"I remember Yun Fan should be staying at the Daydream Hotel, right? Should I sneak over to find him and give him a surprise?"
Walking along this bustling street filled with traffic, gazing at the magnificent street views ahead, the girl slightly lowered her head and murmured to herself.
"Wu... I should buy some gifts for Yun Fan. Showing up empty-handed feels a bit too inconsiderate."
Thinking this way, she continued walking straight along the main road by the street. Soon, the girl arrived at Penacony's largest shopping hub—the old Oti Shopping Center.
As the head of Penacony's Oak Family, old Oti possessed immeasurable wealth—ordinary merchants could never hope to match it in their lifetimes.
According to incomplete statistics, over 30% of Penacony's large-scale industries held shares belonging to old Oti. Even across the entire Asdana star system, old Oti wielded considerable influence.
And the old Oti Shopping Center before her was merely the tip of the iceberg for that Oak Family head.
With light steps, the girl entered the shopping center. Looking at the dazzling array of goods around her, our Miss Firefly suddenly realized one thing—her status on Penacony.
That's right, Firefly had arrived on Penacony as a stowaway. This meant that the credit points under her name could not be used legally on Penacony.
She rummaged through her pockets, and in the end, only managed to find twenty thousand credit points. In a place like Penacony where every inch of land was worth a fortune, that amount couldn't even buy a somewhat decent meal, let alone allow shopping and consumption at the old Oti Shopping Center.
Finally, gazing at the dazzling array of goods before her, Firefly could only sigh and prepare to leave the shopping center, then go buy something else.
However, just as the girl was about to leave, a man with golden hair and a pair of beautiful purple-flower eyes suddenly noticed her.
"Miss, please wait a moment."
"Hm?"
Hearing the voice from behind, Firefly slightly furrowed her brows. It was a completely unfamiliar voice she had never heard before.
Turning around, the girl looked somewhat puzzled at the blond man who had suddenly appeared before her. Though she felt a bit wary in her heart, the girl still asked with a smile on her face.
"Sir, is there something you need?"
After briefly sizing up the person before her, judging from his demeanor and appearance, he didn't seem like the type to casually hit on girls. So if he suddenly stopped her, there must be some reason?
"Hello, miss. My name is Aventurine. It's an honor to meet you."
After introducing himself first, Aventurine extended his hand toward Firefly, a friendly smile on his face.
"Hello, Mr. Aventurine. My name is Firefly. Nice to meet you too."
Firefly likewise politely introduced herself, but she did not take the hand Aventurine extended.
Seeing that the girl named Firefly had no intention of shaking hands with him, Aventurine smiled faintly and didn't mind.
Toward Aventurine's overly familiar handshake attempt, our Miss Firefly slightly furrowed her brows, and her impression of Aventurine dropped quite a bit. Then, the girl had no intention of entangling further with the other party and spoke bluntly without any courtesy.
"May I ask what business Mr. Aventurine has in stopping me? If there's nothing, then I'll take my leave first. I still have things to do."
"Haha, actually, I don't have any particular business. I just felt that Miss Firefly has an extraordinary temperament, so I wanted to come over and make friends. If I've presumptuously disturbed you, please forgive me, Miss Firefly."
"Make friends?"
Toward Aventurine's words, Firefly clearly did not believe it in her heart. The girl's intuition told her that this person named Aventurine who had suddenly approached her must have some unspeakable secret.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Aventurine. I don't wish to become friends with you."
Firefly very coldly rejected Aventurine. At this moment, the smile on the girl's face was gone, replaced only by an icy demeanor that kept people at a thousand miles away.
"That's truly a pity."
Aventurine spread his hands and sighed with regret.
"Well then, since that's the case, I've disturbed you. As an apology, anything Miss Firefly likes in this old Oti Shopping Center—feel free to pick as much as you want. The bill will be charged to my Aventurine account."
"No need, thank you."
With that said, without waiting for the other to reply, Firefly had already turned around and left without looking back.
Watching the girl's departing figure, the smile on Aventurine's face slowly faded, replaced instead by a grave expression.
"Just what is that girl's background? That aura... although it was only for a fleeting moment, I could clearly sense it—it was definitely an Emanator-level aura..."
"This girl is an Emanator, that purple-haired woman is also an Emanator. Just what treasure is hidden on Penacony? A single 'Charmony Festival' has actually attracted the attention of so many Emanators..."
Today, with nothing to do and having been lectured by Ratio early in the morning for sleeping in, Aventurine helplessly came to this old Oti Shopping Center to pass the time and avoid the other party while also trying his best to gather some recent rumors or information about Penacony.
However, right after Aventurine arrived here and before he could even start acting, he sensed an Emanator-level aura flash by. Though it was only for a brief instant, as someone who had once witnessed the mighty power of the Preservation Emanator Diamond, he still keenly detected it.
Following the direction of the aura, he saw a sweet and cute girl with off-white hair standing in front of a merchandise counter with a conflicted expression, seemingly worrying whether the deposit in her wallet was enough.
Just from her appearance alone, probably no one would associate her with an Aeon's Emanator, right?
Including the one before him, in the days since coming to Penacony, our Mr. Aventurine had already encountered a full five Emanator-level powerhouses.
The Emanator of Erudition Herta, the Emanator of Erudition Ruan Mei—these two mad scientists who should originally be holed up in their labs inventing things had somehow also come to Penacony, which meant that the Genius Society had joined this grand ceremony as well.
The Emanator of Causality Yun Fan—for this Emanator who had already been publicly acknowledged by his family, he had met him once before. What he hadn't expected was that, aside from being an Emanator, the other party was actually also a Nameless of the Astral Express.
As for the fourth Emanator, that was a purple-haired woman holding a tachi who called herself a Galaxy Ranger. However, her entire body emanated an aura of decay, and she didn't seem to belong to the Hunt's camp...