"Madam, you may enter the city."
"Let's go."
The woman said indifferently to the knight.
The soldiers cleared the way.
The soldier who had just gone up to inspect and returned seemed a bit distracted.
But after feeling the gaze of that knight, everyone lowered their heads in immense awe.
The aura radiating from that Black Knight, that murderous intent so cold it seemed capable of freezing the soul, made people not dare to have even a single improper thought.
Moreover, this lady was far more beautiful than the Count's wives.
Such a beautiful woman must have terrifying power backing her up.
In this world, human life is a very fragile thing.
Perhaps just because they took an extra look, they would lose their lives for it.
No one dared to offend her.
Furthermore, the carriage window had already been lowered, and they could no longer see the woman sitting inside the carriage.
The carriage slowly entered the city.
Then it headed straight for the West City.
Inside the carriage, the two returned to their original appearances.
The beautiful lady was Tsukasa.
The 'Tsukasa' next to her was the fairy, Eidor.
Those soldiers just now were only checking if there were prohibited items or fugitives in the carriage, and they didn't use magic tools for the inspection. Coupled with the fact that the Black Knight successfully intimidated them, no accidents occurred during this entry into the city.
In front of a certain villa in the West City.
The carriage slowly came to a stop.
The iron gates opened.
They began to move forward again.
The carriage passed through the garden to the front of the villa, where maids stood in a row to welcome their master.
Although these maids all had graceful figures from their outward appearance, they wore strictly covered long maid uniforms, their hands were wrapped in a layer of black silk gloves, and even their faces were covered with white masks, giving off a very eerie and mysterious feeling.
Tsukasa and Eidor stepped down from the carriage, and the carriage instantly dissipated and merged into the shadows.
"What convenient magic."
Eidor felt that this magic was similar to the magic for summoning little fairies.
However, the current Shadow Demons certainly couldn't compare to little fairies.
"Did the people from the Chamber of Commerce discover your identities?"
The maid Shadow Demon shook its head silently.
One of the flaws.
Shadow Demons have no vocal organs.
Although there are skills like Telepathy in this world,
the second flaw of Shadow Demons is that they cannot learn new skills.
Their status screens are fixed from the moment they are summoned.
There is no possibility of obtaining the Telepathy skill through other means.
As a skill for combat, it could be said to be useless.
But as a skill for daily life, it could be called a divine technique.
Shadow Demon magic was even more useful than Tsukasa had imagined.
She had also changed her original view of this skill.
Because skills are not just for combat.
Before, she just hadn't seen this clearly because of the environment.
At that time, she had no use for this skill at all, and was always pursuing skills with higher power or control effects.
Single-mindedly pursuing skills that could improve combat power.
The strength of the Shadow Demons was far too weak for her.
Once a battle was encountered,
the Shadow Demon could neither pin down opponents for her nor have the ability to take a hit for her.
With this in mind, she once thought this skill was trash.
But this was not the best use of this skill in the first place.
As long as a Shadow Demon is not killed, it can remain outside like a normal monster without paying extra
mana, and there is no restriction like a summoning time limit; it only needs to occupy a portion of the MP maximum. It is a very convenient summoning magic.
Furthermore, there are many types of Shadow Demons. Different types of Shadow Demons can be summoned according to the shadow used during the summoning, and each type possesses different skills.
If it weren't for the fact that Shadow Demons cannot continue to level up and evolve, and their strength is limited by her attributes as the summoner, then this skill would practically be a cheat-like skill.
But cheat skills are things you can only have in your dreams.
Early this morning, Tsukasa went to the Chamber of Commerce, and after selling the monster materials she had collected before, she exchanged them for this villa.
Among the materials she collected, there were high-grade items like the complete skeleton of a Dragon. The value of these materials was very high.
And she used this money to buy this villa.
And summoned six maid Shadow Demons to let them take care of the villa.
The villa had already been cleaned spotless by the maids, and the furniture purchased from the Chamber of Commerce had also been delivered.
She didn't know if these Shadow Demons had been exposed.
Although Shadow Demons possess intelligence, the degree of this intelligence varies according to the type.
Generally, human-shaped Shadow Demons possess higher intelligence.
The Shadow Demon maids' answer was that they were not exposed.
But their answer might not be accurate; perhaps they had actually already been exposed,
and they just didn't know it themselves.
But even if they were exposed, it didn't matter, because the branch president of the Chamber of Commerce knew she was a powerful mage.
Among mages, there are Monster Tamers who enslave monsters.
So while taming monsters is rare, it's not something unheard of.
In matters like this, Tsukasa would not be careless.
"Return to your respective posts."
Tsukasa dismissed the Shadow Demons.
Because Shadow Demons do not need rest,
they can work continuously 24 hours a day.
Even with only 6 maids, they could maintain this villa,
because their work efficiency is far higher than that of humans.
As for the Black Knight, it was a Shadow Demon summoned using a knight's shadow, possessing high-level swordsmanship skills.
Although it's indeed a bit strange for a Shadow Demon to take a melee route, as long as its appearance is majestic enough, that's sufficient.
And with its attributes, to block human intruders, as long as it doesn't encounter a human powerhouse of the Hero level, there's basically no problem. Even if it can't win, it won't be insta-killed.
"Finally, I have a house of my own!"
Tsukasa lay on the sofa with a look of enjoyment.
You should know that buying a house was a goal from her previous two lives.
Now that she had achieved this goal, her mood was naturally incredibly joyful.
Moreover, this house was very large, a size she wouldn't have dared to imagine in her past life.
"But this is just my first step."
Tsukasa sat up and tidied her hair.
Next, she would move higher step by step.
If possible, she even wanted to take a throne and sit on it.
Doesn't this world need war to replenish its fuel?
Then if she could become king, she would just let this world fall into endless war. Perhaps she could even save the world in passing. After all, she couldn't say for sure how long she could live now.
Maybe she could live forever in the future.
So, let's just treat this plan as the ultimate goal.
But at this current stage,
the most important thing is accumulating wealth and developing her own influence and connections.
Becoming a king isn't something that can be rushed.
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