“Then… I’ll take that one.”
Shinomiya pointed her small hand at the dress with the cute rabbit print.
It looked like she really liked that piece of clothing.
“What about the others?”
“This one is enough. Didn’t you say you’re short on money lately, Onee-chan? If it’s too expensive, we don’t have to buy it.”
Shinomiya lowered her head, speaking softly.
Don’t be fooled by how she spends all day watching dramas at home; she always pays attention to what’s happening around her, especially when Wanmie sighs at her wallet.
Wanmie gave a helpless smile.
She didn’t expect Shinomiya to see through her situation so clearly…
However, no matter how short on money Wanmie was, she couldn’t possibly mistreat Shinomiya.
A few clothes were no big deal.
To be precise, Wanmie wasn’t poor; she just wanted to save her Coin to buy some Skills in case she unexpectedly died during the next fight with hostile forces.
“It’s fine, it’s fine.”
Wanmie called over the Service Staff.
“Service Staff, wrap all these clothes up for me!”
Since she was going to spend money anyway, she might as well spend it boldly.
At least, she couldn’t let Shinomiya think ‘Onee-chan Wanmie is so poor’…
The Service Staff saw the pile of clothes almost forming a small mountain in front of Wanmie and immediately walked over in small steps.
After all, she got a commission for each item sold, and the pile in front of Wanmie had at least a dozen pieces.
It had been a long time since she’d met such a generous big customer…
No, such a generous and rich customer.
Watching the Service Staff skillfully pack each item, Shinomiya looked at Wanmie with worry.
“Onee-chan, are you really going to buy all of them?”
These days, Wanmie not only took in Shinomiya, who was homeless in the real world, but even saved her life and had asked others to help search for Shinonina.
If she had Wanmie, whose family wasn’t rich, buy her so many clothes, she would feel too guilty.
But Wanmie gave a confident smile and patted her flat chest.
“Don’t judge Onee-chan by where I live. I’m actually much richer than you think!”
Despite her words, Wanmie’s heart ached as she paid.
Leaving the clothing store with a bag full of clothes, Wanmie was considering where to take Shinomiya next when they passed an Arcade.
Shinomiya suddenly stopped.
Was she interested in the Arcade?
Wanmie looked at Shinomiya curiously.
To be honest, Wanmie wasn’t a big fan of Arcades.
The crowds were one thing, but the deafening music was even harder for her to accept.
At that moment, Shinomiya was staring straight at a Claw Machine inside, at a Rabbit Plush.
“Do you want to play?”
Wanmie asked softly.
Shinomiya turned away, glanced at the large bag of clothes in Wanmie’s hands, and said,
“I don’t want to. Let’s just go home, Onee-chan.”
She had already troubled Onee-chan Wanmie enough today.
If she made her play games with her in the Arcade, her conscience would hurt.
Wanmie patted Shinomiya’s head dotingly.
“Why are you being so polite with Onee-chan? You want that Rabbit Plush in the Claw Machine, right? Wait here and watch Onee-chan get it for you!”
“Ugh…”
Shinomiya’s cheeks turned red all the way to her ears, like a ripe apple, cuter than ever.
At that moment, Wanmie took ten thousand points of real damage.
This was just too cute, it should be illegal!
“Onee-chan, Onee-chan!”
Suddenly, Shinomiya shook Wanmie’s arm, her face full of concern.
Wanmie was confused.
“What’s wrong?”
Shinomiya pointed at Wanmie with her small hand and whispered,
“Nosebleed…”
Only then did Wanmie notice the warm liquid flowing from her nose.
She had gotten so excited from seeing Shinomiya’s shy expression that she actually had a nosebleed.
Hurriedly, Wanmie pulled out a tissue to stop the bleeding and looked at the worried Shinomiya.
“It’s nothing, just a small issue. Don’t worry, Onee-chan is very healthy!”
Shinomiya was half convinced.
How could someone with a nosebleed be healthy?
But she didn’t realize she was the culprit behind Wanmie’s nosebleed.
Still, Wanmie seemed lively enough, so Shinomiya didn’t worry too much.
“Alright, now Onee-chan will go exchange some Coin and get that plushie!”
Wanmie said, exchanging a small bucket of Coin.
Wanmie had played Claw Machines before and knew just how tricky they could be.
Although this was her first time playing a Claw Machine in this world, she could tell the Claw Machines in Tengū City were almost exactly the same as the ones she had played before.
Judging by the two Brothers beside the machine, with piles of Coin in front of them, it was obvious…
What’s more, she was someone with terrible luck.
In gacha games, she had never pulled a single SSR.
The only SSR characters in her account were those the System gave as compensation.
She didn’t even want to talk about how hard it was to get anything from these Claw Machines.
Trying to win with luck alone?
Unless Wanmie had saved the world in her previous life, she couldn’t catch anything even if she spent all her money.
So, Wanmie decided to win by numbers.
She skillfully inserted a Coin, expertly maneuvered the claw, and aimed for the Rabbit Plush Shinomiya liked.
Drop the claw!
It grabbed!
But as the claw rose into the air, the plushie inevitably fell.
The claw felt like it hadn’t eaten in days, no strength at all.
At this rate, it couldn’t even pick up a piece of cotton.
As expected, Claw Machines were the same everywhere…
Still, Wanmie didn’t give up.
With each Coin she inserted, the claw dropped again and again, until finally… she had used up the entire small bucket of Coin.
This is a scam!
Wanmie almost shouted in anger.
That small bucket had at least a hundred Coin, and she couldn’t catch even one plushie.
How unlucky could she get?
She remembered Claw Machines being tough before, but not this tough.
Even after spending a hundred Coin, she hadn’t gotten a single thing.
Total loss, total loss!
“Onee-chan, if you can’t catch it, it’s okay…”
Seeing the changing expressions on Wanmie’s face, Shinomiya felt a vague sense of doom.
At those words, a cold smile appeared on Wanmie’s beautiful face, as if a snow lotus had bloomed on a glacier.
“I refuse to believe I can’t win this thing today!”
With that, Wanmie went to exchange a large bucket of Coin…
Yes, a whole large bucket, the kind that could hold ten liters of water.
The staff member in charge of exchanging Coin stared in shock at Wanmie’s move.
In all their years of work, they had met generous customers, but never one so generous and stubborn.
They could only hope the pretty miss would win her plushie soon…
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