Rita walked over to Nivalis holding the golden tree withered leaf and handed it to her.
Nivalis, who had been gaming, imdiately said, "I didn't help you much this ti, you don't need to share it with !" After a pause, she added, "And that blue food tent thing wasn't really much of a big deal, you don't need to repay ."
Rita took a deep breath, then let out a heavy sigh. She half-squatted by the couch, looking into Nivalis' eyes. Her voice was gentle, but her words were incredibly sincere as she said:
"This isn't about contribution. I'm not thanking you for helping at the end, it's not about returning a favor, or a transaction, or fairness, and it doesn't have any purpose... This is just..."
She placed the withered leaf on Nivalis' belly and patted it. "This is a gift. I received sothing good and I want to share it with you. So, I'm giving it to you as a gift, nothing more. It's like pocket money, a little toy, or ice cream—just a gift, it ans nothing."
After saying that, she quickly rubbed Nivalis' head, then took out all the 2-star and below delicacies from her backpack and placed them on the table before quickly using her Shadowstep skill to teleport back to the bedroom upstairs to rest.
The living room remained quiet for a long ti.
Nivalis stared blankly at the GA OVER screen, holding the golden tree withered leaf in her hands.
Fortunately, B8017913 wasn't too competitive and didn't care much about gaming. Since Nivalis didn't play, it was fine.
After a long pause, Nivalis suddenly spoke to B8017913. "Do you know? After the last divine ga ended, she gave half of her rewards—three golden tree withered leaves."
"Oh?" B8017913 responded.
"I thought I was already really happy with that, but this ti, even though I only got one, I'm way, way happier than last ti. I don't even know how to explain it, and I can't figure out why."
"Do you think she wasn't sincere last ti?"
"No! Of course not!!!"
After a strong rebuttal, Nivalis lifted the golden tree withered leaf high and looked out the window through it.
She spoke in a low voice, getting faster as she spoke, as if finally understanding her confused thoughts and afraid that they would slip away if she didn't grab them quickly:
"She's like a magic formula. Her feelings are like a magic formula. You have to put in this or that positive emotion, and then she'll slowly return the sa positive emotion. You put in 1, she'll return 0.5. She won't neglect you, won't ignore you, and she won't make you feel like you're singing a solo. Everything you give, she will return in kind."
B8017913, reflecting on the ti spent with Rita during the ga, agreed, "Generous but stingy."
After tasting those words carefully, Nivalis nodded and added, "Real but cold, like a pre-written program... but this!!"
The little ice dragon flew up holding the golden tree withered leaf!
She flew around the living room once, twice, and three tis, before finally landing in front of B8017913, lifting the golden tree leaf—about half her size—toward the mini magic cube.
"Do you know what this is?"
"This is the first ti she actively sent a signal!"
B8017913 couldn't handle such complex emotions and stated simply, "But she said, this gift she gave you is just like pocket money, little toys, and ice cream."
Nivalis didn't argue with this. She thought back to Rita's emotions from earlier—so clumsy, so cautious, like trying to scoop up a precious grain of sand from water, afraid that any sudden movent would make it slip away with the current.
"Yes, that's the point. They're all the sa. It's just to make happy, not to calculate who gave more or less. The purpose of them is just to make happy."
Nivalis cradled the golden tree leaf softly. "But this isn't like snacks or toys. This is her sharing her glory and power with ."
She knew Rita better than anyone. For her, no matter how expensive clothes, food, or toys were, they couldn't compare to things that brought power.
For Rita, it was a completely different value system. No matter how gorgeous or rare ordinary items were, to Rita, they were just useless garbage.
If a globally limited dress and a flower cotton jacket that added attributes were placed in front of Rita, she'd undoubtedly pick the jacket without hesitation.
B8017913 stayed silent for a while before suddenly saying, "When she went to the Abandoned Zone to find , she didn't have any specific purpose. She was just curious, calling my number out on the trash mountain. At first, I ignored her, but eventually, I was so annoyed that I responded."
Nivalis: "..."
With a cold expression, Nivalis said, "That can't be true. She must have had a purpose, a plan to find you!"
Before B8017913 could respond, a freezing spell hit it, freezing the magic cube.
After releasing the upgraded Aurora Shield, Nivalis carefully placed the golden tree withered leaf into her storage pocket and mumbled, "So annoying!!"
B8017913, having avoided using its evasion skill to save energy, muttered, "...That was careless."
Rita woke up from her two-day, two-night nap and imdiately reached out to Zhao Shuying.
She needed to set up an alchemy workshop and an engineering workshop next to the racetrack, but she didn't have enough ti to handle The Old Blacksmith herself. She planned to have Eclipse Vanguard send soone to handle the demands.
Additionally, she had claid so nearby territory, but so areas were already inhabited, so she would have to discuss this with Eclipse Vanguard.
Just as she opened her system interface, sothing unexpected happened.
Every single interface border had turned gold! Her personal information, ga backpack, leaderboard, chat interface... everything was bordered in gold.
What's more, her na was the only one on the leaderboard that had turned gold, bolded, and flashing. It was just short of adding a golden "SVIP" next to her na.
She had just taken a nap. When had she spent money on this?
Staring at the ga interface in shock for too long, she suddenly heard a voice in her head.
[Not satisfied?]
Rita: "..."
A comnt saying "so tacky" was stuck in her throat, but she couldn't decide whether to say it or not.
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