Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 103

Lumine walked toward the village, and the shogunate samurai hurried to stop her.

"Miss—"

Before the samurai could finish speaking, Lumine retorted sharply.

"I'm just going to see how the people in this village are living. Is that not allowed?"

The samurai hesitated, and seeing this, Lumine took out a supply card.

"I still have a lot of food here. I want to donate it to the villagers."

With that, Lumine directly took out a ton of rice and placed it on the open ground.

The samurai hesitated. His duty was to prevent her from running around recklessly.

But when he glanced at the pile of rice beside them—

As someone from Inazuma, he knew very well about the current situation there.

This food could really save lives.

In the end, the samurai chose to let Lumine through.

Lumine entered the village.

It was mealtime, yet out of the hundreds of households in the village, only a few wisps of smoke rose from the chimneys.

The villagers on the road were all skin and bones, with lifeless eyes.

Lumine turned to the samurai following her and said,

"Go gather all the villagers to come and collect food."

The samurai was shocked—was there really still someone willing to donate food to commoners during these hard times?

Lumine then took out her supply card and placed 100 tons of rice, 10 tons of vegetables, 1 ton of chicken, and 1 ton of beef onto the ground.

The samurai quickly ordered his subordinates to gather the villagers.

"Squad One, Squad Two! Assemble all the villagers to collect food!Squad Three, Squad Four! Stand guard and protect the food!"

As expected of Kujou Sara's direct subordinates, the elite force of Tenshukaku—orders were executed swiftly and without delay.

Soon, the villagers were gathered in the square.

They looked around at the samurai in terror.

After all, it was usually the samurai who came to collect grain.

For a long time, Inazuma's people had lived in fear of the samurai.

The samurai captain sighed quietly and shook his head at the sight.

He wished he could change this situation too, but he was powerless; if he acted rashly, he could bring disaster upon his own family.

Lumine and Paimon stood in front of the food pile. Lumine picked up a loudspeaker and said,

"Everyone, don't be afraid. My name is Lumine. The food behind me will be given to you free of charge. Please line up and collect it one by one."

After speaking, she gave the samurai captain a look.

Understanding, the captain ordered the samurai to start distributing the food.

At first, the villagers were still wary, fearing some new trick from the shogunate.

Until—

The siblings who had just eaten Lumine's braised chicken stepped forward and collected their food.

Each person received 100 catties of rice, 1 catty of vegetables, 1 catty of chicken, and 1 catty of beef.

Seeing it was real, the others rushed forward to receive their shares. Thankfully, the samurai maintained order, and no accidents occurred.

Lumine took out her phone to record the scene.

She couldn't bear to see such misery—being a kind-hearted person, she decided to report this directly to Asmode (presumably a high-ranking official or authority figure) when she returned.

The people of Inazuma were truly suffering.

When most villagers had received their food, Lumine turned to the samurai captain and said,

"You all should cook something for yourselves too. You must have been starving for a long time."

The samurai captain gratefully nodded and led his men to set up boilers in the square to prepare food.

Only then did Lumine and Paimon remember the braised chicken in the pot.

"Oh no! My braised chicken!"

After so long, Lumine feared it might have burned black.

When she rushed back, she saw Miko (Yae Miko) squatting by the pot, enjoying the braised chicken with a bowl and chopsticks.

Seeing Lumine, Miko smiled.

"Ah! Isn't this our kind-hearted heroine, Lumine?"

Lumine froze—when had Miko arrived?

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"Miko? When did you get here? And—put down my braised chicken! That's my lunch!"

Lumine rushed to the pot and scooped herself a full bowl using Paimon's rice bowl.

Miko wiped the oil from her mouth with a handkerchief and said,

"Lumine, your cooking is really delicious, especially with fried tofu. Letting it soak up the broth makes it so tasty～"

Lumine rolled her eyes.

"You still have time to eat? You should be doing your job!

Look at how the people of Inazuma are living!

I'm telling you, I've recorded everything. As the inspector, I'm going to report you! Hmph～"

Miko looked aggrieved.

"You're blaming the little fox unfairly. I only just took over. I've already started making changes. Otherwise, who do you think lifted the isolationist policy?

