Star Rail, My Little Shop on the Train 16

Chapter 16: All for the Amber King!

Clara excitedly played with her phone, especially the communication app, which made her very happy. She had added a friend on it, an older sister named “jade”.

Chatting with this older sister made Clara very happy. The older sister told her many things about the universe, including major star gods, the Xianzhou (a large space station in a different universe), and various companies. Clara also told her older sister about the plight of Belobog. The older sister said she would come to help. This older sister was truly a good person.

As she played, a sound came from the doorway. Several “traffic lights” (small, mechanized robots) came running on their short legs. Clara saw the robots and remembered she had come out to find medicine.

“Oh no! Clara forgot the time! Clara still needs to find medicine for everyone in the settlement!”

Clara put away her phone and quickly got up and went outside. Ye Yun saw this.

“Clara, don’t worry. You came out to find medicine?”

Clara felt very guilty, and two small tears welled up in her eyes.

Ye Yun continued to ask, “Clara, why did you come out to find medicine? What kind of medicine do you need?”

Clara sobbed twice. “Recently, monster activity has intensified, and many people in the settlement have been injured. Clara wants to find some medicine to treat their external wounds.”

Ye Yun thought for a moment, and a flash of inspiration crossed his mind. This mechanical settlement probably has a lot of Star Crystals, and Swaro is the true strongest in this lower city.

Ye Yun thought for a moment and spent 100 Star Coins to buy 10 bottles of healing ointment.

“Clara, here, this is healing ointment; it can treat wounds.”

Clara repeatedly refused. “No, no… this is too precious.”

No matter what Ye Yun said, Clara refused to accept it. In Clara’s opinion, she was already embarrassed that Ye Yun had treated her to such delicious noodles. Now, Ye Yun was giving her such precious medicine; she absolutely couldn’t accept it.

Ye Yun was a little helpless. At this time, Ye Yun noticed a Star Crystal hanging on Clara’s clothes.

“Clara, how about this, you can exchange this Star Crystal with me.”

Clara looked at the Star Crystal Ye Yun was pointing to and took it off. She had found this Star Crystal while looking for medicine and thought it was pretty, so she tied it to her clothes as a decoration.

“This one?”

Ye Yun nodded. “That’s right, your big brother Ye Yun is in this business. As long as you have Star Crystals, you can buy a lot of supplies from me.”

Clara took off the Star Crystal. “But, isn’t this thing useless? Except for being pretty.”

Ye Yun smiled. “That’s just because other people don’t know its use. In Ye Yun’s hands, this thing is very useful.”

Then, he placed the medicine on the head of a traffic light robot.

“A box of medicine like this can be exchanged for only one Star Crystal.”

Upon hearing this, Clara was overjoyed. Her family still had many Star Crystals. If this was true, wouldn’t she be able to exchange them for a lot of supplies?

“Really? Brother Ye Yun?”

Ye Yun ruffled Clara’s little head. “Of course it’s true.”

Clara was overjoyed. “I believe Brother Ye Yun. Brother Ye Yun, do you have time? I still have a lot of Star Crystals at home.”

Ye Yun picked Clara up and placed her on Rios, then put Hook (presumably a deer or similar animal) on top as well.

“Let’s go, show me the way.”

The three and the deer set off towards the mechanical settlement.

Far away, inside the Pierropoint Company headquarters.

Emerald watched her phone with some interest. The phone screen displayed her chat log with someone named “Bebe Village Little Rabbit”.

“Interesting. I didn’t expect that a place that has been eroded by the Star Core for so long still has a civilization. Especially, this place… also owes the company a debt.”

As soon as Emerald finished speaking, Topa, who was playing with a piggy bank nearby, curiously asked, “Oh? Is there such a place?”

Shajin, who was playing with chips, also became interested. “That place owes the company a lot of money, right? The company’s interest… is not low.”

Emerald’s lips curled into a slight smile, her fingers swiping across the screen. “This debt is most likely a bad debt. According to the company’s records of Yaliluo IV, they don’t have the ability to repay this debt. 700 years, the original principal is insignificant compared to the interest.”

Topa listened. “We have performance again! Let me go this time, how about it?”

Emerald smiled. “You have to ask Diamond.”

Shajin saw the problem; this debt might be difficult to handle.

“Topa, maybe I should go?”

Topa shook her head. “I’ll go. My performance hasn’t been very good lately. Emerald, send me a copy of the information later, okay?”

Emerald smiled slightly. “Okay～Little Yelena.”

After saying that, Topa got up to find Diamond. Soon, a closing door sound came.

Shajin shook his head, watching Topa’s departing back. “If this account isn’t handled well, the company might hold us accountable. Can Topa handle it?”

Emerald smiled. “Don’t worry, I believe in her ability, and I’ll also go there later. What about you? How are you thinking about the Pinocchio thing?”

Shajin smiled confidently. “Don’t worry, the die is cast, I’ve already thought of a good way. But I need to borrow something from you and Topa.”

Hearing this, Emerald propped her chin up with one hand, looking at Shajin with deep meaning. “Your idea is very dangerous. We both know the importance of that thing. Do you still remember the oath you made when you got that thing?”

Shajin took a sip of red wine, swirling the wine glass with one hand, his eyes falling into memory.

“Of course, it’s more important than life, isn’t it?”

Emerald sat up straight, leaning back slightly against the back of her chair. “Are you sure you want to do this?”

Shajin raised his wine glass to Emerald. “To catch fish, you have to use bait. To catch big fish, you have to use strong bait, don’t you?”

Emerald picked up her coffee cup with one hand and stirred it with a small spoon. “You make sense. Oaths are important, but we care more about the results, don’t we?”

Shajin laughed twice. “Hahahaha, let’s happily decide then, cheers! All for the Amber King!”

Emerald took a small sip of coffee. “Mm, all for the Amber King!”

In the mechanical settlement…

Under Clara’s guidance, the three and the deer quickly arrived at the mechanical settlement. With Clara there, all the checkpoints were smoothly passed. In this mechanical settlement, Swaro had the highest status, followed by Clara.

The situation in this mechanical settlement was worse than Pan Rock Town. Pan Rock Town at least had houses; here, there were only tents.
(End of Chapter)

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