Straightening up, I pinched her cheek and said, "This isn't like the time you called me dark. Where did that mood from back then go? Where did you throw it? You made it sound like I was deliberately scheming against Zoro! Look at you now—you're way darker than I ever was!"
Carmeara defended herself. "I'm not dark! This was your stuff to begin with; I'm just taking it back for you. When someone picks up scraps right from under our noses, how can they expect to get away without coughing up a little compensation?" *That's my wife, she really is just like me.*
Zoro was in a tough spot; this auction probably wouldn't turn much of a profit. "You're right. Aside from the share that had to be handed over, he definitely kept a lot for himself. Ordinary soldiers out on campaign bring back a massive haul every time, let alone someone in his position!"
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