"Th-this is my p-payment."
Aisifenni stammered, then immediately caught herself and stressed, "I didn't force him. He gave it to me willingly."
However, her insistence clearly had the opposite effect.
The chill in Qin Ran's eyes was rapidly intensifying.
Sensing the change in his gaze, Aisifenni nearly burst into tears.
She had never imagined that the friend of that little lamb would turn out to be a lone wolf.
Sheep and wolves were clearly two different species. How could they be together?
And to think she had expected another fat sheep she could fleece.
Aisifenni cursed her own greed inwardly while shouting aloud.
"I swear on my family name."
"Everything I said is true!"
Her words rang out with firm conviction.
But...
Qin Ran didn't believe a single word.
He knew Mimosa's personality all too well.
He knew even better what would happen if someone with Mimosa's personality made a deal with her under those desperate circumstances.
"Extortion"!
Or, more accurately, an effortless, one-sided "robbery."
Mimosa could do nothing beyond offering a feeble objection or two.
Mimosa might not even dare object, merely opening their mouth without managing a single word.
Qin Ran never doubted that Mimosa would react that way.
Just as he never doubted the greed beneath the woman's appearance.
The resonance she had given off upon appearing, almost enough to draw admiration from the Original Sin of Greed, had already given Qin Ran a sufficiently deep understanding of her.
Whoosh!
Scorching flames bloomed in Qin Ran's left hand.
Everyone in the constabulary changed color upon seeing the flames in his palm, though their expressions differed.
Old Bick and Saiyier simply recalled certain rumors, their faces filling with even deeper awe.
Snak, Bru, and Wiley, who already knew Qin Ran's identity, wore reminiscent expressions.
Aisifenni's reaction was much