Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 78

Xiangling cheerfully pushed a small cart out from the kitchen.

"Dinner time~ Dinner time~ Everyone come eat~"

There were three tables set up for tonight.

Ye Yun took out a jar of fine liquor he had bought from the system store.

"Those who can drink, sit over here. If you can't, sit at the other tables."

Hearing this, Venti and Feixiao immediately ran over to Ye Yun's table.

Venti couldn't wait and looked eagerly at the jar in Ye Yun's hand.

"Quick, quick, quick, Ye Yun! Pour me a cup first!"

Ye Yun replied, "What's the rush? Not everyone's here yet."

Then he called out again, "Anyone who wants to drink, come sit over here!"

Hearing that, Kaeya and Diluc also came over and sat down near Ye Yun.

"Drinking? Count me in, of course!" Kaeya said proudly, sitting beside Venti.

People in the hall began to settle into their seats.

Kafka and Himeko, along with Ningguang, the six little ones, Nahida, and Paimon sat at one table.

Stelle, March 7th, Hu Tao, Amber, Eula, Seele, Lumine, Qingque, and Xiangling shared another.

Once everyone had arrived, Ye Yun opened the lid of the liquor jar.

In an instant, a strong aroma of alcohol filled the room.

Feixiao and Venti both looked delighted, relishing the scent.

Ye Yun warned, "This liquor is really strong, so take it slow."

Feixiao perked up, "Strong? That's just how I like it! The stronger the better—gotta drink it in big gulps!"

Venti chimed in, "Exactly, what fun is drinking if you sip it like tea?"

Ye Yun chuckled. "If you drink like that, you'll probably be down after one cup."

Venti confidently propped his foot on the bench and grabbed a bowl. "Come on! Let me see how strong this is!"

Ye Yun, seeing someone so bold, poured a full bowl for Venti.

Venti raised his head and downed it in one go. "That's it? That's it? This wine is nothi—"

Before he could finish, his body suddenly went limp, and he slid under the table.

Ye Yun clicked his tongue. "Tsk tsk tsk... So this is the Anemo Archon's limit? Too weak!"

Seeing Venti knocked out after one cup, Feixiao got interested. "Ye Yun, pour me one too!"

Ye Yun, seeing another daredevil, poured a bowl for Feixiao as well.

Feixiao downed it in one gulp, wiped her mouth, "Nice! This wine hits hard! Gimme another!"

Ye Yun was surprised—still standing after one bowl? This was a super potent spirit he bought from the system store.

Just this one jar had cost Ye Yun 10,000 Star Coins.

He poured a second bowl for Feixiao, who once again drained it in one go.

Feixiao slammed the bowl down on the table. Hic! "Why's everyone swaying? Wait... why is the floor swaying...?"

A few seconds later, she too collapsed under the table like Venti.

Zhongli had someone carry them to the side to rest.

Ye Yun looked around at the table. "So? Any other brave souls up for the challenge?"

Kaeya slammed the table. Three seconds later, Kaeya was down!

Huaiyan chuckled, stroking his beard and shaking his head. "We'll drink slowly. Us old folks can't keep up with the young."

Then, each person poured themselves a bowl and slowly drank while enjoying the dishes.

At the kids' table—

Nahida pouted unhappily.

She was the Dendro Archon, yet she had to sit with Klee and the other kids!

At first, Nahida had wanted to sit at Ye Yun's table.

But Ye Yun had picked her up and plopped her down with Klee's group, saying—

"No alcohol for kids!"

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Klee handed Nahida a chicken leg. "Nahida~ have a drumstick~"

Nahida's sulky mood instantly lifted. "Okay, thank you, Klee!"

She took the drumstick and took a big bite.

Calestia and Silver Wolf sat at Star's table.

The two were still glued to their PS5, not even glancing at the food.

Furina sat beside Star.

Stelle asked curiously, "Hi, what's your name? Who invited you?"

Furina, enjoying the food, raised her head. "Ahem~ Listen well! I am the embodiment of justice, the god of Fontaine, the Archon—Focalors!"

