Kaguya nodded.
"Really."
"I am now a pharmaceutical giant."
"Who made me have Eirin behind me?"
"Um… I want tears too."
"Tsk, could it be that Raiden doesn't have any money to give?"
"If this goes on, I'll become their creditor completely."
After saying this, she took out some Penglai medicine and distributed it.
Listening to Kaguya's words, Takumi's mouth twitched slightly.
What a creditor.
Those guys in the group owe you money, right?
Takumi took a look.
Now Fujiwara Chika, Kato Megumi, Asuna, Saten Ruiko—these girls have all bought medicine from Kaguya.
In addition, other people also seemed very tempted.
For example, that girl Irena ran out wanting some.
But Irena is a well-known miser.
It's possible to give her things, but she won't give you money.
She can totally pull that kind of trick—there's no doubt about her character.
Kaguya Houraisan naturally knows what kind of person she is.
So she refused without hesitation.
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Anyone can owe, but you can't.]
[I'm afraid I'll never be able to collect your debt.]
Irena:
[!!!]
[Slander, this is blatant slander!]
[I pay back all my debts!]
[This kind of unfounded accusation is clearly aimed at destroying my reputation!]
[This is really too abominable!!]
Irena was fuming.
Why is this how everyone sees her?
Too much. Really too much.
Takumi was immediately amused when he saw this exchange.
Takumi:
[Don't you have any idea how you usually act?]
[Tell me honestly, were you planning to run off without paying?]
[Why should you pay back money you borrowed with your own ability, right?]
Everyone in the group knows each other well.
Everyone's info isn't exactly secret.
So they all know what kind of personality Irena has.
After seeing Takumi's message, Irena sighed.
"What the hell!"
"This is clearly defamation."
Life is hard; the scummy witch sighed.
Irena:
[Never mind. How much is it?]
[Can't I just give you cash?]
[╰╯]
You really think I don't have money?
After saying this, she checked the prices of Penglai medicine on the market.
Wow. It would have been better not to look. She was shocked when she saw the prices. Seriously expensive.
Irena quickly reviewed her finances.
Luckily, she could still afford it.
After arriving in Takumi's world, she'd done a lot to earn money.
Some time ago, she had even gone to work at Meishi's place for a while.
Thanks to that, Irena was actually pretty rich.
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Since we're group friends, I'll give you a friendship price.]
[Just 9 billion.]
[The ones I usually sell go for tens of billions.]
Seeing Irena's message—and Ye Xiao's—Kaguya was ecstatic.
They didn't use points, they were paying cash. If you pay cash, that excites me!
Irena:
[...]
[Very expensive.]
[A little cheaper?]
Even if she could say that, it still felt too pricey.
[Expensive?]
[Where is it expensive?!]
[9 billion can buy you immortality.]
[Live forever.]
[Is that expensive?]
[My Penglai medicine is top quality.]
[You think it's weak?]
[Become a Penglai immortal—even if you're blasted to pieces, you'll recover instantly.]
[Do you understand the value of what you're buying?]
[Do you think Kato Megumi and the others thought it was expensive?]
I already gave you a massive discount, and you still complain?
Damn it, Kaguya suddenly didn't feel like selling anymore.
Irena:
[You have to negotiate a bit!]
[A little cheaper?]
As the saying goes, every penny counts. A little less means hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions.
That's still money, right?
Of course Irena wanted it cheaper.
She also knew this was a good product.
Otherwise, she wouldn't even consider buying it.
Kaguya Houraisan:
[(??)]
[This is already the discounted price.]
[I need to make money too!]
[The raw materials are expensive, and every dose is carefully prepared by my master artisan.]
[So this is already the lowest price. Buy it if you want, or don't.]
Kaguya wasn't backing down.
She was the only one selling it.
If you think it's expensive, go buy it elsewhere—if you can.
Even the medicines outside are all supplied by her.
This really was the cheapest option. She only gave this discount because they were in the same group.
Otherwise, forget it.
[Emm…]
[Okay, okay, that's the price.]
[This wave completely drained me.]
[I'm so depressed. I need to go back to the food industry.]
After that, she sent a picture.
Transfer successful.
At that moment, Kaguya received a text notification.
Seeing that Irena really transferred the money, she was genuinely surprised.
"This girl's actually so rich?"
"And she paid all at once?"
Wow. She had seriously underestimated Irena.
"Irena's a money-grubber. She's been working nonstop since she came to our world."
"The food industry was practically wiped out by her."
After hearing that, Takumi checked Irena's activities on their side.
After a quick browse, Takumi felt relieved.
"Fine, since she paid, give her the stuff."
"So happy! I made money too! Hehe~!"
No one else had paid yet, but Irena already sent the money.
Real, hard cash.
"You're acting like you're poor when your card's loaded."
"It's not like no one's buying your drugs."
"What are you so excited about?"
After handing the medicine to Irena, Kaguya explained slowly:
"The main thing is that I want to collect money from friends and family."
"You know how satisfying it is to collect their points, right?"
"My score is only 5.9, so I can't even get points—this is the only way!"
"Now I finally understand why you're always so happy collecting points."
Hearing that, Kaguya smiled radiantly.
In one word: satisfying!
...
Takumi really hadn't expected that reason.
"So you just wanted to experience the feeling, huh?"
Takumi rolled his eyes.
He really didn't understand her mindset at all.
"Yes, that's what I thought."
"When they come back, I'll go collect debts every day."
"Hehe~!!"
"It feels good being a creditor. From now on, they'll be working for me for free."
"If they don't know, I can make them do stuff under my command."
"Isn't that even more satisfying?"
When she thought of that, Kaguya couldn't hide the grin on her face.