Seol Jihu felt Maria shaking in his embrace. Chohong promptly kicked her butt.

“Oi, what are you gonna do? Hurry up and decide.”

“You gotta agree if you have a conscience~”

Hugo rubbed it in, knowing how Maria must be feeling.

“Ob…”

“Ob?”

“Obbiwusly… I agwee…”

Because she was speaking through her clenched teeth, the group needed some time before they could understand what she said.

Just like that, Flone came to receive a share of the loot. Since she was fully justified, this was a clean method that drowned out any controversy.

Seol Jihu chuckled, not knowing his share of the loot would increase this way.

Teresa winked at him secretly, while Maria cried. She must have been more than a little upset as she was bawling her eyes out.

Seol Jihu burst into laughter as he patted the wailing Maria.

“Things ended up turning out this way… but I never thought you would be the one to bring it up first, Mister Kazuki.”

“Well… I tried to do my best, but this was the first time I felt sorry about taking my share of the loot in an expedition.”

Kazuki replied flatly, then glanced at Seol Jihu.

“Now that you’ve secured the funding, will you be moving to Eva right away?”

“Yes.”

“And you’ll make an organization in Eva.”

“Probably.”

“Will you have affiliate teams once your organization develops?”

“Huh…? Affiliate teams?”

Seol...