Episode 145. Cleanup (2)

“What the hell is our jungle even doing?! I’m the only one who dies all the time!”

As I listened to Liliana screaming her head off, I took out the Hellish Rascal Summoning Contract from the desk.

“This definitely had to be held by Liliana’s hand for the hidden clauses to appear.”

It really lived up to its name as a contract from Hell.

Of course, I’d used it on Scarlet too, but what could I do? Who told them to get fooled?

The reason I took out the Hellish Contract was to find out if I could contact Liliana’s mother.

Unlike Liliana, the shut-in NEET who lived a normal social life, Liliana’s mother might actually know something about the Demon King.

“The content was definitely… ‘[When the contractor reflects on their past actions and the contractor also agrees, a means to contact the original world shall be granted.]'”

I definitely remembered the day Liliana first sent a letter to her mother.

Thinking back to the text that appeared then, there was no mention of it being a one-time thing.

Meaning, we could contact Hell again.

I stared intently at the contract.

Maybe I could just talk to it?

“Excuse me. Could you grant me that means of contact one more time?”

Srrrng-

Then, magic began to flow from the contract.

[Thank you for using the Hellish Rascal Summoning Contract.]

[The contract with the succubus ‘Liliana’ has become stable.]

[Accordingly, if the contractor agrees, a means to contact Liliana’s ‘mother’ will be provided. Do you consent?]

“Damn, I should have tried this sooner.”

Could it be that it was this easy?

Can I just contact them whenever I want?

[As time is needed for mana to recharge, you can contact her once a month.]

“Ah… Too bad.”

As if the contract could read my mind, it answered before I could even voice it.

Flutter flutter-

And the letter paper Liliana used last time gently fell from the sky.

‘…Come to think of it, this was top-grade.’

The Hellish Contract I got from Gil Stephen’s pocket was mid-to-high grade.

But the Hellish Rascal Summoning Contract is top-grade.

That’s why the effects are bound to be good.

────[ Hellish Rascal Summoning Contract ]────

▶ Grade: Top

▶ A summoning contract imbued with Hell’s magic. While the quality of the summoned beings is poor, the inscribed magic itself is ultra-high-level magic, making it a top-grade contract.

▶ Allows summoning and contracting with rascals treated as burdens in Hell.

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“Hmm…”

The Hellish Rascal Summoning Contract.

I found the word ‘rascal’ emphasized in the contract nagging at me for some reason.

The choices that appeared back then were also absurd.

1. The demon Lucifer, a butcher obsessed with human flesh

2. The Incubus, a golden-skinned playboy and virgin-annihilator from Hell Academy

3. A mercenary stuck at Rank F for 20 years. The potential of a veteran who’s lost every battle, a Centaur

4. A 50-year-old spinster and master of web-spinning, a Succubus

Just looking at the choices makes my head hurt.

Although she’s improved a lot now, the Liliana who was first summoned was truly a rascal incarnate.

She just played games in her room, completely detached from the world.

But thinking cliché-ly… rascals usually come from well-off families.

You don’t really call a homeless person causing trouble on the street a rascal.

You just call them crazy.

But when the child of a noble or royal family with deep roots goes wild, they’re called a rascal.

“…Is that child from a well-off family?”

I glanced through the gap in the door and peeked at Liliana, who was broadcasting.

“Thank you for the 500,000 won~ Rolly-lolly-lolly~. ‘Don’t you have any more revealing clothes?’ Yeah. I’m not showing you. You perverted bastards.”

Liliana was arguing with a viewer who had donated, playing hardball.

“…No matter how I think about it, that doesn’t fit.”

Then again, she did say earlier that she was from an ordinary family and didn’t know much about the Demon King… maybe I just misunderstood.

‘Heroine Status Window.’

★ Heroine Status Window

[Liliana]

• [ Affection: 90 ] ( +0.8 )

• [ Lust: 92 ]

• [ Appetite: 45 ]

• [ Fatigue: 35 ]

Current State: Ah, I want to finish broadcasting quickly and eat chicken. After eating chicken, I gotta have sex again.

Instead of this, I wanted to see the scores.

Based on her influence in this world, I wanted to see the score.

Liliana wasn’t originally a heroine, so a score is assigned.

[Currently High Potential Heroines: Im Sol (94 points), Liliana (70 points), Scarlet (32 points)… ]

As soon as I thought it, the system window appeared before my eyes.

“70 points…?”

Liliana was definitely 65 points, but it increased by 5.

Im Sol also went up by 1 point from 93 to become 94 points.

‘As influence increases, the scores change in real-time.’

I learned new information again.

But, okay, what about Im Sol, but why is Liliana 70 points?

Maybe there really is something going on… or maybe it’s just because Liliana got stronger as I got stronger?

Scarlet, the spy I planted with Alice, is at 32 points.

As expected, due to her lack of presence in the original work, she’s only worth 0.3 Im Sols.

Not cost-effective.

“I’ll be right back, gotta use the restroom.”

Just then, Liliana came out of the room for a moment.

“What the? Why are you peeking into my room?”

To Liliana, who made eye contact with me waiting in front of the door, I held out the letter paper.

