A small token?
Small?
And a token?
Lora looked at the piece of jade in Zhongli's hand, which was worth enough to buy the Palais Mermonia, and fell silent.
Heh...
As expected, the God of Mora really was loaded!
No, wait...
She suddenly thought of something. Frowning, she asked, "If you're this rich, why do you always send the bill to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?"
Zhongli looked at her and said calmly, "Because... I forgot to bring my wallet."
The two of them asked and answered with perfectly serious expressions, leaving everyone else somewhat confused.
Only Shuyu, as she looked at Zhongli, seemed to understand that the professional freeloader Lora had mentioned might be the man standing before her.
After giving his gift, Zhongli turned to Jiehu and Houzhang. "It's your turn. Do you need me to help choose?"
They both shook their heads.
Although Jiehu and Houzhang had not brought much with them when they left home, as adepti, who did not carry a few treasures on them?
However, when it was Xiao's turn, the two of them finally realized that he truly had no treasure on hand.
Xiao looked at Shuyu with a serious expression and said, "Sorry, Shuyu. I don't have a gift with me right now. I'll make it up to you in a few days, all right?"
Wynlin, however, jumped down from his chair and said, "You really are poor! Here, I'll give her something."
Under everyone's gaze, he pulled out a large handful of rare treasures and handed them to Shuyu.
"Little girl, this is all I have on me. It looks valuable enough, so take it. No need to be polite."
Lora looked at the treasures Wynlin had taken out, those things that "looked valuable enough," and fell silent once more.
Thank you.
That would be enough to buy an entire Opera Epiclese.
When it came down to it, was she actually the poorest person here?
Lora could not take it anymore.
"Ahem..." Poor little Lora decided to do something. She patted Shuyu on the shoulder, her expression solemn and serious. "Shuyu, when we have time, I'll teach you my ultimate technique!"
"What ultimate technique?" Shuyu looked at her blankly.
Even Xianyun and the others looked over.
Furina whispered, "Mom has an ultimate technique? Why didn't we know?"
Focalors was rather calm. "Most likely, she's bluffing."
"No, no, no... You're all too naive." Lora shook her head, making it clear that her ultimate technique would absolutely be the most useful one here. She patted Shuyu's shoulder again and said, "My ultimate technique is the Art of Running a Tab!"
The moment she said that, everyone fell silent.
Only Shuyu continued looking at her curiously. "What is the Art of Running a Tab?"
"The Art of Running a Tab is..." Lora had only just begun when Xianyun immediately cut her off.
"Do not corrupt the child. Honestly!"
"Heaven and earth as my witness, I'm only teaching her how to survive the extreme situation of going out without money!" Lora raised both hands, indicating that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her idea.
"I just want Shuyu to live a little more happily. What did I do wrong?"
After that unwilling cry rang out, everyone fell silent.
Then Furina and Focalors walked over together and dragged Lora aside.
"Lady Egeria, let's calm down and stay over there for a bit."
"Mom, let's calm down and stay over there for a bit."
"Hey, hey..." Lora had not expected to be dragged away by the two children. She struggled and shouted, "I'm not wrong! I demand justice! I came here to suggest gift ideas! What are you doing?"
Furina: "..."
Focalors: "..."
After dragging her aside, Focalors even turned back to Shuyu and Xianyun and apologized.
"Please don't mind Lady Egeria. She's just like this."
"It's fine. I'm used to it." Xianyun sighed and shook her head, then quickly changed the subject. "Come, Shuyu. I'll introduce everyone to you."
Xianyun introduced the people there to Shuyu and Yuandai one by one.
Jiehu, Houzhang, and Xiao were all adepti, so the two of them were not too surprised. But when they heard that the small Wynlin before them was actually Mondstadt's Wind Dragon, they found it somewhat difficult to process.
And when they learned that the so-called professional freeloader who had been the first to hand over jade was actually Morax, the Geo Archon, it was even more unbelievable.
"You... You are Rex Lapis!" Yuandai stared at Zhongli in shock.
"Oh? Is that so?" Zhongli looked at her and said calmly, "Rex Lapis is dead. I am merely Zhongli, a consultant of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor."
"Yes, yes, I understand, Mr. Zhongli." Yuandai quickly nodded.
"And this one here..." Xianyun looked toward Lora, but before she could introduce her, Lora stepped forward first.
She patted her chest and said, "I'm just an ordinary helpful citizen passing by. Remember that!"
Xianyun looked at her and chuckled.
Focalors sighed from the side and said to Shuyu and Yuandai, "Lady Egeria is the Hydro Archon."
"Huh?"
Yuandai froze completely.
She had heard that Fontaine's Hydro Archon had returned, but she had never imagined that the Hydro Archon of Fontaine would appear right in front of her. This was far too incredible.
"Don't be surprised." Lora waved her hand, then said to Shuyu, "I really don't have much on me today. I'll make it up to you later, okay?"
"It's all right! You saved my grandma just now, and that's already the best gift!" Shuyu shook her head and said earnestly.
Lora waved her hand. "That's different. This is a welcome gift for you, so it can't be skipped. We may not be very reasonable people, but we still have to observe some etiquette."
"Who describes themselves as unreasonable like that?" Wynlin frowned after hearing her words.
"Oh, that's just a trait of The Seven." Lora smiled with perfect shamelessness and signaled for him to stay calm.
Wynlin gave her a thumbs-up. "Now I know why Barbatos turned out like this. You gods... Forget it. No point saying more. You won't change anyway."
Seeing him like that, Lora suddenly had an idea. She leaned closer and asked, "Hey, among you dragons, do you care about seniority?"
"Seniority?" Wynlin froze, then looked at her with a frown. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I suppose so. Anyway, I've never met a dragon with higher seniority than me, so whether it matters or not doesn't make much difference."
"Ohoho! I understand!" Lora started laughing.
Seeing her smile, Wynlin shuddered and asked, "What are you planning?"