Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Ah?
Luo Mi showed a bewildered expression: “You have no money? Where is your property?”
Daisy smiled bitterly. “The Durr family’s own territory is very small. In recent years, it has mainly relied on the various industries entrusted to it by the Lord and the Archbishop. After the Lord’s death, according to the imperial law, all previous industrial income must be sealed and wait for the new Lord to take office and count it.”
Luo Mi was puzzled: he didn’t believe that the nobles and merchants would be so obedient without supervision. Daisy Durr was obviously not such a rule-abiding person.
Daisy sighed deeply. “The Archbishop used this reason to forcibly take over all the properties that previously belonged to Balk, in name, it was to avoid the loss of the lord’s property, but in fact…”
She shook her head and continued, “The Archbishop has also suspended spending at the Chamber of Commerce, saying he will check the accounts for a few days. And it just so happens that a foreign debt is due these days!”
Luo Mi understood – this was very much in line with Archbishop Ellis’ style.
“Our Durr family seems prosperous on the surface, but we are just dependent on others. Moreover, we have a lot of foreign debts from managing the business for the Church and the lord. Most of our own property is used to purchase vineyards and fields, which are not easy to sell immediately. So now when we need money urgently, it’s a bit…sigh.”
There was another point that Daisy did not mention explicitly. For nobles who valued their reputation, they would not sell their property unless they were completely ruined. Even if they had to borrow money, they had to maintain their dignity as nobles. This was not just a matter of face. Once a noble was considered to be down and out, other nobles would keep their distance from him and would exclude him from business and social activities.
Luo Mi understood what Daisy meant. He covered his face and pondered for a long time before asking with difficulty, “How much do you want?”
“The most urgent thing now is to pay off this foreign debt first, and then some daily expenses…” Daisy had already figured it out, and looked at Luo Mi with hope, “If you can lend me 2,000 gold coins temporarily, I can get through the current crisis. After the archbishop checks the accounts and transfers the accumulated profits, our Durr family can participate in the division of Balk’s industry. Daisy can pay you back double by then.”
Two thousand gold coins! Luo Mi was shocked: Where could he find so much money?
The words of refusal went around in his mouth twice, but before he could say them, he heard Daisy say expectantly: “Master Lian, Master Susan gave me a full 10,000 gold coins.”
Luo Mi’s eyes widened: “Where did she get so much money?”
“I heard that she used charm to get it from the nobles.” Daisy showed a fascinated expression, “It’s really convenient for succubus to be among the nobles.”
Luo Mi gritted his teeth and said, “I’ll try to think of a solution… I just want to ask you something. Has Susan ever told you about the benefits of upgrading the succubus?”
Daisy looked at him in surprise. “How do you know? Lady Susan did tell me that if I follow her to the Demon Realm, I can slowly cultivate the succubus bloodline in my body. If I get the blessing of a high-level demon, I will have a chance to upgrade. After the upgrade, the succubus’s charm will be more powerful. It can control many people at once, and can even influence high-level demons and make them their captives…”
After listening to Daisy’s eloquent introduction, Luo Mi finally concluded: “So the improvement of the succubus is mainly to make its abilities stronger, and there are no other special features?”
The charm technique could control a group of people and transcend levels, which made him very excited.
Daisy thought for a moment and said, “As for the characteristics, Lady Susan said that the appetite of the succubus will be much bigger after the upgrade.”
Luo Mi: “…”
This was another form of feature.
This side effect made Luo Mi’s originally tilted balance become unstable.
He followed Anos and usually ate specially prepared food. He had no intention of taking food in the form of a succubus. The trouble caused by his increased appetite was more than just a little bit.
Do I have to choose the unknown phantom in the end?
Luo Mi asked in his heart: “How long will the upgrade process take?”
[The first upgrade takes one to two minutes.]
Luo Mi suddenly remembered something: “Will my appearance change after the upgrade?”
[It will be closer to the physique after upgrading. If you choose vampire, the skin color will become paler. If you choose succubus, you will grow a little and the demon horns will become bigger. If you choose phantom, there will be no change, because the phantom itself is a semi-illusory lower-level demon and does not affect the current host’s body form.
Luo Mi hissed.
He said goodbye to Daisy, thinking about which direction he should choose and worrying about where to get the money.
For a moment, Luo Mi even wanted to use the Charm Seed that he had set for Archbishop Ellis to get some money from the church, but he gave up the idea and found Reinhardt.
Reinhardt was shocked when he heard his intention. “Three thousand gold coins? Do I look like I have that much money?”
Luo Mi blinked and looked up at Reinhardt: “Dear Reinhardt, you are the only one I can think of.”
Reinhardt pushed his head away: “Go away, I won’t buy it! I don’t have a penny, why do you want so much money?”
Luo Mi had prepared a speech on the way here. He sighed softly, revealing the loving sorrow of a saintly father: “Balk Sheen passed away, and some of his businesses were also affected. Many people went bankrupt overnight and became homeless. I want to do my best to help them.”
Reinhardt looked at him suspiciously, obviously not believing him.
Unfortunately, he did not have the eyes of confession and could not distinguish lies.
Seeing that Luo Mi was sticking to this reason, Reinhardt’s eyes turned and said, “Well, if you sell some feathers to me, I can lend you 3,000 gold coins temporarily.”
Luo Mi was stunned at first, then he turned his head and said, “Wait, isn’t just one feather worth three thousand gold coins? What do you think of the feather of a sacred earthly angel?”
