Serena and the Mysterious Labyrinth - Chapter 173

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173. The Spinning Wheel Spun Again

[You have reached 10 gacha companions. Rewards will be distributed.]

A free reward.

Seeing the new notification window that appeared in the world visible through her left eye, the stuffiness in her chest that had felt like indigestion cleared up a little.

‘Lucas and Olive, Ying. Grey, the Count, four Number Siblings. Plus Low and Count Alpha.’

The total number of people Serena had drawn through gacha so far was 11.

The 10-person achievement notification should have appeared when she drew Low, but it was generated only after drawing Count Alpha.

‘One person is missing. Did Lucas get excluded because he died? Or because he’s not a companion?’

She would learn the reward criteria when she received the next reward.

Serena focused on the facts that were certain right now.

‘I hope it’s a good reward.’

What the Princess considered good rewards were guaranteed 5-star draws, good equipment to give to Olive and Ying, or items that would help with lobby living.

Serena swallowed her dry saliva and received the reward.

[You have been granted a Limited Shop 1-time Free Use Ticket.]

‘Damn, are you kidding me.’

Serena internally spat out curses she had learned in her previous life.

‘After all the suffering I went through when I spun that wheel and got a dud!’

On top of the already difficult exploration due to increased layer difficulty, Richard appeared and her sibling kept dying – what terrible hardships she had endured.

After suffering so much, Serena had never looked at the limited shop window again.

As if reading the Princess’s inner thoughts, a notification appeared.

[Tip. Using a free ticket will not result in a dud.]

Serena glared at the notification and looked at the limited shop window for the first time in a while.

A spinning wheel without duds was waiting for Serena.

The spinning wheel’s prize items were still dazzling.

From elixirs of immortality to legendary swords and shields.

Of course, the probability of drawing such good items was very low.

Serena forcibly ignored the tempting item categories by pretending they didn’t exist and looked at realistic rewards.

’10 shop coins, 20 shop coins. These kinds of things have high winning probabilities.’

Gacha coins had similar winning probabilities, but from Serena’s perspective, gacha coins were similar to duds without penalties.

‘Honestly, you can get 1 death coin just by dying, and you can’t just keep drawing recklessly even if you have coins, so what’s the point of collecting lots of death coins.’

So the Princess had suggested to the god that they give her a guaranteed 4-star draw ticket if she collected 10 death coins, but it was ignored.

It wasn’t really ignored – she did hear that it would be reflected next time.

‘Give it to me now! I don’t care about next time!’

In the first place, only four of Huaim’s bloodline remained, and all four of them were stuck in the labyrinth.

‘It looks like there won’t be a next time!’

The Princess was thinking about whether the family line would be cut off, then changed her mind.

‘Positive thinking! I’m going to leave the labyrinth together with Seraph. Huaim’s bloodline won’t be cut off!’

Serena and Seraph would safely escape the labyrinth, rebuild Heuji City, and continue Huaim’s bloodline.

The other two men were none of Serena’s business.

The Princess earnestly scrunched up her face in imagination and used the free ticket to spin the wheel.

The spinning wheel spun around boringly without any sparkling lights or exciting music, then gradually slowed down.

‘If there’s a next time, maybe I should suggest adding effects to the gacha and spinning wheel too.’

The rotation speed gradually slowed down and the text with the items became slightly visible.

The spinning wheel that had been going round and round stopped. Serena doubted her own eyes when she saw the item the arrow pointed to.

[50 shop coins will be distributed.]

A whopping 50 shop coins.

“Crazy!”

The Princess, who had been sitting in a chair with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes wide, shouted briefly and powerfully, then closed her eyes again.

The two newcomers who had returned from checking the exit were startled by the Princess’s strange behavior and looked around.

Low hunched his broad shoulders and Count Alpha grabbed his axe.

The two newcomers saw the lobby people who weren’t agitated and rolled their eyes and heads hard to assess the situation.

The prince, who was born with the second-best silver spoon in the lobby after Serena, smiled brightly and explained.

“Right now, Her Highness Serena is communicating with the Labyrinth God. Don’t be alarmed.”

“I hope she brings back something good this time instead of a doghouse~”

“There’s no guarantee she’ll bring back a gift. She might be giving thanks for being able to meet Mr. Low and Count Alpha this time.”

“It would be really nice if she could bring back hints for conquering the 8th layer while she’s at it~”

Low forgot about being shy and made a serious expression.

