Oh...the whole setup seems good...
After hearing what the other party said unconsciously, Xia Ye suddenly broadened his mind.
"The original witch who does not belong to this era", "the debt king in charge of the basement" and so on, as long as I take advantage of the situation and fool the other party, they may really believe that I am a certain demon god who has resurrected from ancient times.
In that case, there shouldn’t be any need to pay rent or anything else, right?
But this is not in line with the personality I set for myself at the beginning.
"Ancient Era", "Resurrection Demon God", etc., when you hear it, it sounds like an old monster that is tens of thousands of years old. No matter how young and beautiful the appearance is, it will only make others say in their hearts, "That is just an old monster's holster. Don't be fooled by her!" and other warnings.
And this young lady, Xia Ye, is a woman who wants to become an invincible and beautiful witch!
Definitely not some old monster.
For the sake of his great goal, Xia Ye had no choice but to reluctantly give up the perfect opportunity to deceive the other party.
"What are you talking about?!" She folded her hands in front of her chest, showing a very dissatisfied attitude, "I am only 18 years old!"
This is the truth.
Regardless of the age of the original host, Xia Ye had only celebrated her 18th birthday a few days before traveling through time. If you round up, she was truly 18 years old.
Faced with such a fierce reaction from her, the blond girl just nodded indifferently: "Oh, yes, if you are such a terrible thing, how could you possibly pay my rent?"
"..." So I paid the rent by mistake, right? Xia Ye complained in her mind.
"Besides...you are obviously only 18 years old, but you dare to call me sister." The other party continued: "I am already over 20. Come on, call me the landlady."
20 years old?
Xia Ye looked at the other person again in shock.
I think you are only 14 at most, right? It is the age between punishment and non-punishment.
But strictly speaking, the witch is another kind of creature after all, and it is possible that it developed relatively late... Xia Ye will decide to learn more about this matter later. As for now, let's pay the rent first.
"Anyway, I don't have the crystal ball you mentioned, but I do have magic power. How should I pay you?" she asked.
According to the "First Law", magic power can be transferred from one witch to another without loss. In addition, it is an absolute necessity for witches. This actually means that it also has free circulation. Attributes and general equivalent attributes, so it is very normal for this world to use magic as currency.
But intuitively, Xia Ye still felt that there was something wrong with this approach, but she couldn't tell what was wrong at the moment.
"Then what else can we do? We can only use the most primitive method." The blond girl reluctantly stretched out her palm, "Put the magic power directly in."
"..."
Xia Ye knew the method mentioned by the other party, because it was one of the basic knowledge of witches and the specific form in which the "First Law" could be realized. Simply put, witches could transport magic power into the opponent's body through physical contact.
But obviously, this method is inconvenient and seems a bit... weird.
"Hey, put your hand up quickly." Seeing Xia Ye's delay in moving, the other party urged, "If you are so reluctant, just buy a crystal ball quickly. I don't want to touch the body of a weird guy like you. "
Without saying anything else, Xia Ye stretched out her hand and gently placed her palm on it. The delicate and warm touch came from her fingertips. Xia Ye felt as if she was holding a piece of precious jade.
She concentrated her mind, released 120 moles of magic power from her body, and transferred it into the opponent's body.
Pure white light gradually brightened between the two palms, and then——
suddenly goes out.
"Um?"
Xia Ye frowned. She could feel that she had successfully overdrawn her magic power, but it seemed that the magic power could not be transported into the other party's body.
So the so-called "overdraft" can only be used by yourself and cannot be transferred to others?
Since the overdraft clause in the contract was still covered by a black square, Xia Ye could only guess.
"I'm sorry, I can't transfer magic power directly to you." She said to the girl, "If you have anything to buy, I can pay for it on your behalf, which can be used as my rent."
But the other party just silently retracted his palm and took two steps back. The way she looked at Xia Ye suddenly became extremely cold.
Although the girl's previous attitude was not very friendly, the two parties could at least communicate normally, but now, she seemed to be looking at a dead person.
"No need to make excuses anymore. Speaking of which, I should have thought of wasting so much time with you here, huh..."
As she spoke, she picked up the crystal plate and clicked on it a few times.
"What should I have thought of earlier?" Xia Ye asked inexplicably.
"You are already bankrupt." The girl said coldly, not as a question, but as a statement of a certain fact.
"Bankrupt? What do you mean?"
"Every bankrupt person is like you, pretending to be crazy and escaping reality."
"???"
Xia Ye felt that the girl must have misunderstood something, but before she could think of how to explain, she heard the other party say:
"Anyway, you don't need to say anything. I have already notified the debt collection agency and they will be here soon. No matter how much you owe others, I must get this share back before you die completely!"
As if to confirm the girl's words, she had just finished speaking when Xia Ye heard a whistling sound. The sound was still far away at first, but in just ten seconds, it was already close. She followed the source of the sound and looked in surprise at the corridor behind the girl. Almost at the same time, at the corner at the end of the corridor, three figures filed out at extremely fast speeds.
They were three witches riding on broomsticks. Although the corridor was dark and narrow, it did not affect their high-speed flight at all. They drifted and slid through the right-angled corners, rushing towards Xia Ye without losing speed.
Seeing that they were about to hit the blonde girl, the three of them suddenly jumped up. With a "click" sound, the shining silver "broom" deformed and folded in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye it shrank into a short piece no more than a foot long. The staff was grabbed by the rider.
despair--
The three of them landed almost at the same time, and their hard-soled leather boots made a uniform crisp sound when they stepped on the ground. Unlike those worn by Natsu Ye or the blonde girl, the outfits of these three people were obviously designed to facilitate movement.
The long leather boots cover the knees, and the bottoms are cargo shorts with many pockets. The upper body is wearing a simple and close-fitting black shirt. On top of the shirt, there is a cape that is only half the length of the body, except for the pointed top on the head. The witch's hat is completely different from the witch's attire in Xia Ye's impression in almost every aspect.
There is a black-haired witch walking in the front of the three. According to the human age concept, she looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. She is tall, has a beautiful appearance, but has a cold expression. The ages of the other two appear to be Pretty much the same as her.
"Either companies in this world like to hire minors, or all witches look younger than their actual age." Xia Ye looked at the three people and Lilian in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly complained in his heart.
At this time, the black-haired witch had already arrived in front of Xia Ye's landlord and said businesslikely: "Hello, Miss Lillian, Lightning Debt Collection is at your service. I am a director-level debt collector with job number FL003."
Only then did Xia Ye finally learn that the blonde girl's name was "Lillian".
