The two girls huddled together, excitedly browsing through the list of items.
"This bamboo-copter looks fun—just stick it on your head and you can fly!"
"Ooh, this Anywhere Door is pretty neat too. It lets you teleport within 10,000 kiloters... but it's a bit pricey. 100,000 Star Coins? Yikes."
"This starlight cara looks amazing! And there's even a pink version. Let see... built-in magic, infinite film, instant printing! This is literally my dream cara!"
"This 'Trash Can Brand' scratch-off is kind of interesting. You can win items worth up to 500,000 Star Coins!"
The two girls chirped back and forth, eagerly discussing each item.
Ye Yun sat quietly off to the side, sipping on a fizzy drink while watching them shop.
Over ten minutes later, the two finally locked their phones and made their choices.
March 7th took out her 1,000 Star Coins and handed them to Ye Yun.
"Here, Ye Yun, I want that starlight cara!"
Ye Yun glanced at the price—it was exactly 1,000 Star Coins.
With a snap of his fingers, a cara wrapped in magical bubbles appeared before them.
March's eyes sparkled.
"That's the one! Ye Yun, here's the money!"
Ye Yun pointed at the bubble.
"Just tap your coins onto the bubble. Once it hits the full amount, the item is yours."
March imdiately slamd the coins onto the bubble.
The coins and the bubble vanished together, and the cara solidified in her hands.
March 7th couldn't wait to start snapping pictures.
"Wow! The image quality is insane—it's sharper than my eyes!"
Ye Yun smiled.
"As long as you like it."
Then he turned to Stelle.
"What about you? Want to buy anything?"
Stelle held up her 2,000 Star Coins.
"I want the Trash Can Brand scratch-offs! Give two!"
Ye Yun wasn't surprised—he had a feeling Stelle would go for this the mont he added it to the list. It was like it had been made for her.
He checked the price and summoned two shimring bubbles.
Each scratch-off cost 1,000 Star Coins.
Without hesitation, Stelle slamd 1,000 coins onto each bubble.
Clang!
Clang!
Two bright, glittery trash cans thudded onto the ground.
Stelle rushed over, her eyes gleaming with excitent. She knocked on each one, listening to the echo inside.
March 7th noticed and walked over.
"Stelle, why'd you buy these? Scratch-offs almost never give anything good."
Stelle thumped her chest.
"Maybe for normal people! But I'm different. Am I normal? No way—I'm the future Galactic Baseball Hero!"
March was speechless.
Galactic Baseball Hero? Could Stelle be more cringe?
Just then, a voice spoke nearby.
"There you are. That coin—you were the one who sold it to Stelle, right?"
All three looked toward the newcor—Stelle was surprised.
"Herta? What are you doing here?"
Herta gave her a disinterested glance.
"Obviously, I followed you."
She ignored Star after that and turned her attention to Ye Yun.
"You sold her that coin?"
Ye Yun nodded and handed her his phone.
"That's right. You can check the full product list here. If you don't find what you're looking for, just tell the features you want in an item.
As long as you've got enough Star Coins, you can buy anything from ."
Herta raised an eyebrow, intrigued.
"Star Coins? What are those? Where do they co from?"
Ye Yun explained, "Stellar Jade. In this world, only Stellar Jade can be exchanged—1 unit of Stellar Jade gives you 100 Star Coins."
Understanding dawned on Herta, and she quickly ssaged Asta to send so Stellar Jade over.
Then she took Ye Yun's phone and started browsing.
Star ignored her and turned back to her trash cans.
She rubbed her hands together and started chanting so lucky nonsense.
Herta sighed.
"Stelle, research has shown that luck isn't affected by aningless rituals like that."
Stelle shrugged.
"You don't get it. These things work if you believe in them!"
Then, she flung open one of the trash cans.
The next second, a blinding light burst out of it, forcing everyone to shield their eyes—including Herta's puppet, which, while not real, was still built to mimic human reactions.
Stelle squinted into the can, excitent written all over her face.
A golden pull!
When the light faded, the trash can vanished, leaving behind a single can of... pickled herring.
Stelle picked it up and shook it curiously.
"What's this?"
