Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 157

At the Penacony Platform,

Stelle, March 7th, Firefly, Ayaka, and Hutao boarded the warship arranged by Topaz to head to New Teyvat.

Early that morning, Stelle and the others had already visited Rimuru.

Shizu had almost fully recovered and agreed to take them out for fun tomorrow.

Coincidentally, tomorrow was also when Ellen, Kido, and Kaval's adventurer party was set to return and report in.

Stelle and the others were also considering forming their own adventurer team, so it was perfect timing to go back together.

Boarding the warship, they set off toward New Teyvat.

Stelle sat in her seat, enthusiastically playing with her phone.

Firefly curiously leaned over.

"Stelle, what are you doing? I've been watching you play on your phone this whole time."

Stelle shook her phone and explained.

"Oh, I'm checking my micro-Weibo. A bunch of people are commenting on my account begging for the New Teyvat coordinates."

Firefly looked and, sure enough, Stelle's account was flooded with comments all asking for coordinates.

Stelle's follower count had skyrocketed from just 7 people to 3 million.

"Are you going to give it to them?"

Stelle grinned mischievously.

"Of course not. I'm just teasing them~ hehe."

She licked her lips and continued messing with her followers online.

Galactic Fire Hero: "Everyone! If my followers reach 10 million, I'll post the coordinates!"

Furina's Dog: "Seriously?! Brothers, start summoning people!"

Liyue Harbor, Teyvat.

Guizhong was carrying a box of flower pastries, walking the path toward Yujing Terrace.

Today, she planned to visit Ping, who she heard had set up a little stall there.

Guizhong hopped along cheerfully, arriving beside the lotus pond.

To the right was Bubu Pharmacy, and to the left was the mountain path leading to Yujing Terrace.

She looked at the gallery to her right, then at the stepping stones in the pond meant for crossing.

Without hesitation, she chose the stepping stones.

As she reached the center of the pond, she spotted a golden bass leisurely swimming beneath the lotus leaves.

The golden bass blew a few bubbles, catching Guizhong's attention.

She squatted down and poked the fish.

Suddenly poked, the golden bass got irritated and twisted its body to bump her finger.

Seeing this, Guizhong said:

"Yo~ Little fishy's got a temper, huh!"

She reached out again, continuing to poke the bass over and over.

The golden bass grew increasingly annoyed.

Golden Bass: Damn it! Do you not understand personal space? I just want to blow bubbles in peace!

Realizing it couldn't win against Guizhong, the fish tried to flee.

Guizhong grinned.

"Hehe~ trying to run? Trap!"

With a wave of divine power, a wall of earth rose from the pond, trapping the golden bass in a small space.

She reached in again to keep teasing it.

At first, the bass tried to fight back.

Eventually, it gave up and just let her poke it.

Seeing this, Guizhong lost interest, dispelled the earth wall, and prepared to leave.

As soon as the wall vanished, the golden bass instantly revived and tried to make a run for it.

Too bad — a tree branch suddenly swung over and flipped it.

"Hehe! I knew you were faking! Gotcha!"

From a distance at the edge of Yujing Terrace, Granny Ping saw the whole thing and smiled, shaking her head.

"Guizhong and that Hutao really are alike—both so mischievous."

Not long after, Guizhong arrived at Granny Ping's stall.

"Ping, I came to hang out with you!"

She jumped up to her with a bright smile.

Granny Ping nodded.

"Mm-hmm. Yesterday, you and Cloud Retainer disappeared before dinner. Where'd you run off to?"

Hearing that, Guizhong gulped.

She had taken apart a computer from the internet café yesterday...

And just like with Cloud Retainer, once taken apart, it couldn't be put back together.

Now she was still trying to figure out how to face Hu Tao.

"Aiya, nothing much. Just a little tech experiment. Let's not talk about it.

Here, try the flower pastries I brought."

Granny Ping saw her guilty look and didn't need to guess—definitely caused some trouble.

She took a bite and asked:

"Guizhong, do you have any plans for what you want to do next?"

Guizhong put her hands on her hips and declared righteously:

"Of course I want to enjoy life! Morax retired, so I'm retiring too!

I already made a deal with little Hutao. I'll work at her internet café as a front desk manager, just registering accounts. Hehe~"

Granny Ping shook her head.

"You all really have gone off to work for her—Lady Calestia, the Geo Lord, even Azhdaha..."

