Chapter 1171

Honkai 3

"You will walk with greed, and you will also perish over a penny."

Pa Duo kept repeating this sentence; as a former righteous thief of Dusk Street, she well understood how provocative this saying is for a 'thief'.

This is tantamount to saying, "No matter how much wealth Sai Feier steals out of greed, she will eventually die because she cannot come up with even a penny," and whether she ends up dying of poverty, starvation, or however—anyway, it's all about money.

But put another way, as long as Sai Feier always has money, has enough money, death will never be able to find her—pretty much that's the idea, right?

"It seems, even if it's for survival, Sai Feier must keep stealing."

"Not necessarily, Fei Li Si." Yi Dian shook the highball glass in his hand, gave a light laugh, "The prophecy is absolutely not as simple as it appears on the surface; this is the scene of death, so there must also be a metaphor hidden within."

"A metaphor…?"

Yi Dian thought a moment: "The concrete image I can't see clearly, but I guess… 'For example, in order to help Xiaodie or Aglaea, one receives extremely little compensation for the first time in life, thinking it's a simple trivial matter, but the result is that one dies because of it'… something like that?"

Pa Duo waved her hands repeatedly, cutting off Yi Dian's dangerous talk: "All right, all right, Sister Yi Dian, don't suddenly make such a scary guess! Even if you guess, shouldn't you think on the positive side? Even the Ti An incident was just an accident and coincidence, right?"

"Hmm, what concerns me more is the prophecy about Wandi. The prophecy states that he will die from a wound to the back, but the problem is that the only way to kill him, he only told Bai E." Yi Dian paused, then said: "In other words… if Wandi had not told Bai E of his weakness back then, would the prophecy's content also have changed?"

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Sai Feier, lost in thought: "Oh, I finally understand: you want Xiaodie to die for nothing, and also want to drag me along."

"This is Xiaodie's own request. I have never seen her so determined."

Sai Feier froze for a moment: "She… brought it up voluntarily? You're not deceiving me, are you?"

"She has also made up her mind to walk out of the past shrouded in mist. And you, Sai Feier: when you are no longer confused, you will inevitably make the same choice."

"Don't speak too absolutely. Time has allowed us to build our defenses, while she remains pure as a flower bud… perhaps she will think of the sacrificed Ti An, of the countless fallen Golden Descendants, of you with half your body buried in the earth— the final moment hasn't arrived yet, what she ultimately wants to do, I truly cannot be optimistic for you."

Sai Feier looked around the room full of gold and silver treasures: "How about this! Why not let me first take charge of this roomful of treasures for you, and we make a bet?"

Aglaea also became a bit interested: "Tell me about it."

"I bet she will definitely give up this idea. If I lose, I will not only help you with work, return this whole pile of clattering good things, and also additionally gift you a roomful of riches, how about that?"

"You speak with such excitement, as if victory is already assured." Aglaea nodded, "If that's the case, then as you said, let's sign the contract—and sincerely hope you have prepared yourself for total loss."

"……"

Time returns to the present.

"In short—I want to win, so I'm asking you two not to keep thinking about Stikokisia. As a thank-you, I'll divide the roomful of clattering riches I win among you; you can split it fifty-fifty or however you like."

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Harry Potter

"Still like this? But Xing doesn't need money at all now; in a little over ten days she'll be gone completely." Luoen pursed her lips and said, she indeed felt that this Demigod lady had an unusually obsessive attachment to money, but unfortunately… in Weng Faluos many things cannot be bought with money.

"However, it's actually not hard to tell from her words that she knows Stikokisia very well." Hermione took a deep breath, "Miss Aglaea just asked her to help escort Xiadie and Xing along the way, and she's so reluctant; it seems that the city surrounded by the River of the Dead definitely has something unusual."

"I think this trip can't just be Xiadie and Xing alone. Since that place might have a Death Titan, then maybe…" Luoen lowered her voice solemnly, "... there are ghosts."

"Hah, I thought you were going to say something else." Hermione rolled her eyes angrily, "Besides, Xing has been glanced at by a group of star gods and is a proper pathwalker. Xiadie herself can communicate with spirits; do you think either of them looks like they're afraid of ghosts? If any ghost really haunts them, all we can do is beg those ghosts not to die too quickly."

"It might not be ghosts, but some other kind of monster… like the Death Titan's retinue?" Luoen rested her hands behind her head, leaning back relaxed in the chair, "In any case, since even Sai Feier thinks Stikokisia is dangerous, we should let Danheng come along with them, adding an extra layer of insurance. Moreover, that place is full of water… even if we encounter some tricky monster, Danheng is fighting on his home turf."

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""How to say, it's quite tempting, right?""

Xing scratched her head: "I'm about to die, what use is money?"

After all, the greatest regret in life is that a person dies and money remains unspent.

Xiadie: "Please allow me to decline your proposal. If we cannot find the Death Titan, Xing's soul will…"

Sai Feier narrowed her eyes, as if hearing something quite novel: "... Oh?"

Xiadie immediately reacted: "No need to go into further inconvenience; you just need to know that we absolutely must go to Stikokisia."

""I really don't understand… Princess of the Humble Abode, although you keep saying you want to find Senatos to lift your own curse and care about nothing else… but have you really lived for yourself, even just a day?""

""What do you want to say?""

Sai Feier frankly said: "I want to say, Aglaea picking you up wasn't really to let you die pointlessly for her slogan 'Recreation of the World'."

""The Fire Pursuit Journey will inevitably involve sacrifice. If it weren't so, you wouldn't need to constantly avoid Lady Aglaea.""

Sai Feier let out a light sigh: "... Sigh, forget it, everyone has their own difficulties, I won't say more. Besides, I never intended to make good on my bet with her."

""However, hear my final advice: Stikokisia is certainly no holy land for sightseeing. What's buried in that ground, not even ten… no, fifty Aglaeas could produce——but do you know why I've never gone there? Because even if I'm a demigod, I'm afraid I wouldn't make it back."""