Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 145

Upon hearing this, Focalors felt that Ye Yun made a good point.

After the battle, Fontaine Court had already become a ruin—it might be better to go to the new world and start building a city there.

Calestia said:

"Fontaine has suffered heavy casualties this time. Just move everyone over. Besides, the basic setup over there is already complete."

Focalors nodded in agreement.

"Alright, we'll get ready and try to move over as soon as possible."

Welt added:

"Ms. Focalors, you can come to the train sometime. When you do, I'll introduce you to a director from the Interastral Peace Corporation.

You can work with her—she has a lot of infrastructure equipment."

Focalors expressed her thanks.

"Thank you. I'll come take a look tomorrow."

—On the city wall.

Stelle sat at the edge of the wall, looking out at the ocean while chewing on a Sunset Fruit.

With one hand supporting her on the wall, she leaned back slightly, glancing around here and there.

"Look over there! So many wild boars!" Lumine pointed out a group of wild boars below the city wall.

Stelle's eyes lit up as soon as she heard "wild boars." She elbowed March 7th and raised her eyebrows.

"March, our pigpen's empty."

March 7th raised her eyebrows at that, and the two of them exchanged a knowing look before jumping off the wall.

Hutao watched and was puzzled.

"Firefly, why did Stelle and March jump down?"

Firefly explained:

"They went to catch wild boars. Stelle has a pigpen in her Serenitea Pot. It used to have three mushroom boars, but after the last feast she hosted, they were gone.

Come on, let's help out."

With that, Firefly leapt down as well.

Seeing this, Hutao descended slowly on her Wind Fire Wheels.

Stelle landed and sprinted toward the boars, diving right in and grabbing a piglet without hesitation—clearly a seasoned pro.

Hu Tao wanted to grab a big one, but March 7th stopped her.

"Don't catch the big ones! Harder to run away with! Just take the small ones!"

Taking the advice, Hutao picked up two piglets and ran after Stelle.

A mother boar grazing nearby stared in disbelief.

They're stealing my kids!

The mother boar let out a heart-wrenching cry, alerting the rest of the boars, which then charged after Stelle and the others.

Stelle, far from scared, looked thrilled as she was being chased.

"Hehehehe! Come chase me, you dumb boars! I'm outta here~"

Paimon, who had gained a bit of weight from eating too much lately, was flying much slower and trailed anxiously at the back.

"Stelle! March! Lumine! Wait for me! Don't leave me behind! I don't want to get launched by a boar!"

Hutao scooped up Paimon with her Wind Fire Wheels and fled with her in tow.

—By the window in the guest room of Caesareum Palace.

Welt and Himeko watched Stelle and the others being chased by wild boars.

They both broke into a cold sweat—especially at Stelle's gleeful grin.

Uhh... yep, Stelle's at it again.

After a short stay in Caesareum Palace, everyone went their separate ways.

Zhongli had Lishui and Xiaoyue stay behind with part of the Millelith to help out. The rest returned to Liyue through a portal opened by Calestia.

—In the Serenitea Pot.

Stelle carried a cage containing ten piglets.

She strutted into her pot proudly. Notably, the Brilliant Ore spaceship had also been crammed in—it now rested on the lawn behind the amusement park.

Stelle released the ten piglets into the pen, plucked some large cabbages from the nearby field, tore them up, and tossed them in.

Clapping her hands, she strolled toward her treehouse.

—The next morning.

Focalors, Furina, and Neuvillette arrived at Ye Yun's shop early.

Ye Yun, Xiangling, and the Little Evil God were preparing breakfast.

"Good morning, Ye Yun, Xiangling, and Jammy-chan!" Furina cheerfully greeted the three.

Ye Yun looked up.

"Morning, Furina. You're here this early? Topaz probably isn't up yet."

Furina sighed.

"We didn't sleep at all last night—we were rescuing people and clearing the ruins."

Ye Yun asked curiously:

"How many people does Fontaine have left now?"

Neuvillette thought for a moment and replied:

"The number was just tallied before we came—there are currently 73,326 people remaining."

Xiangling was stunned.

"Huh? Only that many?"

