Diary of the Improper Monster Girl Transformation.

Chapter 561 Can You Be My Master? (Seeking votes at the beginning of the month!)
"Fan?"

Sami's tense expression froze for a moment, then she blinked rapidly and repeated, "You mean... Finn? You mean Finn from the Witch's Guild?"

"That's right, you do know him."

Herbert nodded and chuckled easily, "If I'm not mistaken, he was once your collaborator, wasn't he?"

"Uh... um."

Sami hesitated for a moment, then nodded resignedly and sighed, "I have indeed worked with him a few times."

Herbert was quite satisfied with Miss Poor's cooperation, and his attitude became even more amiable. He asked as if it were a casual chat:
"Well, the reason I called you here is to ask you to tell me all the details of your collaboration with him back then. Is there any problem with this request for you?"

This seemingly casual statement is actually a subtle test.

To the devil, such a request involving other collaborators is actually a very offensive request.

No one likes to betray their partners.

Even the devil will maintain some semblance of a "professional bottom line".

If Sami refuses, it proves that she still harbors a sliver of hope and hasn't fully grasped the current situation.

Then, I can give her a little "punishment" and make her understand what position she is in now.

After hearing Herbert's probing, the big-breasted devil on the other side hesitated and remained silent for a long time.

"What? You don't want to... um?"

Herbert originally intended to give Sammy a hard time, with a disdainful glance followed by a question in the tone of a domineering CEO, subtly displaying his power.

But looking at it now—it seems there's no need for all that trouble and pretense.

Sami didn't seem unwilling to answer, nor did he appear to be deliberately stalling for time or concealing anything.

She kept blinking, seemingly staring blankly at Herbert, but her gaze seemed to be looking somewhere else entirely.

What's going on here?
Herbert tilted his head in confusion and waved his hand in front of her eyes.

"Uh... ah!"

Finally, Sami, who had been lost in thought for a long time, came to his senses and stared wide-eyed.

"Are you ok?"

Seeing that she had come to her senses, Herbert asked considerately, raising an eyebrow, "Were you thinking about how to cover for him just now?"

!!!

"No, no, no! That's not it!"

Sami was so anxious he was jumping up and down, waving his hands repeatedly and trying his best to explain himself: "I wasn't trying to cover it up, I was just... uh!"

At this point, Miss Poor Guy paused, her lips twitching repeatedly.

Just now, Sami wasn't thinking about keeping his partner's secret at all, which is a matter of contractual obligation.

What she was thinking just now was actually very pure, except—it was just some obscene language.

(*Hellish profanity*)

(*Abyss slang*)

(*Devil's Proverb*)

Sami mentally whipped the corpse repeatedly, cursing Finn, that damned bastard.

Fane!!!

Me! ■! You! ■!
Damn it, it was you who ruined me!
It's all because of you, you ***, that I was targeted by the Godslayer!
It's all your fault!

You're absolutely a jerk!!!

You've had a child but no [illegible] ...

Sami is hesitant now because these are things he absolutely cannot say to Herbert.

If the other party heard this combination of offensive language and misunderstood that I was implying something else, then I probably wouldn't be able to live anymore.

But if I don't say anything, won't the Godslayer still think I have other ideas?

What is this called?
Family, this is called being stubborn and getting stuck on both ends!

Herbert did notice Sami's hesitation, but he was an expert at capturing subtle emotional changes and could tell that she wasn't deliberately hiding anything, but rather that there was another reason behind it.

It seemed as if he had some unspeakable sorrow, and he seemed to be hesitating whether or not to speak out.

It seems there's more to this than meets the eye.

This is clearly a case of injustice!

So, how can we help her?

Just as Herbert was pondering how to get her to speak up, Sami took a deep breath.

"That's right, this is the only way..."

She nodded resolutely, cheered herself up, and then—knelt down on the summoning circle with a thud.

Sami lowered his head deeply, prostrating himself before Herbert's toes.

Also, because the two air bladders in the chest are quite elastic, the first attempt failed, and it bounced once before the person finally collapsed.

