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「I was wondering what all the noise here was about and it turns out it was you, the Spirit Queen. I’ve heard a lot about you, or rather everyone’s been talking about you as an unexpectedly powerful rank A adventurer. I can only assume it was an arduous fight from all the noise.」

As soon as he arrived, the leader of those soldiers spoke with enthusiasm. He was a different one from Desmond.

「That fog really came out of nowhere though. Oh well, I guess he got away again.」

Then the legislator spoke, his gaze focused in the direction where Fuzzy Dice’s voice had come from as he ran away. He was rather familiar with Fuzzy Dice, so he was surprised to see how far Mira had chased him. But at the same time, he was secretly rooting for the thief, so he was not mad that he had gotten away, even if he congratulated Mira for getting much closer than anyone before.

「He was stronger than anyone else I’ve faced before.」 Mira gave a modest response before remembering the pendant she had obtained from him. She figured that someone there would know what it was.

「By the way, I got this…」 Saying that, she showed the pendant to both.

「Ohh! That’s the Silver Sky Euros!!」 The legislator opened his eyes wide, which made the other soldiers nearby curious and they also looked shocked when they saw it.

「Incredible..! You actually managed to take that back from Fuzzy Dice?! That’s an amazing achievement!」 The leader of the soldiers was the next to talk, which was followed by the soldiers muttering amongst themselves about witnessing the crowning of a billionaire.

「Umm… Wait, is it something really important then?」

Fuzzy Dice had casually thrown the pendant to Mira, so she did not quite grasp the reason why everyone was so excited, and wanted to know what that Silver Sky Euros was.

「So you retrieved it without even knowing what it was… Amazing!」 The leader of the soldiers seemed both impressed and shocked, before he explained. That pendant, the Silver Sky Euros, had been the most valuable possession of the Doles Company’s president.

It had been made with the most valuable gemstones and exquisite craftsmanship, arranging them in a way that seemed almost superhuman. The design was made to resemble a starry night, and some believed it had been blessed by the God of merchants, making its value skyrocket over three billion.

「Three… Three billion?!」

Mira had currently three billion Rils in her hands, and according to the legislator, the current events would likely make the value go even higher in the near future.

The rumors about that blessing were actually true, and now it had been stolen by Fuzzy Dice before being retrieved by the Spirit Queen, which would surely add more value to it.

Some even said that whoever possessed the Silver Sky Euros would quickly rise to become a top class merchant, as that had happened multiple times in the past.

That good fortune went further than simply making their trade flourish, but also made them less likely to be attacked by monsters or bandits. And even if the pendant was stolen, it would find its way back to the rightful owner.

All of that meant that if Mira decided to put it on sale, she would instantly receive many offers from the best merchants in the world.

「That’s making me jealous. If I had three billion I’d just retire and happily live the rest of my life in leisure.」

Even though he was the Cross-Border Legislator, a high position in the church, he was still prey to some rather menial desires.

The soldier leader was the next one, saying he would choose to become a traveling merchant, and eventually run into the woman destined for him and they would get married and live happily ever after.

In response, some of the soldiers began to joke that no one would marry him without that money anyway.

「And here I thought I’d hire all of you as my private guards, oh well I guess that won’t happen.」 The soldier leader said that in retaliation, and the soldiers began to retract what they said and try to appease him.

(What a merry bunch…)

Mira grimaced a little seeing how much they were daydreaming together. But then she noticed something, both the soldier leader and the legislator were acting like the Silver Sky Euros was hers to keep.

So far, she was under the impression that it was a stolen item, so it was their duty as public officers to return it to its rightful owner. But when she raised her concerns about the matter, the two gave her a shocking response.

「I see, I guess you haven’t heard since you were busy chasing after Fuzzy Dice the whole time.」
「There’s a lot for you to catch up on.」

The two said that before explaining why they were acting like she was the owner of the pendant now. A lot had happened while she was busy confronting Fuzzy Dice. Everything started with all the evidence the thief had left.

The church had read through all the documents they received and became aware of all the crimes committed by the Doles Company. Shortly after, they went to arrest the president of the company. When the Spellcasters Union presented the information they had obtained, they opened a short trial and decided that the company had to dissolve.

As part of that, all of the company’s assets were seized. During that, they noticed that the Silver Sky Euros had been stolen, so it was not included in the search.

In other words, there was no Doles Company to return the pendant to, nor was it marked as a missing item. With no rightful place to return it, Mira could keep it without any concerns.

「Ohh… I see…」

Without her realizing, Mira had become the owner of a treasure worth over three billion, which shocked her but also made her grin happily.

She quickly began to daydream as well, wondering if she should sell it off to gain a monetary fortune, or keep it and make good use of the God of merchants’ blessing. But then she began to wonder why Lastrada had given it to her.

(What was he trying to do by giving this to me?)

After some thinking, she realized a likely reason. The reactions from everyone who arrived told her everything she needed to know.

That pendant had made Mira look like an incredible adventurer who had managed to retrieve some of the items stolen by Fuzzy Dice. Without it, they would not have paid much attention to her, assuming that the thief had simply run away the same way he usually did.