"Shizuka! You're really alive!"
By the ti they returned to Rika Minami's villa, the sun was already setting.
The mont she saw her long-lost friend, Shizuka Marikawa practically threw herself at her like a golden retriever.
"If you're fine, then how could anything happen to ?"
As she said that, Rika unconsciously glanced toward Drake beside her.
In truth, if he hadn't saved her, she would probably have already been wandering the airport with the zombies—or been torn apart by them.
"So we ended up coming back here after all."
Stepping into the room they had only left that morning, Saya Takagi let out a sigh.
"I wonder how my parents are doing now."
"Mm…"
Beside her, Rei Miyamoto also nodded worriedly.
Ever since the zombie crisis broke out, she too had lost contact with her family.
The two high school girls, burdened with the sa worry, exchanged a glance and thought of the sa solution.
"Should we… try asking that boy who saved us?"
Drake's dramatic entrance from the sky, saving them from disaster, had left a strong impression on them.
With his help, perhaps their wish could co true.
But when the two girls finally voiced the request, they were refused.
"Unfortunately, I have other things to do first."
"When I have ti, I can consider helping you look for your families." As Drake spoke, he casually examined a ring in his hand.
He had picked it up from one of the dead bikers.
Because the gemstone on it was very conspicuous, he had grabbed it on a whim.
To his delight, after using Appraisal, the gemstone set in the ring could actually be broken down into a usable material!
This gave Drake a sudden feeling of enlightennt—Gems in Terraria had many uses. For example, a ruby could be used to craft the Sli Crown.
The gem set in this ring, anwhile, was a sapphire.
Then, once the teor event was triggered, gems could even be crafted into corresponding-colored lightsabers!
A lot of the powerful items in the Calamity mod also required large quantities of gems.
Although gems could be mass-produced by planting gemcorns,
Drake was still only at the very beginning. He didn't have the manpower or resources to build a gem farm yet.
And mining for them was far too dependent on luck—he might go months without finding anything.
Now, he had one more way to get gems…loot the jewelry stores of Tokonosu City!
"By the sa logic, banks might have gold bars, silver bars, and other precious tals too."
"And factories' material warehouses should be worth exploring as well."
"This city… is basically one giant treasure vault!"
What those biker punks had done gave Drake quite a bit of inspiration.
After the end of the world, Tokonosu City had lost all order. It was like a half-undressed girl, ripe for the taking.
As long as one had the courage and the strength, there were massive amounts of resources to plunder.
So Rei Miyamoto and Saya Takagi's family situation could be pushed back a little.
Of course, the two girls clearly had no intention of just letting it go.
"I can have my father give you a generous reward."
Saya Takagi tried to persuade him emotionally, and then with profit.
"Money, weapons, or anything else—you can choose whatever you want."
"Oh?"
Drake raised an eyebrow, genuinely interested now.
"If your family can offer gems, or gold and silver, I might consider it."
"Gems and precious tals… what are you, so dragon who likes hoarding treasure?"
Hearing Drake's request, Saya couldn't help but complain.
"My family probably does have those things… though I can't be sure."
"If you take ho, I can help you look."
"Deal."
Considering that the Takagi family was one of the most powerful in Tokonosu City, Drake agreed on the spot.
With the Takagi family's wealth, there should be no shortage of jewelry.
And if there wasn't… then he'd have to consider collecting that favor in so other way.
Beside them, Rei Miyamoto pressed her lips together, clearly unhappy.
Unlike Saya, she wasn't from a prominent family and had no rich reward to offer Drake.
"You went looking for us before because you wanted to help Ms. Marikawa's friend too, didn't you?" Rei said, unwilling to accept the situation.
"If you could help her, why can't you help us too?"
"I already helped you once. It was a life-saving favor."
Drake glanced at her and rcilessly pointed out the flaw in her argunt.
"As for why I'm helping Rika Minami… it's because she signed a contract with and works for ."
"A contract…"
Rei looked as if she had suddenly grabbed hold of a lifeline and eagerly proposed,
"I can do that too! I can sign a contract with you too!"
"You're sure?"
Faced with the girl's relentless request, Drake answered calmly.
"Then clear your mind. Don't try to resist."
"Miyamoto, calm down!"
Saya Takagi imdiately sensed that the "contract" Drake was talking about was not as harmless as it sounded and tried to stop her.
But those words only made Rei even angrier.
"Takagi, your family is in a safe place, protected by others, so of course you can afford not to panic."
"But my parents have gone completely silent. I don't even know whether they're alive or dead… can you understand how that feels?!"
That left Saya speechless. She could only fall silent.
She really had failed to consider that her own circumstances and Rei's were completely different.
"All right, the contract is complete."
After watching the whole scene unfold, Drake finally spoke up.
"You should already know what you're supposed to do from now on."
"…Yes."
Rei nodded, her expression complicated.
From the flood of mories that had entered her mind, she now understood exactly what kind of price she had paid.
He had gained another contractee, but Drake didn't feel particularly happy about it.
Because after the contract was completed, he checked again.
Just like the Appraisal result had shown, Rei Miyamoto really did not possess a contract skill.
In other words, aside from being a contractee, she was just an ordinary high school girl.
She could still be assigned a role, but there would be no additional effects.
That significantly reduced Drake's interest in both Rei and Saya.
After all, aside from being plot characters, there was nothing particularly special about them.
Even in terms of looks, they couldn't really stand out compared to the goddesses, elves, half-elves, and the Sword Princess Drake had already t.
Compared to them, what Drake cared much more about was Shizuka Marikawa's contract.
Because…although she was a bit airheaded, she actually had a very good contract skill.
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