"Blazing Lioness! You are Dehya, the Blazing Beast Hunter?!"
This middle-aged female merchant from the Desert had clearly heard of Dehya's name.
She immediately showed a frightened expression.
The people of the Desert are not like those of the rainforest who will bring out legal provisions to reason with you. Those who have made a name for themselves in that place of jungle law have their hands stained with the blood of their own kind.
That being said, the money Jack had paid was never taken back, so he added,
"50,000 mora. Each of them can pick a few items. If it's not enough, I'll add more. How about it?"
Everyone gets one?
Nilou, Dehya, Collei, and Dinazade, the four young women, showed identical shy smiles, their lips pursed as if they had tasted honey.
Jack wasn't surprised that the first three would show such expressions.
After all, the Sumeru version spanned a long time, and he had received wedding invitations from almost all the female characters.
He just didn't expect Dinazade, someone outside of the playable characters, to also be one of those captivated by the Traveler.
He also had a good impression of this young lady who shone brightly in the Sumeru main story.
...
The merchant herself was an experienced person. Seeing even the legendary Blazing Lioness show an expression like a kitten, she knew that this man was by no means an ordinary wealthy foreign customer.
Instead, he was a big client, so wealthy that even the Blazing Lioness was captivated.
So her original shrewdness turned into fawning. After thinking for a moment, she pulled out her true prized possessions from a secret compartment under the counter.
"Heh heh, to be frank with this esteemed sir, our shop indeed has a portion of treasured fine jewelry."
It was a wooden box that looked very old.
As the wooden box opened, a bracelet, a pair of earrings, and a bangle—three accessories emitting faint elemental power—appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Pyro, Hydro, Dendro. These are accessories made from elemental fragments. How could an ordinary merchant like you have such difficult-to-process items? Could it be?"
"Absolutely not stolen! Blazing Lioness, I swear on the Thirty-Man Team!"
"I haven't said anything yet... Let's just assume you obtained them through legitimate means. So, how much do you want to sell them for?"
Dehya naturally took over the topic of buying things.
She was too familiar with these Desert peddlers. She could easily haggle down the price of these goods, which clearly seemed to have been obtained through illicit means, to their proper value.
Jack did not speak or interfere with Dehya, but smiled as he watched her display her expertise.
Dehya simply said two or three sentences, and the merchant was so frightened that she broke out in a sweat, gritting her teeth and selling items worth over 200,000 mora for a super low price of 50,000.
The merchant swore that in the future, if a Desert citizen was with her, she would absolutely never take out stolen goods again.
"Mission accomplished. Here, Traveler, these are the things you bought."
Jack took the box Dehya gave him, took out the Pyro elemental fragment bracelet, and then grabbed Dehya's left hand.
The bracelet clicked shut, the clear Pyro elemental gem sparkling brilliantly.
"Correction, these are things I bought for you all."
"Eh? I... I usually use a claymore. Wearing a bracelet would break easily."
"Then give it back to me?"
"No! Even the people of the Desert uphold the principle of honesty. It's already been given, Traveler, so don't even think about taking it back!"
Dehya quickly covered her wrist protectively.
This was the first accessory the Traveler had given her. Although it wasn't expensive, she had decided to wear this bracelet forever and try to wield her greatsword with her right hand from now on.
Jack stroked Dehya's "cat ear"-shaped hair, then looked at Nilou.
Miss Nilou wasn't wearing her Floral Dance Festival dress today, but rather a simple outfit.
However, the plainness of her clothes could not conceal her enchanting and graceful figure.
The saying, "Yan Huan's plumpness and slenderness are well-proportioned," perfectly described the figure of a dancer like her. Jack couldn't even imagine how good her water-snake waist would feel to the touch.
The suggestive imagination ended because Nilou's face flushed red from his gaze.
"Ahem, this earring belongs to Nilou."
"Mhm, thank you, Traveler."
Nilou brushed aside her ear-length hair, revealing her delicate and lovely collarbone, and lightly bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. If anyone else had seen this unguarded posture, they would have probably howled and pounced on her.
But Jack was battle-hardened.
Even though he could tell that Maid Miss Nilou intended to give him a "benefit," he still maintained his composure and remained undisturbed.
Jack was very familiar with putting on earrings, so his movements were extremely gentle.
To Nilou, it felt as if her earlobe had been lightly touched, and then the weight of the earring settled heavily onto it.
At the same time, her heart, which had been trembling since she saw Jack, also settled.
"Lastly, Collei."
Collei, who had been waiting for a while on the side, actively extended her right hand, but before she could be happy for long, she regrettably discovered a fact.
This bracelet was meant for adult women, and it was a bit too large for the slender and delicate Collei.
"It seems a bit big. How about we find that boss and exchange it?"
Dinazade spoke up.
There were only three accessories present, but there were four girls.
It would definitely be a lie to say she wasn't envious, but she also knew that elemental power accessories were not something ordinary people could wear. If people outside of Genshin wore such accessories, they could easily be eroded by elemental power and fall ill.
"Don't even think about it, Miss. That person was probably from some Treasure Hoarders. This box clearly looks like a Liyue style. How could they have the chance to steal another item of the same style?"
Dehya, with her experienced mercenary eyes, revealed the merchant's true identity.
Collei said with open-mindedness, "It's fine, if it's big, it's big. I can still wear it when I grow up."
Jack sensed the regret in her words.
After all, he had finally managed to give her an accessory, but she couldn't wear it because the size was wrong. A somewhat insecure Collei would always think it was her own fault, leading her to overthink.
"How about trying it on again?"
"Eh? But didn't we just try it?"
"Yes, we tried it just now and it didn't work, but trying it again might just work."
Collei was a bit puzzled, but she still obediently extended her small hand.
Jack held her soft, boneless fingers, and with his other hand, he gently released Geo and grass element power while holding the bracelet.
The ability to control Geo element minerals, which he had learned from Zhongli, came into play.
The bracelet, which was originally a size too large, gradually shrank after being placed on Collei's wrist, finally fitting perfectly as if custom-made.
The cost was that the originally light green bracelet, after the elemental power was concentrated, directly turned into a vibrant, dripping green leaf color.
"Such exquisite elemental power control! You're amazing, Traveler, you've become so powerful!"
Dehya bumped Jack's shoulder.
"There's something even more amazing."
Jack took out a pure diamond ring from his backpack.
"Although I only bought three gifts, one should not show favoritism. Maid Miss Dinazade, this is yours."
"Eh? I have one too?"
Dinazade covered her small mouth, somewhat at a loss.
Nilou and Dehya exchanged a smile, and the two pushed Dinazade's back, pushing her in front of Jack.
Collei, too, usually shy, actually took Dinazade's hand on her own initiative, raising it to a certain height to reveal her delicate ring finger.
Jack raised an eyebrow.
This little girl was playing tricks on him!
She deliberately made Dinazade reveal the ring finger, symbolizing a "marriage contract," so that he could naturally accept her.
To this, he could only say—well done!
"Dinazade, do your Humai family have any other family members?"
"Eh? I… I have a younger brother and sister, why?"
"That's good."
That way, if I take you away, your old man won't be so anxious that a large family would lose its heir.
Jack did not speak the rest of his thoughts directly but instead gazed gently at Dinazade, placing the diamond ring, symbolizing contract and purity, on her ring finger.
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