Holding the box with the fountain miniature inside, Daisy wore a dazed expression.

I hugged Daisy and spun around. Everyone in the world! Look at my lucky flower!

“Did I really pull something good?”

“Of course! I’ve been wanting this so much.”

From the miniature fountain, clear, crystal-like water flowed endlessly. Ironically, my hands didn’t get wet from the water. A cute rainbow was also hanging above the fountain.

But now that I had pulled it, how was I supposed to place it in the artifact? Just put it against it?

It works. The white fountain, right in the center of the field I had aimed for, returned to its original size and settled down beautifully. I kept my hand on the glass dome, turning it this way and that, immersed in sheer delight. Ah, this is the satisfying feeling of decorating.

With a bit of confidence, I opened all the remaining boxes, but only one giant bear plushie with a single-digit probability came out, and the rest were all fences. The 0.1% house didn’t happen. This must be the fence box. Or else it can’t be this cruel to me.

“The lucky draw will begin soon!”

I heard the sound of a megaphone from outside, and since there were no more boxes to open, I packed up. I thought about buying random boxes through a proxy, but the guide firmly said it was absolutely not allowed, so I couldn’t even try.

Even after hoarding dozens of lucky tickets, I felt uneasy and bought up all the tickets from the people gathered outside at 1 diamond each.

Surely one of these will win. With a nervous heart, I headed to the center of the shopping square where the draw was about to begin.

I quietly asked Elder if the luck buff cooldown was over yet, and the reply came back saying it wasn’t. Ah, seriously, he’s useless except for his handsome face!

“First up, 5th place! 50 winners! One potion each!”

The person holding the megaphone called out numbers, and I ended up with 48 potions.

“Next, 4th place! 30 winners! One travel emergency ration each!”

More numbers were called, and I ended up with 25 emergency rations. The bundle of tickets I threw scattered in the air.

“…3rd place! 5 winners! This time, it’s something everyone’s got their eyes on! One dryad special nutrient supplement each!”

As expected, I got 5 nutrient supplements.

To me, who was preparing to go out and receive them early, the event staff, with a reluctant expression, shoved the prizes over in a box.

The nutrient supplements were well used by my dryads. When I asked, “What’s good about it?” they replied that they had become sturdier. Does it raise defense stats?

“2nd place! 1 winner! Who will be the lucky protagonist to take home the ‘Snow-Sprinkling Cloud’ that can be decorated on the terrarium artifact? Drumroll…!”

Oh! That’s quite tempting. It’s an item said to give psychological comfort to snow field dryads, so it wasn’t really necessary for me, but isn’t it pretty?

Just look at those small, cute snowflakes falling softly… Just in case, it might be nice to have!

I was the one winning prizes left and right, but I didn’t win that one. Why? I quickly stuck close to the person who won it and tried to make a direct deal.

“Hey, are you selling that? I’ll buy it.”

But since it was a limited item, they wouldn’t sell it easily.

“I’ll buy it at whatever price you name. Don’t feel pressured, just make an offer.”

When I tried to get them to name a price first, they hesitated and said, “Well… 300…?” trailing off.

Oh come on, how much is that worth? Just send it over on a cart.

“What are you going to do with the Snow Field stuff?”

“Because it’s pretty!”

When I held up the snowflake cloud miniature and smiled brightly, Elder’s expression crumpled.

What! So what! You like useless things too! What are you going to do with that gold singing bird statue or the gold imitation harp?

If Elder was obsessed with shiny things, I was obsessed with cute and pretty things.

“The grand first prize! A limited accessory only available at the 26th World Tree branch! Who will be the lucky owner to take home the special-grade Wisdom Ruby Ring?”

Me! Me! It’s me! I prayed to every god I usually don’t believe in—please let me have that!”

“The lucky number is 226! Druid with ticket number 226, please come forward!”

226! My hands moved faster as I flipped through the tickets. But there were 225 and 227, and no 226. Damn it, 226 wasn’t there.

Who is it! Who took it! If I don’t win, I’ll just buy it with diamonds! But even as the megaphone desperately called for 226, no one came forward.

“Number 226? Is anyone here?”

Better if they don’t show up at all. Then they’ll call the next number, right? That’s when it happened.

“Um… Druid.”

Daisy tugged at my clothes from behind. In Daisy’s hand was a star-shaped piece of paper. The child, looking flustered, showed me the paper in her hand.

