Chapter 157 Fog-Gate Delivery
1 Counting the CashKent sat at the kitchen table right after breakfast, a plastic lunch box open in front of him. Inside lay neat stacks of dollar bills—crisp hundred-dollar notes on one side, rumpled twenties on the other. Auri perched on the rim, pecking at each bundle as though checking for worms.
"Stop that," Kent laughed, shooing the bird away. "Paper isn't food."
Auri fluttered to the back of a chair, giving a wounded chirp that clearly meant I'm helping, thank you.
Nima strolled in, still brushing her hair. "Whoa—that's a lot of green. Did you rob a bank?"
Kent rolled his eyes. "I sold three spare spirit stones at the watcher exchange. Had to convert part of the payment into mortal cash."
He thumbed a list:
Watch-tower drop tonight – $10,000 needed.
Spare change for fertilizer – $1,200.
Emergency snack budget (Nima, Auri) – $300.
"Everything fits," he said, satisfied. "We can pay for the realm-glass spheres and still have money left."
