Chapter 45: My Assets Are Where I Am

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: My Assets Are Where I Am

’It was forced on me, after all. It probably won’t be as good as something I’d picked out myself.’

Seraphina Sinclair clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and prayed. ’Please let this be useful. Don’t let it be something flashy but impractical.’

’Looks don’t mean a thing in a place like this!’

’What I need is something useful!’

Bracing herself, Seraphina Sinclair opened her eyes and pulled up the equipment’s details to view its Description.

[Silver Moon Earrings (Legendary D-level)]

[Description: This earring was born in a crevice of The Black Mist World. Its core is not a gemstone, but a compressed Space Crystal embedded in the earring through a unique process. The wearer gains a five-cubic-meter private storage space. Living creatures cannot be placed inside. Food, Potions, and other items stored within will not spoil or lose their efficacy!

Note: "Beneath the new moon, a whole world lies hidden."

Owner: Seraphina Sinclair.]

’So this is a...’

’Space Ear Ring?!’

Seraphina Sinclair’s eyes widened. Anyone would be fascinated the first time they encountered such a magical object.

She carefully picked up the earring from the bottom of the box, but when it came time to use it, she ran into a problem.

She didn’t have pierced ears.

To be precise, the holes from her previous piercings had closed up.

They had been fine before, but Seraphina Sinclair had suddenly noticed today that they’d closed. Thinking back, it was probably because of that Healing Potion.

’After all, a piercing is technically a type of wound.’

’The Healing Potion was so potent, of course it would have healed it along with everything else.’

’But... how am I supposed to "equip" this earring now?’

As if sensing her confusion, the earring suddenly transformed into a stream of light, wrapping around her earlobe before solidifying back into an earring.

Seraphina Sinclair froze, then shot bolt upright.

’That scene just now!’

’If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d be cursing the screenwriters for adding such cheap special effects!’

But seeing it in person was a whole different story.

Seraphina Sinclair shook her head, clearing out the random thoughts and focusing on the earring on her ear.

Almost instantly, she sensed a five-cubic-meter space, completely empty.

The sensation was magical, as if her free-roaming thoughts had suddenly found a home.

Although the space was small, it gave Seraphina Sinclair a sense of security, and even her excitement began to calm.

’If I tried rune painting in this state...’

’...my success rate would surely double, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair shifted her focus, and the space in her mind vanished, but the calming sensation remained.

She frowned, scanned the room, and finally picked up the dusty Black Mist World Atlas from the corner of the stone platform. With nothing to lose, she opened the book.

Many new entries inside were lit up, all corresponding to monsters Seraphina Sinclair had recently encountered.

Some were fully illuminated, while others were only partially lit, with sections still dark.

That’s right, it was referring to the [Resurrected Glyph-Corpse].

She hadn’t been able to discern the monster’s weakness with Insight at the time, and the Atlas didn’t show it either.

It was remarkably thorough.

Seraphina Sinclair shook her head and flipped to the equipment section of the Atlas.

The items were sorted by grade, so it was easy to find. In just a few flips, Seraphina Sinclair located the entry for the Silver Moon Earrings.

This time, she actually noticed something that wasn’t mentioned in the Description.

[Current Legendary Equipment trait: Water Stopping (When the wearer uses the Silver Moon Earrings, the [Water Stopping] state is automatically triggered. Details: The wearer enters a state of light meditation, their thoughts become clear, and their focus increases. Resistance to Spiritual Pollution-type attacks (e.g., illusions, whispered Erosion) is also slightly enhanced.)]

"Water Stopping?"

Seraphina Sinclair murmured the name, her eyes lighting up when she saw the details.

"So that’s why... No wonder I felt so calm after putting on the earring," she muttered, gently stroking the Silver Moon Earring on her earlobe. The cool touch of the metal sharpened her senses.

This trait was an absolute godsend for her.

She wasn’t short on Blank Talisman Paper right now, but she was short on time!

The biggest problem with her rune painting was its low efficiency. Too many failures meant all her hard work was for nothing!

But now, with this buff...

Seraphina Sinclair raised a hand to touch the earring.

’Didn’t like that it was forced on me?’

’I love it!’

’I absolutely love it!’

And besides... Seraphina Sinclair glanced at the Atlas again. All Legendary Equipment had this section, but other equipment, regardless of grade, did not.

’Looks like the system really gave me something good this time.’

Seraphina Sinclair snapped the Atlas shut.

’The equipment is this powerful. The remaining two supply packs had better surprise me too.’

Seraphina Sinclair’s finger hovered over the Advanced Survival Pack. The Silver Moon Earring on her lobe grew faintly warm, as if urging her to open it. She took a deep breath and lifted the red-and-white lid.

[Advanced Survival Pack opened.]

[Obtained: Luxury Meal Ticket x10, Mineral Water x10, Expansion Crystal x3, Random Attribute Potion x1]

Aside from the ten bottles of mineral water, the rest were all good things.

Seraphina Sinclair tossed the mineral water aside and examined the remaining items one by one.

[Luxury Meal Ticket]

[Description: The standard-issue meal ticket from an Advanced Survival Pack! No matter the time or place, just tear to use! A hot, random meal will be served to you, guaranteed to fill you up! Dietary restrictions can be noted, but ordering off the menu is not supported!]

!!

A hot meal was an incredible rarity in this godforsaken place.

’However...’

Seraphina Sinclair’s brow suddenly furrowed, much of her excitement fading. ’It’s got to be normal food, right?’

’It won’t be something weird and horrifying like Stargazy Pie, will it?’

Worrying was useless. Staring at the [Luxury Meal Ticket]’s Description, the corner of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"Random meal?"

She pinched a corner of the ticket and gave it a little shake, as if that might reveal a hidden menu. But she couldn’t bring herself to tear one open right now to see what would happen.

"’You can note restrictions but can’t place an order’... Isn’t that just the classic ’take-it-or-leave-it’ cafeteria lady routine?"

Her mind instantly flashed to the "creative dishes" from her university cafeteria: stir-fried pork with strawberries, mooncake stew, noodles with watermelon...

’Haha...’

’Suddenly, Stargazy Pie seems almost normal by comparison.’

Whether this thing was good or bad remained to be seen. Seraphina Sinclair looked at the next item.

Expansion Crystal.

This was the item used to upgrade the cabin, and it was also the core material of the Silver Moon Earrings on her ear.

It looked completely different from the Silver Moon Earrings. One was exquisitely beautiful, while the other was so ugly that Seraphina Sinclair almost mistook it for an ordinary shard of glass.

Seraphina Sinclair put the items away carefully. The crystals and the meal tickets were part of her nest egg now. To be safe, she put them directly into the Silver Moon Earrings.

She also stuffed all the other important items she had acquired inside!

From now on, she could take these things with her wherever she went.

As long as she was around, her valuables were too. A full sense of security!