“Is there really a god in the labyrinth and is that Princess really an apostle?”

“Of course~ Have you been living your whole life being deceived?”

Low didn’t get angry even at Olive’s words, who was the very person who had deceived him, and looked at the Princess sitting in the chair with eyes full of curiosity.

Count Alpha was the same. The Empire’s knight who had recognized the Princess’s value in the teleportation room gazed at the Princess sitting in the chair with her eyes closed, his serious gaze not matching his gorgeous beauty.

“Indeed. I can feel holiness from Her Highness the Grand Princess.”

Was she having a serious conversation with the god?

The Princess’s brow furrowed and her eyebrows twitched. Her lips also trembled slightly.

“She’s having a rather long conversation this time. Do they have a lot to discuss?”

Lavenda, the senior veteran of the lobby, became tense.

While everyone was curious about and worried about the conversation the Princess was having with the god.

‘Crazy, crazy, crazy. Is this real! 50 coins, is this real!’

Serena was struggling desperately to hold back her desire to scream like crazy.

’50 shop coins, is this real! Not 1 or 10, but 50 coins, is this real!’

To get 50 shop coins, she would have to break through 50 floors of the labyrinth. Or perfectly conquer 10 layers.

Even receiving 50 gold bars wouldn’t make her heart pound and excite her this much.

Serena realized for the first time what it felt like to be so happy she could die.

‘Aaaaah! 50 shop coins!’

If she could, she wanted to shout at the top of her lungs until the lobby shook, and share this joy with everyone, whether she knew them or not.

But she couldn’t.

The fact that Serena could use the shop was a secret known only to people with orange single eyes and the Labyrinth God.

‘Aaaaah! Hiding joy is this hard! No, really! This is too good!’

To hold back the laughter that was about to burst out, the Princess recalled sad memories.

Remembering the scene of her mother strangling her sibling on that day of thunder and lightning, her mood that had been flying above the clouds crashed to the ground.

‘Maybe I thought of something too depressing.’

The Princess held her forehead and sighed deeply. Her reason, which had run away due to her mood hitting extremes, returned.

Now that her reason had returned too, she needed to focus on reality.

The Princess who had obtained 50 shop coins had one concern.

‘What should I buy?’

This was also the happiest worry in the world, so Serena’s lips twitched.

Serena quickly recalled her father’s sly face when he couldn’t last a day after saying he would quit medicine as a birthday gift, and corrected her emotions.

‘Since there are two more people, is it finally time to purchase additional capsule beds?’

Just as Serena was about to purchase capsule beds, Low, tired of waiting, was looking around the lobby and stopped in front of the capsule beds.

“Is this the doghouse bed? It really looks like a doghouse.”

“I’ll sleep on top. What about you, Danmu?”

“The space on top is wide. Should I sleep on top too?”

“Are you after my body? I don’t get back together with people I’ve dated before~”

“I, I’m not interested in you either! I’ll sleep here near the fire. I have a sleeping bag too.”

“Hmm. What will you do, Sirius?”

“I am Her Highness’s guard. I will sleep in front of Her Highness’s bedroom.”

Listening to the conversation with her eyes closed, it seemed like neither of the newcomers needed capsule beds.

Serena grumbled at the fantasy people who didn’t know the value of personal space and looked at other products.

The product Serena had originally planned to purchase and had her eye on was a vending machine.

But once she actually got her hands on 50 coins, buying a 10-coin vending machine felt like a waste of coins.

‘I have 50 coins now. If I’ve got big money, I should buy something big. I can’t waste 10 coins on mere snacks.’

Serena browsed through the product list of 30+ coin items that she hadn’t even bothered looking at before, wondering when she’d ever collect that much.

Leaving 10 shop coins for emergencies, Serena currently had 48 coins to spend.

Among human desires, the Bread Tree that reflected the most primal desire of food cost 10 coins.

The 50-coin list had products that reflected more complex desires.

‘A flying mansion? What’s the point of a house that flies? There’s no way I’d spend 50 coins on something like that.’

It’s not like building a house on the back of a flying fish or something – what would be the point of a house that flies?

It was somewhat romantic, but useless for conquering the labyrinth.

A singing golem bird with iridescent rainbow feathers. It supposedly drives away nightmares and guarantees good dreams, but this was also useless.

‘Our Chicken must have been quite expensive if bought with coins.’

A bird that just sings for 50 coins. Chicken, who lays golden eggs, probably cost around 100 coins, right?

