Pardo looked around and found that Liu Bai seemed to be the only one still convenient to approach, so she happily sidled up beside him without any restraint.
"Vita." Liu Bai answered without hesitation.
"Eh, eh~? Boss, didn't you already give Aponia some advice?"
Pardo was a little confused.
"Their foundations are too different. For example, if you taught someone how to steal, could they immediately copy it?"
"Um... probably not."
Pardo scratched her cheek, seeming to understand but not quite.
People usually joked that Pardo could steal things even when others did not lock their doors, but they should not forget that in the original timeline, Pardo had thoroughly toyed with Sakura, a MANTIS, and had even stolen the overpowered weapon issued by Moth to Flame.
That was not something a thief who acted purely on luck could accomplish.
Sakura might not even have managed to recover the equipment in the end—an incident that unexpectedly led to the destruction of Aponia's sanatorium, drawing Moth to Flame's attention elsewhere.
"By the way, Aponia is learning command. What about me? What should I learn?"
Pardo's eyes shone with a thirst for knowledge.
Perhaps due to Aponia's care, Pardo was not illiterate. Her literacy, coupled with her little bit of cleverness, was enough for her to read documents that were not too advanced.
"Learn how to be a kitten?"
"Huh?"
Pardo tilted her head, not understanding what Liu Bai meant.
"Boss, do you want me to catch kittens for you? Leave it to me! I found several stray cat nests yesterday!"
Pardo was full of enthusiasm.
"Liu Bai, so you like cute girls like this?"
Natasha, who was passing by, wore a teasing expression.
It was not exactly jealousy. Pardo was indeed an endearing little girl; just looking at her, one could