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Upon hearing that it was related to paying off debts, Ishtar, who had been somewhat impatient, immediately became serious.

"Tell me, let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve."

After saying that, Ishtar suddenly moved closer and looked at Lovi with her serious eyes: "However, I also want to remind you that I have all the common sense of this world. This time I will not be fooled by you and Gilgamesh like before, and don't try to deceive me with illusions. I want wealth now!"

"Okay, okay, I'll settle the bill right here."

Luo Wei nodded and said with a smile.

Although Ishtar seems to have become much more difficult to deal with after gaining knowledge of this world's common sense, in reality, as long as she remains essentially the same confused goddess, she still has a lot of room to maneuver.

At this point, a normal person or a magician would certainly choose to give Ishtar a huge fortune to satisfy her and stabilize her.

But actually, that would be a big mistake.

Although if he wanted gold and gems, Rowe could gather a lot in a short time, he knew that this wouldn't solve any problems.

Human desires are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; they are never content with the status quo and only crave more and more.

This is especially true of the gods.

If Ishtar were given a large sum of gold, she would soon want more.

This will not only fail to stabilize her, but will also make her even more greedy.

Therefore, a more unusual method is needed to stop her.

With that in mind, Lovi began to seriously question Ishtar.

Do you know anything about money?

"Money? I've seen it before, it's human currency, the currency of this era, so what?"

"Oh, good that you know."

Upon seeing that she knew what money was, Lowe immediately took out a bundle of banknotes from his vault and handed it to her.

Upon seeing money from this era for the first time, Ishtar wore a puzzled expression.

"What is this? Isn't this just paper?"

Indeed, they only knew what money was, but had never truly seen or understood it.

Seeing this, Luo Wei roughly understood everything.

"This isn't paper, this is money."

"This thing is money?"

Ishtar examined the banknotes with a suspicious expression on her face.

The money in front of her was so different from the jewels and gold she had imagined, which exuded wealth. She felt like she had been fooled again.

However, because he was telling the truth this time, Luo Wei did not lie to her.

“Yes, that’s money. You just said you wanted wealth, and nowadays this is what measures wealth. In this era, gold and jewels are no longer the standard for measuring wealth; the standard for measuring wealth is money. That’s why the world often has terms like ‘millionaire’ and ‘multi-millionaire,’ but not ‘millionaire’ with ‘a lot of gold and jewels.’”

"Because...that is the essence of value."

Luo Wei said seriously, "You should have understood this when you were learning common sense, right?"

Have you understood...?

Upon hearing this, Ishtar frowned.

When she was learning common sense, she only knew that money was the currency of humankind in this era.

She had assumed that money should be made of gemstones or gold, but she never expected it to be such strange paper.

She was about to argue back, but when she heard Luo Wei say that this was the value itself...

Ishtar was momentarily stunned.

Value itself...

Doesn't that mean this thing is even better than gold and jewels?!

Gold and gemstones also need to be carved and displayed to inspire envy and demonstrate their value, and these things themselves are valuable.

Doesn't that mean that as long as she has these papers, she can freely display her wealth?

and so……

"I understand."

Ishtar wholeheartedly agreed, and she extended her palm towards Rowe, saying quite naturally, "Then give me the money!"

"..."

Upon hearing these familiar words, Luo Wei couldn't help but frown slightly, as Ishtar's tone was far too similar to Rin Tohsaka's tone before.

So much so that if it weren't for the fact that her eyes were still golden, Loewe would have thought he had mistaken her for someone else.

However, seeing that she had finally fallen for the trap, Luo Wei relaxed a bit.

"As agreed, I can indeed give you the money, but I have one more question."

"what?"

Ishtar tilted her head.

Luo Wei then asked, "I imagine you'll go out and demand tribute from the people of this era, just like you did in Mesopotamia, won't you?"

"Isn't that obvious? After all, I am a god."