Speaking of 100 coins, there were products that immediately came to mind.

An infinite-capacity subspace warehouse and a box that randomly produces equipment.

The Princess’s excitement from obtaining 50 coins began to fade.

‘Seeing the 100-coin products makes me feel disappointed. Either the warehouse or the box would be useful.’

She could purchase them if she collected 42 more coins, but that would literally require conquering 42 more floors.

Even if she could obtain additional coins through perfect clears, it wouldn’t be easy.

‘I’d die trying to collect that much.’

The products sold in the shop were ultimately lobby decoration items.

It would be nice if there were equipment, but since they only sold decorative installation items, Serena’s dilemma deepened.

‘There are more people who seem like they’d eat a lot of protein, so should I buy a meat tree? No. We can catch fish from the pond, and catching just one Labyrinth Chicken lasts us a long time. I can’t waste 10 coins.’

It was fortunate they had conquered the 7th Floor. If they hadn’t solved the chronic shortage of clothes and shoes on the 7th Floor, she might have considered buying an automatic loom.

‘We can get gold, silver, and gems from the 7th Floor too. Instead of buying things just because I got coins, should I save them for the future?’

After much deliberation, Serena chose a 30-coin stone box. It was a magnificent stone chest with beautiful decorations and even a lock.

Of course, it wasn’t an ordinary box. It was actually a subspace storage container.

If you put ice in it, the ice wouldn’t melt and would be preserved, and if you stored meat and fish, they would also be preserved exactly as they were when put in.

The capacity was smaller than the truly unlimited 100-coin warehouse. Still, it was about the size of a small warehouse, and the capacity could be upgraded with coins.

‘I also like that I can designate who can use it.’

Serena could input who was allowed to use it, protecting stored items from thieves like Olive.

‘I can use this to store ingredients and valuables. I can also clean up the messy stuff in the lobby.’

Serena took a deep breath and purchased the subspace stone box.

Having splurged on a whole 30-coin item made her tremble like the day she deposited her entire life savings from her previous life as a rental deposit.

‘Though I never got it back in the end.’

Fortunately, while humans might scam you, gods don’t.

Serena stored the stone chest she received immediately upon purchase in the warehouse for now and looked at other products.

‘Since there are more people, should I buy another toilet? Neet goes to the restroom quite often.’

Neet frequently had diarrhea, probably because her digestive system was weak due to her illness.

It was fine when the restroom was empty, but when someone was already using it, she couldn’t hold in her diarrhea and would either run to the herb garden or pitifully endure it out of consideration for others.

‘Right, let’s buy it. We have over 10 people now. And times like these are when we should enjoy civilization.’

Serena purchased another toilet.

‘Is this enough? Hmm?’

As mentioned several times, the items sold in the shop were decoration items that could be installed in the lobby.

So it was possible to install walls and change their types, or replace floor tiles.

What caught Serena’s eye were tiles with special functions among the floor tiles.

‘Mana-absorbing floor.’

The function was exactly as the product name suggested. If you laid these tiles on the lobby floor and stood on them, your mana would drain away.

‘Would this help Neet? The price is… ugh!’

Thinking it would be better than nothing, she tried to buy it, but the price was dizzyingly expensive.

’10 coins for one tile? Are you kidding? Tiles should be sold 10 for 1 coin! That’s the proper price!’

Each tile covered an area of 1 square meter.

Even considering the diagonal length, it was a small tile that Neet couldn’t even lie down on comfortably, yet the price was incredibly expensive.

‘I’ll hold off on this. If the effect isn’t great, it would be a waste of coins, so I should ask Old Man or Ying before buying it.’

While she felt sorry every time she heard Neet’s blood-boiling coughing, 10 coins for a single tile was still too excessive.

’33 coins. That was quite a splurge.’

After reincarnating, she had lived luxuriously without worrying about money, but ever since falling into the labyrinth, she constantly worried about money.

The princess, who never knew what saving meant, felt her head throb.

Just as Serena was about to close her right eye, the vending machine entered her left eye’s view.

As if telling her not to give up on it, it kept catching her attention.

‘No way. I can’t spend 10 coins on snacks and carbonated drinks.’

Even if you love something, what’s not allowed is not allowed.

As Serena tried to look away, something she hadn’t seen before caught her eye.

[Vending machine product selection changeable. Free once per day.]

It was the vending machine’s product description. The additional product description was emphasized in bright red text.

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