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"The one who carried the coffin, the wondrous one who brings the four seasons."

Gray Tears was surprised: "If they are Seasonal Beings, why would they intervene? Seasonal Beings probably have no reason to help humanity protect the world. They would probably only take action to reset nature after the world has been desolate to the point where all of humanity has died, right?"

“She and I once made an unfinished deal.”

A faint sense of intimacy permeated the words of the ancient demon king, like a raptor that had been tamed and was beginning to realize that its sharp claws should not harm that person.

“She wanted to ask about Eden Bank, and I offered a price: ‘to purify the world of primordial evil.’”

Having said that, the ancient demon king calmly ordered his idle subordinates to move the outwardly glamorous but inwardly insane souls of these young girls to his treasure vault.

"Alright, I'm going back to sleep. When I wake up, I'll wait and see that evil god make a fool of himself."

It looked completely confident.

Gray Tears said he was going back to teach the younger generation, and then disappeared in a flash.

The ancient hero also intended to leave immediately, but before leaving, he left behind a question that made it difficult for the ancient demon king to return to peace once again.

"That Four Seasons God probably has no intention of protecting the human world. After all, it's not too late to take action after the world has returned to desolation and everything has perished."

……

"Ah."

Mori felt that someone was talking badly about her.

Otherwise, how could someone catch a cold and sneeze in such a sauna-like place?

There are so many strange things happening... She touched the little leaf on her head and thought so sincerely.

Before, for some reason, the whole world seemed to tremble, and her wind hammer almost hit her hand off-target. Fortunately, the things were basically ready.

She stared at the knife in front of her, quite satisfied, thinking that it wasn't impossible to auction it off for a thousand gold coins.

This knife wasn't exquisite; instead, it had been aged to an almost convincing degree, covered in blood-soaked rust that clearly indicated its age. Aside from her, no one else could possibly tell it was a fake.

Mori felt that no matter how excellent the performance, how much jewels were used to decorate it, or how prestigious the maker was, the value of a sword was still very limited.

It would be better to get a fake antique or something.

Based on her past experiences, she added a poignant backstory to the knife: a cursed blade, a story of lovers killing each other. For years, vengeful spirits had dwelled upon it, and terrifying cries echoed through the air every night.

Those wealthy people who crave novelty will definitely be interested.

Of course, to prevent timid people from not bidding, we need to add another clause.

Let's promote it like this then.

"But if it falls into the possession of a truly powerful person, its curse will be suppressed, and it will instead bring inexhaustible benefits."

Volume 1, Chapter 287: Amazing

Looking at the finished product, Mori was extremely satisfied.

She felt a little smug about creating such an exquisite fake, so much so that she held the knife and laughed for a long time before remembering that she was starving and the strawberry leaves were parched.

“B,” Mori called out, a hint of doubt in his voice.

"..."

"B! What happened to breakfast?!"

"..."

“Alright, I’ll go get it myself… As a magnanimous God, He will be tolerant of believers who are not yet mature.”

Mori casually wiped the charcoal ash off his clothes, whistled clumsily, and ran out of the room, only to find it eerily quiet.

Perhaps Mori had occupied the stove, so the owner of the pastry shop was unable to prepare what he wanted to sell that day, hence the shop's doors were tightly shut. And neither B nor Master Woodpecker seemed to be there either.

Only dandelions.

She had taken off her robes at some point and changed into a simple pleated long skirt. She lay down on the wooden chair and closed her eyes for a short rest. She had deliberately adjusted the position of the chair so that the sunlight could only shine on her dandelions, while her body remained in the shade.

Of course, she summoned some heat-generating plants that huddled around her to combat the growing chill of early winter.

In short, it's pleasing to the eye.

Mori covered her mouth, swallowing the words that were about to escape, thinking that if she disturbed her, she would be in a bad mood. Helpless, she clutched her rumbling stomach and ran to the kitchen, assuming that these people must have saved some for her.

But the kitchen was empty.

"Aren't you leaving me any?"

"Yes, everyone has finished eating it all."

It was the sound of dandelion, naturally responding to her self-talk. Sen was tense for a moment, but then relaxed. She turned around and saw dandelion stretching and smiling at her.

"Dandelion".

"Are you done?"

"All done."

"Sorry, the flavor was so interesting, we couldn't keep yours..."

"Damn it, they didn't even bring me a share?" Mori was a little disappointed.

Although Master Woodpecker has an annoying personality, he seems to have a knack for cooking. Mori was quite looking forward to it, but missed the opportunity.

"There was nothing I could do. We were all discussing some very troublesome things at the time, and we probably forgot about it." Dandelion didn't hide anything. "And I deliberately didn't leave it for you."

