Making Me Work Is Expensive

"L-Little brother, can you wait for me?" The young girl looked at the bald man before her and was the first to lose her composure.

A beautiful woman was a calamity—this saying had never been wrong, no matter the world.

Especially beneath beauty like hers, capable of toppling a city with one smile and a nation with the next.

She was even more capable of bringing ruin to a country and its people!

With the slightest misstep, if she followed someone a little too weak...

She would probably become a jinx who brought death to whoever stayed by her side.

Especially when she saw the covetous gazes cast at her along the way.

The young girl clearly understood that this gleaming bald head before her was probably the person who could keep her safest.

At the very least, this guy called himself a hero.

Since ancient times, heroes were paired with beau—

Ah!

The young girl hurriedly crushed that overly fanciful thought in her mind.

With both hands cupping her cheeks, she completely failed to notice that the figure ahead had stopped.

She ran straight into him.

Bang!

The impact against his chest made the young girl cry out softly, and her hood was lifted by the wind.

For a moment, her blue hair cascaded to her waist. Her skin was as white as mutton-fat jade, complemented by cherry-red lips.

In an instant, she drew the attention of the pirates roaming nearby.

Seeing such a stunning beauty pressed against a bald man.

These male creatures immediately began shouting and roaring.

Dozens, even hundreds of people surged over from the docks.

In their eyes, this strangely dressed freak having such a flower-like beauty at his side...

Was simply a waste.

No!

It should be said that this was a gift from