MTLNOVEL Chapter 27
This is probability manipulation.
It’s 100%. The game company should be penalized.
They throw out the sweet bait of a shop owner.
A scheme to sneakily change the probabilities behind my back and push me into a pit of despair.
I could wager something like a piece of junk lying around in my shop.
My hands and feet trembled, and I felt like crying.
Given that my dignity had already plummeted to the ground,
I needed to show some boldness and reclaim the people’s trust.
“Phew… It’s okay. The soul stones are very precious, valuable materials…”
I couldn’t hold back a sigh.
All four-star items were duplicates.
Maybe it was because I hadn’t contracted yet.
They hadn’t turned into mere stones immediately.
The NEW items that came out were mostly just strong-looking ones like those that existed before.
It was frustrating.
But I’m a tough guy.
Positive mindset.
Turning crises into opportunities.
Anyway, I need the soul stones.
Because I need them to buy the exclusive skins for five-star characters or to craft special equipment…!
Swallowing my rising tears with effort,
I turned my head to look at Saha.
“Saha… The armor must be quite uncomfortable, right…?”
“…? I’m fine though.”
No.
I’m not fine.
I’ll free you from the armor soon.
That might soothe the pain in my heart.
…
…
As I was psychologically comforting myself like that,
“Conqueror! I’ve been waiting! I’ll be your rainbow.”
“…When did you arrive?”
Elise casually started talking.
And she was hugging Tynia, placing her terrifying cleavage over her head.
“Ugh! Noara!”
Flailing around.
“Is this a hostage situation…?”
The devil.
A devil hosting a hostage situation?
…It didn’t seem like she was attacking but just warmly hugging Tynia.
“Grrr…”
“Saha! Prepare the hammer!”
Our brave heroes immediately readied a beatdown reflexively.
“Just a moment.”
Come to think of it.
There’s a five-star right in front of me.
And it’s a five-star that’s being fairly cooperative.
…It might be a distribution five-star, so it might not have any special skills.
“Elise, do you know alchemy by any chance?”
Upon hearing my question,
Elise wore a captivating smile.
“Oh my! Of course? The alchemist of the demon world, that’s me?”
“Passed!”
Congratulations!
You have passed the public recruitment for alchemists!
“Yay~”
After releasing Tynia, who I was holding like a plush doll,
Elise immediately put her hands to her cheeks and expressed childlike joy.
The reaction from our heroes was:
“…It feels a bit unsettling. But with Tynia’s precedent.”
“It is also the 10th district soon.”
“Aruru…!”
“Ugh, ugh…! Treating me like a doll! Only having a big chest!”
Including Saha, who quietly nodded, we had three votes in favor.
Lumi and Tynia, who had become best friends, expressed their opposition together.
Tynia,
Having a big chest counts as a bonus.
Anyway, since a democratic opinion has been gathered,
“If that’s the case, it would have rehabilitated, right? Wouldn’t it, Elise?”
“Hehe…”
…It doesn’t seem like it rehabilitated at all.
“…Anyway, let’s meet at the 10th district tomorrow.”
“I will wait, having bathed and prepared. Oh ho ho!”
With a bright smile that made my heart race, Elise eventually tore through space and disappeared.
* * *
The next day.
10th floor, 10th district.
“Welcome, Conqueror. Or would you prefer Master? Can I call you by your first name like a friend, Ark?”
“…Let’s just use names.”
Instead of entering the battle phase, I met Elise, who was kneeling decorously and presenting the contract.
But.
Given her refusal of surrender, she lacked a bit of sincerity.
“Isn’t there something else? Equipment, cards, anything besides the contract?”
“Oh my… Do you want to strip me down to my last piece of clothing?”
I almost nodded absentmindedly, but at that moment, I saw Yo-hena’s holy scripture plunge into my head, Lumi bite me, and Tynia give me soft punches.
Saha?
Getting hit by Saha would mean death anyway, so I didn’t need to imagine.
“Sigh… How cunning. Hehe. I’ve gathered all my assets, even if they are lacking.”
Elise produced a fairly thick crate and gently placed it in front of me.
It’s not a mimic, right?
Being a devil of deception, I mustn’t let my guard down to the end.
“Shopkeeper?”
“Whoa! The shopkeeper will verify it!”
After playing with Lumi for a while, her speech was getting weirder.
Anyway, Tynia bravely approached and opened the crate wide.
Inside were all kinds of treasures—
“Is this all? If I break down the center, will there be one piece per gold?”
Hey hey!
The speech, the speech!
I’ll have to request re-education from Yo-hena later.
“Hmmm.”
I approached to inspect it directly.
Well, to be honest, I was a bit underwhelmed.
Most of it was stuff I could get with a click in the shop.
“Eh?”
However, treasures can hide among junk.
I looked at a piece of black cloth suspiciously.
Fortunately, it seemed Tynia didn’t notice.
