Yuni stretched out of bed and went down to see the kitchen moving as House cooked breakfast ' Seems like House and Damo are becoming good friends ' Yuni thinks of what kind of drastic measure she's gonna have to take to gain the highest fame .
' Taking on demons every night will increase it steadily , but the problem is whether I'll have enough fame when they kill the demon king ' Yuni thinks about some hidden pieces that she could take advantage to gain fame .
' No point in thinking about it , sometimes a game's best reward isn't the one at the end of the story quest , it could be much later or just what I got , maybe I should focus on getting all the useful '
She thinks of Delirium , which has allowed her to reach the demon realm and recall memories as well as the ones of the dead ' Maybe I'm viewing this too much as a strong person , any weak-minded individual will fail the challenge with the overwhelming amount of sensations and experiences '
She thinks of the challenges and what they offer , Solo made it so that her rewards are monopolized and record her contributions , Blind made her reliant on other senses and makes it hard to trick her with illusions , Sobriety forced her to not be reliant on potions , N/A is in a similar situation , SIlence forced her to learn other things .
She noticed a pattern that all the challenges have at least provided her training as well as oppurtunities , Humility was the most obvious one while Patience and Mercy were meant to add to her values , Fame and Cosmetic spread her name , giving her a reputation and credibility .
' But Delirium is different , the name is meant to show the confusion of mind but for some reason , its opportunities allowed me to cross dimensions , experience memories and dreams . Maybe it's called delirium because they're like nightmares to a regular person '
Yuni checked her storybook to see if her insights were being recorded ' Strangely , my storybook feels like an advertisement for challenges as well as skills , maybe that's how it is , but if I use Fame to advertise challenges , does the streamers do the same ? Do they advertise players as well ? '
She doesn't have much experience in the advertisement of players , she can only think of people like pro gamers who participate in e-sports in the worlds where she explored and selected talented players from .
' As much as there are gamers , there isn't anything great about advertising players , but this collab bit they got going is really interesting . They have stories that could create collab chapters , so maybe they have some games that do the same ? '
She thinks of Zaun , who could be interested in something like this ' I wonder how well the kids are doing , Here I'm stuck in some game , which I suspect is my kids , yet the more I see it , the more it doesn't look like they could make a game this big '
She hears a knock on the door and wonders if House is just letting anyone in " Master , someone who knows you is at the door " Damo called out and Yuni got down to sense Karol "Why are you here ?"
" I followed you and since I got here , I thought the quest would be easier if someone as strong as you understood what is happening " "How did you just let her past ?" Yuni asked House and they used the flower of dreams to tell Yuni .
" She knows you , she no lie " " Forget that , I need to tell you this since you probably couldn't tell . I was not blessed by the balance " "There was that thing in this world what about it ?"
" A guy named Haggis told me this when I was following you with the storybook , he asked for my blessed skill , but I was confused about what he meant and he told me he had a blessed skill too "
' He is a very smart guy , he knows things I don't , maybe he's making some plans ' " He just told me that the solo challengers aren't blessed because we weren't part of the kingdom and told every soloer to gather into this place , he didn't say anything about what there is but he seems pretty insistent in us going to the location he mentioned "
Karol gave Yuni a map and she read it ' This is completely off the course I'm taking ' "Wait , how did you get here so fast ?" " I had great agility , plus I have the blink skill , don't think that just because you have a lot of challenges that it would be great , in fact , this House is pretty slow "
A plank dropped and knocked Karol down to the floor "Apparently agility doesn't mean evasion" " I don't have eyes in the back " Karol said , rubbing the back of her head while House was pleased to see her in pain for insulting them .
"But if you are good at running I guess that could explain how you were able to do solo challenge , Don't tell me you've got a one-hit skill that allows you to still the final hit ?"
" Got that right first try , I plan to do the same to the demon king when it appears , although it's too bad I can't monopolize all the rewards because of the conditions for soloers , do you have any idea how expensive living is without citizenship ? "
"I have House , you should get one like them yourself" " I don't clear hidden quest like you do " "but for some reason , you have a lot of money to read all my chapters"
" I benefited from you too , plus Solo challenges negate each other's monopoly effect " Karol said , feeling proud because she knew something Yuni doesn't .
"Nevertheless , aren't you gonna get off ?" " Nope that guy Haggis told me to stick with you if you ever decide to go to that location and that's exactly what I'm going to do " Karol said and Yuni figured Karol wouldn't be a problem and asked more about what happens if two Solo challengers are in the same quest .
" Ironically , the Soloers are fine with each other , in the first place , they say we are free as the wind and there aren't a lot of moments were we are forced to work alone , excluding this quest because it was for an entire city . The Monopoly is just there to keep others from coming to us " Karol said .