She suppressed her shame, closed her eyes, and shouted loudly:
"Kill, Lord Godslayer!"

???

Sami's sudden deep bow startled Herbert; he hadn't expected such an abstract development.

Hey, why did he suddenly kneel down?

Sami's action inadvertently reinforced Herbert's belief—yes, the child was wronged, and the injustice was no small one!
To kneel down right from the start, what kind of injustice must that be?

It's obvious she's come to me, the upright and just official, to seek justice for her.

Just as Herbert was feeling smug and preparing to display his brilliant judgment and benevolent rule as a judge, Sami raised his head.

"I say! I say anything!"

She tilted her head back, her face contorted with tears, and said quickly through her blurry eyes, "I'll tell you everything! Please, let me go!"

"I really only worked with Finn a few times, and I have no other relationship with him!"

Survival is more important than keeping a contract.

Herbert, seeing her crying and looking terrified, blinked in bewilderment.

"……Eh?"

wrong.

Herbert quickly realized the problem—Sami wasn't seeking justice.

She was in such a hurry to kowtow because she was afraid I would use my powerful memory revival technique!
No, am I some kind of bad person?

At that moment, Herbert had only one thought in his mind—what did I do? Why are you so scared?!?

I don't think I did anything!
Why does she look like she's encountered a ghost...?

"Nenesha?"

[“(A seemingly indifferent, melodious whistle~)”]

"Tsk, I knew it."

[“(An even more triumphant whistle~)”]

Herbert, exasperated by Miss Harmony's mischievousness, understood what Sami was afraid of. He lowered his head, looked at her with some pity, and gently shook his head.

He was thinking to himself that this guy was really unlucky, running into Nenasha right away and being deliberately startled by her.

But that pitying look, coupled with the head-shaking gesture, was interpreted by Sami in a completely different light.

Spicy balls!

The god-slayer has no intention of letting me go!
Sami's spirits plummeted. Despondently, he wondered if he should destroy this avatar and try to buy more time for his original body to escape.

Despite her despair, she didn't consider giving up. She'd already had so many unlucky years and faced countless crises; there was no reason to give up so easily.

Then, Sami found that everything went black before her eyes, and the Godslayer had squatted down in front of her and reached out to touch the top of her head.

!!!

Is he going to smash my head in?

Sami was scared, but she dared not dodge. She could only tremble and close her eyes, letting the large hand fall on her head—and gently stroke it.

……Um?

"What a poor child. He did nothing wrong, so why is he so unlucky? Fate is really unfair."

Herbert's seemingly unremarkable remark struck Sammy like a lightning bolt, piercing through the darkness of despair.

!!!

No one had ever treated her like this before.

No one touched her head, sighed for her plight, or lamented her misfortune.

nobody!
No one spoke up for her!
No one else ever joined her in cursing this unjust fate!
nobody!
And now... that person has appeared.

They appeared before me in an identity I had never imagined, and descended upon me in a manner I had never guessed.

"..."

She suddenly opened her eyes and stared blankly at the compassionate eyes of the god-slayer who could still be called a boy.

Those indifferent gray eyes that had once filled her with fear now held a different glint in them when they looked at her.

Although, it was nothing more than sympathy and pity.

In his eyes, she was no longer a pretty but easily broken vase, but more like a pitiful little animal with a tragic past.

At least, Sami was certain at that moment that he was not going to die and that the other party had no intention of killing him.

When Herbert saw that Sammy had stopped trembling and seemed to have calmed down, he guessed what was going on.

"hehe."

He chuckled softly, a gentle smile appearing on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Now, can you tell me those things?"

"……Um."

Sami pursed his lips, nodded earnestly, his voice trembling slightly, but he said firmly, "I will tell you everything."

She didn't know whether she was succumbing to fear or trying her best to repay his kindness.

Sami doesn't know.

After the two stood up, Sami obediently lowered his head, carefully considered his words, and respectfully whispered to Herbert:
“Your Excellency Godslayer, I actually didn’t have much contact with Fane.”

