Chapter 573

She began to search for her target once more.

A moment later, she found it.

It was an Intelligentsia named Walker.

【Mm... yes, you heard that right.】

【I've already caught him.】

【He's been hiding in Penacony, the Moment of the Sun.】

【He changed his identity and even got himself a position as a professor at Origami University.】

【I've already reached an agreement with the family.】

【The work of extradition will be left to you.】

【... How did you catch him?】

【Heh... with the help of a benefactor.】

【Don't ask about the details.】

【Twenty-two years... I've been chasing him for a full twenty-two years, running to every corner of the galaxy.】

【I never imagined it would end up here, in this way....】

【I'll hang up first, partner....】

【I need to toast myself.】

Walker hung up the phone,

and a single tear began to seep from his eye.

Asta: "Is this Mr. Walker a police officer?"

Asta: "From what he was saying on the phone, it sounds like he finally caught a fugitive he'd been pursuing for a long time."

Miss Sushang: "So you're saying, the wish he made to Lady Jade was to successfully catch the fugitive?"

Miss Sushang: "What an unexpected wish."

Furina: "All three of their wishes came true, huh."

Furina: "Does that mean Lady Jade really does have the miraculous ability to grant wishes?"

Welt: "We can't draw that conclusion just yet."

Welt: "After all, the wishes of these three people could be fulfilled through normal means."

The video continued.

【Their wishes did all come true...】

【But I still don't quite understand how she did it.】

【What does pawning mean? I'll go back and ask...】

After gathering information on all three people's situations,

Firefly decided to head to Jade Pawnshop once more.

Soon, she returned here.

【Welcome back, Miss Samuel.】

Seeing Firefly return,

Jade smiled.

【Mm, I found those people you mentioned.】

【After visiting Jade Pawnshop, each of their wishes did indeed come true.】

【But I still don't know what you want me to see.】

【They all seem so... complete.】

Mo Na: "Complete?"

Mo Na: "Will it really be complete?"

Mo Na: "I don't believe the price they paid to have their wishes granted was trivial."

Mo Na: "Unless Lady Jade is a philanthropist."

Venti: "Ehe, since Lady Jade's alias is Lady Jade..."

Venti: "Maybe she really is a philanthropist?"

Topaz: "A philanthropist?"

Topaz: "Puhahaha...."

Topaz: "How amusing, absolutely amusing!"

Topaz: "This is the first time I've heard Lady Jade being called a philanthropist."

Jade: "Ha, indeed."

Jade: "I am by no means some philanthropist who does good deeds without seeking return."

Jade: "Next, let's all take a look together at what price each of them paid."

Jade: "I believe once you've seen this, you'll truly understand the essence of Jade Pawnshop."

The video continued.

【Don't rush, this step was only to make you believe Jade Pawnshop is the real deal.】

【Next, I'll tell you the price they paid.】

【Dai Er was a young man from a wealthy family, who had long pursued a girl named Dorothy to no avail.】

【To win her heart, he made a deal with me: pawning all of his assets in exchange for a gift that would surely move Dorothy.】

【With the company's intelligence and network of connections, this was a cinch.】

【But Dai Er would soon be kicked out of the dream because he couldn't afford the room fee—after that, whether he could escape his destitute life...】

【... would depend entirely on his own efforts.】

【Let us hope that necklace can keep their love from ever breaking apart.】

Stelle: "Huh???"

Stelle: "He traded away his entire fortune for a necklace that could move the heart of his beloved??"

Stelle: "This..."

Silver Wolf: "Hehe, don't know how to comment on it, do you?"

March 7th: "It sounds like it was supposed to be a very romantic story."

March 7th: "But once I think about that steep price, plus what happens to Dai Er next...."

March 7th: "Why do I feel like this is just a tragedy?"

Ying: "Having lost his entire fortune and become destitute, can Dai Er really keep winning Dorothy's heart?"

Ying: "After all, judging by what we saw before, Dai Er doesn't really understand Dorothy at all."

Ying: "Winning her over through a clever trick feels so hollow."

Hu Tao: "Tsk tsk tsk, personally, I'm not optimistic about this young couple."

Hu Tao: "I've got a feeling Dai Er's ultimate fate will be drawing water with a bamboo basket—all for nothing."

Hu Tao: "Losing everything he had, a total ruin—down to his very last coin!"

Furina: "How.... how tragic!"

Furina: "Is it really worth paying such a price?"

Navia: "In principle... love is priceless."

Navia: "But... that's built on the premise that the two share a love as steadfast as solemn vows of sea and stone."

Navia: "And Dai Er and Dorothy—looking at them, it seems like only one side is pursuing the other; it isn't two hearts willingly running toward each other...."

Navia: "If that's the case... it looks more like Dai Er just lost his head for a moment."

Sparkle: "Hehe, the harder something is to obtain, the more it makes people lose their reason~"

Sparkle: "Hope this poor little Pipi Xi doesn't starve to death on the streets when her family kicks her out~"

The video continued.

Jade didn't pause,

immediately moving on to the second person.

【The gambling-addicted Shi Daixi—she hoped to obtain extraordinary luck from me.】

【But she had no possessions to offer as collateral, so I took something else instead: every intimate relationship she had.】

【From the moment she stepped out of Ciyu Pawnshop, every gambling house across the stars would remember her name, and her parents and siblings would sever ties with her because of it; Shi Daixi would never be able to make true friends again.】