7 Chapter 6

The man once more played with his brow, looking quite sultry and playful.

"I think this is your own interest as well to find them as soon as possible, but never mind me…" she rolled her eyes, making the fallen general sweat, forcing him to pull out the big guns.

"I will also hasten the research on those ruins where you got summoned. Who knows, if you are lucky, we can send you home earlier…"

"Really?" she raised her brow suspicious. "Really!" the man nodded vigorously! Thinking he finally get her on the leash!

"Sorry… Pass, send one of your bully… I am fine here. My home is kinda a shitty place... exciting, but filled with monsters you can hardly imagine." she answered with a flat face, continuing to clean one of the mugs, feeling, the victory is in her grasp — and this man will soon give up and leave her alone.

"Try me; I am pretty good imagining things..."

"Lovecraftian horrors on every corner, beings who suck demons and angels dry at ease... get it? Tentacle monsters! Mostly tentacle sheeps with many mouths… almost like hentai." she chuckled with a slight perverse grin.

"Not speaking about angry gods and titans who want to purify the world and dragons who want to eat the creation. Oh, and we not talked about a planet-sized creature which wanted to devour multiple realms when I was summoned away. How do you like that?"

Of course, most of these things were part of YGGDRASIL. Things she faced before — as a player — under her adventurers and quests. Even the planet-sized being was one of the bosses the players had to defeat at the end of the main story — true; only planet-sized according to the lore, the game engine in truth can't handle a creature that big.

"Ugh!" Azazel pulled his collar uneasy. "Sounds unfriendly... but what you said? A thing that wanted to eat multiple worlds? Damn! Then you are lucky to be summoned!"

"That's not true… I am actually disappointed." she offered her answer flat-faced, lying through her teeth.

"I prepared to fight with it before I was dragged away… how you dare ruin my fun!?" she leaned closer, her expression turning horrific and dark. "You ruined my fun…!"

"So-Sorry…!" Azazel backed, sweating heavily as he saw that expression. If all she said is true, then that place must be pretty dangerous indeed.

"In other words, I have time…" the girl returned to her normal self, looking at the cup in her hand with great detail, smiling, pressing the cloth more intensely to clean every little spot of dirt.

And indeed, considering the nature of her race. Her time is infinite. If what the game lore said about it is true — here too — then she basically ageless now.

The thing about the realm devouring monster was, of course, a jest, it was part of the main story, but it attacked not when the shutdown happened, but at the end of the game's main story. The main story she completed a long time ago.

"Please?" once more, the man tried to use his sad look to break the girl.

"Anything else to offer? If not, then do what we agreed, and I will consider throwing you a bone…?"

"You slave driver!" scowled the fallen, making the girl giggle.

'And indeed, according to the lore, the people of my race loved to keep 'inferiors' as slaves... even demons and angels.'

It was just so much fun teasing this man! 'It is almost too easy!'

When Azazel first appeared, he barged in this establishment, and after a few drinks, introduced himself straight away as the general of the fallen — demanding her cooperation — to join the fallen faction called 'Grigori.'

Demanding to tell him who she is — basically pointing fingers on her to give away every information free! FREE!? Now then... as a good capitalist, she can't allow that!

'Yet, who knew I had such an easy time, with just a few words making him compromise... this guy must be a terrible haggler or even a trader... he better not consider that profession.'

Who knew he is so weak-willed? The man we see before us turned out like this only under a few days of work. Or it was just the fact; this man was ready to compromise —too willing if you asked her.

She had no idea, but she had a fun time teasing him!

Under a few days, teasing him a little bit, offering fragments of information — even making him remember the thing his 'kind' did — Radiating a fragment of her power…

She managed to make him bow his head and apologize.

'But after all, from the start, this guy didn't look like a person who sought to fight with me. More like a person who used words when it was possible to compromise.'

She had no idea she will have such an easy time breaking him. All in all, she expected more from a 'fallen' general who supposed to commit some 'heinous' crime — a crime that supposed to get him banished from heaven.

What was this crime? She had no idea, but was sure, in time he will tell.

Time works for her, after all, she needs to reveal only a little bit, and he will bring whatever she asked. It was almost like taking away a fat kid snack money.

In some way, she felt a slight remorse — because, in the past, she was the scrawny kid the bullies beat up just to take away his money — but thinking of it… Nah! It was just fun messing with the mighty! Now she knows well what those people felt.

'Ah! Feeling all this power...! In some way… I really enjoy his 'suffering.' Kukuku… Ah, I don't remember I was like this back then… maybe my race's nature affecting me? Who knows? It is just fun!' she chuckled deep inside, savoring the delightful agony of the man.

"But I can't send anyone else!" in the end, the man muttered, slumping on the counter, looking up behind his arm slightly miserable, trying to use his puppy eye technique once more.

Yet, because he was an adult — moreover, looked like a playboy. It was not too effective.

Not against a former man who made the wrong decision, and became like this! No! Absolutely not! The person behind the counter still preferred pretty girls! Whatever others might think!

Be it small or big! She loved breasts! The same the case with bottoms! She considered herself not a pervert, but a person who evaluated beauty and 'assets' highly!

This was the cause of why she made her character a girl: because she rather watched that than a muscular pedo running around in a loincloth. Or a grotesque demon with a menacing look.

'Those people are kinda gay making their characters that way… who wants to watch a naked guy running around in loincloth anyway? Doing it all the time. Personal opinion, of course.'

According to her. An innocent-looking little monster in movies and games — who can deceive their opponents with cuteness and get close without raising any suspicion — was a much more terrifying opponent than a menacing figure who was suspicious from the beginning.

Also, a smaller body offered a smaller target. Yes, in YGGDRASIL it also provided a smaller hitbox.

"…" watching the man still looking at her 'that' way, she can only scowl in disgust.

'Are you an idiot? For kids and girls, this works well. But for an adult man? Using it against me? This is just pathetic…' She frowned, looking slightly disgusted at the man who still utilized his "cute" look.

"Why, so?" she asked in the end, not even sparing a glance anymore.

The man's eyes contorted, looking slightly concerned. Meanwhile, the girl completely ignored him, spitting on the cup, and continued her relentless cleaning.

"That's the problem. I can't… Kuoh is the territory of the Gremory, and Sitri Clan, two from the strongest devil families. Even my presence here heavily violates our ceasefire pact." He explained simply.

"So, sending me in the fire… Ha? How nice of you…" she answered sarcastically.

Her face carried an otherworldly beauty, yet, her always half-closed eyes and dubious half-smile made her face look slightly sleepy, giving her a look of an always teasing, charmingly snarky individual.

In all honesty, he promised her many things to join his faction — even the highest rank after him. Even to turn her into a fallen! Yet, she only said: "Sod off!" sending him away each time. This fallen general started to run out of options and ammunition to use.

In the end, Azazel compromised, offering the player information and his help to elude other factions — as from the man's explanation she learned, these supernatural lifeforms — devils, angels, fallen, etc... — was just as political, if not even more than the humans.

She wanted nothing to do with that of course. Thus, her best chance was to accept this offer and make the fallen do the dirty work, hiding her presence.

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