"All right! Enough wasting words with you. I've got something very important to do, so this is where we part!"
With that, Lynn gave Blood Doll's chubby cheeks a firm squeeze, collecting a little interest, then dashed toward the alley's exit.
Blood Radish froze, holding her mother's head, then pattered after him and shouted at Lynn just as he was about to disappear into the black mist:
"Big brother! When will we see each other again?! Want me to be your wife someday?!"
"Mom said! If you're going to pick one, pick one with a big (beep-)!"
"..."
Lynn slammed on the brakes just before he vanished into the black mist.
Then, under Blood Doll's blank stare, he swiftly doubled back, crouched in front of her, and said:
"Heard you! Just put your handprint here!"
With a ripping sound, Lynn tore a scrap from her clothes and hastily wrote a marriage contract on it, signing her life away.
"Come on! Press it down!"
Blood Doll held her mother's head in her arms, her face (ΩДΩ), and said:
"W-wait! I was just saying it! Don't take it seriously! And you were already leaving, so why did you come back?! Normally, shouldn't you just wave and turn me down? Who actually agrees to some offhand remark from a little girl they met once on the street?!"
Lynn adjusted his nonexistent Monocle and shot her a glance.
"Because there's a bargain to be had. Passing one up isn't my style. All right, less talk. I know you can't read. Come on, press it down. Once you do, it takes effect. I'll come woo you in three years."
Blood Doll backed away, her face (〃＞皿＜).
"No! Absolutely not! I'm still a child, and obviously, things children say don't count! Are you seriously going to