The 31st Piece Overturns the Game Board

Chapter 135

Chapter 135

Janet had appeared in a... unique way.

Seol immediately pressed her with questions.

"What was that toad, and what are those jewels on your body?"

"They're all things I bought recently. What do you think? You like them?"

"Even that big toad?"

"Yes, and only refined merchants such as myself ride those elegant creatures."

"...I don't get it at all."

"It's difficult to grasp with human understanding. Nevertheless, I'll try to understand even that part of you."

Seol didn't understand what was praiseworthy about coming out of a toad's mouth and taking its tongue down to the ground.

"Is it like a trend in your world?"

"Kind of? It might look ridiculous to you, but do you know how much this costs? Well, that's exactly why I'm using it, though."

"Did you suddenly become rich or something? Your outfit last time was a lot more... humble..."

"Rich? Well, kind of, haha. Do I come across as someone who just became wealthy and is squandering all their money?"

"A bit."

"Woah, how honest. Well... I guess I can't deny that I've lined my pockets fairly well after receiving the commendation."

"Commendation?"

Janet smiled and began boasting.

"It turns out that... my trade volume was at the highest amongst the merchants or something like that. To be honest... it was kind of inevitable. The other civilizations barely have anything, even if you try to squeeze it out of... Uh... I'll stop there."

"Other civilizations? Squeeze what out?"

"That's why I said I was going to stop there. My higher-ups will scold me if I share information without permission."

"I thought you weren't the type of person who cared about that."

"Normally, you'd be right. But I still need to pretend like I'm listening to those fossils, you know? They've lived hundreds, if not thousands of years more than me, after all."

"Hm..."

Even though Janet didn't say much, Seol could still infer a few things from it.

'So, Madness likely doesn't just exist on Earth and this connected world...'

Despite the swarm of questions in his mind, Seol knew it was impossible to pursue them further. As such, he opted to ask other questions.

"But having the highest trade volume means... Did you really trade that much Madness, Janet?"

"Of course! Ah, it was thanks to you too."

"Thanks to... me?"

"Yeah, I sort of... mentioned your existence."

"What do you mean by that?"

"There were some humans who were on guard against me. So I mentioned that you were one of my trade partners."

"...Did it work?"

"I don't know... Would anyone be able to resist trading if I revealed that the individual with over 3 million points exchanged over 10,000 Madness with me? Thanks to you, I made multiple trade partners and created better conditions for myself."