"Please make me stronger!"
Early in the morning, Ryusei knelt before Asagami Fujino.
"It seems the stimulation was a bit too much." Looking at Ryusei in front of her, Asagami Fujino thought for a moment, then unhurriedly picked up the tea Sakuya had prepared for her.
Just like that, the atmosphere became silent. Ryusei knelt, while Asagami Fujino leisurely drank her tea, refilling her cup as soon as she finished, repeating the cycle.
"Alright, you can get up now," Asagami Fujino said to Ryusei, putting down her teacup.
"Really!" Ryusei excitedly looked at Asagami Fujino. This trip to complete the VV Academy mission, Ryusei had seen and understood many things. His strength was far from enough. If it weren't for the protection of Teacher Literary Star, Teacher Military Star, and Teacher Po Jun, he might have lost his life at sea.
Facing the powerful Seventh Sense, his own strength was still far from enough. Ryusei had once mentioned to Po Jun his hope of activating his Sixth Sense, but Po Jun told him that VV Academy did not have suitable elemental stones for Ryusei. Without suitable elemental stones, activating the Sixth Sense could only be achieved through self-cultivation, but it was a long process and the possibility of cultivating the Seventh Sense was small. There was another way, which was to use elemental needles, like those Fallen Angels he encountered on this mission, to activate the Seventh Sense, but it was extremely dangerous. Once unsuccessful, one would lose their sanity and turn into a monster.
Because of this, Ryusei thought of Asagami Fujino, this mysterious mistress, who must have a way. So, as soon as he returned home, Ryusei came to seek her help early in the morning.
"I agree, but the Seventh Sense isn't that easy to activate," Asagami Fujino smiled.
"I'm not afraid!" Ryusei quickly replied. He had made up his mind before coming. As long as he could become stronger and not hold back everyone at VV Academy, he wouldn't fear any hardship!
"Very good," Asagami Fujino smiled and nodded. She quite admired Ryusei. Among the many male protagonists in the various worlds, few caught Asagami Fujino's eye, and Ryusei was one of them. From a debt-ridden boy to the formidable Demon Lord Ryusei, Ryusei's efforts were never less than anyone else's.
"Alright, before I help you activate it, let's settle the accounts first." Asagami Fujino said with a grin, pulling out a calculator.
"Settle accounts?!" Ryusei was dumbfounded. So it wasn't free!
"Of course it's not free." Asagami Fujino's smile grew wider.
"Let me calculate for you. An elemental stone is not cheap; it's priceless, no, it should be considered a priceless treasure. But since you don't have much money, let's just say ten billion, alright?"
Ten billion?! Ryusei's face turned extremely ugly, constantly changing.
Ten billion! How long would it take to pay that back?! He probably wouldn't be able to pay it all back in this lifetime!
"Don't worry, if you can't pay it back in this life, there's always the next life, the life after that, and the life after that. Finding your reincarnations is very easy for me," Asagami Fujino looked at Ryusei with a beautiful smile, but in Ryusei's eyes, that smile was that of a devil. And Mistress, you can read minds, right?! You must be!
"So, do you still want to continue?" Asagami Fujino shook the calculator in her hand, waiting for Ryusei's reply, even though she already knew his answer.
"I want to!" Ryusei said firmly. He had learned from Po Jun that elemental stones were indeed priceless treasures. Although he had prepared himself before coming, he couldn't help but be startled by the price, but this would not stop his determination to become stronger.
"Very good, next, let's calculate again."
"There's more?!"
Asagami Fujino ignored Ryusei and continued calculating on her own.
"Labor fees, venue fees..."
In short, a bunch of miscellaneous fees came up.
"The total is eleven billion! Plus Xiao Xue's one hundred million, you now owe us a total of eleven billion, one hundred million."
Asagami Fujino smiled and said to Ryusei: "Sign an IOU and we can begin."
Asagami Fujino's hand produced a piece of paper covered in writing, which she placed in front of Ryusei.
Ryusei picked up the paper in front of him and looked at it, his face turning pale. However, he finally sighed and asked Asagami Fujino for a pen to sign his name.
"Very good." Asagami Fujino put the paper back into her system space, then shouted upstairs: "Nyarko, come out!"
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