March leaned closer.
"Maybe fish food? There's a fish on the label."
Herta rolled her eyes.
"Idiots. It's canned fish. Ancient stuff—ant to be eaten."
Neither Stelle nor March had ever seen canned food before.
Stelle was a mory-lost Stellaron Hunter, and March was from the Astral Express, where gourt als from Pom-Pom were the norm. Canned food? What's that?
Stelle, intrigued, started opening it.
Ye Yun panicked and stopped her.
"Wait! Don't open that here!"
Stelle blinked. "Why not? Isn't it food? I'm kinda hungry."
Ye Yun sighed. He decided to be honest—it was better that Stelle knew what she was dealing with.
"Yes, it's food... but the sll is so awful you should never open it around people."
Stelle instantly understood.
Ah. So... it's not really edible, huh.
But then her eyes lit up as an idea ford.
She tucked the can away and turned to the second trash can.
March crossed her arms. "Stelle, maybe return this one? These scratch-offs are scams. 1,000 Star Coins each, and you got that?"
Stelle shook her head and opened the second one without hesitation.
Another flash of golden light.
When it cleared, the trash can was gone—and in its place lay a pair of handguns.
Stelle's face fell.
She had just spent 2,000 Star Coins and got... this? The canned fish was maybe useful in so weird situations, but these pistols?
Nah.
But then Ye Yun stared at her, looking like he'd seen a ghost.
"What's with your luck?!"
Stelle shrugged. "Yeah, I've got the worst luck."
Ye Yun stepped forward.
"No! Do you even know what you just pulled?"
Stelle tilted her head. Was this pair of guns actually worth sothing?
"Ye Yun, don't tell I actually pulled sothing good?"
Ye Yun didn't beat around the bush.
"Let put it this way—this item alone costs 200,000 Star Coins in my shop.
That pair of pistols has a ridiculously powerful na...
Divine Keys: Judgnt of Shamash!"
***
As soon as Stelle heard the na, her eyes lit up.
Woah! That na sounds kinda cool!
"Are these two guns powerful?"
Ye Yun nodded and picked up the Judgnt of Shamash.
"These two guns are currently in their normal state. They each have another form.
Judgnt Of Shamash, unsheathe!"
A flash of light burst from the Judgnt of Shamash, and a large sword wreathed in flas appeared in Ye Yun's hand.
Stelle stared at the blade, eyes sparkling. This is way too cool!
Ye Yun felt the strength draining from his body.
The side effects of the Judgnt of Shamash had already been removed. With the system's help, the drawback had been changed to stamina consumption.
Ye Yun handed the blade over to Stelle.
"If you activate this mode, it'll continuously drain your stamina—so be careful."
Stelle took the Judgnt of Shamash and swung it a few tis, finding it very comfortable to use.
Also... she didn't seem to feel any stamina loss.
"Ye Yun, I'm not feeling any stamina drain—what's going on?"
Ye Yun paused to think. It might have sothing to do with the Stellaron inside Stelle. The Stellaron had already rged with her body and beca the source of her power.
"It might be related to the Stellaron inside you."
At that mont, Herta spoke up.
"Put the big sword away for now. Co with in a bit so I can run so tests. I want to see if anything's changed with the Stellaron in your body."
Stelle agreed without hesitation. A check-up sounded like a good idea—after all, her Stellaron had just flared up a few days ago.
Herta then turned to Ye Yun.
"Let's exchange contact info. I'll find you tomorrow—my Stellar Jade arrives then."
Just earlier, Asta had ssaged Herta saying she'd bring it tomorrow. Today, she was busy organizing a team to repair the space station.
After exchanging contact info—
Herta suddenly rembered sothing.
"By the way, I copied that product list from your phone—just so you know."
Ye Yun didn't mind. He had made that list for custors to browse anyway.
"No problem."
Herta nodded slightly, then looked at Stelle, who was still gleefully playing with the Judgnt of Shamash.
"That's enough. Co with . Let's run that check-up."
Stelle reluctantly put away her big sword.
The three girls said goodbye to Ye Yun and left. Ye Yun glanced at the remaining credits on his phone, thinking about finding a place to rest on the space station.
