The envelope landed in Othinus's hand and went whoosh, turning to flying ash. All that remained in her hand was the transparent card. Jiu Ming could already sense that she had signed that "contract."
"Alright, shall we do it here?"
"No, somewhere else." She swept her gaze around, then shook her head. "People will interrupt us here. It'll be troublesome."
"Fine, then let's go to my place."
"...Alright."
The one-eyed girl fell silent for a moment before giving a slight nod. After signing that contract for her deal with Jiu Ming, she had felt the restraints of a "contract." She had tried forcibly breaking it, only to fail... and that failure had not come from the infinite possibilities she possessed. It was a failure after success.
In other words, the force backing this contract was exceptionally powerful.
"This... isn't a world." Upon arriving at the Mysterious Shop, the one-eyed girl first looked out the window. Several Hairballs that had been using the windowsill as their nest seemed to have been startled by something; they bounced down from the sill and scampered off in another direction, toward the Sunflower Field.
"What do you mean? It should count as a small world, shouldn't it?"
"Shallow." The one-eyed girl cast Jiu Ming an indifferent glance. Rather than discussing what they ought to discuss for now, she walked to the door on her own and pulled it open. Her eyes swept over the row of mechs by the entrance, put there as mere window dressing for the air to see, before she lost interest and withdrew her gaze. They looked intimidating, but in her hands, a little force would turn them into scrap iron. The ignored C.C. slowly chewed and swallowed the pizza in her mouth. "Hm, you brought another one back? Are you