Stelle was stunned. "You're a god too?"

Furina nodded. "Of course. Why?"

Stelle looked at her, "Does your land still have treasure chests?"

Furina thought for a moment, "Yeah, why?"

Stelle, March 7th, Lumine and the others all lit up. "Treasure chests!"

Furina was confused. Treasure chests weren't that rare, were they?

"Aren't treasure chests everywhere?"

Lumine immediately realized—Furina didn't know Primogems could be exchanged for Star Coins!

So she picked up a sweet and sour fish and placed it in Furina's bowl.

"Focalors? Can we visit your land?"

Furina replied, "Just call me Furina normally. 'Focalors' is for formal occasions."

Lumine nodded. "Okay, Furina, can we come play in your country?"

Furina was curious, "What do you want to do there? Isn't Liyue fun enough?"

Lumine grinned. "We all have a shared hobby—opening treasure chests. We've got a disease called 'if we don't open chests for too long, we die'."

Furina rubbed her chin. "There's such a disease? First I've heard of it."

Lumine patted her on the shoulder. "So, Furina, what do you say? Can we go to Fontaine?"

Furina thought for a moment. "If you want to go, then go! It's not like Fontaine is closed off from the world."

Hearing this, Miko was speechless. Why did Inazuma get dissed like that for no reason?

Well, at least Ei was finally stepping up and improving the country.

After the Lantern Rite, Miko would return to handle affairs with the three clans.

After all, Inazuma's mess was largely thanks to two of those clans—excluding the Kamisato family.

Still—

Miko had noticed something. This group seemed very obsessed with "treasure chests."

There had to be something going on there.

As for that "chest withdrawal disease" Lumine mentioned, that was way too ridiculous to be real.

Everyone chatted and ate, and time passed quickly.

After everyone was full, they sat back to digest.

Ye Yun looked at everyone and pulled out several dozen red envelopes.

"Everyone, come on over! Time to hand out red envelopes.

In my hometown, there's a tradition of giving red envelopes during the New Year.

Come, come, one per person."

Hearing the words "free stuff," Paimon zoomed to Ye Yun's side.

"Ye Yun! Happy New Year!"

Ye Yun smiled and handed her one.

Paimon, curious as ever, shook the envelope and pressed her ear against it to listen.

***

Ye Yun introduced:

"This red envelope is kind of like the scratch cards Star once opened from trash cans. What you get all depends on luck."

Paimon suddenly understood.

"Oh, I see! Then let me see what good stuff I can get!"

Everyone turned their attention to Paimon.

Paimon opened the red envelope. A golden light flashed, and the envelope disappeared.

In its place was a roasted chicken.

Paimon's eyes lit up instantly.

"Wow! It's roast chicken!"

Paimon flew over to Lumine with the roast chicken.

"Lumine, quick, put the roast chicken in your storage ring. I want it for a midnight snack~"

Stelle ran over to Ye Yun and mimicked Paimon's tone, saying:

"Ye Yun! Happy New Year!"

Ye Yun handed her a red envelope.

Soon after, March 7th, Hu Tao, Lumine, Amber, Eula, Seele, Qingque—

As well as Zhongli, Welt, and Huo Huo all received their own red envelopes.

Unexpectedly, Furina got one too.

Furina looked at the red envelope in her hand, uncertain what kind of surprise it held.

So—

She opened it. In an instant, a red light burst forth.

Stelle was dumbfounded the moment she saw the red light.

No way! A jackpot on the first try? Seriously?

Stelle looked at the can of surströmming in her hand with disbelief.

When the red light faded, 32 fully armored knights appeared before Furina, each wielding a rapier and a small round shield.

The leading knight knelt on one knee before Furina and saluted.

"Lancelot, at your service, my liege."

Xiao frowned at the sight of these knights.

"Their strength..."

In Xiao's perception, these knights were almost on par with him. The leader was even more terrifying, radiating an aura not much weaker than Osial.

Furina was completely stunned by the sudden turn of events.

"You're talking to me?"

