Liria's Goal
The humans of Earth are truly amazing.
But as of now, only a select few humans can go to space.
Is that so?
Silvia wanted to venture into the vast expanse of space.
But Silvia's flight was insufficient to overcome Selenia's gravity.
If she used space travel repeatedly, it might be possible, but she couldn't bear the mana consumption.
Moreover, she knew that there is no air in space, so she couldn't do anything risky.
Liria thought that with her own space travel, she could definitely go out of the universe.
After coming to Earth and realizing that her space travel has no distance limitations.
But rather than that, she wanted to make a spaceship and adventure in space.
But with the current dwarf science and technology, it was still far from enough to make a spaceship.
Liria believed without a doubt that if the dwarves' science research continued, someday there would be space technology to go to space.
So, she started collecting rare minerals for the future.
If she combined it with Earth's science and technology, there was a possibility that the work would be accelerated.
With Earth's science and technology and the dwarves, she believed without a doubt that they could make the best spaceship.
But it required an enormous amount of Earth money.
So, she needed a means to make money, and the first start was the cafe.
“Liria will make a spaceship someday, Silvia noona.”
“Really?”
“Liria wants to go out into Selenia's space once.”
Liria wanted to go out into space more than Silvia.
Not only Earth, but Selenia’s space as well.
Currently, even civilians can go to space, but they only know it as experiencing weightlessness at around 100km altitude.
Liria wanted something more than that, like a space travel where she goes out of space and visits other planets.
But as of now, it was too early, so she decided to promise the future.
“If I use the power of humans, I can make it quickly. It will require a considerable amount of money though.”
“Liria wants to be with the dwarves.”
If made with Earth's scientists and Earth's minerals, there would be clear limits.
She had heard that they consume a lot of fuel to launch rockets even now.
Liria thought, why not make a spaceship with rare minerals that only exist on Selenia, not Earth's minerals.
Selenia's rare minerals are far superior to Earth's minerals.
Moreover, since mana can be used, it could drastically reduce fuel consumption.
Liria wanted to make a spaceship using rare minerals.
For that, the power of the dwarves was necessary.
Helping with Earth's scientists to make a spaceship is fine, but it was important to be with the dwarves.
“Ah, so you want to make it with Selenia's rare minerals.”
“Yes.”
“The reason Liria collected gold coins until now was that reason.”
“Yes. Silvia noona. Hehe.”
“So, you didn't use the gold coins earned in Selenia, but earned only on Earth.”
“Yes. Hehe.”
Liria wanted to make the spaceship with her own earned money.
For that, she needed to succeed in business on Earth.
“Now, we're almost there.”
“Parking is possible inside the building.”
“Yes. Hypermarkets basically have parking facilities inside the building.”
Everything on Earth was amazing to Silvia.
And the hypermarket they were going to now, she was really looking forward to what kind of place it was.
After parking, the group got out of the car.
Following Park Dahye like a child who had never been to a supermarket before.
And at the place where shopping carts are placed, she took out two shopping carts.
“Shopping carts are necessary in supermarkets.”
Silvia looked at the shopping cart made of metal rails and thought about its purpose.
It had wheels and was open on top, so it seemed for storing goods.
Maybe similar to a luggage cart.
“It's a luggage cart. I understand.”
“You two probably think since you have subspace bags, you can put them there, but from the supermarket's perspective, they would see it as theft. So, you can't put them in subspace bags until the transaction is complete.”
“Understood. There are no subspace bags on Earth.”
“If there were, it would be a big problem. They would be used for various crimes.”
“Understood. You can't just give subspace bags to anyone.”
“Exactly. But Liria gave them to us as a gift because she trusts us. We are really grateful.”
“Liria believes that you two would never steal.”
Liria, who can see good and evil, trusted them and gave them subspace bags as gifts.
So, she gave them mana herbs and allowed registration as owners.
Because if someone stole them, they would obviously be used for various crimes.
“Shall we go to the food corner first?”
Liria nodded silently.
Park Dahye took Liria and Silvia to the food corner.
Silvia was amazed at the escalator she saw for the first time.
But she wondered if such a thing was really necessary.