I immediately took out my smartphone and stored it in my inventory!
“Passed.”
“Yay!”
Truly the ace of the demon world.
A talented lady combining intelligence and beauty.
If she gives me this kind of bribe, how can I refuse…!
Thus, I accepted the transfer contract.
Why does it feel a little damp?
* * *
“Well then, is this Ark’s dwelling?”
Although she was smiling on the outside,
Elise swallowed the words “It’s shabby” internally.
That was to be expected.
The lord she served was to achieve great feats in the future.
To conquer the tower, trample the demon lord underfoot, and rule the world.
And yet this meager dwelling?
“It needs some tidying up.”
The first thing Elise, who had moved into the Guild House, did was clean.
“Ah~ It feels good to move my body after a long time. But why is the Saint watching me so intently?”
“W-well, you are a devil of deception, right? It’s only natural not to trust you, right? You have some schemes, don’t you?”
While sneakily glancing at Yo-hena’s chest,
Elise also swallowed the words “It’s lacking.”
However,
From what I had observed so far—
This petite and cute Saint was the real power in this hero party.
There was not a single benefit to being seen favorably.
The (self-proclaimed) best intellect of the demon race quickly churned through her brain.
“Shall I tell you a secret to earn the Saint’s trust?”
Humans are typically fascinated by the two characters ‘Secret’.
Gently approaching the slightly flustered Saint,
“The method to melt a man’s heart.”
I whispered in a low voice.
Twitch.
Sensing the Saint’s body stiffen slightly, Elise wore a triumphant smile.
“I have a lot of experience, so I can tell you very well?”
At the sweet temptation of the devil,
“I-I-I don’t need it…! It’s blasphemous…!”
Watching the Saint striking her own head with the holy scripture and fleeing in a panic,
“Ho ho ho.”
Elise realized that Yo-hena had fallen into her clutches and smiled.
Now that Saint shouldn’t treat her too harshly.
Of course, Elise,
Knew nothing of the method to melt a man’s heart.
Naturally, she had never had such experiences.
What resided in Elise’s brain were merely knowledge based on the romance novels she had read day and night in the demon realm.
Truly the devil of deception.
From the first day, she had shaken the heart of the Saint with her three-inch tongue.
The terribly wicked and fearsome devil of deception’s next target was a former colleague.
“What’s up? What’s going on, junior?”
“Hey, senior. Don’t be so heartless, okay?”
Though in the previous encounter, she had danced in betrayal and lambasted her as ‘traitor’ and ‘disloyal’,
Even the demon lord could be cursed when absent.
That could happen, thought Elise, rationalizing herself.
“Hmph! I don’t trust you…!”
It was only natural not to trust her.
The two had been quite well-acquainted since their time in the demon realm.
Mostly, Elise had unilaterally adored and tormented Tynia.
But.
Elise knew Tynia’s weakness all too well.
“Senior. Elise has officially become an alchemist this time, right?”
“Uh-huh? That’s right?”
“There are a lot of things that can be made with alchemy, we learned together at our school, remember?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Have you heard of the Wind Chime?”
“…!”
Tynia’s eyes widened, sparkling in surprise.
Observing that expression, Elise wore a triumphant smile.
“Ho ho ho… It’s still not skilled yet, but if you help me well, and I work hard, I can make it with alchemy, right?”
“Ehehe, ehehehe…!”
“Our master, Ark, has rare materials as well, doesn’t he? If I make it well with those… ho ho.”
“Ehehehehe…!”
Thus, Tynia, inflating her chest with dreams of growing her bust, immediately declared her support for Elise upon complete conquest.
Of course, Elise,
Didn’t bother to inform Tynia that the appearance of demon kin was determined from birth and could not be changed.
…In fact, since it was something she had already been taught in school, she felt less guilty thinking it was Tynia’s fault.
Truly the devil of deception!
Not just the Saint, but even the former demon was melted away by her three-inch tongue.
Lucifer in full bloom!
It was a debut stage spectacular enough to be called that.
* * *
[10th floor 10th district has been breached.]
[Prepare for the invasion of the Revealer.]
“Haah…”
Ara Krenne, who had been gorgeously feasting on the corpse of the Minotaur, lifted her head and stared blankly at the state window that appeared before her.
“I knew it… those dimwits…”
Was it Tynia and Elise?
Anyway, they were just silly things who were treated as nearly human-looking, among the demon kin.
Ara Krenne had expected them to last not long.
“How sweet…”
How could the flesh of a Revealer be…?
At least,
It would be much sweeter than the tasteless thing she was eating now.
Although it seemed like they were coming up faster than expected.
The demon of consumption, Ara Krenne.
Her fantastic trap she had devised wouldn’t be able to be breached.
“How delicious…”
To enjoy the upcoming feast of joy,
Ara Krenne raised her front paw high.
And crushed the corpse of the Minotaur rolling before her.