Soaring Cost of Living

Monday afternoon.

"Gab, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Gabriel lying on Ren's desk, Vigne asked with concern.

Although Gabriel is usually in this condition, she rarely loses energy during the day.

Could she be sick?

"Boring, there's nothing to do." Gabriel replied wearily, not even intending to lift her head.

Vigne asked hesitantly, "Is this boring? Gab, what do you usually do during the day?"

"Play mobile games." Gabriel answered without hesitation.

Apart from playing games, she basically does nothing else.

"Why don't you play now?" Vigne inquired.

"Because this game is being updated, I can't play it." Gabriel complained. "Really, why does a game like this take so long to update?"

"How about checking it now?"

Although not understanding what updates and maintenance meant, Vigne offered her suggestion.

"Review? Is the final exam coming up so soon? I remember not long after the last exam ended."

Hearing this, Gabriel sat up straight and stared at Vigne in surprise.

After calculating the time, Vigne explained, "No, but it's almost here. Less than a month left."

"Still a month, so isn't it still a long time?" Gabriel felt relieved and lay back down. "It's not too late for a review since the exam is coming soon."

"Less than a month." Vigne corrected her statement. "Moreover, even though there's still a month, time will pass in a flash."

"No need to rush, there's still time." Gabriel still seemed indifferent.

"Okay, but if you want to review, you can come to me for help. I can tell you the key points of this exam." Vigne said helplessly. "However, Kamikawa might be better at helping with reviews."

Speaking of this, she looked at Ren, who had just been listening.

"I'm not good at that. But if Gabriel needs a review, I'll definitely help." Ren replied firmly.

Gabriel yawned and said very casually, "As long as I have your help, I don't need to worry about the final exam."

"If you don't work hard yourself, it's useless even if both of us help you." Seeing Gabriel in this state, Vigne reminded her.

"Alright, I'll try my best, don't worry." Gabriel said nonchalantly.

...

"By the way, Vigne, what do you usually do at home?"

Since she couldn't find anything to do, Gabriel asked about this matter.

"Just cleaning, cooking, and occasionally watching movies at home." After careful consideration, Vigne detailed her routine.

"So boring." Commented Gabriel mercilessly.

Vigne asked back, "Gab, what do you do at home?"

"Play games."

"Isn't that even more boring?" Vigne complained.

"Playing games is not boring at all. I can play them all day." Gabriel defended her favorite game.

"Gab has changed completely." Vigne said sadly.

In the past, she thought Gabriel was an angel. Not only she he a hard worker, but she also took care of Ren, which perfectly matched the image of an angel.

However, as she spent more time with Gabriel, she slowly realized her true nature.

In other words, except for taking care of Ren, she didn't look like an angel at all.

"There's nothing you can do to change it; people always change." Gabriel said confidently, completely ignoring her words.

"Sigh..."

Sighing, Vigne suddenly remembered something, glanced at Ren, lowered her voice, and said to Gabriel, "By the way, Gab, do you still remember the prank I played on Kamikawa-san before?"

"Of course, I remember." Gabriel nodded and also lowered her voice, "You did it for a living allowance, right? Has your living allowance increased now?"

"It has increased. It's just that I feel the living allowance paid to me by the Demon World is wrong."

While saying this, Vigne took out her savings book from her pocket and handed it to Gabriel.

"Too much or too little?"

"You can see for yourself." Vigne couldn't explain it clearly.

"One, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, one million?!"

After taking the savings book, Gabriel opened it and started reading, but as she counted to the end, her voice became a bit uncontrollable.

"Hmm?"

Gabriel's abnormal reaction attracted Ren to look at her.

"Ahem..."

Realizing her mistake, Gabriel cleared her throat, pretended nothing happened, and returned the savings book to Vigne.

"Are you sure this is the weekly living allowance given by the demon world?" Gabriel asked suspiciously after calming herself.

Living with a weekly income of one million is simply outrageous.

Although not as good as when Ren gave her one billion at once, it's still shocking to receive a one million living allowance at once.

"It's impossible; my account is a Demon World account." Vigne immediately denied her guess.

"Then this money is a test for you from the Demon World."

Gabriel didn't expect Vigne to be easily fooled, so she immediately made another guess.

"Test?" Vigne didn't quite understand.

"Allow me to ask you, if money from the Demon World is accidentally sent to you on purpose, what would you do?" Gabriel asked.

Vigne said without hesitation, "Of course, I would keep it safe and then return it to the Demon World."

"Vigne, you really are not a demon."

After staring at her for a while, Gabriel said seriously.

"Why are you saying that?"

Weren't they talking about money? Why did she suddenly stop being a demon?

Gabriel said, "If you were a demon, you would definitely steal this money!"