As for Ei, she returned and locked herself back in the Plane of Euthymia."

Lumine retorted,

"I don't care. I've got the evidence. I'm going to report you! Hmph.

Unless—"

Miko's ears perked up.

"Unless what?"

Lumine rubbed her fingers together slyly.

"Unless you give me hush money! How about 1000 Primogems, and I'll delete the video."

Lumine grinned mischievously at Miko.

Miko chuckled.

"Sure. When we meet Ei, I'll have her give it to you."

Lumine laughed and agreed, then sat next to Miko and started eating braised chicken.

"By the way, Miko, when did you get here? I didn't even notice."

Miko replied,

"Right when you were distributing food.Lumine, can I take a look at that card you're using?"

Lumine pulled out the supply card.

"This one?"

Miko nodded. Since Konda Village was right at the foot of the Grand Narukami Shrine, she had naturally noticed the commotion.

When she arrived, she saw Lumine using the card to extract supplies.

Lumine explained,

"This is an add-on product from Ye Yun's shop: a supply card. You can extract corresponding supplies with it.

Like, see this rice supply card? I extracted 100 tons just now, and there's still 900 tons left. See?"

Miko looked and understood.

"I see. I should find time to visit Ye Yun's shop myself～"

Miko sighed and then glanced at the nine supply cards in Lumine's hand.

"Lumine, can you sell me those cards? You can see for yourself how badly Inazuma needs food."

Lumine thought for a moment.

"I got these supplies at a cost of 90,000 star coins, which is about 9,000 Primogems.

But since we're friends, I'll give you a discount. 5000 Primogems and they're yours."

Miko looked troubled.

"You're making it difficult for me. I've scraped together just over 5000 Primogems recently."

Lumine grinned mischievously.

"Don't worry, there's another way."

Miko asked curiously,

"What way?"

Lumine looked behind Miko and said slyly,

"Let me touch your tail～Huohuo never lets me touch hers, and I'm really curious about what a fox person's tail feels like～"

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The Miko shot a glare at Lumine.

"Lumine, you're being a little mischievous."

Lumine paid no mind, hands on her hips.

"Just say whether you'll let me touch it or not. If you do, I'll give you these 9 redemption cards."

At this moment, a commotion was heard from the village square in Konda.

Lumine and Miko looked over and saw that Sae-chan, who had gone to report to Ei, had finally returned.

Sae-chan looked at the supplies piled up in the village square, confused.

"Where did these supplies come from?" Sae-chan asked the head of the samurai.

The head of the samurai responded.

"General, these supplies were donated by that lady over there, distributed to the villagers."

Sae-chan nodded in understanding.

"I see. Have the supplies been distributed?"

The head of the samurai replied.

"Yes, they've been distributed, but there are still some left. I was about to ask Miss Lumine how to handle them when you came back."

Sae-chan looked around and saw Lumine sitting by the stove, holding a bowl of food, with Miko and Paimon.

Sae-chan walked up to the three of them, and Lumine was munching on some braised chicken.

"Have you finished asking? What did Ei say?"

Seeing that Lumine was calling the Shogun by her name, Sae-chan immediately became angry.

"Impudence! How dare you call the Shogun by her name!"

Lumine shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm friends with Ei, what's the big deal?"

Miko, standing beside her, also chimed in.

"Sae-chan, Lumine and Ei are very close, it's fine."

When Sae-chan heard Miko's words, she snorted and decided not to continue the conversation.

"There are still some grains left in the square. You can take them back."

Lumine was a bit puzzled.

"Take them back? I don't have a place to store them. You can distribute them along the way. The situation in Inazuma is really pitiful."

Sae-chan then took out a bag of Mora.

"We, Inazuma, won't take these supplies for free. Consider it a personal purchase of mine. This is a deposit, and I will pay the rest later."

Lumine opened the bag and reached in to pull out a few golden Mora.

"Mora? This stuff is useless to me, not worth anything~"

Lumine, seeing that it was Mora, was instantly disappointed and threw the bag back at Sae-chan.

Lumine glanced at Sae-chan.

"Don't worry, I'm not giving you these supplies out of pity. Strictly speaking, I'm your superior, right? I can't ignore the lives of those under me."