Lancelot gave a small nod.

"Yes, my liege. The Lancelot Knights await your command."

Ye Yun smiled and congratulated her.

"Congratulations, Furina. The weakest among these knights is on par with a divine familiar. As for Lancelot himself, he's at the level of a god."

Furina was completely shocked.

What? They're that strong?

Then she suddenly remembered Fontaine's prophecy. With such a powerful force under her command, what was there to worry about anymore?

March 7th asked curiously:

"Ye Yun, where did these guys come from? Your red envelopes can even summon people?"

Ye Yun replied:

"My red envelopes give random rewards.

These people belong to the Lancelot Knights.

They come from a game world called Conqueror's Blade."

Calestia perked up upon hearing "game world."

"Game world? Do they have skills?"

Ye Yun nodded and explained with information from the system:

"Yes, they have two skills.

First skill: Guard — they immediately appear beside the one they serve when that person is in danger.

Second skill: Lancelot Sword Technique — it forces a 1v1 duel with the enemy, and each time a knight attacks, they gain one second of invincibility.

Of course, the second skill only works against enemies of equal or lower strength."

Everyone was amazed.

Those skills were broken. These bodyguards were seriously overpowered!

Stelle listened to the explanation, drooling with envy.

My goodness! If only such a group of underlings belonged to me...

Then I could charge into battle with the Lancelot Knights and unleash some righteous beatdowns.

Most importantly—

Those knight armors looked so cool!

Furina was so thrilled she could almost fly.

Long live Lady Calestia! If she hadn't brought her here, she wouldn't have gotten a red envelope—let alone drawn the Lancelot Knights.

Furina silently vowed to support Lady Calestia forevermore.

Ye Yun looked at the overjoyed Furina.

"You should have them wait outside for now—the cabin's getting cramped."

Furina came to her senses and ordered the knights to wait on the deck.

"Thank you, Ye Yun," she said sincerely.

Ye Yun smiled.

"No need to thank me. It was all your good luck."

He turned to the others.

"What are you all standing around for? Keep opening your red envelopes! Let's see if there are any more lucky ones today."

Stelle eagerly watched everyone else.

Then she tugged on Ye Yun's sleeve.

"Ye Yun, are these red envelopes for sale?"

Ye Yun replied:

"They're just like those trash can scratch cards—1,000 star coins each."

Stelle's hand immediately moved toward her storage ring.

In the end—

She spent all her Primogems, star coins, and Stellar Jades, buying seven red envelopes.

Stelle took the envelopes, grinning as she prepared to open them.

At that moment, Furina noticed Stelle had seven red envelopes and was puzzled.

"Stelle, where did you get those seven red envelopes? Didn't you already open yours?"

Stelle responded:

"Bought them. Ye Yun is selling extras."

Furina turned to Ye Yun.

"Ye Yun, do you have more red envelopes for sale?"

Ye Yun said:

"Yes, but you probably don't have any star coins, right?"

Furina scratched her head.

"Star coins? What's that?"

Ye Yun explained:

"I sell all sorts of things from countless worlds.

But here, I only accept star coins. You can exchange Primogems for them at a rate of 1:10."

Furina blinked. Primogems? That sounded familiar.

Clorinde whispered:

"Lady Furina, Primogems are those crystals you get from treasure chests."

Furina suddenly understood.

"So that's why Stelle and the others are so keen on treasure hunting!"

Now that she knew how valuable Primogems were, Furina made up her mind to have every Primogem in Fontaine collected.

Ye Yun chuckled.

"If you want to buy from me later, you can go through Calestia or Zhongli. They know where my shop is."

Furina nodded in understanding.

Soon, everyone had opened their red envelopes.

Most of them contained ordinary items, but everyone was still happy.

After all, it was all about having fun and good luck.

Klee didn't get anything too special this time—just a pack of candy.

It wasn't because Klee was unlucky. The system had intervened.

When Ye Yun gave Klee the envelope, the system forcibly assigned a specific one.

No matter which one Ye Yun chose, it would secretly swap for the designated envelope.