🔸 [Half-Eaten Lollipop] – Tastes like regret. Provides absolutely no benefits.
— Price: 5 Stars
I stared at it. Then at the bunny. Then back at it.
"You're joking."
The bunny's ears twitched. "Hey, it's a collector's item!"
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "I risk my life, narrowly avoid death twice, and all I can afford is a half-eaten lollipop?"
"Yup."
I exhaled slowly. "This economy is rigged."
The bunny chuckled, clearly having way too much fun. "Then stop being broke and earn more stars."
I squinted at him. ". . . 5 stars seems kind of low for a mission this hard, don't you think?"
The bunny raised an eyebrow. "Hard?" He let out a dry laugh. "Oh, honey, we're just getting started. The worlds you've been in? Low-level. Easy mode. Training wheels. If you want bigger rewards, you've got to step into the high-rank worlds—where the difficulty actually means something."