Sae-chan furrowed her brow.

"Superior?"

Miko, seeing the confusion on Sae-chan's face, explained.

"She's actually a supervisor of the seven nations' civilian life, appointed by Lady Calestia. In terms of rank, she's equal to Ei."

Although Sae-chan didn't know who Calestia was, she understood the latter half of the sentence.

This girl is actually on equal footing with their Shogun.

Lumine waved her hand.

"Go ahead and distribute the grains. Miko and I will go find Ei. I brought her some fresh flower cakes."

Miko also spoke.

"Sae-chan, you should take these supplies to the people. Lumine and I have something to discuss with Ei."

When Sae-chan heard that Miko would be accompanying Lumine, she felt at ease.

"I understand."

With that, Sae-chan turned and left, leading the samurai with the supplies.

After a short break, Lumine and Miko finished their meal and got into Lumine's RV.

Lumine stepped on the accelerator, driving the RV towards Inazuma City.

Miko sat inside the RV, feeling quite curious.

Paimon brought over two bags of chips.

"Miko, do you want the cucumber flavor or the tomato flavor?"

Miko looked at the chips in Paimon's hands.

"What is this?"

Paimon explained.

"This is chips, a snack from Ye Yun's world."

Miko thought for a moment.

"I'll try them both."

Paimon opened both bags and placed them on the table for herself and Miko to share.

In the driver's seat, Lumine was startled when she heard Paimon sharing snacks with Miko.

Lumine slammed on the brakes.

"Who are you? Get off of Paimon! I tell you, I know several ghost-catching masters!"

Paimon looked at Lumine, speechless.

"Am I that petty? It's just a bag of chips!"

Actually, deep down, Paimon felt a little guilty. The reason she was willing to share the chips with Miko was because she had bought too many.

These chips were all purchased from Topaz, who sold her a whole truckload for 10 star coins.

Paimon also had a storage ring where she kept a lot of snacks, including chips.

She had earned some star coins running errands for Ye Yun, and with that money, she went to Topa to buy snacks.

To get a whole cargo compartment for her snacks, Paimon had even sweet-talked and acted cute with Himeko.

Paimon glared at Lumine.

"Miko, let's continue eating, don't mind her."

Miko smiled, then continued eating the chips. They were really tasty! She thought Ei would love them.

Miko asked.

"Paimon, do you have more chips? Sell me some."

Paimon waved her hand grandly, exuding a wealthy air.

The next moment, 20 bags of chips with various flavors appeared on the table.

"Eat! Go ahead, I have plenty!"

Miko laughed.

"Then I won't hold back."

The three of them sat in the RV, and after more than half an hour, they arrived at Inazuma City.

Inazuma City was built in a stepped structure from bottom to top, with the highest point being the Heavenly Castle where the Shogun resided.

Lumine parked the RV at the lowest point of the village.

Lumine shouted to Miko behind her.

"Miko, ask someone to watch my car."

Miko, while eating chips, responded.

"Drive a little further, there's a Yae Shrine ahead. It's my shop."

Lumine stepped on the gas and drove the RV forward along the main road.

Along the way, after Lumine left, a bandaged girl peeked out from a nearby house, curiously watching the RV leave.

"What is this thing?"

The girl's name was Yoimiya, a fire-element Vision holder, and the most skilled fireworks artisan in all of Inazuma.

"Old man, I'm going out for a bit!"

"Okay, go ahead," Yoimiya's father responded.

"What? What did you say?" Yoimiya said again.

"I said.. I! Am! Going! Out!"

Yoimiya's father finally understood.

"Okay, go."

Yoimiya looked at the distance, seeing that Lumine's RV was still struggling to climb the hill. The steep slopes and winding roads of Inazuma City made travel difficult.

Yoimiya quickly ran after it.

Inside Sumeru City.

The Grand Sage, enraged, slammed a report onto the head of a thirty-person mercenary team.

"Useless! You're all useless! After so long, you haven't found a single person. What good are you to me?"

The mercenaries lowered their heads in silence, letting the Grand Sage vent his anger.

After a while, the Grand Sage calmed down.

"What are you standing there for? Keep looking!"