Guizhong giggled.

"You want to join too? I can talk to Hutao for you."

Granny Ping replied,

"No thanks. I'm just an old lady—what work could I possibly do?"

Guizhong said seriously,

"You can just change your form. Don't you know transformation spells?"

After hanging out a bit more, Guizhong headed back to the internet café.

She was starting work that afternoon—meals and lodging included, 300,000 Mora a month.

She was quite satisfied with that.

At the Jade Chamber.

Ningguang and Keqing had also heard from Ganyu about Guizhong's resurrection.

Ningguang set down her pipe.

"I never imagined that the God of Dust would return. A great blessing for Liyue."

Keqing nodded slightly.

"Yes. Lady Haagentus once helped build Liyue with the Geo Lord.

She fell in order to protect Liyue's people."

Ningguang glanced at the documents in front of her and suddenly smiled.

Keqing noticed and asked,

"What are you smiling about?"

Ningguang handed her a file.

"Turns out Lady Haagentus has also joined the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor."

Keqing was a little stunned.

"Huh? She joined Wangsheng too?

What kind of magic does Hutao's parlor have?

Why are all these gods joining her?

Lady Calestia, the Geo Lord, Azhdaha, and now Lady Haagentus...

Is Wangsheng the most terrifying faction in all of Teyvat now?"

Ningguang thought for a moment.

"You're not wrong. Who else in Teyvat has four Archon-level fighters?"

Keqing considered.

"Should we visit the internet café? I'd like to meet Lady Haagentus."

Ningguang stood up.

"I'll go with you. I'd like to see it too."

Soon, she called Baizhu, and the three of them left the Jade Chamber for Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

Twenty minutes later.

Keqing and Ningguang arrived at the internet café.

As they entered, they saw Guizhong at the front desk, fiddling with a computer and a screwdriver.

She was hoping to fix it before Hutao returned.

After all, Hutao said if she broke the machine, her wages would be docked.

No way! Her salary wasn't much to begin with.

She needed to save up for golden shrimp balls!

***

Ningguang and Keqing exchanged a glance, and Ningguang stepped forward.

"Hello, Lady Haagentus."

Guizhong heard Ningguang's voice.

"Haagentus? Who's that? Oh! Right, that's me.

Hello hello, you're here to surf the internet, right? Do you have a membership? If not, getting one is 20% off, and your first top-up will get you a bonus equal to the amount you put in~"

Guizhong spoke very familiarly with reception jargon.

Guizhong stood up and turned to look at Ningguang and Keqing.

Ningguang and Keqing slightly bowed.

"Ningguang, current Tianquan star of the Liyue Qixing, pays respects to Lord Haagentus."

"Keqing, current Yuheng star of the Liyue Qixing, pays respects to Lady Haagentus."

Guizhong, hearing their titles, glanced curiously at them.

"Oh~ hello hello, just call me Guizhong."

Ningguang and Keqing exchanged a glance upon hearing this and smiled, nodding.

"Yes, Lady Guizhong."

Guizhong asked,

"Are you here to surf the internet? Let me tell you, this thing called a computer is super fun. Lots of people come to play. You definitely have to try it."

Ningguang smiled and took out her internet cafe membership card.

"Hmm, we know. Please help me activate the membership card."

Guizhong took the card.

"Oh~ so you've been here before, huh? I introduced it for nothing. Here, returning it to you, activated."

Ningguang smiled.

"Thanks, Lady Guizhong. If there's anything in the future, feel free to call on us."

Guizhong nodded in agreement, then turned back and squatted down to fiddle with the computer.

Why is it that after I disassembled this computer myself, I just can't put it back together properly?

Ningguang and Keqing went up to the third floor and found an empty esports room to enter.

They turned on the computers, opened office software, logged into their accounts, and resumed work.

Keqing glanced at the folder with the list.

"Ningguang, when do you plan to hand the list to the Geo Lord?"

Ningguang thought for a moment.

"Soon. We'll see if the Geo Lord is in the internet cafe. According to intel, the Geo Lord comes to the internet cafe every night for a bit, checks around, then goes back to rest."

Keqing nodded upon hearing this and continued handling other documents.

On New Teyvat,

Stelle, March 7th, Hutao, and others had already arrived at the port of New Fontaine.

