Reminded by Lynn, Iwanaga Kotoko finally remembered this rule. Her expression immediately stiffened, and even the pain in her forehead seemed to be temporarily forgotten.
She had accepted a commission, gained a piece of Hell, and even reaped a few capable and cute subordinates, yet she still had to pay a reward?
She was the one paying, so why did Lynn get all the benefits?
She steadied herself and then said calmly, "What does Lord Lynn want?"
She hadn't forgotten the price list of the Supernatural Investigation Club.
The Devil King charges based on the situation!
She just hoped that Lynn's previous words still held true.
Lynn stroked his chin, staring at the flickering demon chess pieces, and said, "Naturally, I want you to become my Familia."
As expected!
A sense of gloom rose in Iwanaga Kotoko's heart.
She didn't want to!
Lynn continued, "You saw the scene in Hell. Although that Three-Eyed Spider isn't strong, it's still troublesome when it utilizes the environment of Hell."
Iwanaga Kotoko pursed her lips.
It was indeed as Lynn said.
And...
The mechanism of the Hell Girl originated from that spider; to solve the problem of the Hell website, there was no way to bypass that spider.
In any case, relying solely on Iwanaga Kotoko's negotiation skills, it was definitely impossible to complete this task.
"Sigh."
She sighed inwardly, then fell into silence and hesitation.
"Of course..."
Lynn suddenly changed the subject and smiled, "Although it's a demon, the current demons are quite trustworthy."
"I'll let it slide this time, but next time..."
A magic circle rose beneath Lynn's feet, and his parting words echoed in Iwanaga Kotoko's ears.
"...Don't send it to me again."
As his voice faded, Lynn's figure immediately vanished.
Iwanaga Kotoko stared blankly at the spot where Lynn had disappeared, then said in astonishment, "He just... left?"
She had thought she was about to lose her Virgo.
However...
Lynn's departure also made her breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.
But Lynn's leaving so decisively left her feeling a little melancholy.
"No, no, no!"
Iwanaga Kotoko hurriedly shook her head, then laughed at herself, "Do I really want to become someone's concubine?"
The Harem Club is quite famous at Shuchiin Academy!
However...
For a Devil King, collecting a harem seems like a perfectly reasonable thing!
"Well... future things can be decided in the future..."
Iwanaga Kotoko immediately let it go.
If she was destined to become Lynn's concubine, she wouldn't be able to avoid it sooner or later.
Let the future her decide the future.
However...
Iwanaga Kotoko stared at the pitch-black street, her eyelids twitching, "He just left me, a young maiden, all alone?!"
She was actually quite afraid of walking the night road alone!
"Princess! Princess!!"
Suddenly, voices with duck-like tones rang out.
Hearing these unique voices, Iwanaga Kotoko finally breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the small yokai drifting over with annoyance.
"You dare to come out as soon as the Devil King leaves?"
Iwanaga Kotoko looked at the useless yokai, her eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
"Princess..."
The red-skinned little yokai trembled, "That Devil King was too terrifying!"
"Yeah, yeah!"
The other yokai nodded one after another, still shaken, "Too scary for yokai!"
"We don't want to become the Devil King's rations!"
A chorus of ghostly wails and wolf howls suddenly erupted on the pitch-black street.
"Alright, alright."
Iwanaga Kotoko waved her hand in disgust, then said, "Let's go, back to our base camp first."
After saying this, Iwanaga Kotoko leaned on her cane and took the lead.
Although Lynn didn't need her to sell herself, the payment that should be given still had to be given.
Iwanaga Kotoko understood this very well.
Just because he didn't say it didn't mean it didn't have to be paid.
Moreover, dealing with a Devil King required her to be twelve times more careful.
She absolutely could not anger the Devil King.
Especially after the trip to Hell, her clear realization of Lynn's power made this point even clearer to her!
She would go back and see if those old fogies had any treasures.
Iwanaga Kotoko stroked her chin, pondering from whom she could squeeze out some treasures.
Suddenly, she spoke up, "What do you think..."
"How about I become a demon?"
The yokai surrounding her were immediately terrified, "Princess, are you going to abandon us?!"
The yokai immediately started whimpering, making Iwanaga Kotoko's head spin!
However...
After that sudden whim, Iwanaga Kotoko also understood what commission reward she should give Lynn.
Since he likes collecting Familia so much, wouldn't it be fine to just give him one?
Yeah!
That's decided!
By the way...
What is that Falna?
Iwanaga Kotoko was a bit curious.
But at the time, Lynn only said it was the power obtained after reincarnating as a Familia, without explaining anything in more detail.
She couldn't understand the text carved on Kikuri and the others.
Even if Lynn made a copy of it, Iwanaga Kotoko dared not have any intention of investigating it.
She just had a feeling...
If she delved too deeply, something bad would happen...
That should be Lynn's secret, right?
Perhaps...
If she were to probe into Lynn's secrets, perhaps she wouldn't be let off so easily?
Iwanaga Kotoko fell into deep thought.
On the other side, seeing Iwanaga Kotoko's hesitation, Lynn wasn't in a rush to recruit her.
She would end up in his hands sooner or later anyway.
...
The next day.
Lingyue Xianji finally moved her nest and returned to her loyal Sengoku period.
Returning this time, she would take a group of Dog Demons to Hell.
Afterwards, she would bring the entire Dog-Demon Clan into Hell.
Although it might cause the Dog-Demon Clan to vanish from the world for five hundred years, but...
As long as they entered Hell, they would be demons with official status within the system!
How many demons out there didn't even have this opportunity!
Although Lord Lynn's Hell was still in its initial stages, Lingyue Xianji always believed in Lord Lynn's great power!
The West Country Dog Demons would rise starting from Hell!
Meanwhile.
Muroto Sumire also sent a message to Lynn.
"Lord Lynn, after researching the demons, we have discovered another use for demon flesh."
"Oh?"
Lynn became a bit interested.
Muroto Sumire continued:
"We discovered that animal meat contaminated with treated demon blood becomes very delicious and has the effect of increasing the ability values of kin members."
"We have named it Demon Beast Meat."
Lynn stroked his chin, "You really managed to research something?"
Demon Beast Meat... Extraordinary ingredients?
Generally speaking, because of the negative effects of the demon blood within demons, demon flesh cannot be easily consumed.
Even animals contaminated by demon blood would be unable to survive due to the presence of miasma or similar things.
Unexpectedly... Muroto Sumire and her team actually researched a way to make it edible.
"Not bad!"
The effect of Demon Beast Meat is definitely a huge boost for the kin!
Come to think of it... Lynn also discovered that his kin, besides leveling up by fighting monsters, could also gain experience through other methods.
Not to mention invading worlds.
Yesterday's Ai was an example.
Just by virtue of becoming a [Hell Manager] and receiving the protection of Hell, she directly increased by one level.
Now, consuming extraordinary ingredients can actually increase ability values too?
However... Muroto Sumire's next message made him understand that merely consuming Demon Beast Meat wouldn't work.
"Currently, the Demon Beast Meat cultivated by the kin can only increase the ability values of Low-class Devils; this might be related to the quality of the Demon Beast Meat."
Lynn understood; after all, they were just animals contaminated by demon blood.
Being able to produce effects on Low-class Devils, Lynn already felt it was quite good.
After learning more about their research, Lynn's eyes flickered.
"In the future, perhaps we can invade some worlds that possess high-class ingredients?"
Demon Beast Meat can only increase the ability values of Low-class Devils, but other worlds are not lacking in high-quality ingredients.