“Initially, Finn probably summoned me through the theme of ‘theft’ and asked me to help him steal a special item hidden in the Witch’s Tower.”

Herbert raised an eyebrow, probably guessing what it was, but pretended not to know and continued, "Did you succeed?"

Sure enough, Sami gently shook his head.

"No, it failed. He didn't provide enough information, and besides, he was unwilling to pay the extra reward of killing the mage if he was discovered breaking into the mage tower."

She recalled the scene and curled her lip in disdain.

Hmph, you poor wretch!

He's clearly an epic-level mage, yet he's unwilling to spend even this small amount of money, making it seem like I'm the one who's determined to kill that mage.

Herbert, however, had a different idea.

Is it that Fein is unwilling to pay? Or that he can't afford to pay? Or... did he hesitate halfway through and couldn't bear to?
It's hard to guess, really hard to guess.

Haha, a dog licker.

He thought he was deeply affectionate, but in reality, he was nothing but a simp.

"The first collaboration didn't work out, so what happened after that?"

Sami didn't hide anything and recounted how, in their subsequent collaborations, she helped Finn successfully defeat several legendary figures from opposing forces.

Although she was a legendary unlucky woman, her assassin skills were still quite impressive after so many years of training.

"The last time was not long ago, and it was still Finn who contacted me."

"Unlike the previous times, this time he actually took the initiative to give me the full amount of the payment in advance, and even gave me two copies!"

"One copy is for me, and the other is for me to act as an intermediary, to contact the assassins of the Assassination Church, and to kill the king of a small mortal country."

Herbert couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

He wasn't laughing at himself for becoming a victim in the aftermath of the assassination, but rather at Finn's blatantly audacious move.

You're all meek and subservient to Astrid, but you're ruthless and aggressive towards Reinhardt, right?

Okay, okay, great.

This is how you deal with a love rival – a powerful blow!

Even though they're all in love and have a child, and it has nothing to do with you, you should still strike back fiercely!

"Uh?"

Although Sami didn't know why the Godslayer suddenly laughed, he honestly recounted his actions.

Herbert thought he would already know what happened before Sammy finished speaking.

But the result was actually somewhat different from what he knew.

First of all, Sami was not directly involved in the assassination; she was on the run from hell at the time.

Secondly, what surprised him even more was that Sami wasn't the guy who sold the assassination information to the nobles for a double benefit.

That outrageous operation was actually carried out by the legendary assassin of that assassination cult!
He wasn't satisfied with just one assassination; he planned to use it to create a climate conducive to assassinations throughout Frostcry, making the nobles feel insecure and start killing each other, thus making it easier for him to take on jobs.

what?
Damn it, it was you, you beast!

You wait, I will definitely go to the Assassination Church to seek justice—oh, right, the Assassination Church no longer exists.

Forget about the church, even the god of assassination has been exterminated, leaving not a trace.

Who did it?
Oh, it's me.

Okay, that's all.

He had already taken revenge ahead of time with the help of a certain scorching sun.

After hearing Sami's story, Herbert felt a pang of regret, not expecting that the revenge had been taken so early.

Just as he was sighing with emotion, Sami, who had finished her story, stared at him and weakly asked, "That, that... Godslayer!"

She took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and shouted, "Can you sign a master-servant contract with me?!"

Ok?
Herbert blinked, tilted his head, and asked with amusement, "What? You want to be my master?"

Are they going to start with master-servant play right away?

You're so bold!
"No no no!"

The unlucky young lady, who was being teased, shook her head repeatedly, but still managed to ask, "I, I mean... could you please be my master?"

Sami knew it was presumptuous, but she also knew that this might be her only chance in her life.

An opportunity to completely escape this life of constant anxiety and fear.

If I can get the protection of the god-slayer, then I probably won't be in any danger for a while.

Yes, as long as we can latch onto this powerful figure—

"No !!!!"

A sharp shout shattered her reverie.

(End of this chapter)