"I'm not short of money."

Ranch shrugged his shoulders and said with a look of indifference.

“……”

Talia fell silent again.

Transactions have always focused on satisfying the needs of both parties.

It's like Talia has no force in the human kingdom, and she lacks money; And Ranch has more than enough money in his hands, but he is in dire need of protection. They will be able to meet each other's needs and make the perfect deal.

Then this time.

When Talia wants something other than money from Ranchi, Ranchi naturally wants to get more valuable deals from Tarya.

"Next, it's time to find a card-making teacher, second-order magic cards can't be studied on their own."

The short conversation made the sleepiness that was almost in Lanqi's mind fade.

He absentmindedly stood up, cleaned up the mess of card-making tools and pages full of dense handwriting on the table, and muttered to himself.

During this period of selfless card-making training, he felt that his mental power seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and maybe it would not be long before he could break through to the second order, which was very close to his predecessor.

And, next, he also wants to borrow the family's treasured ancient relic [Compassion Psalm] that will be taken away by Talia in the original plot from his home for a while to make his own magic card.

However, Ranch was not confident that he would be able to make magic cards from this treasure material in one go, and he needed a skilled mentor and collaborator.

Then Taria, the Demon Master who would have obtained the [Compassion Verse] and made it into a magic card, is undoubtedly the best choice.

"Do you want me to teach you how to make cards?"

Talia stared at Ranchi's looming emerald eyes from the side, and there was no "can't" or "can't" in her words.

Ranchi's hint was too blunt.

Apparently, he wanted Talia to teach him card-making in exchange for a copy of the first copy of Basic Etiquette.

During the days that Ranchi and Talia were together, Ranchi would consciously or unconsciously ask Talia about magic cards.

Sometimes Talia would tell him casually, and sometimes she would ignore him.

Talia didn't know how the human had figured out she could make cards in the first place, but she didn't want to dig into it, and she didn't want to deny it.

Maybe it's because of his unique eyesight, maybe it's because he's good at guessing, maybe it's because his intuition is accurate, maybe it's because he shouldn't stare at the crafting props of magic cards for too long.

However, even if she later acquiesced to knowing how to make cards, Ranch had no way of knowing her true level as a card maker.

"From the first time I saw you, I was convinced that you were a very powerful guy. At least, in so many years in the border city-state, I have never seen anyone with your temperament, and even gave me a feeling of beauty, strength, and immortality. ”

Ranchi put down the page in his hand for the time being, met Taria's gaze, and looked seriously at her golden pupils,

"I've always trusted my instincts. So just to give it a try, what if you're really a card maker I've only had a chance to meet once in my life? ”

It looked like he had made the decision to confess to Talia, to let her know that there was an inevitability in the first two transactions, compared to chance.

“……”

Talia listened silently to Lanchi's words.

She clearly judged that this human was not acting against the yang, but sincerely saying what he meant.

Moreover, such a reverent attitude, like even if she was a demon, he was willing to willingly seek strength from her.

"Anyway, Tata, since you have chosen to stay by my side and protect me, if you can teach me how to make cards at the same time, and I will also share the finished cards with you, don't you think it will be an excellent choice for each of us?"

Ranch added.

“……”

In any case, she could not have taught a talented human and allowed it to grow wild.

But there is a special case -

Unless, this guy is more harmful to humanity than his talent.

And Ranch, obviously, belongs to this kind of card maker with great potential for evil.

If he is willing to pay a full price, he can indeed consider teaching him.

It's just that Talia never expected that she would take in students, and that demons would be human teachers.

"I'm only responsible for teaching you to the second order, and if it's acceptable, I'll make a deal with you."

Talia replied, after thinking for a moment.

Although she has mastered the card-making technology of demonic magic texts, she is not very good at using human magic texts to make cards.

However, the principles of magic engineering of magic cards are more common, and more important than theoretical, more important is practical skills, and she has no problem teaching Ranchi as a beginner.

Hearing Talia's reply, Ranchi nodded decisively:

"Okay, I'm totally fine on my side."

Speaking of this, the joy that had just sprung up on Lanqi's face disappeared for half a minute, and turned into worry,

"But I may have to go to the royal capital in a little more than a month...... Can you please teach me how to make cards while continuing to protect me on the road and after arriving in the royal capital? I'll pay you what I promised. ”

"What are you going to do in the royal capital?"

Talia frowned.

For many years, she has traveled almost always along the border provinces of various human kingdoms to the south of the continent.

If she could, she didn't want to go to a human capital like the royal capital of a large country for no reason.

"I'm going to take the entrance exam for Ichrita Academy, and I'm worried that the killer will follow me all the way through the way...... So I need protection even more. ”

After Lan Qi said this, as if he remembered something, he quickly added:

"By the way, since you are a secret guard hired by me privately, I have to prepare an identity for you to disguise if you travel far away, so that it will not be easy to arouse the alarm of the killer. I'll wrap you up as someone from our house so that you can better protect me. ”

Seeing that Talia didn't question these words, Ranch smiled even more sincerely.

There is no sense of big flickering.

After all, everything he says is true.

Next.

Ranch proudly explains to Talia how to use the Chamber of Commerce to create a seamless new identity for Taria.

“……”

She was already a little inclined to reject Lanqi, but she was suddenly stunned by Lanqi's words.

Again.

Naturally, Ranch came up with a condition that appealed to her heart and made her unable to refuse.

It's like...... The temptation of the devil.

The main reason why she is so depressed is that she does not have a legitimate human kingdom identity.

There are many restrictions on work, trade, and movement.

Even if it's just temporary status provided as a condition attached to the transaction.

It will also be the freedom and convenience that she never dared to think of before!