" Uhm master , should House serve more food for lunch ? " "Yeah she'll be staying" Yuni turned to Karol "I hope you have your uses" " Don't have to be so harsh . I've done my fair share of bosses to kill "
"Did you kill the boss by landing the final critical attack , you glass cannon ?" " At least I've got a good attack , even though I'm a solo , I could just join a party I just tell them that there are more rewards during the progress than the quest . I get all the exp and as for the coins I share it with them "
' She seems pretty proud for stealing it , but then again , the Monopoly was just an option , as long as you share at least the money you can compensate for stealing EXP ' "I'm surprised you haven't made any enemies ?"
" It's all about charm , you see " "I literally can't see" " It's metaphorically " Karol said and looked around House " So what you got going on with you , You have so many challenges that it made your storybook title so long "
"You could try using it too , it's great for advertisement" " Nah , I'd prefer the word to get around on its own and I'm not willing to sell myself out to the world for it . Even though there are those book traits that you have , I bet it's only for you seeing all that challenges that you got "
" Have you found some storybooks too ? " " Yeah , it's what I used to fish up some parties to help me out . I show them the storybook and tell them about the treasures they could get as long as I get the EXP "
Yuni thinks of the stat stones that she has which she had been stacking up and wonders if she could make those " But , weirdly , you're doing the N/A challenge , you got a thing for pain is it ? " "I prefer to chew my food than swallowing vitamin supplements"
" What kind of meaning are you trying to convey with a metaphor like that ? " "Guess , it's an answer to that question you have" " Oh I get it , Master prefers to read a book than getting the knowledge inserted into her brain " "You got it right" Yuni said .
" Can't help it that I had to rely on the system , I was a weak woman , people in my place made me do all the boring chores " Damo lightly hit a broom to Karol .
" Then you can help out , you have nothing to do anyways " " What ? What about her ? " " Master is the master of the house , so she can be lazy as much as she wants " Damo said .
"You could pay rent ?" Karol grumbled and grabbed the broom . When lunch was cooked , Damo was praising Karol " Wow everything is so neat " " Heh this is what you get for cleaning from the age of 5 " " I was already learning how to fight at that age " " What kind of village do you belong to ? " Karol asked while House plated the food .
" Your house is pretty amazing " Karol said and more food came to her plate "What about me ?" Yuni asked and some came to her , but couldn't compare to Karol's ' Guess even House wants compliments from time to time '
"How about being a temporary maid ?" " Is that allowed ? " "I'll have Damo make another bedroom for you I plan to get a permanent maid later" " Ehh but what about the project ? "
"You can hold it off" ' For House's mental health and self-esteem , it's best if they have someone who compliments . They might complain about being dirty in the future , better to find someone to deal with the dirt in this place . for now she'll do '
" What's the pay ? " "Your rent in this place" Karol weighed the time it took to clean the filthy house and reorganize everything " I want access to your bookshelf and for you to remove the paywall on your book "
"Books can't be used to learn skills , their ability to be consumed for knowledge was removed" " Okay let me look around to see what else I can get " "Go ahead"
' For my familiar and House , it's pretty cheap to use her . She doesn't ask for much , so she'll be easy to negotiate with , probably cause Monopoly doesn't affect her when she benefits from my storybook . Good thing the paywall is there . Perhaps more soloers are taking advantage of this ? '
She thinks about this information being spread , assuming that there will be an increase in soloers ' Too bad I can't invest that far '
" By the way , where were you planning to go ? " "To the demon spawn location , did I not publish it ?" " I was still reading the parts on how you got to this house , Are you planning to head there to rack up fame ? You know that only works if you have a quest right ? "
"I'm an exception because of the storybook , also you'll have to brace yourself since I have some assassins that are after me" " I know that part already , you somehow have some assassins after you , care to explain ? "
"If I do , you'll be in danger" Karol contemplates Yuni's situation " I guess it's fine for me to stay , not like you haven't beaten them " "Good choice , House is getting more upgrades as Damo builds their defensive and offensive power"
" So , as for my payment , how about just paying me money ? " "No I have better use for my money , how about this" Yuni shows a demon essence bottle " What's this ? " "You can use this as an ingredient to change your race"
" Why would I want that ? " "More power" " But isn't there like a thing about me going crazy because of drinking demon blood ? " "Only applies if it has souls , right now I have all of the souls , so you don't have to worry about a thing about losing your sanity"
" Weaknesses to holy attribute ? " "Only effective if you're evil , If you have the mercy challenge , it will be easy to offset it" " Doesn't mercy mean no killing ? " "Not at all , if you learn a bit about it , you'll find that mercy only means you get to kill , but just not the innocent"
" Bandits ? " "You can kill , but if they genuinely choose to turn a new leaf you'll have to avoid that" " But how can I tell ? " "Demons like angels can sense a person's feelings , you just have to master it you'll be able to progress through that even more and be able to use more mercy reward instances"
" But I need to go to the challenge office to get it " "You can fulfill some conditions" " Why are you pushing this towards me ? " "I could make you a familiar" Karol felt weird hearing the word " Temporary like my job as a temporary maid and it has to be nulled when I can establish myself as simply with a good reputation "
"Agreed , then that will be the payment instead" Karol looked at the books and figured they weren't useful and agreed " Can we do it now ? " "Nope we'll head to that point when I get the ingredients from the demon realm" ' Right she can get to that place '
The elves were annoyed by the storybook's lack of information , Folas the reader was curious as to why the information was restricted ' I just know which direction she is going , but what is the point of staying here when she decided to go elsewhere we can't even tell where she is going and we've already set a base here '
The elves have been killing the demons and already placed most of the traps in the location . They wonder if Yuni had tricked them into coming here .
