"This is your reward." said Katheryne, after she had already given the normal rewards, which are 20 primogems, 85 friendship EXP, and 200 Adventure EXP.
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"What? There's more!" Alexy said, looking at Katheryne expectantly.
Without saying further, Katheryne gave Alexy a box.
(I hope there is something precious inside.) thought Alexy.
Alexy opened the box, and what he could see was a mask.
"A mask?!"
"Since the Host was injured worse than expected, we have decided to give you a compensation." said Katheryne.
"And since you complained about not having a mask, Paimon chose a mask for you. Hurry, try it on!" said Paimon excitedly.
Alexy wore the mask on his face.
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"Fatui mask???" puzzled Alexy.
"Fatui is...was a powerful organization back at the world of Teyvat. All of their members wore masks." answered Paimon.
"Does it have any ability?"
"The Harbingers' masks do, but this, nope. It is a response of this system to the Host's complaint."
"This one suggested giving you a weapon to protect yourself, Miss Katheryne suggested 300 primogems. But this little pixie's decision was final, so..." Cloud Retainer chimed in.
"PAIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!" Alexy was completely frustrated.
"Uh, you don't like it?"
"Obviously, one would like a more practical compensation, such as primogems!" said Cloud Retainer.
"E-he-he...!" Paimon tried to avoid Alexy's murderous gaze.
And before long, Paimon and Alexy played "Tom and Jerry" inside the system's dimension.
"Help Paimon, Cloud Retainer!" Paimon called for help.
"One must be responsible for one's own mistake!" said Cloud Retainer.
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At the same time, several police cars surrounded Mr. Karasu's manor. After Hammer had fallen into their hands, the police found some evidences of Mr. Karasu's crimes on the suitcase Hammer had brought with him.
"Mr. Karasu, please open the door!" a police man said.
No one answered the door. Fearing that the Mr. Karasu might have already escaped, the police forcefully opened the door. And no one was inside the big manor.
"Report, Mr. Karasu had already escaped, just like we predicted." one of the policemen came out and reported to his superior.
The senior policeman did not say anything, he just looked grim.
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In the sewer,
Mr. Karasu was walking forth and back, like he was waiting for something, or someone. Beside him was his trusted butler, Sebastian.
"Why are they taking so long to arrive?" complained Mr. Karasu.
"Would you like a cup of tea, Master?" asked Sebastian.
"How can I drink tea with this kind of smell around me?! You fool!" Mr. Karasu scolded his butler.
Sebastian did not say anything, but he secretly smirked.
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"Have you been waiting for long?" a figure wearing black hood walked towards Mr. Karasu.
Mr. Karasu wanted to scolded the man too, but he remembered who the man was, so he shut his mouth. When the man finally stood in front of him, he said:
"Where's the good?"
"Here!" the man in black hood handed him a suitcase.
Mr. Karasu opened the suitcase himself, although Sebastian offered to do that for him.
Inside the suitcase was a glove with an amber crystal orb on it - a Geo Delusion.
"Be careful. This one is stronger than many others that we have created." said the man in black hood.
Mr. Karasu did not say anything, but his face clearly showed a dissatisfied look.
"ROARRRRRR"
"What is that?" Mr. Karasu was shuddered by the roar, he turned and asked the man in black.
The man in black pointed his thumb to behind him. Mr. Karasu followed his thumb and could see at the end of the path, the shadow of a gigantic pair of jaw.
"A gigantic crocodile!" Mr. Karasu exclaimed, astonishing when he recognized the beast from the jaw.
"It's just one of our newest product..."
Before the man in black finished his words, Mr. Karasu cut him.
"I'll buy it!"
"It is our pleasure to make our customers happy!" said the man in black.
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In the system's dimension,
After a long time of "haggling", Paimon had agreed to let Alexy keep the mask and compensate him 300 primogems.
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(Yay, then in total, I have 460 primogems.) thought Alexy happily.
Alexy did not hesitate and opened the <
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<<(Staff of Homa is 40% discounted if you purchase by Mora Ov<)>>
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"Wait, there are characters on sale this time." commented Alexy.
"Yeah, Paimon put those on sale if you want to play it safe. No risk and you get strong 4* characters. However, if you use primogems for gacha, there is a risk that it'll be a waste, but you will get awesome 5* characters."
(Should I play it safe or take a risk?) Alexy pondered.
"Ga-cha...ga-cha...ga-cha..." Paimon whispered to Alexy's ear.
"Klee, if Alexy do the gacha, he may get Albedo." said Kaeya.
"Really?! Then do GACHA, Brother Alexy!" said Klee to Alexy's other ear.
(Or he may get Jean...or Diluc.) thought Kaeya, although he was showing a smiling face.
"No, I can fall into these devil's temptation." mumbled Alexy.
"You may get characters stronger than those in the shop. You were very lucky, you got Klee on the first time rolling, didn't you?" said Paimon.
"Imagine the blue meteor turning into gold." Paimon continued.
"Whoa!" said Klee.
"Ok, let's gacha!" Alexy gave in.
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Immediately after purchasing the Fates, Alexy threw one of them to the sky.
A blue meteor fell down from the sky.
"Please, turn gold!" said Alexy.
Sadly, the meteor did not change color. It remained blue until it fell down the ground.
BOOM
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"C'mon, don't be sad. It's a good weapon." said Paimon.
Alexy was super duper frustrated when he heard Paimon's voice.
(I will tell my mom to cook you!!!)
Alexy threw the second Fate to the sky in his frustration.
However, this time, the meteor turned gold.
"Yesssss!" Alexy was excited, he wanted to stick his tongue out and made a mocking face at Paimon.
"It can't be. You really have SSS-tier luck." Paimon could not close her own mouth.
BOOM
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"Wait, what!!! A weapon!" Alexy was dumbfounded.
He turned his head and looked at Klee and Kaeya. asking them if they used polearm.
"I use bomb." Klee said and showed Dumpy Dumpty to him.
Kaeya shook his head and showed Alexy his Dull Blade, a 1* sword.
Alexy was in a rage now, he threw Harbinger of Dawn to Kaeya, who caught it and said "Thank you!" while smiling. Alexy took Staff of Homa and used it to point at Paimon.
"Wait...wait...Paimon can..."
"Oh, these two are good weapons. I can make them stronger if you will, Host." a middle age man chimed in.
"Who are you?" asked Alexy, his eyes are full of fire, some people may think he had just eaten Jueyun Chili.
"Ah, this is Wagner, a blacksmith. He is the fifth AI of this system, and he takes care of weapons and anything that are blacksmith-related." Paimon introduced Wagner to our protagonist.
Without saying anything, Alexy handed Staff of Homa to Wagner, Kaeya did the same with his Harbinger of Dawn.
"Kaeya, please give me your old sword!" said Alexy after Wagner had left to take care of the weapons.
"Here!"
"What do you intend to do with that sword?" Paimon asked while looking at her reflection on the Dull Blade.
"Wait..don't tell Paimon..."
And before long, the two played "Tom and Jerry" again.