Focalors sighed.

"The monsters breached the city during the battle. The loss was enormous."

Ye Yun pointed to a booth nearby.

"Have a seat first. Topaz won't be up anytime soon.

Noelle, pour three cups of tea."

Noelle quickly ran into the bar and brought out three cups of hot tea, placing them in front of Furina and the others.

About half an hour later—

Stelle, Kafka, Topaz, Jade, Firefly, and March 7th emerged from the Serenitea Pot.

Stelle waved and yawned.

"So sleepy~"

March 7th and Firefly were the same, both yawning nonstop.

Ye Yun noticed the dark circles under their eyes.

"You guys pulled an all-nighter again?"

Stelle nodded.

"Yup. We gamed all night."

The three walked into the kitchen, opened the cupboard, grabbed their bowls, and sat at the dining table.

Topaz followed them in, but Ye Yun stopped her.

"Topaz, Furina wants to talk business with you."

Topaz glanced over at Furina, then nodded and walked over with her rice bowl.

When she reached Furina, Topaz tilted her head.

"Morning, Furina. Ye Yun said you wanted to do business with me?"

Furina greeted her and replied:

"Yes, Mr. Welt said yesterday he'd introduce a corporate executive to us. I figured it was you.

We'd like to purchase some infrastructure equipment.

Infrastructure—that's the right word, right?" Furina asked Focalors uncertainly.

Focalors nodded. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Yes, infrastructure equipment."

Topaz nodded as well.

"Got it. Stelle filled me in on your situation last night. Since we're friends, I can give you a discount.

Come on, take a look and see if there's anything you want to buy."

Topaz handed Focalors a tablet.

Focalors carefully examined it, but the more she looked, the more her brow furrowed.

Since they were here to buy something, Focalors had already learned that the currency here was credit points.

The equipment was excellent—but they didn't seem to have enough credit points.

Furina sipped her tea while chatting with Topaz.

The equipment purchase was up to Focalors and Neuvillette. She was just tagging along.

Seeing Focalors set the tablet down, Topaz smiled.

"Have you decided, Ms. Focalors?"

Focalors gave a bitter smile.

"These devices are great, but we just don't have that many credit points."

Hearing this, Furina slammed her phone on the table.

"Isn't it just credit points? I've got plenty! Use mine!"

***

Neuvillette looked at Furina.

"Lady Furina, these devices are very expensive. I'm afraid your allowance won't be enough."

Furina was immediately indignant—what! Did Neuvillette just say she had no money?Neuvillette, are you looking down on me?!

"Neuvillette, you're totally wrong. I'm very rich! Don't believe me? Look at my balance!"

Furina pulled out her phone and showed her balance.

Neuvillette took one look and was utterly stunned.

Displayed on the screen was a long string of digits:

[2000000000], a full 2 billion credit points!

Seeing Neuvillette's shocked expression, Furina was clearly enjoying herself.

Hmph! That's what you get for underestimating me! Impressed now?I, Furina, am super rich!

Even Focalors was shocked.

"Furina, where did you get so much money?"

Furina responded matter-of-factly.

"From my music. Each song sells for 666 credits, and just yesterday I had over 3 million downloads. After giving Topaz her 5% cut, I'm left with 2 billion."

Focalors and Neuvillette both turned toward Topaz with questioning looks.

Topaz nodded.

"Yes, yesterday Furina really did earn 2 billion credits just from her music.

Don't be too surprised—this place is different from Teyvat. Here, countless beings live across an endless universe.

Furina's earnings aren't much, really. You know that Miss Robin?

Her new song this year, A Heart Saved from Sorrow, brought her family a full 10 trillion credits.

So Furina's just small-time by comparison."

Focalors and Neuvillette exchanged a glance. Clearly, they were still behind in understanding this world.

Compared to that, Liyue, Mondstadt, Sumeru, and Inazuma were far ahead in such matters.

This made Neuvillette recall asking Furina why she hadn't informed him about such a major decision like emigrating.

Back then, Furina had replied: "Oh, I forgot~"

Neuvillette rubbed his temples. Stay calm, don't get angry...