Everyone had disembarked from the warship, but Stelle was still online arguing with netizens.

The reason was that Stelle's follower count had reached the number she promised, but she still hadn't posted her location. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Immediately, this provoked the anger of Furina and Robin's fans.

Furina's Dog: "@Galaxy Fire Hero, you're really a jerk! How could Miss Fu Ningna have a friend like you!"

Robin's Loyal Fans: "Exactly! You're way too much!"

Galaxy Fire Hero: "Don't be so upset. Here's the deal — if the fans reach 100 million, I'll take beautiful photos of Robin and Furina for you!"

March 7th came over.

"Are you really going to take photos of Furina for them?"

Stelle chuckled.

"Of course. One photo for 100 million fans, how can that not be worth it?

Then I'll take a few ads; at worst, we split the ad money three ways — one share for me, one for Robin, one for Furina, right?

Hehe~ my account is basically made now, almost at 100 million followers.

Not bad, truly worthy of Furina and Robin — they're amazing."

Hutao was startled.

"One hundred million! That many people? Let me take a look!"

Hutao leaned over next to Stelle and looked at the follower count, which had already passed 50 million!

Hutao gasped.

"Wow! If I had that many fans, wouldn't my Funeral Hall have endless customers?"

Firefly said,

"You could say that. After all, when quantity leads to quality, with so many people, someone will need funeral services."

Hearing this, Hutao quickly registered a microblog account and uploaded a photo of herself with Furina.

Hutao kept staring at the follower count column, refreshing every three seconds.

But her follower number still didn't change; besides the official microblog account's follow, there was no other follower.

Hutao shook her phone vigorously.

"Why isn't my follower count moving? Is it broken?"

March 7th said,

"Don't worry, it won't be that fast. The content you upload usually needs to be reviewed by microblog officials before it starts being recommended."

Hutao understood and put away her phone.

The group walked to a dock where Furina and Robin's boat had already returned, waiting for Stelle and the others.

From afar, Furina spotted Stelle and Hutao's group.

"Stelle! Hu Tao! Over here! Over here!"

Hearing Furina's call, the group sped up and jogged onto the boat.

The first thing Stelle did after boarding was to grab Furina and Robin for a photo.

Robin covered her mouth, smiling softly.

"Stelle, are you really going to keep your promise?"

Stelle raised an eyebrow, sending the photo as she said,

"Of course. Once this photo is posted, my account is officially made."

The photo was uploaded to microblog, instantly reaching 99,999+ views.

Sherlock: "Miss Furina is so beautiful! Miss Robin is so beautiful! Hmm? Who's this little gray-haired one?"

Family Divine Dog: "If I'm not mistaken, this little gray-haired one is our family's new shareholder?"

Alfalfa Tycoon: "That's right, this little gray-haired one is part of the Astral Express crew. She's the new owner of the Radiant Stone."

Furina's Dog: "How did she appear in the photo?"

Alfalfa Tycoon: "Do you even need to ask? This person must be the blogger!"

Happy Party-Goer: "Come on! The one who just wanted to offline stab the blogger, speak up now."

Furina's Dog: "Ah, uh..."

Robin's Loyal Fans: "Ah, uh..."

After posting the photo, Stelle also posted a notice.

Galaxy Fire Hero: "This account accepts advertisements. Interested parties, please email me your offers."

After posting the notice, Stellar happily put away her phone and looked at Furina.

"Why are you staring? Get the boat moving, let's go have fun."

Then, the group took the ferry to the New Opera Epiclese House.

In Mondstadt,

Topaz arrived in Mondstadt for the first time, quite curious about the city.

Topaz strolled through Mondstadt's streets and alleys, occasionally stopping to pet some kittens.

Topaz asked around and eventually arrived at the church door.

Pushing it open, Topaz's eyes brightened.

On both sides of the church were stained-glass windows painted with oil paintings, holy light shining in through the windows.

At the end of the church, Barbara was praying.

Seeing this, Topaz brought Numby to the side to sit quietly and waited for Barbara to finish her prayer.

Finally,

Barbara finished praying and noticed Topaz, immediately joyful.

"Miss Topaz!"

Topaz brought Numby closer.

"Barbara, you don't have an account, so I can't transfer your singing earnings to you.

I opened an account for you. Here is your bank card, and this is your song income from the past few days, a total of 3 billion. Take a look."