' No that can't be possible . She knows we are after her and even his majesty's storybook doesn't elaborate on the other assassinations , only the fact that they are sent out '
While Folas was worried about wasting more time , they thought ' What if we could force her out , we have no problem failing the quest anyways ' They thought about the avid readers of Yuni's storybook and figured they might come to this location .
' It's possible we don't know why that girl is going somewhere else but if her readers decided to come here we can slaughter them , nobody said we can't betray the heroes anyways '
An angel floated above the clouds , looking at the elves , sensing malicious intent ' To think the elves said to be noble and pure are emitting such a foul trace ' Domiel wondered if this could cause the balance to be shaken .
' I wonder if telling him about what the kingdoms did was right , he showed such devotion akin to the first hero , I cannot possibly let him be controlled out of his will ' the angel recounts all the information that they gave to Haggis .
' Perhaps I should warn him ? ' they looked through the heavens and sees Haggis arming the players ' No if they don't hurry over the world might end , but he might die and the balance might be destroyed , it's already being exhausted by the kingdoms who were using puppets to control the heroes through the blessings they received '
Domiel reads Yuni's book ' According to that devotee , this girl is what gave him some vital information ' Domiel looks at the cost and figures that this won't be a problem since someone is going to disturb the balance soon and feel the elves' affiliation move to the demons .
' This is going to be even worse ' They looked at the overall cost of payment for Yuni's book and decided to use it so that the balance can be maintained . Yuni received a notification about an item that was used to pay for all of the costs of her book .
' Woah , they are paying top dollar for this ' she looked at the holy grail that was given to her " What is that ? " Karol asked and Yuni wrote "An angel gave me this . Do you know what it is ?" " How would I know this is your stuff , is it not ? "
Yuni got annoyed and checked what it does ' It provides healing and dispels any evil essence ' " Woah , won't that kill demons ? " "No it only heals" Yuni didn't want something like this " Since you have all those challenges , won't it be hard to use it ? "
"I'm not giving it to you either , though I'm not exactly fond of people who are so nice" " Sheesh you don't have to be so harsh on yourself " Karol said "It could be useful for Damo , but I could use it for something else instead"
Yuni stored the holy grail away and made House stop "I'll be shopping" " Can I come ? " Yuni and Karol walked into a store . Karol searched for some skillbooks and Yuni asked around for some ingredients " So about those assassins " "Whether they come or not won't be a problem"
Karol wonders if she should bail but the offer of being turned into a demon for more power would increase her survivability " Why did you offer the opportunity to turn me into a demon ? " "I need experience in handling things like this"
" So I'm a guinea pig " "You agreed" " Maybe cause you made that elixir with Mandrake " ' No wonder she agreed so easily , Fame does invites oppurtunities '
They arrived home and Yuni got inside her bedroom , locking it as Delirium took her to the demon realm . She beat up another demon that tried to challenge her and checked the quest .
' It's the same two things ' Yuni finds a taxi that is also alive and takes it to head to a city . She eventually reached the library and found the librarian " You need a citizenship if you want to borrow books "
Yuni looked at her storybook and read the information about the library ' No wonder Grasil keeps his storybook , it tells a lot of information ' "My book says otherwise , What is your deal Librarian ?"
" It's Cirot and what do you think you are trying huh Challenger ? " Cirot angrily and loudly protested "You watched my stream ?" " Any demon with enough authority or rank can watch a channel " "Then that makes it easier I want to borrow books according to my information source"
The bat demon rose from behind the desk and slammed the table as loudly as he could , but heard nothing "Here's my offer to you , Confidentiality for the books you own , just like the confidentiality trait that I gave to the query office"
Cirot felt Yuni released the silence spell and talked " Why would I want that ? " "Monopoly is it not ? You keep your grimoires locked because you didn't want people to share them , you hoard knowledge because you want them to be sold , you kept selling things , but the one thing you can never sell is knowledge because it can't be monopolized"
Yuni faced the knowledge that Cirot hoarded and kept with him , sealed and trapped beyond the line " It just doesn't seem feasible " "Then I'll just have to look for other Libraries" Cirot flinched and stopped Yuni .