Reinhardt rolled his eyes. “Your Highness’s feathers can indeed be sold for more than 3,000, but do you think that contacting the seller and the intermediate process are free? Besides, I’ve already said that most of the money earned goes to subsidize the Knights. You can only get 500 gold coins for one feather at most.”
Luo Mi quickly put away all his expressions and was overjoyed: “Then it’s settled!”
Reinhardt was stunned, watching Luo Mi skipping away, and touched his head in a strange way: “This kid has so many feathers of His Highness?”
….
Luo Mi’s idea was very simple: feathers were just like hair. When Anos shook his wings, more than ten feathers may fall off. Just ask Anos for a few more.
However, when he made this request to Anos, Anos immediately shook his head: “Angel wings cannot appear in front of the world casually.”
Luo Mi didn’t understand: “Why?”
Anos pondered for a moment: “According to the Bible, angels are servants of God. They once walked on earth with God until God was betrayed by humans and the accompanying angels were burned to death by fallen humans. God resurrected the angels and gave them wings to fly in the sky. He also blessed the wings – when creatures with original sin see the actual angel wings, they must kneel down and repent immediately, otherwise they will be surrounded by flames that burn their sins. The deeper the sin, the stronger the flames.”
Was there such a thing? Luo Mi asked the system in his heart: “What would happen if I saw Anos’ wings?”
[The host is an outsider, theoretically not tainted by the sins set by this world, but it is uncertain whether this body will be affected.]
Luo Mi thought about it and didn’t take any risks: “Then go to another room and spread your wings, pick out two fallen feathers and give them to me?”
Anos didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “What do you want my feathers for?”
Luo Mi imitated Anos and made a cross on his chest, and said solemnly: “I want to use the angel’s feather to make an amulet and carry it with me; if possible, I even want to make a pillow…”
Anos: “…”
He turned his head away, “No.”
Luo Mi sighed regretfully: “So you usually keep your wings hidden?”
Anos thought Luo Mi had given up the idea, and his expression relaxed: “That’s about it.”
Luo Mi showed a curious expression: “Will the wings sweat? Will the feathers become messy? Will it be sticky if you sweat? Will you feel it if you hide it?”
“…” Anos finally said, “I haven’t thought about it.”
It would have been better if he hadn’t said it. As soon as he said it, Anos felt that his back seemed to itch a little. He was a bit of a clean freak and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He usually kept his clothes clean and washed himself very diligently. But the wings were inconvenient after all, so he would only let the wings appear freely in his own residence in the holy city of Bethlehem.
But now that Luo Mi asked him several questions in a row, Anos felt that he might need to clean his wings.
Fortunately, there were many prayer rooms shrouded in divine magic in the cathedral. When Anos was repairing the cathedral’s divine magic array, he had already figured out the distribution and picked one and walked in.
Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Luo Mi quickly said to the system: “Upgrade now and choose the phantom direction.”
The system asked curiously:
[Host confirmed?]
“Yes, after the upgrade, I can use the power of phantom to steal feathers!” Luo Mi rubbed his hands, “Hurry up, Anos will close if we don’t hurry up!”
[The first physical upgrade begins, upgrade direction: Phantom.]
[Host, please stay calm and sober.]
As the system reported, Luo Mi felt a chill rising in his body. This chill was different from the chill he felt when facing the evil version of Anos. It was more like the refreshing feeling of eating a belly full of ice in the middle of summer, which dispelled the heat around him and made Luo Mi couldn’t help but let out a long, comfortable sigh.
The nun who was about to knock on the door was stunned for a moment. She didn’t know what she thought of, but her face turned red, and she left in a hurry.
Luo Mi naturally didn’t know about the little episode outside.
The system’s judgment was correct. After only one minute, his physical condition was upgraded.
Luo Mi walked to the mirror and looked at himself after the upgrade. His appearance was basically the same as before, except that the devil horn on his forehead had grown a little bit bigger, from the size of a baby’s little finger to the size of a baby’s middle finger, and it was almost invisible.
This was due to the fact that the phantom itself was only slightly higher in rank than the succubus.
Luo Mi tried to use his upgraded body according to instinct.
Looking in the mirror, his body suddenly became illusory and translucent, but not completely invisible.
Luo Mi reached out to the mirror, but his fingertips touched the hard surface and could not pass through.
“I didn’t get the wall-penetrating ability.” Luo Mi was very disappointed, “Could it be that there is only a semi-transparent one?”
He jumped twice on the spot but didn’t float up.
“I didn’t get the levitation skill either.” Luo Mi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Then what’s the use of my upgrade? Can I rely on translucency to make people unable to see me spying on Anos?”
[Host, don’t worry. According to the system’s detection, the phantom physique has the ability to resist holy light. Now it should be easier for the host to break into the divine magic array and resist holy light attacks.]
“Yeah, when I’m caught as a pervert, I can get hit a few more times.” Although Luo Mi was complaining, he still walked out the door, intending to try if he could get Anos’ feathers.
When he pressed his hand on the door, there was a sudden “slip” sound, and his whole arm softened and slipped out from the crack in the door like mucus.
Luo Mi uttered an “Ouch”, pulled back his arm, and moved his palm blankly: “What is this, a slime?”
[It seems to be a weakened version of Phantom’s wall-penetrating technique.]
After the wall-penetrating ability was weakened and he turned into a slime, he could go through the crack of the door? Luo Mi didn’t know where to complain, but he finally gained a lot of confidence: the phantom physique can resist holy light and go through the crack of the door, and his success rate in stealing the feathers of Anos who was taking a bath had become higher!
Luo Mi simply didn’t open the door and slipped out through the crack.
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