The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

It was as if the words "I have a conspiracy" were etched on his face.

"Sigh, let's get some sleep."

Dekan sighed helplessly and activated the [Hypnotic Gas].

The only option is to knock this girl unconscious and kidnap her.

Let's have pediatrician Mier take a look; maybe that will make Tata behave a bit better.

In the cramped little shop, the original owner—the thin, middle-aged man—quickly fainted.

However, Tata seemed to have figured out how to deal with the hypnotic gas.

She held her breath the whole time.

And so she, like Dekan Croix, held her breath.

Even when she was about to burst, her face turning red, she refused to take a single breath.

Judging from her stubbornness, she would rather suffocate herself than lose consciousness and be at someone's mercy.

"I'm really scared of you."

Fearing she would suffocate, Dekan had no choice but to stop using the hypnotic gas and open the door to let the air circulate.

He couldn't bear to use overly strong anesthesia on a child who was only a few years old.

"Forget it, let her go."

Dekan looked at Chloeux helplessly and said.

It seems that a direct confrontation with this little guy won't work; she'll only choose to fight to the death.

The only option left is to try communicating.

Since we're all demons, let's solve problems in demonic ways.

Chloix nodded and released the light magic from Tata's grasp.

Tata looked at Dekan and Chloeux in disbelief. After standing up, she cautiously took two or three steps back until her back was against the counter, with nowhere left to retreat.

Although her movements appeared timid, her gaze never left Dekan.

Dekan felt that she was currently racking her brains to figure out how to defeat the two people in front of her who were of much higher rank and find a way to escape from the small shop.

"Whether you want to listen or not, I'll say what I want to say first. You can listen and think carefully about how to beat the two of us at the same time."

Dekan said calmly.

Upon hearing Dekan's words, Tata seemed startled, and her expression changed slightly.

“You have the talent to make cards, but you shouldn’t plagiarize other people’s research results and make money by producing low-quality pirated cards.”

Dekan continued speaking earnestly.

He needs to communicate with Tata.

Only through communication can we find her weaknesses.

Any creature capable of communicating through language can be manipulated in a way that disturbs its mind.

The simplest way is to keep trying to use aggressive language to lure her into revealing her weaknesses.

"...That's not a pirated copy!"

Tata finally spoke in response to Dekan's words, and her tone was full of anger.

She seems to believe that the pirated cards Dekan mentioned include her two masterpieces, "Cursed Doll" and "Psychic Shock".

She made it all by herself, and it's something she's proud of!

"Oh? Then may I ask, did you really develop the [Captain Derkan] card?"

Dekan chuckled and pretended to politely cover his mouth with his hand.

“!…”

Tata bit her lip; she couldn't refute Dekan's sarcasm.

Because Tata's own cards have consistently sold poorly.

Demon deck cards that lack core cards are considered niche cards that are difficult to sell.

However, due to strange market demand, as long as you produce the two cards [Captain Derkan] and [Bandit Goblin], you can easily sell them for a price far exceeding that of a Tier 1 blue quality card.

In this kingdom with its huge customer traffic, Captain Derkan is currently the best-selling item.

She really didn't want to imitate the card maker named Dekan; she didn't think she was any worse than Dekan.

But in order to make money, she had to imitate Captain Derkan.

This was a humiliation for her.

"Because your [Captain Derkan] card has attribute discrepancies with the genuine card, it could potentially kill your customers, do you know that? Does such a shoddy card maker even have the right to write the word 'masterpiece' on their work? It's laughable."

Tata lowered his head, seemingly understanding the reasoning, and completely unable to refute Dekan's sarcasm.

Based on their interactions so far, Dekan has roughly figured out that Tata is a strong-willed girl, but she is reasonable and doesn't argue back.

The reason she chose to pirate Captain Derkan is quite obvious; she seems to be desperately short of money.

Since that's the case, we've found her weakness.

Children of a few years old are ultimately still laymen in terms of mind and body.

"We are both employees of Kaixin Group, we will not hurt you."

Dekan looked at Tata with a serious expression and said,

"But we are going to sue you and seek huge compensation from you."

Upon hearing this, Tata abruptly raised her head, her previously determined gaze momentarily unfocused.

193. The generosity and kindness of Dekan

Tata seemed to finally start to panic.

Dekan admired her expression, and he rediscovered that dreamlike feeling he had when he was at the Demon Academy.

But he didn't provoke Tata any further; he simply smiled and waited for her response.

A moment later, Tata seemed to have made up her mind about something.

"I have no money, but you can take my life!"

Tata clenched his fists and shouted at Dekan through gritted teeth.

"You said it yourself, if we don't get the money, we'll have to use yourself to pay off the debt. You don't want to go to jail at such a young age, do you?"

Dekan said with a knowing smile.

Chloeux couldn't help but nudge Dekan with his elbow.

He whispered in Dekan's ear, "Dekan! Putting aside your words, child labor is illegal!"

"What are you talking about? This is called social practice!"

"Then, how should we calculate her salary?"

"What salary? What's wrong with me giving my sister some pocket money?"

"...How many times did you study the Kingdom's Codex when you were bored?"

Chloeux finally couldn't help but complain.

He recalled every afternoon he spent with Dekan.

Dekan is never idle in the library.

Besides teaching Cornelia, he always managed to find all sorts of strange and wonderful books to read carefully.

This includes books like the "Instruction Manual for the Artificial Shadow World Activator," which normal people wouldn't read.

There were also various books on medicine and treatment, which Chloeux could always find in Dekan's possession.

This guy never reads books for the sake of studying properly!

They're looking for vulnerabilities!

"Well, little guy, have you made up your mind?"

Dekan no longer needs to play himself.

But he found Tata's conflicted expression quite amusing.

I couldn't resist teasing her again.

"..."

Tata always harbored a deep distrust of Dekan.

Or perhaps she simply doesn't trust anyone in the black market.

"Oh dear, this is troublesome. Actually, I really don't want to sue you. After all, when we get to a courtroom, you can't just wrap yourself up in a hat and bandages."

Dekan stared at Tata's eye beneath the bandage, then glanced at her hat, and said with a meaningful smile.

Upon hearing Dekan's words, Tata's eyes widened, and her pupils seemed to tremble.

"Your hat doesn't have horns underneath, does it?"

Dekan observed Tata's reaction, covered his mouth, and asked in feigned surprise.

"!!!"

Tata trembled all over.

"Just kidding, just kidding, how could there possibly be demons in this world?"

Dekan waved his wrist and said jokingly.

Tata's violent reaction seemed to have calmed down considerably.

But she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.

She felt that this guy who kept smiling with his eyes narrowed must have figured something out!