Herta brought Stelle and March 7th to her lab.
March ca along mostly because she was bored.
The Astral Express was restocking supplies right now—Hiko and Mr. Yang were in charge of that, and there wasn't much March could help with.
So, with nothing better to do, she decided to tag along for so fun.
Just as the three stepped into the lab, they spotted a figure in red.
March looked surprised when she saw who it was.
"Hiko! Weren't you at the platform?"
It was indeed Hiko, navigator of the Astral Express.
Hiko smiled gently.
"Things are mostly wrapped up over there. With Welt keeping an eye on it, there shouldn't be any issues.
I ca here to chat with Herta—I want to upgrade my weapon a bit."
March 7th asked curiously,
"That orbital cannon thing that flies in the sky?"
Hiko nodded.
"That's the one."
Then she turned to Herta.
"Herta, do you have a mont?"
Herta rejected her instantly.
"Nope. I still need to run tests on this Stellaron girl."
Hiko glanced at Stelle, who grinned and nodded.
Herta walked past Hiko and over to a full-body scanner.
"In you go."
Stelle quickly hopped into the scanner.
Herta activated the machine and did an initial scan, finding no abnormalities in Stelle's Stellaron.
Thinking for a mont, she decided to be thorough and asked Stelle to activate the sword form again.
"Try summoning that big sword again."
Obediently, Stelle took out the Judgnt of Shamash from her waist and struck a pose she thought was cool.
"Judgnt of Shamash, unsheathe!"
A flash of light burst forth, and a fiery red greatsword appeared in her hands.
Hiko looked at the blade in awe.
This sword contained an incredibly powerful force! But hadn't Stelle lost her mories before? Where did this co from? Did Herta make it for her?
After a mont of thought, Hiko shook her head. That couldn't be it.
Knowing Herta, she wouldn't spend the ti and effort to custom-make a weapon—not when she could be running experints instead.
Hiko decided to ask Stelle about it later. This sword was definitely sothing special.
At that mont, Herta's instrunts started beeping with anomalies.
Raising her brow, Herta looked at the data with interest.
"This sword is fascinating—it's drawing directly from the Stellaron as a power source."
The machine showed that, once the greatsword mode was activated, the Judgnt of Shamash began absorbing the Stellaron's leaking energy.
Herta looked at Stelle.
"Ye Yun was absolutely right—this sword normally drains stamina.
But for you, there's no such limitation. Your Stellaron replaces the need for stamina.
I have to admit—this sword really suits you.
Alright, you can step out now."
Stelle bead with happiness after hearing Herta's analysis.
She looked at the Judgnt of Shamash with deep satisfaction.
As expected of her jackpot weapon! It synced perfectly with her. She finally had a proper weapon!
Baseball bat? Sorry, not anymore~
Hiko stepped forward, seeing Herta was finished.
"Stelle, where did you get that weapon? Wasn't it a baseball bat before?"
Without hesitation, Stelle replied.
"Just got it from a lottery draw. Cool, right? Pretty lucky, huh?"
Hiko smiled and praised her.
"A lottery draw? Your luck really is good."
At that mont, March 7th pulled out her newly purchased starry sky cara.
"Hiko! Look at my new cara!"
Hiko glanced at the device and noticed March had changed caras.
"March, you got a new one?"
March nodded.
"Yup. Stelle and I just went shopping. She bought two scratch-off tickets from Trash Can Brand, and I got this cara.
Oh, oh! Hiko, you should check out Ye Yun's shop too! He has all kinds of cool stuff.
And the best part? He accepts Stellar Jade as paynt!"
Hiko was intrigued.
Oh? Ye Yun? Judging by what March said, both Stelle's new greatsword and March's cara ca from him.
And he accepts Stellar Jade—sothing that's normally just for decoration—as currency?
Interesting.
"March, do you know where Ye Yun is now?"
March scratched her head.
"I don't have his contact info... Oh wait! Stelle and Herta do! Ask them."
Before Hiko could speak, Stelle had already pulled out her phone and called Ye Yun.
"Hey, Ye Yun? Are you still at the sa spot?"
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