The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

"Master, look!" Squeak's voice was loud and proud. "This is the crystallization of magic that we've earned over the years! It's all yours!"

"Crack!" The little skeleton echoed loudly, and its soul fire pulsed even more joyfully.

Looking at the pile of magic crystals at her feet, and then at the two companions in front of her who were wholeheartedly saving up for her, Moran's heart was instantly filled with a huge warm current.

She crouched down, opened her arms, and hugged Zizi and Kaba together: "You two are so capable! You're amazing! Tell me, what have you two done all these years? How did you earn so many magic crystals?"

Although these magic crystals were nothing to Moran, she knew how difficult it was to obtain them.

Squeak and Kaba are not explorers and cannot go to other worlds to do quests and earn magic crystals.

In explorer camps where resources in this world are still priced in magic coins, earning so many magic crystals requires a lot of wisdom and effort.

Moreover, there are also precious crystals of primordial magic.

That would be much more difficult.

Upon hearing its owner's question, Zizi immediately perked up, jumped out of Moran's arms, and began to tell its story with great enthusiasm. Kaba also nodded vigorously at the skull beside him, waving his arms and bones to cooperate in the gestures.

"Squeak! Master, when you left, I was very obedient. I took my clattering coffin to the otherworld archives every day to look for a job."

Squeak blinked her big eyes and began to chatter on and on, "At first, I worked as a waitress in the restaurant in the rest area of ​​the Otherworld Archives! I was cute and talkative, and the owner and customers all liked me. Not long after, Kaba woke up, and I saw that it had become much smarter, so I introduced it to our owner. Although it couldn't talk, it was very hardworking and could handle serving dishes and wiping tables very well. Back then, the two of us could earn ten ordinary magic crystals a week!"

"But after working on it for more than half a year, I realized something!"

Squeak's tone rose, tinged with a hint of smugness, "Many explorers like Master go to the archives to read books, and they read for ages! Besides, they also go to explore other worlds, and sometimes it's too dangerous to bring their magical pets along! Those magical pets must be so bored staying in their tents by themselves!"

"So what!" Zizi puffed out her little chest, her rainbow belt particularly eye-catching, "I used the ordinary magic crystals you gave me to buy a small tent in the central camp, not far from the otherworldly data cabinet!"

Kaba pointed in a certain direction outside the tent at the opportune moment and nodded vigorously.

"And then," Zizi exclaimed excitedly, gesturing wildly, "our 'Mozika Pet Hosting Center' opened for business! It's specially designed to accommodate the pets left behind by explorers!"

"At first, I just provided them with delicious food and comfortable nests for them to eat and rest. Later, I expanded the camp and built entertainment, activity, and learning areas such as climbing frames, sand pits, jumping platforms, swimming pools, chess and card rooms, audio-visual rooms, and study rooms, so that the less intelligent magical pets could play and frolic on their own, while the intelligent magical pets could follow me to read and study."

"Business is booming!" Zizi concluded, her little face full of pride. "Many explorers have praised us for taking such good care of our companions and are confident in entrusting them to us! These magic crystals are net income after deducting costs!"

The crackling also made a "crackling" sound, and the flames of the soul leaped joyfully in agreement.

Listening to the two little ones talk about their "entrepreneurial history" and gesture with their hands, Moran was filled with emotion and satisfaction.

Her magical companions not only took good care of themselves during the years she was away, but also started a small business through their own efforts.

This was far more precious to her than any magic crystal.

After speaking with great enthusiasm, Zizi suddenly lowered her head:

"Master, Kaba and I are very useful! You can't forget about us just because you have a new magical pet, squeak~"

Hearing Zizi's words, tinged with unease and grievance, Moran's heart melted instantly. She immediately understood that these two little guys must have sensed Sentai's presence through the magical pet contract, and thought she had found a "new love" outside, worrying that they had fallen out of favor.

She couldn't help but chuckle softly, then opened her arms again, tightly embracing both the bowed-headed Zhizhi and the bony-bone-raised Kaba, and said in a very certain tone:
"What nonsense are you thinking about!"

She gently stroked the little squeaky head, then patted the smooth skull:

"You are my partners, my family who grew up with me! How could I forget you?"

She loosened her grip slightly, looked into their eyes and the fire of their souls, and explained earnestly:

"I met the moss in the Three Thousand Mirror Ruins. It helped me find the spatial core I had always wanted, and it also gained sentience under my Tree Friend spell. I had to give the spatial core to the Book of Cards as card-making material. I couldn't bear to let the moss, which had just gained sentience, die in the spatial gap, so I signed a magical pet contract with it."

It's a very, very big ancient tree, and now it's helping us guard our new home!

Upon hearing about the new home, Zizi immediately raised its head, and Kaba's soul fire also flickered curiously.

"Let's go take a look!" Moran carefully stepped over the magic crystals scattered on the ground and opened the door to his personal tent.

Squeak tilted its head, and its soul fire flickered with a crack, expressing its confusion.

In their minds, "home" should be on the continent of Valen, but outside this door is the explorer's camp!

"Is the new home in the Explorers' Camp, Squeak?" Squeak couldn't help but ask.

Moran shook his head mysteriously: "You'll find out when you go inside!"

Driven by intense curiosity, Zhizhi and Kaba cautiously stepped out of the tent, one after the other.

However, the sight outside the door left them instantly stunned!
What they saw before them was not the familiar campsite, but a warm and comfortable large reception room they had never seen before!

A soft sofa, a steaming teapot, landscape paintings on the wall, and the pleasant fragrance of herbs and trees in the air.

"Strange! Squeak! Where is this?" Squeak spun around in surprise, scratching its head with its little paws.

"Kaba?" Kaba also turned its skull left and right in confusion, the fire of its soul turning into a big question mark.

“This is our new home!” she announced, then reached out again and opened the door.

This time, the scene outside the door was completely different.

It was no longer a reception room, but a vast open space—in the distance were shimmering ponds, thick green moss-covered grass, and towering trees, and further away, the outlines of snow-capped mountains and forests were faintly visible, the air incredibly fresh.

Moran pointed to the vast world outside the door and proudly said to the two little ones who were staring in amazement:

"Look! These—all of them!" (End of Chapter)