Hannah nodded, "Right, are you interested in buying?"

Golden Lotus: "Master, I really made a mistake."

The boy scratched his head, "If you’re really short of money, I can give... no, I mean lend it to you. Just leave your contact information, and you can pay me back later."

Daily transactions among interstellar residents involved gold coins.

Hannah said thank you and then declined.

The boy, with thin skin, apologized and hurried back to his friends.

Seeing his dejected look, his friends knew he hadn’t been successful.

Golden Lotus sat on the ground, its tail sweeping the floor, "Master, you have quite the luck with romantic encounters."

Hannah bent down to tie her shoelaces, "Mhm."

Golden Lotus turned around.

It really wanted to ask its master, do you still remember the villain from the Blue Star lake shore?

Why does it seem like the master isn’t sad at all?

No grief and no tears.

Poor villain.

Hannah finished tying one shoelace and then undid the other to retie it.

The knots she tied were all dead knots.

"Master, are you preparing to run away?"

Tying the shoelaces so tightly.

Once sure that both shoelaces were tied tightly, Hannah stood up again, "Pretty much."

The fact that she wasn’t in the dungeon wouldn’t stay hidden for long.

With her "sister’s" personality, three days at most.

After three days, the warrant for her arrest would be reissued.

Without weapons or a mech suit, she needed to take this opportunity to leave quickly.

Hannah led Golden Lotus back on the road.

Even though she was fleeing, her pace was steady and unhurried.

Seeing her master like this, Golden Lotus wasn’t scared either.

Its steps were cheerful.

As it passed other creatures of its kind, it even stopped to chat with them.

It swayed its tail and came back proudly from a bulldog’s side, boasting it wasn’t as fluffy or cute as it, "Master, where are we heading next?"

Hannah headed towards the liveliest area, "To the border."

Golden Lotus looked up, the crowd blocking the light, leaving it able to only see Hannah’s blurred figure, "But isn’t the border in chaos right now?"

I heard those wanderers haven’t left yet.

Although Wayne Lane has awakened, his injuries still linger, preventing him from joining the battlefield anytime soon.

Golden Lotus made a suggestion, "Master, why don’t we find a place to live in seclusion? If it really doesn’t work out, we can go back to Blue Star." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Even though the Blue Star they’d visit now wouldn’t be the one they knew and there would be nobody there they recognize.

Hannah said, "No money."

No money to buy a boat ticket.

Even getting to the border meant walking.

Golden Lotus sighed.

It didn’t have money either.

Unlike Big Lang, Big Lang was rich.

Because its missions were always completed best.

Unlike itself, always failing.

Not a single coin to its name, and it even broke the communicators when returning.

Now it couldn’t help with anything.

Perhaps because the ban had lasted too long, tonight’s Thousand Lantern Festival was even livelier than in previous years.

As the night grew later, the streets filled with even more people.

By now, the crowd was so dense that you couldn’t move an inch, toe to heel, without space to advance.

Hannah too became stuck in the middle of the road.

Golden Lotus was held in her arms.

In the distance, cheers and screams could be heard.

There must be some event happening.

Suddenly, a burst of fireworks exploded above the distant bridge.

White specks rose into the air and with a "bang" scattered into countless red dots, the red dots exploded again, turning into colorful lights.

It was beautiful, dazzling.

Everyone, initially restless from being stuck, couldn’t help but look up to watch.