assistant."

Though she didn't know why Acting Grand Master Jean wanted her to take on this task, whatever Jean said was right.

Jean was an outstanding knight, and she was merely a maid in training; whatever her senior said went.

Most importantly, Acting Grand Master Jean needed her!

This filled Noelle with fighting spirit, and she couldn't wait to go and start her job as an assistant.

Seeing that Noelle had agreed, Jean led her through the portal and into Ye Yun's shop.