“Humans are really peculiar. Do automatic stairs really need to exist?”
“With human bodies, going up and down stairs would make legs hurt and be tiring. So, it would reduce the time spent shopping. Maybe that's why they made it so you can shop for longer.”
“Humans' bodies are really uncomfortable.”
“Yes. Silvia.”
Silvia found it endearing that Park Dahye answered all her curiosity questions.
She thought there must be a reason Liria chose her as a business partner.
Park Dahye thought Silvia, who is a dragon and has strong curiosity, is a cute older sister.
Of course, she's much older than herself, but thanks to Liria, she got to have one more favorite older sister.
Of course, Silvia looks in her late teens, so maybe she could be seen as an older sister.
“This is the hypermarket's food corner. Seeing it like this, the shopping cart seems so small.”
“Buy a lot and put it in the subspace bag, and buy even more. Silvia noona.”
“Yes. Liria.”
They followed Park Dahye and started buying various spices and seasonings.
Of course, excluding seasonings like salt that are easy to get on Selenia.
When Liria appeared in the supermarket, people thought that Liria, who came shopping with her sisters, was really cute and endearing.
Liria started carrying the ingredients needed for the shopping cart herself.
Silvia, not knowing what anything was, pulled the shopping cart and just watched.
“You can put anything you want, Silvia noona.”
“Liria knows well even though she's never been here before. I don't know what anything is at all.”
“Would you like to choose snacks with me, Silvia? I'll put the seasonings and spices.”
“Please.”
Liria put a lot of snacks that dragons or family would like, including Silvia.
Silvia thought Liria was amazing.
She didn't know any Earth letters at all, but Liria was shopping as if she knew everything.
She thought if she lives on Earth, she needs to learn Earth letters.
“What is that? They're baking food?”
“It's a tasting corner. It's a business strategy where they let you taste dumplings and buy if you want.”
“Are they just giving it?”
“Yes. Silvia noona.”
Liria remembered going to the tasting corner in a department store in her previous life.
From her memory, she knew it was a business method to raise purchasing power for tasting.
Silvia, without waiting for Liria's words, approached the tasting corner.
She couldn't hold back because of the delicious smell.
“Hello. Pretty girl. Would you like to try a sample?”
“Understood.”
Silvia looked at the dumplings the auntie gave her from different angles and bit into one.
In her mouth, the taste of oily, light, and savory spread.
“This is delicious.”
“Would you like to buy?”
“It's fine.”
The auntie thought Silvia was speaking in informal speech because she's a foreigner who learned Korean informally.
Liria, seeing that Silvia liked it, started scooping up the dumplings at that corner.
She didn't think about saving money on things Silvia liked.
The auntie, seeing such Liria buying a lot, worried that she would get scolded by her mom.
It was pitiful to think that such a super cute child could get scolded by her mom.
But the people who came shopping with Liria were only the two women who looked like older sisters.
“Liria. Can I buy this much?”
“Yes. Silvia noona.”
“These dumplings are more expensive than I thought. Silvia noona.”
“Really? It looks pretty expensive.”
“One gold coin can buy at least 100 bags.”
“Can you buy that many?”
“Yes. I think food will be cheaper than Silvia noona thinks.”
Silvia was surprised that 100 bags of dumplings cost less than one gold coin.
Is it that cheap to have such delicious food on Earth? Is this also a result of science?
The cake Liria brought before was really heavenly taste, but there was a lack of sweet food on Selenia.
There was coffee and fruit, but still needed sweet like cake.
The snacks Liria gave were also quite tasty, but couldn't surpass the impression of the cake.
On Earth, there would definitely be many sweet foods.
“Let's go to the tasting corner again. Silvia noona.”
“Yes. Liria.”
Silvia pulled the cart with one hand and started circling the tasting corner.
Earth's foods matched Silvia's taste perfectly.
Liria bought a lot of the foods Silvia said were delicious while circling the tasting corner, and the cart was quickly filled.
The aunts promoting food at the tasting corner were overjoyed when Liria appeared, as they scooped up the products.
Moreover, Liria's cuteness was beyond imagination, and smiles were on their faces throughout.