When Rita returned to Earth, it was already 9 PM. She forced herself to prepare a few more bowls of the meat stew she stored in her game backpack for the cats in the backyard. After washing up, she collapsed into bed and quickly fell asleep.
"Studying is a hundred times more exhausting than fighting monsters," she always said.
When she woke up the next day, Rita felt a bit disoriented. With her days and nights completely flipped, she checked the time and realized it was already the 24th. She opened her friends list, ignoring requests from strangers, and clicked on the messages from Shadow.Q. Despite her quirks, Shadow.Q's messages usually contained important information, so Rita didn't want to miss them.
**Shadow.Q**: Can you still exchange for gold coins? We still need them, and you'll get the usual 1% commission.
**Rita**: Nope, no more exchanges.
