"I’m back again!" Hana raised her hand with a big smile on her face as she entered the mansion.

Clovis had just sent her a message that he intended to open two new stores.

Of course, there was no way Hana could miss this opportunity.

"You really can’t wait for this..." Melody shook her head helplessly.

"Hehehe. Definitely." Hana rushed to Melody and hugged her arm, trying to lighten the mood.

Clovis said, "By the way, you two will go with me this time."

"Melody is coming too?" Hana looked at Melody.

"There are two tickets, right? Or is there a problem with me going?"

"No, not at all." Hana shook her head furiously. "I’m just surprised because we have never done that!"

"It’s just you. I often visit the mall with the others. Why don’t you drop your work and come more often?"

"You know I can’t do that. Your money is my money so that I can make more money for you to spend." Hana grinned, glancing at Clovis.

"Well, why don’t we stop at that and head to the mall?"

Hana and Melody nodded at the same time.

"Then, let’s go." Clovis smiled. "Enter."

In that instant, the three of them disappeared from the mansion.

[Welcome back, Masters and Mistresses.]

"Oh, Blue! Long time no see.]

[Long time no see, Lady Hana.]

Clovis said, "We are planning to upgrade the mall, Blue."

[Of course, Master.]

Blue immediately opened the panel.

[Name: Clovis Hacfield]

[Membership: Level 40 (VVIP - 10)]

[Money: 3,103,586,171,000 Otherworld Coins.]

[Item Limit: 50/Visit]

[Visit: 9 (10)/Day]

"By the way, Blue. How many times can I upgrade the mall?" Clovis asked, looking around the mall.

[It is 5 more times, Master. However, you will only open four more stores.]

"Only four?" Clovis narrowed his eyes.

[Yes. You can level up to 44 and increase your VVIP level to 14. After that, you will be able to unlock the SVIP—Super VIP service.]

"What can I get from that?" Clovis tilted his head in confusion.

[I can’t give you the detailed information right now, but I can tell you that it won’t be a store. Instead, you will be allowed to upgrade your privileges within the mall.]

"Privilege within the mall..." Clovis squinted his eyes. "In that case, let’s upgrade the store.

[Yes.]

[-500,000,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

[You’ve leveled up.]

[A new store has opened.]

Clovis smiled. "So, what kind of store is it?"

While Blue was guiding Clovis and the others, it answered.

[A hardware store, Master.]

"A hardware store? You mean, like the department store? We already have a store for home decoration, right?" Clovis tilted his head in confusion.

[It is slightly different, Master. This is a store that mainly deals with raw materials.]

"Raw materials..." Hana looked excited. "Do you mean..."

Hana suddenly sped up her pace.

"..." Melody and Clovis looked at each other. They could guess what made her excited.

They just chuckled and maintained their pace.

As soon as Hana reached the store, she immediately raised both hands as though she had won. She excitedly looked around, examining everything in the store.

"..." Clovis shook his head helplessly. He could understand why she was this excited.

The moment Clovis and Melody reached the store, they could see all kinds of raw materials.

On the right, they could see a lot of ore and ingots.

[Name: Mithril Ore.]

[Description: A magical ore that is said to have magical powers. It is light but very durable.]

[Price: 50,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

[Name: Mithril Ingot.]

[Description: A magical ingot that is said to have magical powers. It is light but very durable.]

[Price: 1,000,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

"A single ingot costs a billion Union Dollars?" Clovis scratched the back of his head.

"Well, this one is more expensive." Melody pointed to another one.

[Name: Adamantine Ore.]

[Description: The toughest ore in the world.]

[Price: 300,000,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

"How strong is it?" Clovis asked.

[At least four times stronger than your sword, Master. That’s only the ore. If the blacksmith is good, you can go all the way to ten times.]

"Stronger than the sword made of a Tier 9 beast? Is this equal to Tier 10? And it’s not like this world has Tier 10..." Clovis shook his head helplessly.

"If that’s the case, we should buy it whenever we have the chance. It’s no wonder Hana is so excited." Melody chuckled.

"Clovis. We’re definitely buying this!"

[Name: Adamantine Ingot.]

[Description: The toughest ingot in the world.]

[Price: 80,000,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

Hana was holding the adamantine ingot.

"80 billion? How many weapons can we even create with that?" Clovis asked.

"I’m not sure. I also need to ask my people to experiment with it. But I think it will be worth the cost." Maya smiled. "Of course, I’m going to buy the mithril as well. They are light, so it will be good for Kanaria’s armor and weapons. In fact, the weight and toughness are quite necessary for a bow, so Angelia and Rin will need it as well.

"What if we have Ragna and Christina as well?" Maya grinned. "I will send them to my people to make armor and weapons."

"Well, we can buy it, but not many right now. The money is not enough. If we want to buy, we will have to wait until the next store and get the super discount."

"I know that." Maya nodded.

She acted as if she were sensible, but Clovis felt like Hana would ’seduce’ him to buy a bit more even when there was no super discount.

Clovis sighed. "All right."

"Besides, look. There are also ingredients such as a dragon’s heart and other things on that side. It’s good for alchemy. I bet Luci will be thrilled."

"I know, I know." Clovis understood why the hardware store was among the last few stores he opened. The items sold here are simply too powerful.

"I guess we will have to check another store." Melody just turned around, letting Hana have her own excitement with the store.

Clovis nodded in agreement. "Well, Blue. Let’s upgrade the mall one more time."

[Processing.]

[-1,000,000,000,000 Otherworldly Coins.]

[You’ve leveled up.]

[A new store has opened.]