"Why would I lie to you? This is written by Lady Ningguang herself. Look here—starting tomorrow, the Liyue Bank will officially open. Citizens are encouraged to deposit their savings. No deposit fees, no withdrawal fees. You even earn interest! The longer you save, the more you earn. Go to the Liyue Bank tomorrow for details."
Seeing the skepticism on people's faces, the man who had grabbed a flyer shoved it under their noses, his own face still mask-like with shock.
Clearly, Ningguang's move had stunned him too.
A bank with no fees? It was practically charity.
"Heavens above... no fees for depositing or withdrawing? Are they keeping our money for free? Is this really Liyue? Living here is too good to be true."
"It's not just free safekeeping—they pay you! It's called interest. You put money in, and when you take it out, you don't pay a Cent—you get extra Mora back!"
"Won't Lady Ningguang lose money doing this? It sounds too good to last."
"I can't believe it. Before, she banned the local money houses from predatory lending and removed deposit fees, which was already a blessing. Now she's removed withdrawal fees andadded interest? It's a miracle."
"Lady Ningguang's generosity knows no bounds."
"And look! It says depositors will get free gifts! We have to go see what it is tomorrow. Lady Ningguang treats us too well."
"Yeah, compared to this Liyue Bank, the Northland Bank is garbage."
"I've hated those Snezhnayan leeches for years. I don't know why they're allowed to operate here. I heard they beat people up when collecting debts."
"I used to keep my Mora under my mattress, but if Lady Ningguang is opening a bank, I'm definitely depositing it!"
...
The news spread like wildfire.
As the crowd buzzed with excitement, the line outside Felix's jar shop began to thin.
Some of the queued customers noticed the "paper snow" in the distance.
"Look! The papers are falling from the Jade Chamber direction. It's another snowstorm from Lady Ningguang."
"The business world is turning upside down again. I have to go see!"
"Wait for me!"
"Holy sh*t, you guys aren't opening jars anymore?"
"Forget the jars! You can open jars anytime. Lady Ningguang's 'snow' is a rare event. Every time it falls, people make fortunes!"
...
A group of merchants abandoned their spots in line and sprinted toward the falling papers, desperate for the first-hand scoop.
But many others stayed put.
"Idiots. Making a fuss over nothing. We can find out what it says later. Rushing over there won't change anything."
"Exactly. The jars are more important. With fewer people, maybe our luck will be better."
"One hundred thousand a jar... it's so expensive. I can only afford one."
...
The remaining customers chatted nervously, eyeing the shop with longing.
They were dreaming of a life-changing pull.
Crack.
Inside the shop, a customer smashed a jar. An object clattered onto the counter.
It was a small biscuit shaped like a cat.
"What the hell? A cookie?"
The customer stared at the cat-shaped biscuit, his eyes bulging.
He had spent one hundred thousand Mora... for a cookie?
Was this a joke?
He could buy a bag of cookies for ten Mora anywhere in Liyue!
And he spent one hundred thousand?!
He stood there, stunned.
"No... wait. It came from the jar shop. It must have a special effect."
He clung to that hope. This was a magical shop. It wouldn't sell trash, right?
He looked at Felix with desperate eyes. "Shopkeeper, tell me. What is this?"
Before he even asked, Felix had already identified the item.
[Animal Biscuit]: Consuming this biscuit transforms the user into the animal depicted. Duration: 24 hours.
"An Animal Biscuit. As the name suggests, eating it turns you into an animal."
Felix smiled faintly. "Yours is shaped like a cat. So, if you eat it, you will become a cat."
"That's it?"
The customer's jaw dropped. "Just that?"
One hundred thousand Mora to become a cat for a day?
What was the point?
"Yes, that's it."
Seeing the man's dismay, Felix nodded. "It allows you to become a cat for a day. If you have... special hobbies, or need to go places unnoticed, it's quite useful. In a way, it has value. So, care to open another?"
The customer hesitated.
True, turning into a cat had its uses for spying or sneaking.
But for one hundred thousand Mora? It felt like a scam.
"Forget it!"
He grabbed the cookie and stormed out, his face blank with disappointment.
"Looks like that guy didn't get anything good."
The crowd outside muttered as they watched him leave.
They had noticed a pattern: winners left beaming, losers left fuming.
This guy was definitely a loser.
A few more customers went in, full of hope, only to come out looking dejected.
Eventually, the line dwindled to nothing.
"Shopkeeper, are you rigging these?"
Inside the shop, a wealthy merchant glared at the pile of junk on the counter—a few sodas, a toy, and a strange fruit that wasn't a Devil Fruit. "These things are worthless."