"The data I got this time should keep me busy for a while. The next test will be in a few days."
"I've already notified Asta. If you want to stay on the space station, she'll be looking after you for the next few days."
In the end, Herta still agreed to Clara's request. After tossing out those two sentences, she promptly shooed Clara out of her office.
Originally, Herta hadn't planned to kick Clara out, but the girl was genuinely getting a bit annoying. If she stayed, researching the data would be downright impossible.
So, Herta had no choice but to palm this big nuisance off on Asta.
"Um… You must be Miss Clara, right? I'm Asta. May I ask…"
The moment Clara stepped out of Herta's office, she was met by a pink-haired girl wearing a little dress that left her shoulders bare, a work ID hanging from her chest.
The ID read: id00001, Asta.
Seeing a genuine sugar mama appear before her eyes, Clara's face instantly lit up. She hurried forward to greet her.
"Miss Asta, hello, hello! I'm Clara. I've long heard of your great name, Miss Asta, and now that I see you in person, the reputation is truly well-deserved."
"Huh?" Seeing Clara's overwhelming enthusiasm, Asta couldn't help but feel both flattered and flustered.
Asta knew Clara's identity. When Herta summoned her, she'd specifically reminded her.
An Emanator of a Aeon. She had to treat this with the utmost seriousness. After reading Herta's message, Asta immediately braced herself with full focus.
But looking at Clara now, Asta was instantly bewildered. This… how was she supposed to respond to this?
Not knowing what else to do, Asta quickly waved her hands.
"No, no, I'm just a minor researcher here at the space station. I'm not some big shot, and I certainly don't have any 'great name'…"
"Sister Asta, you're too modest. Your illustrious name is practically engraved in my mind."
"Um…" Hearing this, Asta truly didn't know what to say. Why was an Emanator lavishing praise on her like this…
Seeing Asta's expression, Clara gave a light chuckle. A piece of jade appeared in her hand.
"Sister Asta, this is a little meeting gift for you~"
"Fine jade!"
Even for someone as well-traveled as Asta, she couldn't help but admire the piece in Clara's hand. But she quickly caught herself.
"Sorry, sorry, I can't accept this. This jade must be very important to you too…"
"What's the big deal? I felt an instant connection with you, Sister Asta. If I can become friends with you, what does some material possession matter?"
Clara directly pushed the jade into Asta's hand, flashing an innocent smile.
"Then let me transfer some credits to you!"
Perhaps afraid Clara would refuse, Asta hastily added,
"Don't say no! This money isn't for buying the jade! It's my meeting gift for you!"
For Clara, however, this addition was entirely unnecessary. How could someone who couldn't scrape together a hundred thousand credits from her entire person possibly refuse Asta's kindness?
The jade Clara gave Asta was also something she'd previously… acquired… from the materials the Interastral Peace Corporation had gathered as tribute for the Amber Lord. As materials collected from across the universe by the IPC and offered to an Aeon, not a single piece was ordinary.
As for why Clara was still so poor after… acquiring… so many top-tier materials?
It was, of course, because of the Corporation. All materials designated for the Amber Lord were marked with tracking codes.
Coupled with the orders issued by the Interastral Peace Corporation, reputable merchants across the cosmos simply didn't dare to take Clara's materials off her hands… As for the disreputable ones?
They either couldn't recognize the goods at all, or the prices they offered were pathetically low, barely different from robbery. So, these materials just sat uselessly in Clara's possession, completely unsellable.
Of course, the most important reason for Clara's poverty was that Elio simply didn't pay a salary!!! (╯°□°)╯
Silver Wolf clearly wasn't short on cash—who knew how much she'd sunk into games. Kafka also seemed completely fine financially. As for Blade… hard to say, but he didn't seem to lack for money either.
Among the Stellaron Hunters, she was the poorest one! (╥﹏╥)
Wait, no. Firefly was probably poorer than her. If she really scraped the barrel, she could probably muster seventy or eighty thousand. Firefly, though… probably only had around fifty thousand.
Thinking this, Clara's heart felt a tiny bit better.
"Miss Clara, please give me your account number. I'll transfer the money."
"Okay-dokay! My account number is..." The moment she heard 'transfer,' Clara's eyes sparkled again.
So what if she'd been dirt-poor before? It didn't matter now—she was about to become a little rich lady! (★ ω ★)
"Alright, sent. Check if you've received it."
Ding~
The moment Asta finished speaking, Clara's phone chimed. Clara hurriedly picked it up, tapped the screen, and a text message filled her view.
[Dear Miss Clara, Hello. Your account has received a credit of 1,000,000,000 credits at xx:xx. Please verify.]
"Gulp…" Staring at that long string of zeros, Clara swallowed hard.
Seeing Clara's reaction, Asta's face was full of apology.
"I'm sorry, I've bought too many things recently, my card got limited. I could only transfer one billion."
"Once the limit is lifted next time, I'll transfer some more to you."
"N-no, that's not necessary." Clara started to shake her head in refusal, but then she replayed Asta's last words in her mind.
"…transfer some more to you."
The sentence echoed in Clara's head. The next second, she immediately grabbed Asta's hands, her expression utterly solemn.
"Miss Asta, I gratefully accept your kindness. As for the money… please do remember to send it over."
"I'm truly sorry. I'll transfer five billion to you in a week." Seeing Clara's current demeanor, Asta thought she was dissatisfied with the amount and quickly added.
"F-five… five billion…" Hearing this, Clara felt a little dizzy. She'd never seen that much money outside of a bounty notice.
"Miss Asta, rest assured! From now on, if you tell me to go east, I will absolutely not go west!"
"Huh?"
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Clara: Regarding Asta
Sugar mama~ I'm hungry~ Feed me~
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