The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Otherwise, I wouldn't have deliberately scared her like that!

"but……"

Dekan's words were drawn out rather deliberately.

The pranks should end now; it's time to confirm something.

"Logically speaking, with your skills, you could easily make a living. But not only can you not afford it, you also have to work so hard and humiliate yourself to earn money. Why is that?"

Dekan stared into her pupils and asked, then walked straight to the door of the shop, opened it completely, and stepped aside to make way.

He gracefully extended his left hand, like a servant, gesturing for Tata to leave.

"You can leave anytime, I won't stop you."

"!"

Tata suspected it was a trap, but this might be her only chance.

Just as she was about to rush towards the light outside the door, she heard Dekan's voice again:

"You have debt, right? Is it because you have younger siblings to take care of, or a family member with a serious illness who needs high medical expenses? There must be some reason for it, right?"

After Dekan said those words, Tata's last line of defense seemed to crumble.

She knew what Dekan meant.

Dekan was implying to her: You can run away, but you can't hide. I can find you anytime.

Tata stopped in her tracks, standing still like a lifeless doll.

Her fingernails were digging into her palms, and tears were welling up in her eyes, but she was trying hard not to let them fall.

"I... I'll listen to you."

Tata's voice choked with sobs, a mixture of resentment, grievance, and a hint of despair that forced her to submit.

Even if there was a pit of fire ahead, she had no choice but to jump in.

"You little brat, you've finally learned to back down."

In fact, Dekan wasn't sure if Tata had some kind of hidden reason.

But judging from this reaction, he successfully guessed the truth again when he tried to use entrapment.

The good news is that Tata got his comeuppance, the bad news is that Dekan couldn't bear to keep tormenting the poor guy.

Just as Dekan was considering what to do next, he suddenly felt someone slap the back of his head.

It wasn't a real attack from behind, but an attack from the soul.

Only my master could beat him like that.

"Master? What are you doing?"

Dekan was completely bewildered by the attack and asked himself, full of doubt.

"Stop bullying her."

The master's voice was unreadable, revealing neither joy nor anger.

But Dekan sensed that she wasn't in a good mood.

Because Master never attacked Dekan unless Dekan provoked him.

"So you have such a compassionate heart after all. When I get back, I'll definitely give you a little red flower and award you the title of 'Three Good Devil,' and hang the certificate above my bed."

Dekan wasn't going to tolerate his master's behavior and immediately launched into a sarcastic remark.

After teasing Tata, he felt like he had gone berserk and couldn't stop.

"...?"

The master said nothing more.

Dekan felt that his master had grasped his heart this time.

"Wait! Just kidding! Can't we reason with each other? This brat pirated my card and caused me trouble. What's wrong with me teaching her a lesson and letting her know how treacherous society can be?"

"When I see you bullying her, I get the feeling that you're bullying me too. Is that reason enough?"

The master asked coldly, but showed no sign of loosening his grip on Dekan's heart.

"...sufficient and necessary, a very reasonable reason; you've really figured out how to win people over with virtue."

"hehe."

The master knew that Dekan was being hypocritical, but she was too lazy to argue with him anymore.

After letting out a cold snort, it fell into a deep sleep.

"Besides, I was already planning to help her anyway..."

Dekan muttered to himself.

Dekan's attention returned to Tata in front of him.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

Dekan looked tired and asked Tata earnestly:

"Tell me how much money you need. I'll pay it all at once, and then you can come with me to the Kingdom of Norton without any worries."

Not only was Tata stunned, but even Chloeux was shocked.

You were laughing like a devil a moment ago, and now you're putting on a face-changing act to pretend to be a saint?

"what are you up to?"

Tata remains hostile to Dekan.

Who knows if this extremely wicked guy is lying to me? Money isn't something you can just come up with so easily.

Dekan didn't say anything, he just tossed a crystal card to Tata.

Tata initially wanted to dodge, but upon seeing the color of the crystal card, she couldn't help but reach out and catch it.

It is the highest-value savings card issued by the Commonwealth Bank of the Kingdom Federation!

Tata had only heard of it; this was the first time she had seen it in person.

"There are 1000 gold coins inside, is that enough?"

"!!!"

Tata stood frozen in place, holding the card, as if her computer had crashed.

194 Dekan professional matching

Although Tata suspected the card was fake, she still held it tightly in her hand.

"You'll know if it's real or fake once you go to the bank. The password is 0101."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Tata asked:

"What do you want me to do?"

She knew that this huge sum of money wouldn't come without a price.

"Since your counterfeit cards haven't caused much harm or financial loss to us, we can only issue you a verbal warning."

Dekan explained nonchalantly.

He paused, then smiled and said:

"After all, we wouldn't be so bored as to sue our own people, would we?"

"..."

Tata understood what Dekan meant.

"I understand, I will go with you."

She seemed to have made up her mind that she would do anything, even deal with wolves, as long as she could solve her current predicament.

"Then you'd better go and get on with your business."

Dekan waved his hand, indicating that Tata could leave at any time.

"Aren't you coming with me?"

Tata walked to the door and, seeing that Dekan and Chloeux showed no intention of leaving with her, couldn't help but ask.

"Are you trying to get two bodyguards for free?"

Dekan chuckled and asked Tata in return.

"...I understand. I'll find you after I'm done."

She knew she couldn't escape from under this man's nose.

Therefore, he was absolutely confident that he could hand over the 1000 gold coins to her without any worry that she would abscond with the money.

"Go out of the north entrance of the black market, and on the main street two hundred meters ahead, there will be a carriage escorted by the Royal Guard Knights. When you arrive, find the knights, show them this bank card, and say, 'You're here to see your brother.' They will take care of you, and then just wait for us."

Upon hearing this, Tata nodded.

She didn't say much and quickly ran out.

Seeing that Tata had already gone far away, Chloe asked:

"Dekan, what do we do next?"

"Of course, I followed her secretly."

"what?"

Chloeux seemed puzzled as to why Dekan didn't openly protect her, but instead chose to follow her secretly.

"It's hard to explain right now, but you'll understand why in a moment."

So Dekan increased the dosage of anesthetic on the unconscious pirate card seller and left the shop.

Once they've finished their business for the day and removed their disguises, they'll notify the knights to come and take the boss into custody for a few days.