" There aren't any libraries " "The storybook says otherwise" " Fine what book do you want " "I'll take my leisure time , you should open up for business soon" Yuni writes the contract right away " You want rights to read another book for every book that is borrowed ? "
"Yeah I'm sure your demon magic can find a roundabout way to go over that but don't forget Cirot I have the most important book with me" Cirot looks at the storybook ' She would even be able to monopolize more of the books than I will so I need to get a headstart maybe I can make connections by extending it '
"By the way , there is a limit to how much you can stretch the confidentiality trait , try as much as you want , but I'll have it controlled since it won't be like the one mentioned in the storybook" ' I don't even need to use the reward instances to make a limited confidentiality trait '
" Then we should change the terms of contract , the confidentiality trait needs to be plenty " "I will only offer you confidentiality trait that can be cast on to a certain number of readers , depending on the number of originals you can give me" " Originals ? Are you not going to borrow anymore "
"I thought about it too but then I release that I'm the one with more leverage" Yuni revealed the storybook of this world "Now I'm giving you one last look at this before I go to the other libraries"
" And you think you can leave ? " Cirot asked and before he could react , Yuni unleashed Delirium's reward into him . Cirot suddenly felt pain throughout his body in a single second , which shook him to the core .
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' Finally taking action ' " WAIT " Cirot faced Yuni " I'll accept " "I'll forgive that instance of rudeness as long as you agree to give the originals and the trait just got more expensive" ' For demons they don't care about the antiguity of objects , so as long as they have worth , it could be a fake for all they care '
Though the cost of the confidentiality trait suddenly increased Cirot didn't want to lose an oppurtunity to make some money out of it .
"I'll be waiting for tomorrow for the following books" Yuni slipped a piece of paper to Cirot of the list of titles she wants to obtain "so you should prioritize making copies of these first , I'm willing to accept payments other than cash but I want books more , so I'll get as much originals until we proceed to cash" " Then you better get your end of the deal too when you come back "
"I will" Yuni was glad to read the deal being recorded in full ' Even though Cirot is stronger than I am all I had to do was drop a bait , even a shark can be fished out if it's delicious enough '
Yuni thinks of the other ways she could use her storybook , like using it to say she wants something and many people would go out and look for it .
' I've been using it to leak information but now that I think about it , I think the demons have it too . They were being sold here too , so the demon king might have it too ' She thinks of leaking it and decides to make sure the information reaches her readers before it's too late .
As Haggis continued reading the book, the ink started writing the rest of what Yuni wanted to convey .
As Yuni leaves the library satisfied with her deal , she thinks of other ways that her book could be taken advantage of . At first, she thinks of how she could mention a desire for an ingredient and have someone bring it to her .
But she thought of her previous uses , which she used to leak information to any reader and realised that the demon king might have this information and reach the location that she mentioned .
She quickly writes these words on the
Haggis quickly stopped everyone " We can't go " " Huh what do you mean ? " " Just read her damn book , you'll know what I mean " ' Why did the confidentiality trait have to censor this if you want to leak , at least don't censor the important parts '
As soon as all the players left , they started to complain " Darn why did she have to be so popular in the demon realm too " " Not like we can do anything about it "
Haggis said " Why not ? " a player asked " It's her storybook , she can do whatever she wants , we've already been benefiting from it , it was our fault for not realising this possibility "
Meanwhile , Folas was already a corpse " So they've been warned " " They couldn't have been far " Domiel was baffled to witness such a scene at the twilight of the night , the entire demon army returning to the location that Yuni leaked .
" There will be no point in staying at the castle from now on , we will be guarding this location from now on " the demon king Rilvor commanded earth as a throne is being made " Let us make a new castle from here on out "
Domiel could feel that because they blessed Yuni , the balance was starting to bless the demons instead ' No , what have I done ? ' Domiel couldn't interfere anymore , else they risk causing too much power on both sides of the scale and breaking the scales from the sheer weight .
Meanwhile , as Yuni woke up , she started brewing the potion " Are you sure about this ? " " Yep , my avid readers will eventually learn that Karol is going to transform into a demon . Now all you have to do is drink this "
" Can I be a demon too ? " Damo asked "here's your portion and your's too and the rest of the pot is for House now , I have to tell you there will be a lot of pain , you will faint and you might die"
" What ? " Damo asked with all of it gone and suddenly felt all sorts of pain " AAAARRRGGGHHH " " I'm having second thoughts " As Karol was having second thoughts , the book wrote this .
Yuni forced the rest of the demon-transforming liquid into her mouth . She records the following on braille "The potion worked magnificently , it's evolving their genes towards any known demonic genes while also evolving the current ones with demons as the basis"
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