The Deadly Assassin Robin by Tristan Storm

Chapter 1346 The World Upside Down

Daphne finally let out a small sigh of relief.

She had never lacked money in her entire life.

But stepping into this realm, suddenly finding herself broke–it felt unbearably uncomfortable,

away

She glanced toward the stage not far where someone was loudly hawking goods. Bloodshade Fruit could go for two or even three hundred thousand Netheris coins!

Daphne couldn’t help but laugh.

Robin’s firebird emerald pendant had millions of these Bloodshade Fruits stored inside.

They would have been sitting on nearly a billio

It turns out that the rich are really rich no mar?

Netheris assets if they had gone by this price.

where they go.

Looking down at the crowd of frenzied bidders, Daphne turned to Robin and said, “Why don’t we auction off some of these fruits instead of exchanging them at a store?”

Robin shook his head. “Let’s not attract attention just yet. We should get a better feel for this place first.

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“Fair point, Daphne said, shifting her gaze to the vendors and tradespeople scattered throughout the market. “This place is a far cry from Earth–everything here’s totally unfamiliar to us.”

Then, something strange caught her attention.

The uglier someone looked here, the more arrogant they acted–and the more others seemed to fawn over them.

In contrast, anyone with a decent face was completely shunned.

To the left of the auction stage stood a large performance platform.

But the dancers twirling and spinning weren’t beautiful women–they were grotesque beyond words.

And every so–called ‘handsome‘ man up there looked like a donkey.

She listened closely and watched the reactions around her, piecing them together.

Turns out, the women here with pitch–black skin, bodies like stubby–legged bears, and faces that could scare off ghosts were the beauties of this realm.

At first, Daphne thought people were just watching for laughs, drawn in by curiosity.

But then she heard how they praised those short, dark, chubby women swaying on stage–and she realized the truth. This was their actual beauty standard.

on the left–absolutely stunning,” someone

like her, my neighbors would be green with envy,” said a man

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a woman who looked exactly like

another man–short, fat, dark, ugly as

Daphne, he looked like

scoffed. “In Rosha, unless you’re as good–looking as me, you’ve got no shot at a top beauty

in shame. “If only I could be as good–looking

you.”

about to lose

wonder no one in this crumbling castle had so much as

Daphne had been known as

at her like she was hideous.

been judged for

something to be pitied.

face looking like that? Next time, don’t parade your ugly mug around

What the hell?!

a complete loss

the beauty standard here just totally

seriously that so–called ‘ugly is beautiful‘

from the stage

and women were dancing awkwardly–each barely three feet tall, with three nostrils, four ears, and three eyes–dressed in outlandish clothes and

people around them cheered wildly, some even tipping money right there on

bizarre performance, were almost mesmerized, completely losing their minds

the bizarre scene, Robin muttered, “This kinda looks like one of

changed, no matter what dimension

blurred, and ugly became the new hot. That was the reality of

marketplace suddenly fell

their knees, eyes fixed upward with an almost religious desperation. Their faces

wanted to

lit

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and hooded masks mounted on tall, powerful horses. The

looked

dare sell in public? You’re ruining the market’s image. Each of you pays double the stall tax. All your fruit is

looked like they were barely

basically like Earth’s worst city enforcers, sweeping through and robbing everyone blind. But the women’s reactions shocked

didn’t resist. Didn’t cry. Didn’t even beg. Instead, they thanked the men with tears in their eyes and handed

black–robed group continued eating as they went, loading up

stole from? Still full

was baffled. “Robin,

a small laugh. “They’re probably just used to being oppressed by these

the black–robed guys didn’t treat them like trash, they might