Upon hearing this, Ishtar tossed her hair and said matter-of-factly, "So-called gods are meant to protect weak humans and help them survive in difficult circumstances. I offer help, and they repay me with faith and offerings. Isn't that fair?"

"But you're talking about the Age of Gods. In this day and age, even without the protection of the gods, humanity has been resurrected for thousands of years."

"what……"

Upon hearing what Lovi said, Ishtar was slightly taken aback.

Upon careful consideration, it seems that humanity in this era did not receive any help from her, so she had no reason to accept tribute.

However, since they didn't receive my help, why not let them receive my help instead?

All you need to do is create a little disturbance first, and then step in to smooth things over, and you can rightfully accept the tribute.

Just like she used to do.

Forced buying and selling is sufficient.

Ishtar, you are a genius.

Just as Ishtar was pondering this, he noticed her thoughtful gaze. Lovi knew she was up to something again, but for the time being, he didn't have any good ideas for Ishtar's audacious thoughts.

So, Lowe decided to give this girl something to do first, just to distract her for now.

However, he couldn't leave at the moment, so he needed a little help with this matter, and so he dialed Kirei Kotomine's number.

"Kirei Kotomine, order a large amount of ghost money and send it to the Tohsaka family as soon as possible."

"...??"

On the other side, Kirei Kotomine was taken aback when he received the call.

He asked in confusion, "Did Rin Tohsaka die? Or did someone else pass away?"

"No, but if you don't want Fuyuki City to repeat last night's situation, you'd better send it over quickly. Remember, the larger the denomination, the better."

After saying that, Luo Wei hung up the phone.

Fortunately, the Far East region also has the custom of burning paper money for the deceased, so the procurement is not very difficult.

However, Ishtar, standing to the side, couldn't help but look puzzled when she heard the word "ghost money".

What is ghost money?

Although she understood what money was, there were so many kinds of money in the world that even she, as a goddess, couldn't quite grasp the differences between them.

In response, Luo Wei explained.

"It's currency used for the deceased. Since different countries have different currencies, different people naturally use the same ones. Just as there are currencies used by the living, there are also currencies used by the dead. Since heroic spirits belong to the deceased, they must use ghost money, right?"

"Oh, what is it? I get it now. This is just something similar to what the guides in the underworld use."

Ishtar suddenly realized that she had been completely fooled.

In her mind, items used for the dead were equivalent to burial goods.

Most of the burial items were extremely valuable.

Therefore, even rounded up, ghost money is extremely precious and valuable, and it is the wealth she wants!

All her attention was now focused on the currency she was about to acquire, and her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Seeing her like this, Luo Wei knew that things had probably stabilized.

All we need to do is wait until evening when Ellie switches out and explains things to the other party, and that should be enough to calm things down.

And seemingly because she was too excited, Ishtar even forgot about finding the guy who ambushed her last night when she woke up today.

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"Indeed, no matter how many times I watch it, I can't help but marvel at its magic."

"But you really are a top-notch liar, actually managing to fool the goddess like this. Even I wouldn't dare to do something that would anger the gods."

After settling Ishtar into a room filled with ghost money, Rowe, having dealt with the trouble, sat down with the just-woke-up Mary.

Compared to the somewhat weary Rowe, Mary was beaming with joy. She couldn't help but laugh when she saw the goddess laughing heartily while holding a pile of ghost money.

"There's no other way; this is the best solution besides sealing her away."

Luo Wei shook his head helplessly.

"Aren't you afraid she'll find out? If it's just ghost money, she'll easily see through it once she goes out to spend it, won't she?"

"Merry asked curiously."

"No, because she won't spend it."

Luo Wei was absolutely certain of this.

“Ishtar doesn’t pursue wealth itself, but rather the satisfaction that wealth brings and that vanity. She’s like a greedy dragon, only ever accumulating wealth to make herself more satisfied, rather than spending it and diminishing it. Although her current behavior won’t appease her for long, she will never go out and spend the ghost money; she will only demand tribute from humans.”

"You really know your goddess well!"