Yang Yi and Su Na planned to return to the deck.
On the way, the Light Fairy Cui Xiya behaved much better and grew quiet, glancing at Yang Yi now and then.
That was because he had just rejected Old Dad's suggestion-to put a Slave Mark on the Light Fairy too.
A few minutes earlier.
Inside a tent somewhere within the Treasure Ship, Yang Yi, Su Na, and Old Dad were talking.
Not far away, a Dwarf was also busy drawing a magic circle on the unconscious Cyclops's forehead. It was a Slave Mark.
"It's fine while you're on the Treasure Ship.
"But if the merchandise escapes after you leave the Treasure Ship, don't expect me to compensate you."
Old Dad suggested putting a Slave Mark on Cui Xiya too, so she wouldn't run away.
"No need."
Yang Yi shook his head, pressed the terrified Cui Xiya back down, and declined Old Dad's kind offer.
Purchases of live merchandise from the Golden Commerce Guild came with a free Slave Mark service, but whether to use it was up to the buyer.
That was because a Slave Mark would affect the merchandise's "quality" to some extent, making them dull and stupid, like living dolls.
For Light Fairies, it would greatly reduce their recovery abilities, but that didn't matter for the defective Cui Xiya, who never had that ability to begin with.
As for what a Slave Mark was and how it worked, Yang Yi had already more or less figured it out.
It was a form of biological magic, a control spell that relied on a particular species.
Su Na had asked to watch the process of creating a Slave Mark, so Old Dad had taken the two of them to see it.
The steps were as follows:
First, the