Ling Chu's voice was cool and decisive. "I'm not trading."
As if. Titch was her servant. She wouldn't trade him for anyone, no matter what they said.
"Huh—?"
Little Girl Stepping on Mushrooms immediately drooped, looking terribly aggrieved. "Why not? Mister is really cute! He can tell stories, too... Though sometimes the stories aren't very good..."
She muttered something under her breath, then her eyes lit up again. "Then... then what if I add a Smiling Cat?"
From who knew where, she pulled out another rag doll cat, its enormous, eerie grin stitched all the way to its ears.
Ling Chu looked at the rag doll, which was so ugly it made her uncomfortable, and firmly shook her head again.
Ling Chu said, "I'm not trading. I'm not interested."
"Tch, you're so stingy."
The girl pursed her lips, instantly shedding her innocent, adorable expression. A flash of cold boredom that didn't suit her appearance crossed her eyes.
She hugged her bear tightly and muttered, "You don't appreciate it... No taste... My toys are the best..."
After that, she ignored Ling Chu, hugged her bear, and skipped back to the cabin of her ship, which was draped in dolls.
The dark pink strange ship slowly changed direction and leisurely sailed toward another stretch of sea.
Ling Chu was a little surprised.
She was just leaving like that?
She'd suspected the girl was connected to the people who'd taken out a bounty on her. If the two people who'd accepted the bounty had done so at the behest of the fourth-ranked player on the Sin Value leaderboard, it would make sense.
But the girl had simply turned her ship around and left, as if they really had just run into each other by chance.
"Reporting, Captain! Two more ships are approaching from