Yarra's Adventure Notes-Chapter 1360 - 146 Bad News and Worse News

Mr. Pannis did not appear at the corner of the wall, but just happened to appear at the place Catherine had pointed to. After bowing to the female ghost with a hand on his chest, he said to Catherine, "I’ve brought back two messages, which one would you like to hear first?"

"Let’s hear the bad one first," Catherine frowned, "Is there some trouble?"

"Bad news?" Mr. Pannis thought for a moment and said, "From all the buildings around us, there are more than fifteen hundred equally excited skeletons gathering here. The situation of being watched might happen once again. Skeletons, since they cannot speak, of course, won’t be able to make that desperate noise like the ghosts just did, but imagine, over a thousand excited skeletons, clattering their jaws by our ears, rattling—um, I’m not mimicking it well. Little Deer, yes, that’s right, good job—making a sound like that with their jaws slamming. I think that is definitely not an experience anyone would look forward to."

"Great, that’s truly invigorating news." Recalling the painful experience just now, Catherine couldn’t help but roll her eyes and held her forehead for a moment in thought. Then she addressed the representative of the ghosts, "I’m really sorry about this, erm..."

"Just call me Shiela, no need to be so formal. I’ve understood what you mean, Catherine," the female ghost’s benevolent voice sounded almost like the solace of a deity. She clapped her hands and shouted loudly, "Neighbors, the time has come to make up for the mistake just now. Let’s have a few people go in every direction and stop Saen and the others. No, that won’t be enough to stop them, so go and warn them not to repeat the same mistake as us. If they disturb the guests again, they would be embarrassing our host."

The throng of onlooking ghosts glanced at one another—how they exchanged views was a mystery—but they had already reached a consensus. Over forty ghosts flew straight up into the sky, dispersing in all directions, and as they flew, they kept shouting phrases similar to "nobody make noise, everybody shut up," leaving the young ladies listening, feeling both amused and frustrated.

"Thank you, Ms. Shiela," Catherine said with a wry smile to the female ghost, "If it weren’t for your help, we would be in for another headache."

"Please don’t say that. By saying so, you make us feel even more guilty. It was our fault for causing you inconvenience in the first place, so it’s only natural for us to deal with the remaining issues," Ms. Shiela said. Although her appearance was somewhat blurry, her voice was clear and kind as she spoke with a smile, "You must still have something to say, right? Will our being here hinder you?"

"It’s okay, it won’t be a hindrance." Seeing Mr. Pannis lightly shake his head, Catherine smiled gently and said, "Thank you for your consideration. We’d just ask you to wait a little longer. Mr. Pannis, since you’ve finished with the bad news, what about the good news?"

"When did I say that one piece of news was good and the other bad?" Mr. Pannis looked innocent as he said, "The two messages I brought are both bad news—one was bad, the other even worse."

"Okay, okay." Catherine felt the veins in her forehead pulsing violently, and although she had already ’bitten’ Mr. Pannis countless times in her mind for still joking around at this time, the knightly young lady still forced herself to maintain a good image in front of the large crowd and said, "So what is the worse news? It can’t be that a bunch of necromancers or even a group of bone dragons are also on their way to gawk at us."

"It’s worse than that," Mr. Pannis sighed and said with a gloomy expression, "You should have thought of it by now. The light explosion just before, it was something I caused." freewebnøvel.coɱ

"Um, we know," Catherine nodded, "Come to think of it, we haven’t praised you yet. Your timing was impeccable. Without you, we would probably suffer for a while longer."

"No, no, no, that’s not the point," Pannis said with a close-to-despair expression and sadly continued, "The point is, the magic I command is not capable of creating an explosion of light of that magnitude. Other means were necessary."

"Hmm?" Catherine suddenly felt an ominous premonition rising in her heart, a shadow crossed her eyes, and her voice deepened, "What exactly are you trying to say..."

"Uh, you’re thinking correctly," Pannis said with a pitying look at Catherine, "The two largest light-attribute crystals we brought with us, I blew them up. That is to say, that ball of light just now was roughly worth thirteen thousand gold coins. Uh, no, with the recent surge in prices due to everyone stockpiling resources, the value of the explosion has risen by fifteen percent. So, that firework is worth fifteen thousand gold coins, almost equal to three or four nights’ worth of fireworks at the Harvest Festival. But it’s okay, at least it freed you from suffering, right? At least thinking like this can make you feel a bit better and prevent you from being too sad."

"Pannis," the knightly girl’s voice was low and cold, as if a call from hell, "Pannis, come here, I want to discuss something with you."

"I’d rather not," Pannis took a few steps back and shook his head vigorously, "I’m not an idiot; I’m not going to discuss with someone the pose I should strike as my death throes. I’ve been fooled once already, don’t try to trick me a second time."

"It’s okay. What was it you said before? Oh, right, if the mountain won’t come to me, then I’ll go to the mountain," Catherine said, her hand on the hilt of her sword, stepping closer to Pannis, "Now, let’s discuss the matter of the fifteen thousand gold coins."

"Big sis, how come you’ve also started picking up his bad habits? There’s a time and place for play," Lina and Vivian couldn’t help but chuckle and held back Catherine, who was about to turn demonic, whispering in complaint, "And image, big sister, mind your image, there are so many ghosts watching. And you, Pannis, don’t you dare laugh. You’re bullying big sis again—be careful not to anger her, or you might have to flee for hours again."

"Haha, truly sorry," the female ghost Shiela quickly came out to lighten the mood, laughing as she spoke, "Although I’m not sure about the specifics of what you’re discussing, it seems our folly just now inadvertently caused a significant financial loss to you. Don’t worry, since this is our mistake, we will certainly take responsibility and do our best to compensate for your losses. Our world still has a few specialties that are hard to find in The World of the Living. Let’s use them as compensation. Haha, Miss Catherine, you should not blame Mr. Pannis any longer."

"No problem," Catherine’s expression immediately returned to its usual brightness, as if the person who had almost become demonic wasn’t her, bowing, she said, "Since you’re so sincere, we will unreservedly accept your offer."

At Catherine’s transformation, Shiela could only smile wryly, yet in that wry smile, she did not notice the secret exchange of triumphant glances between Catherine and Pannis.