There seemed to be another handkerchief in her pocket, one that was noticeably smaller.
What was embroidered on it was hard to make out, but the pattern seemed to combine pastries and animals?
Obviously—
This was a gift prepared for a child.
It looked entirely like something she had prepared before visiting someone.
"If you weren't familiar with him, then of course you'd think he was wonderful."
She gave her companion an extremely high appraisal, then abruptly changed the subject.
"However, based on the intelligence I had Asta pull up, this guy isn't particularly interested in women or anything of the sort."
"To this day, he has completely ignored the affection of the foxian representative from the Tianbo Division merchant guild and Topaz, formerly one of the Ten Stone Hearts."
"It seems that ever since he arrived here, he has been placing people on payroll as ghost employees and massively buying up sovereignty rights to abandoned planets that had once seen all sorts of wars."
"Barring accidents, he probably wants to seek out the 'traces' left behind by different races on those abandoned planets and recreate them within himself."
"If you want to show goodwill, it might be more effective to simply pick someone suitable from one of the company's families as a representative and send him some funding."
This person, who had previously seemed utterly devoid of social awareness, explained her reasoning.
"Only with sufficient funding will there be room to maneuver if you accidentally do something offensive later on."
By the absurd standards of a brain-dead rabbit head, as an Emissary of Intellect, she was undoubtedly an extra-large cup. Russell, who was merely an Immortal Progeny, could only count as a small Manea.
But in truth, when people like Dorothy encountered a little Manea, they still ought to