“I think I have number 226….”

Did I mishear because I wanted it too badly?

Looking at the paper Daisy held out, I saw the number 226 written on it.

Two twenty-six, two 2s and one 6, in order—that’s the number, right?

With trembling hands, I kept checking the number to see if I had mistaken it. That Daisy, who had only one ticket, got first place instead of me who bought hundreds? Even if Daisy is my lucky charm, I couldn’t believe such a dramatic thing could happen.

“Jae, it seems like the first-place number, aren’t you going to step forward?”

Mesquite, with surprised eyes, bent down to look at the number on the ticket with me.

“Number 226? Is anyone here?”

I snapped back to reality. This wasn’t the time to be lost in thought.

“Here! Here! My kid picked number 226!”

I grabbed Daisy’s hand and jumped forward. The event staff, looking like he hadn’t expected me to appear again, lowered the megaphone.

If I hadn’t won, I could have tempted the winner of the ring with diamonds worth a blank check to transfer ownership, but still, winning directly felt much more exhilarating.

Of course, it wasn’t me who won, but my dryad. But since she’s my dryad, it’s the same thing, isn’t it?

The event staff checked the lucky draw number and handed me the key to the glass case holding the ring. Words of congratulations, envy, and applause all came my way, but I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t focus on anything.

Honestly, I felt like I was floating more than when Daisy pulled a fountain out of the random box.

“As expected, meeting you, Daisy, is an incredible stroke of luck!”

I grabbed both of Daisy’s hands and shouted. I’m someone who’s only managed to win the fifth prize in a lottery, but now I’ve won the first prize where only one person is selected!

Using every embellishment I knew, I praised Daisy for how lucky she was to me. Daisy’s cheeks turned as red as her hair, and she smiled shyly.

“Aren’t you going to open it?”

Whoosh, Elder appeared and poked my shoulder. His sparkling eyes were the same puppy-dog eyes he had when he knelt in the orchard looking at me.

Elder, who usually seemed to have no intention of hiding his defiant and prickly expression, now looked gentler than anyone.

So easy to read. Materialist. My dwarves, who are diamond worshipers, would get along really well with her….

“I have to open it!”

I inserted the key into the small slot and turned it, and the key melted away softly. What is this? I was startled by the suddenly vanishing key for a moment, but then the glass case door opened, and I was greeted by a beautiful ruby ring. Oh, how dazzling. This is my first time actually seeing a ruby.

A thick silver ring densely embedded with small ruby gems along regularly carved grooves, and above it, a round, bright red ruby like a pomegranate seed, snugly wrapped in two silver leaves. Inside the ruby, a small flame seemed to be trapped, burning vividly. The ring was warm like a hand warmer.

Even though the ornate decoration made it look gaudy, in the original game, the more unnecessarily flashy accessories were often incredible items.

As I was staring at the ring as if spellbound, the event staff handed me an additional wooden box, the size of two card tissues taped together.

The dark brown wooden case was adorned with lavish gold leaf patterns on its surface. I was thinking it was too big for a ring case when the event staff directly opened the case to show me inside.

Three grooves connected by gold lines. Each groove was carved as a recess for a ring, necklace, and earrings. At the exact center of the triangle, a strange magical symbol was drawn.

What’s this? I looked at him with curiosity, and he replied that it was a Wisdom Ruby Accessory Special Grade Collection.

Supposedly, by collecting two more accessories from the set, including the ring I now have, I can get a special reward… How does he know I’m crazy about collecting again.

“What’s the special reward?”

“You can obtain the Wisdom Ruby Tiara, which surpasses the performance of all three accessories! No one has succeeded in obtaining it yet, though…”

So, are you telling me I have to come in first place two more times like this?

The Wisdom Ruby Tiara must be an endgame-level item in the game. Endgame sounds good.

Normally, I’d think, ‘Endgame? I’ll just aim for half of what others have,’ but now! I can go for the endgame. Diamonds were paving the path toward it.

It would be even more nonsensical not to aim for the finish with these nearly infinite diamonds.

“Do I have to obtain the rest through the lottery too?”

“The only one you can get through the lottery is the ring.”

“Then what about the rest?”

“The whereabouts of the others are unknown.”

Oh, the old-school RPG vibe hit my heart hard. Seek them out, for the special-grade accessories are scattered all over the world! I know, I know. If you could get them all at once, would they really be endgame items?