Because he discovered that the water inside wasn't full. If it wasn't full, that meant someone had taken some of it earlier!!?
Who the hell was talented enough to do something like that... Wait! It seemed he was the only one capable of converting Sealed Cards. This card must have been added to the Card Collection Book later—did the Shadow Clone staying in the Mysterious Shop steal from the keeper!?
Damn it, Jiu Ming decided that the first thing he would do upon returning was beat that guy out of existence, then sort out every last detail!
"This thing's useless to me, right...?"
[Perhaps...]
Panel-kun gave an ambiguous answer, and Jiu Ming immediately had the urge to furiously hurl the vicious river water in his hand into the earth.
"There isn't anything else weird in the Card Collection Book, is there?" Jiu Ming asked suspiciously. There was too much stuff in the Card Collection Book now. If he really went through it carefully, he wouldn't be done without spending most of a day.
[There is.]
Jiu Ming's eye twitched involuntarily.
"Hm? What exactly are you holding? You've been staring blankly at it for so long," Esdeath asked, seeing him hold that bamboo tube and space out for ages.
"Uh, it's not a good thing for any man." Jiu Ming let out a breath. No matter what, experiencing a man giving birth even once would leave an irreparable shadow, wouldn't it? And how the hell was a man supposed to give birth!? It was terrifying just to think about.
"Do you want children?" Jiu Ming suddenly asked.
"Huh!?" Esdeath froze, a rare maidenly blush appearing on her face. "Isn't it a little too fast to suddenly bring this up? Mm, tonight?"
"Hey!! Yours is way faster!" Jiu Ming instantly felt dizzy,