“Liliana. Want to contact your mother?”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

“Yeah. I kept looking into it for you, and apparently, you can contact her once a month.”

Liliana took the letter paper from my hand, licked her lips, and placed it on the desk.

“Okay. Hmm. I’m a little worried about Mom, though.”

I tried to score some small points, but her reaction was underwhelming.

Clearly, last time she was crying and begging to contact her mom.

Why the sudden change?

“Why? Is something wrong?”

“It’s not that… Mom is my love rival.”

“…”

“It’s nothing~ I have to go to the bathroom. Move.”

“Oh, okay.”

Liliana went into the bathroom.

“Love rival… Am I misunderstanding the meaning?”

Rival in romance.

Maybe in Hell, it has a different meaning.

Sitting on the sofa, I pondered what ‘love rival’ might mean in Hell.

*

The next day, Friday.

For the safety of the students, the Academy’s notice to stay inside the dormitories was extended by one more day.

Students confined to the dorms until Friday often visited other students’ rooms to hang out.

Lucy also came to Lumi’s room after baking cookies to visit.

“Lumi, Don’t you think these are delicious?”

“Yeah. They’re delicious.”

“Hehe. My skills have really improved now, right?”

“Amazing. Lucy.”

Lucy, having realized her cookies tasted bad, underwent intense training and finally became able to bake delicious cookies.

“I should give some to Lee Hoyeon tomorrow too. He’ll probably eat these deliciously.”

“Hoyeon-ssi ate them deliciously back then too.”

“Th-that was just him pretending to enjoy them!”

The hurt Lucy received after Lee Hoyeon ate them deliciously, prompting her to share with other friends only to be told they tasted like poison, still lingered.

“Lumi. Let’s do this. A personality test.”

“Yeah, yeah. Sounds good.”

Usually, if Lucy took the initiative to suggest something, Lumi would always say okay.

Having grown up relying on each other without parents since childhood, Lucy and Lumi were happy just looking at each other.

“How about this? If you were going on a date with a boyfriend? 1. Amusement park. 2. Zoo. 3. Water park.”

“I like amusement parks.”

“Oh, I… The zoo? Water parks require swimsuits.”

Lucy didn’t really like showing off her figure. She felt uncomfortable with male attention.

“I’ll be right back, just need to wash my hands.”

Seeing Lumi still unable to say she needed the restroom, Lucy chuckled slightly.

Lucy believed that even though they were twins with little age difference, she always had to take good care of her younger sister as the older one.

It had been that way since they were young.

She didn’t consider that this might be overprotective.

“Personality tests are fun too.”

Looking at another personality test displayed on her smartwatch, Lucy became lost in thought.

[If you were to date someone? 1. Natural encounter. 2. Blind date, meeting. 3. Introduced by an acquaintance.]

“Hmm… A boyfriend.”

If I were to meet a boyfriend, what should I do?

Lucy suddenly thought of someone’s face.

“…Why am I like this. Really.”

After shaking her head vigorously, she looked back at the screen, but a man’s face wouldn’t leave her mind.

“Ugh…”

Lucy was aware of the ambiguous relationship between Lee Hoyeon, Lumi, and herself.

And Lucy, having watched Lumi her whole life, could tell what Lumi was thinking just by her actions.

Lumi likes Lee Hoyeon.

And perhaps Lee Hoyeon also has feelings for Lumi.

She could feel he treated Lumi a little kinder than he treated her.

Lucy wanted them to continue being friends like this.

Forever… without anyone getting together, she wanted the three of them to hang out.

That way, she felt she could be at ease.

“Haa…”

Lucy’s head just got complicated.

*

Friday morning.

Receiving the notice again that they couldn’t go outside today,

“Hwaaang…”

I touched the breasts of Liliana, lying naked beside me, and snapped to my senses.

Since I couldn’t go outside, the only thing to do was have sex with Liliana.

“Haa-eut… Master. Are we doing it this morning?”

“I just wanted to touch because it was soft.”

“Hng.”

What should we do today?

We’ll have sex with Liliana later; first, I need to eat breakfast.

“Let’s eat chicken.”

“I’m tired of chicken.”

“Whyyy… Let’s eat chicken. We can sweat it out on the way. Okay? Master.”

“…Should we?”

Ting-a-ling-

Just then, the bell installed on the dorm window rang.

“It’s Scout!”

“I told you it’s Scarlet.”

The two of us got up from our seats and went to the living room.

There was no one outside the large bay window, but as I opened the window, Srrrng-, Scarlet crawled in through the ceiling.

Tap tap-

“Wow. Cool. Scout.”

Clap clap.

Watching Scarlet land stylishly, Liliana clapped.

“Scarlet. Do you already have something to report?”

To avoid being caught by Alice, instead of using communication methods that leave records, we decided to talk face-to-face.

I had told her to report even trivial things if they seemed helpful, but she came back less than a day after being sent?

“I’ve brought something big. Hoyeon-nim.”

Scarlet fiddled with her right ear, then took out a piercing and handed it to me.

Her eyes sparkled; she seemed quite confident.

“Come here, Scout.”

“Yes, yes!”

While Liliana and Scarlet were playing, I connected the piercing to my smartwatch and checked the video inside.