"Those aren't worth much. Sure, unclaimed Origin Substance is sought after, but it could never sell for a price like that. Unless it's particularly rare, most Origin Substance really isn't all that valuable."
The Firstborn shielded himself with both arms as the girl in front of him furiously stomped on his face.
"Especially low sequence Origin Substance. It gets dug out of plenty of people as soon as they die. In most markets in this world, that sort of Origin Substance doesn't fetch a very good price."
Lin En trembled as he said:
"Then why didn't you warn me?"
The Firstborn parted the arms shielding his face and looked earnestly up at the girl before him.
"Because I thought you were..."
Bam-
Lin En stomped away with a furious series of smacks.
Humiliating!! So humiliating!! His lifelong reputation! Ruined in an instant!
God!
Lin En grabbed him by the collar and hauled him up, grinding his teeth as he stared at the shoe prints covering his face.
"Then why were you still buying?!"
The Firstborn had also realized that this was all a misunderstanding. He didn't fight back, only panted:
"No, at first I really just wanted to ask what was going on with you... Who knew the more I tried to explain, the worse it would get? I wasn't really trying to buy your first time. I just... sigh..."
He shook his head in pained frustration, knowing he couldn't explain his way out of this.
But to be honest,
when his heart had gone cold, he really had entertained a little retaliatory thought.
After all, if that really were the case, he felt that selling to him would certainly be better than selling to someone else. He was the first girl in this world whom the Firstborn had genuinely