Afterward, Focalors and Neuvillette used Furina's money to purchase a huge amount of equipment:

• Fully automatic brick-making machines

• Fully automatic steel smelters

• Construction robots

• All kinds of materials, economic crops, transportation tools, etc.

In total, they spent 1.5 billion.

Topaz accepted the payment and said,

"All set. The goods will be delivered directly to your New Teyvat."

After thanking Ye Yun and the others, Focalors and Neuvillette returned to Fontaine.

The three of them sat on the sofa in Furina's room.

Furina was still holding breakfast she'd brought back from Ye Yun's place—eight-treasure porridge, BBQ buns, and red bean buns.

She took a bite of the red bean bun, the sweet filling melting in her mouth, and her face showed total enjoyment.

Neuvillette looked at her.

"Lady Furina, thank you for contributing such a large sum to Fontaine."

Still savoring the taste, Furina vaguely heard Neuvillette calling her and snapped back to attention.

"Huh? Neuvillette, were you talking to me?"

At that moment, her phone rang.

[CompanyPay incoming: 2 billion credits.]

Furina glanced at it.

"Oh! Topaz just sent it. Already another 2 billion?"

She and Topaz had agreed—every time her account hit 2 billion, it would be transferred to her.

Hearing that notification sound, whatever Neuvillette had planned to say was completely stifled.

Welp. She's a real rich lady.

"Never mind. I'll go back to work."

Furina looked at him, puzzled.

She handed a red bean bun to Focalors.

"Focalors! Try this! It's so good—sweet and soft!"

Over the next three days—

Aside from the first day, when Stelle and the others just lay around resting on the train, they spent the next two days out exploring New Teyvat.

Neuvillette had already led a team of Fontaine scientists and craftsmen to New Teyvat and started city construction in the territory they had claimed.

Fontaine had chosen land similar to their original geography—a chain of islands in the southeastern part of the continent.

On the largest central island, Neuvillette and his team began building the city.

After discussion, they decided to model the new city after the original Court of Fontaine, with some improvements.

For example: a larger area.

The central island was huge—around 60,000 square kilometers.

Ye Yun had taken a look and noted that it resembled the largest island from his previous life, only with 22,000 extra square kilometers.

Stelle, Firefly, and March 7th roamed the construction site wearing white safety helmets.

Anytime they saw someone slacking off, they'd lecture them and tell them to get back to work.

After two days of this, their reputations had spread among the workers.

Everyone knew that Stelle, March 7th, and Firefly were the supervisors Neuvillette had brought in.

Well, technically, Neuvillette hadn't invited them—they were just bored and came over to hang out.

Neuvillette, also wearing a white helmet, asked his assistant:

"How's progress in the residential zones?"

His secretary, Melusine, reported:

"The Melusine District is more than halfway done. The Singers' District has just started. Once both are finished, they'll accommodate all of Fontaine's people—including us Melusines."

Neuvillette looked at her.

"Should I create a separate residential district for you? Like a new Merusea Village?"

The secretary shook her head.

"No need, Neuvillette~ We're happy living in the new Fontaine."

Neuvillette thought for a moment, then decided to add a new project: a dedicated living area for the Melusines.

At that moment, a spaceship descended from the sky.

Kiana stepped out with Theresa, Mei, Bronya, and Rita.

Kiana had successfully gotten vacation time and came to visit Stelle.

As for the others, after hearing that Fontaine was building a new city, they wanted to come check out the equipment Topaz was selling—after all, they also needed to rebuild their homeland.

Rita stepped off the ship and immediately had hearts in her eyes.

Right in front of her stood a Melusine.

Neuvillette walked over and noticed Rita's expression. He smiled—looks like this lady is also fond of Melusines.

He introduced her.

"This lady is Veil An, a Melusine—our unique Fontaine species.

The Melusines are friendly to humans and have a sense of smell unmatched by others.

Though Veil An isn't tall by human standards, she's actually quite tall for a Melusine. They don't grow much taller than this."

Rita, upon hearing this, was instantly smitten.

They stay small forever?! Friendly to humans?! Gasp—is this heaven?!