Shopkeeper: "Dear guest, fate has brought you here. I can grant you one wish."
First guest: "I want eternal life."
Shopkeeper: "A lowly life isn't worth keeping." Dream on!
Second guest: "Then I want beauty like a celestial maiden's and eternal youth."
Shopkeeper: "How about trying a painted-skin makeover? It does have a tiny side effect, but it's nothing serious."
Third guest: "I want ten billion."
Shopkeeper: "Money means nothing to me."
Third guest: "Just say you don't have any. I won't look down on you. In that case, I wish for world peace."
Shopkeeper: "Wait, you want ten billion, right? Here are two hundred Eternal Hearts and two hundred Shining Stars. That should be worth ten billion."
Nine out of ten shopkeepers are scammers, and the last one is an especially bad scammer. If we can scam one person, we will! Our motto: scam them to death, and don't pay with your life!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
Let me know who is watching, if no one is there** gurgling!
I'll check it out after it's put on the shelves, I'm afraid you'll cut it off halfway.