"Whew... what a troublesome little girl."
Robin wiped the fine sweat from her forehead and let out a long breath.
The Flower-Flower Fruit itself did not excel in combat, and the Arms-Arms Fruit, which could turn every part of the body into a weapon, was an especially effective counter to Robin's specialty: joint locks.
If she had not kept training with the cats after joining the Palico Research Commission, and awakened Observation Haki as well, defeating Baby 5 would not have been so easy.
"Behave yourself and be a good little captive."
Robin walked over to Baby 5, who was hanging upside down, and gently poked her forehead with a fingertip.
"Huh?!"
Baby 5, who had been glaring furiously at Robin a moment ago, immediately turned bashful.
Her face flushed bright red as she averted her eyes and stammered, "M-marrying a girl... I-I could accept that too!"
As though she had made some sort of resolve, Baby 5 closed her eyes and shouted at Robin.
Robin: "..."
"Who said anything about marrying you?!"
Baby 5's way of thinking really was one of a kind even in the Donquixote Family, which was full of eccentrics. Even the normally composed Robin could not help raising her voice in exasperation.
"Didn't you say you wanted to capture my heart?!"
"How on earth did you manage to hear that in what I said?!"
"So women toy with other women and abandon them too?!"
"When exactly did our relationship get that far?!"
"You... heartless woman!"
"..."
Realizing that Baby 5 simply would not listen, Robin finally understood how Xie Wen had felt back then.
In a word-exhausted.
Although it was mentally exhausting and draining, there was one upside: an eccentric like this was also very easy to "persuade."
So Robin simply let her down and,