bookpower Chapter 234 [A Big World, A Small Me]
Chapter 234 [A Big World, A Small Me]
It wasn't an item, a Curio, or even equipment—it was a toy.
The Bear Cookies, reportedly invented by the Oak Owls, were designed for their children. When a young Oak Owl wore the Bear Cookies, it would activate whenever a larger Oak Owl attempted to harm them. The Bear Cookies would replicate the aggressor's attributes and transform into a small bear to protect its young wearer.
However, the toy had its drawbacks. It required the laughter of children to charge, and if not sufficiently powered, the bear couldn't complete the replication. Additionally, the stronger the aggressor's attributes, the shorter the bear's active duration.
Every Oak Owl child wore a Bear Cookies pendant, and even after they outgrew its protection, most Oak Owls kept their Bear Cookies as a cherished keepsake—unless they were utterly destitute and forced to sell it.
Bear Cookies worked for all species, though the definition of "childhood" varied by race. For humans on Blue Star, only children under 12 years old could see its true description.
In her previous life, Blue Star didn't discover the Bear Cookies' potential until the third year after the game's invasion. It even made the news. Rita remembered glancing at the story while eating in a bridge underpass.
Rita had no intention of buying the Bear Cookies for herself but decided to share this knowledge with the Special Affairs Bureau in advance.
Pointing at the Bear Cookies, Rita asked, "I know what this is. Should I buy it?"
Shadow.Q, busy peeling crab legs for Nivalis, glanced at it and asked lazily, "What is it? What's the price?"
"This is a Curio. As for the price..." Rita flipped a few pages and pointed at a magnifying glass-shaped item, saying, "I want to buy this one, but I'll need an installment plan. Let's count the discount as payment for the information. Deal?"
[A Big World, A Small Me] (Curio): Looking at the target through this Curio for more than 1 minute activates the effect. The user can shrink the target at will. The effect lasts until the user cancels it or the Curio is lost. At most, three units (0/3) can be shrunk simultaneously.
After dinner, Rita and Nivalis left. Of the 38 dishes on the table, Nivalis had eaten at least 32 of them. Rita figured she needed a larger container to manage everything.
Though theoretically, body waste and personal scent shouldn't be similar, she decided to stop selling dragon manure in Lania Kaia to avoid unnecessary risks. However, she planned to stockpile it and sell it to the Bureau at a discount once the danger passed.
Back home, Rita emptied all her gold, silver, and copper coins onto her table. After setting her wealth leaderboard status to anonymous, she retrieved all her coins from her virtual character, finally feeling at ease.
With the money in her possession, she could finally relax. Eating dinner earlier had felt like a chore.
Rita pulled out [A Big World, A Small Me] and [Wrathful Moon], shrinking the lamp to the size of a grain of rice and placing it inside her pocket watch. She snapped the lid shut, locked it, and hung it around her neck.
Now, most of her valuable possessions were hanging from her neck. The thought of someone cutting her chain one day made her shudder.
Even though her treasures were all bound to her, the image of her scrambling on the ground to retrieve them was just too undignified. If Shadow.Q or Hetchipa saw her in that state, how would she ever maintain her confidence in teasing them?
Rita decided she needed sturdier materials for a better chain and messaged Shadow.Q:
[Rita]: Got any durable string or material for a necklace?
[Shadow.Q]: Am I your secretary now?
[Rita]: Bear... arrows... time is money...
[Shadow.Q]: Yes, I am. Stay updated through empire