Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

"Asuka, Yao!"

Arriving at the lobby of the main building, Kasukabe Yō lay on the coffee table as if she had exhausted all her energy, letting the calico cat massage her back. Kuon Asuka maintained her ladylike elegance, but her tired expression was also clearly visible.

There shouldn't be any difficult games for them in this area. What's presented now is more of the mental exhaustion after continuous activities.

"You've worked hard today! This is a souvenir."

Fujimaru Ritsuka came and sat in front of the two girls, took out juice and soda from his [Minister's Treasure] and handed them to the two of them respectively.

"Thank you." x2

Kasukabe Yō took the iced soda, tilted his head back with a very heroic sound and gulped it down, then quickly finished it in one gulp and burped pleasantly, his spirits rising to a rare high.

"belch--"

"Resurrected!"

Kuon Asuka looked at Kasugabe Yō with a speechless look, wanting to say something but stopping herself. For her, who was born as a young lady, just watching these actions made her feel very uncomfortable.

“That’s how soda tastes good.”

Noticing her gaze, Kasukabe Yō gave her a thumbs up and actively recommended:

"Asuka, do you want to try it?"

"No, let's not do that for now..."

Although he was a little curious, Jiuyuan Feiniao couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. He could only retreat silently and drink the orange juice in his hand in small sips.

This tastes pretty good anyway.

Jiuyuan Asuka comforted himself in his heart.

Fujimaru Ritsuka watched the interaction between the two with a smile, and when it was over, she smiled and asked:

"How was your harvest today?"

"not bad."

Speaking of this topic, Jiuyuan Feiniao smiled and said:

"If we continue at this pace, we should be able to save enough money sooner than planned."

The purpose of saving money is to use the realm gate, and the four of them need to spend four gold coins. It is still a difficult goal for them to quickly save so much money in a short period of time.

Of course, as a super rich woman, Fujimaru Ritsuka can sit back and relax without any worries.

Some time ago, she went to the shop of Thousand Eyes and exchanged some materials for a lot of gold coins, becoming the richest person among them, no, in their entire community.

So to be precise, they only need to save up three gold coins.

The reason for doing this is because Ren and Kuroto told them a piece of news -

Soon, a grand festival will be held in the North District, and it will be a very rare festival jointly held by the class rulers of the North District and the class rulers of the East District - that is, Shiroyaksha!

For the entire six or seven-digit lower class, this is a rare grand ceremony. When it comes, there will definitely be countless strong people gathering together, and the rewards of more abundant gift games will probably be countless.

Because the community was too poor before, Ren and Kuroito originally did not intend to tell them about this matter, but wanted to set their sights on the harvest festival held by the class rulers of the South District.

But now, as the situation in the community has suddenly improved, it has become possible to go to the North District, so Ren and Kurosabue confessed this to them.

In other words, the three problem children once again owed a favor to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the three had nothing to say about it. In the end, they could only vent their anger on Ren and Kurosabushi who concealed the matter.

"Anyway, there should be some gift games worth taking seriously at this grand festival. I'm getting tired of this meaningless crushing. It's like bullying."

Kuon Asuka rested his chin in boredom, while Kasukabe Yō said expectantly:

"I heard there are many Asian dragons in the North District. I really want to make friends with them."

Hearing this, Jiuyuan Feiniao looked at her enviously and said:

"Yao can become stronger as long as he makes friends with other creatures, right? What a convenient ability. On the contrary, mine is..."

She sighed softly.

After setting Fujimaru Ritsuka as their target, 'becoming stronger' naturally became one of their goals, but her ability - identified as the gift of [Majesty] - was a bit troublesome.

Black Rabbit told her that her ability was still a rough stone that had hardly been polished by humans, but after a long period of cultivation, it became inclined towards the "dominance" attribute, a gift that allowed her to change animals, plants and phenomena with strong thoughts.

She didn't want her abilities to continue to grow in this direction, so she chose to develop in another direction - [The Gift of Domination of Gifts], which means that the stronger the intention, the stronger the ability and effect of the desired thing will be.

But this brings up another problem:

Now she has no gift in her hands that she can control.

She also knew that among the three of them except Fujimaru Ritsuka, her strength was the weakest, so she was the one who was most looking forward to this grand festival.

As long as she can win a few good gifts in this grand festival, her strength should improve significantly.

"So..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka could probably guess what Kuon Asuka was thinking, so he said jokingly:

"I still have a lot of good materials on hand. If I can ask a craftsman to process them, I should be able to make a lot of powerful weapons and equipment, right?"

"If Asuka is willing, I can lend it to you as an interest-free loan, okay?"

After accepting the current situation, seeing how the three people were now very resistant to the help she offered, she couldn't help but have the evil desire to tease them.

I don't know why, but I always feel like I've become a little bad.

——It must be because of the professor’s influence.

Fujimaru Ritsuka made this judgment.

"I do not want it."

Sure enough, although Fujimaru Ritsuka's proposal was very tempting, Kuon Asuka still chose to refuse it decisively.

If I keep accepting help like this, how will I have the nerve to challenge Fujimaru Ritsuka in the future?

Realizing that there seemed to be no breakthrough here, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Kasukabe Yō again. She thought for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up and she said:

"Come to think of it, I have quite a few pets given to me by my companions!"

It's just that because she is often on the road, all her pets are left in foster care with their original owners.

"I don't need it either."

As soon as Fujimaru Ritsuka said this, Kasukabe Yō immediately understood what she meant, and refused in the same righteous manner.

However, after a while, she couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Just asking, what kind of pet is it?"

"Yao..."

Kuon Asuka really wanted to stop this weak behavior. No matter how mysterious Fujimaru Ritsuka was, the pet he kept shouldn't be too outrageous, right?

however--

"There are wolves, elephants...but the most famous one is probably a sphinx cub."

"Sphinx——!?" x2

The wolves and elephants alone were enough to make Jiuyuan Feiniao want to complain, but when the name Sphinx came out, the two of them immediately wondered if there was something wrong with their ears.

Kasukabe Yō asked tentatively:

"You mean the Sphinx in the Sphinx?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and smiled:

"That's it. The cub is small and very cute. I can bring it over for you to hold."

"——!!!"

Kasukabe Yō's expression was shaken as never before. Seeing this, Kuon Asuka shook her body frantically and said:

"Hold on, Yao! Don't let desire defeat you——!"

"But, Sphinx..."

"Ugh...!"