Sen was sweating profusely, constantly stirring up his sea of ​​memories, trying to figure out when he had offended someone again.

Fortunately, it wasn't—

Dandelion's tone was somewhat discouraged: "Because that woodpecker's cooking skills are terrible. I don't want to say it, but the taste is perfect. After tasting it, you might find everything else tasteless."

"This reason..."

"After all, I plan to cook for you for a very, very long time. I don't want to see a blank face and feel bored every day as if I'm just going through the motions. After all, I always want to be praised for the food I make with my heart."

Sen suddenly felt quite touched, smiled shyly, and unconsciously turned the page.

Afterwards, she ran to get some leftover bread from yesterday, spread some butter on it, and made do with a meal. While watering her plants and finding a good spot to bask in the sun, Mori realized that there was strange information in the conversation she had just had.

"Something troublesome?"

"Well, it's nothing serious. Your paladin follower will handle it, so he's already rushed back home. He did leave you a magical communication device, though; I heard it's worth a fortune."

Where is the owner of this shop?

"Because the city has been unblocked, they went to purchase raw materials, and we are free to do as we please."

"Oh." Mori nodded, then asked the most important question, "What about Master Woodpecker? Did he run away to escape his debts? Was the auction also a scam against me...?"

"No, that guy went to announce the auction or something, said to get everything ready, and then he'll come pick you up, and you just have to wait to eat and collect the money." Dandelion's heart fluttered as she said this, "You can make money again?"

“That’s right.” Mori Toki wasn’t shy at all. “Making money is an important thing.”

"Well, after all, it's money for restoring the country."

After thinking about it, Mori realized that the so-called funds for restoring the country didn't seem to be of much use. There was no need to recruit soldiers and spend a lot of money to build an army that could sweep the world, because she had already paid for the money needed for restoring the country back then.

The only remaining use for the money was to help build up the newly established Kingdom of Flowers.

"Restoring the kingdom... that's not far off."

Mori was somewhat lost in thought, because one-third of her reason for coming to the Holy Coffin Kingdom was to discuss this matter with them. She then remembered the other two-thirds of the reason and couldn't help but ask on Yuan's behalf—

"But it's Yiyun..."

"That won't be long. After the restoration of our country, we will purify the soil of our nation, restore it to its original state, and then lift the magic around the world. Then we can hold the Wing Cloud Festival to allow the cycle to continue."

How long will it take?

"Pfft, don't you know yourself that hosting Wing Cloud won't take long? A week of preparation time will suffice."

Mori's eyes slowly widened with surprise, and became even more beautiful with the embellishment of many emotions called "joy." This meant that he could show Wing Cloud to her before Wish vanished.

Thinking of this, Mori's face, which was covered in charcoal black ink, softened considerably.

……

In the afternoon, around three o'clock.

While Mori was meditating, she was disturbed by a frantic and piercing sound. But she simply opened her eyes slowly, knowing without a doubt that this was the woodpecker's peculiar way of knocking on the door.

Dandelion opened the door.

Outside, Master Woodpecker's attendants were embracing a somewhat withered tree, while Master Woodpecker himself stood arrogantly on a branch. He was surrounded by what appeared to be high-ranking slave warriors as guards.

Dandelion braced herself and asked, "Are you planning to kill the creditor?"

"No, I know a little about your background. Although you are not worthy of respect or excessive fear, it would be inappropriate to use knives."

"And with this stance of yours..."

"They're just here to invite the auction seller to the banquet, to bring her priceless treasures. With so many people, they're just worried about things getting lost along the way." It peeked around, trying to see where Senshi was.

Just then, he met Mori's gaze.

She is ready.

His attire was understated and practical; he appeared unassuming, but a closer look revealed him to be a formidable opponent. The most important goods, however, were deliberately placed in a black leather briefcase, clearly containing valuable items.

Seeing this, Master Woodpecker was quite satisfied. But then he thought, given the many conflicts he had with this Seasonal Woman, what if she went all out and prepared something that would embarrass Master Woodpecker…

After all, the auction was held in its name, so it has to take responsibility if something goes wrong.

It immediately adopted an aloof tone and asked—

"Owner, I'd like to confirm what you'd like to entrust me with this auction."

"Oh, a reasonable request."

As if conducting an illegal transaction, Sen looked around cautiously before carefully unlocking the complicated lock. Immediately, the summoned bodyguards and other participants gasped in astonishment.

Then, in an arrogant tone, Mori introduced the rusty knife that exuded a strong sacred aura.

"Yes, this is the cursed weapon, used by a deranged serial killer to brutally dismember many people."

Volume 1, Chapter 288: Finally, we managed to fool them.