My Life in the Multiverse
25 Deceiving the devil

After Ashiya and Emilia left Yuki alone in her room, she picked up her phone and checked the time before she muttered, "Hmmm, it's almost noon huh? This is probably the longest morning I've ever been through in my two lives, consecutive events that keep happening are completely beyond my means... First the strange Mashiro caused a huge misunderstanding between me and Sorata, then I ended up getting stabbed in the back by my own system and almost got myself killed by that Ashiya idiot if not for Emilia's timely intervention... "

Yuki could only sigh tiredly, but then her empty stomach started to rumble so she decided to prepare her lunch and fill it up because her body would not forgive her if she did not feed her…

After finishing eating and washing her frying pan, Yuki decided to lie down on her futon and continued to stare at the ceiling while thinking about her current situation and the task she had to complete…

'The first task required me to watch Lucifer and Olba as they started the attack on the Maou and Emilia, but how could I find them in that huge underground mall?' Yuki was completely confused by this as this should have been the easiest task of the four, yet he already did not know what to do …

'No, I can't stay here in my room and hope I'll find a solution to my problem, the best thing I can do now is to go to Shinjuku's underground mall and check out a nice hideout, especially those who ignore the coffee shop where Maou and Chiho are going on a date!' Yuki found a direction to begin with, suddenly standing in excitement, and then he thought of a better idea as he muttered to himself

"How about I meet Mashiro when I do? It would be much more fun than going alone, and at least I could take my eyes off me…"

So, without further ado, Yuki immediately picked up his phone and called Mashiro's number, and the poor girl would never know that she was just a misdirection…

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Inside Sakurasou dormitory, Mashiro is lying face down on her bed still feeling sad because of Sorata's treatment of her and how sad Yuki was when she left. but then! Suddenly her phone starts ringing, and when she picks it up, she discovers that it was actually Yuki who called her, something she did not expect at all so her heart suddenly started racing with happiness and she quickly picked up the phone and said "Hey"

"Hello, Mashiro, how are you feeling?" Hearing Yuki's enthusiastic voice made the last worry Mashiro still had in her heart completely disappear and she did not understand why she suddenly felt better as she replied, "I don't know…"

Yuki knew from her voice that she looked excited so she said, "You look so happy, I'm happy, sorry before, I wish I didn't leave our meeting in a sad tone, ' she said, and tell Sorata that I'm sorry if I hurt him, I've been too depressed lately.”.

Mashiro heard this immediately replied by saying "It wasn't your fault! But I'll tell him" he was a little confused to talk to Sorata again, but heard how forgiving his new friend was and the optimistic way he tried to act, he said, he suddenly felt an urge to follow in his footsteps and decided it was better not to hold a grudge in his heart and let it poison him…

"Thank you, by the way Mashiro, are you free to meet me this afternoon?" yuki asked, while continuing to repeat the mantra inside his head 'I am not trying to invite this underage girl, this must be legal, I am also only 15 years old, yes! it's okay, I'm not one of those predators, no one will catch me!'

As she convinces herself that she will only meet this beautiful girl to help her in her manga and nothing else, Mashiro on the other hand was so pleased with this sudden news that her eyes started to sparkle and she responded positively " Um, I'm free"

"Happy to hear it, let's meet at Shinjuku's underground mall in an hour, okay?" Yuki replied and after she received Mashiro's confirmation, she hung up the phone while thinking 'It seems like today might not end as badly as it started' but then she suddenly thought of something else…

"Wait, I can't date a girl without money?" Yuki suddenly starts to panic at the thought of possibly embarrassing himself with Mashiro and comes across as stingy (Which she is) even though she knows she will probably understand her situation and the current struggles she is going through and I wouldn't blame him for that ...

"Wait, isn't this good for a good neighbor?" yuki muttered as an evil smile suddenly appeared on his face, and for some reason, Ashiya who was in the room next to him, and even Maou who was at work, was, the two of them suddenly felt goosebumps at the same time!

"What happened" they both muttered as they suddenly felt their pockets ache and began to feel that this could be a bad omen, and that bad omen occurred when Ashiya heard the neighbors' wrath 'unfortunately' it opened and its shadow passed through it. The kitchen window was like a ghost as he started muttering to himself, "Please don't come here, please don't come here"

But this time, her request was not answered when Yuki started knocking on her door*Tap**Tap**Tap* and Ashiya could hear a very soft voice saying, "Good neighbor please open the door, please, I want to talk to you"

"Ashiya! Open the door, I know you're inside, or you want me to keep knocking until the landlord comes and drives us both away?" Yuki sees that her gentle approach will not work, she immediately turns it into a threat, and as she finishes what she says, Ashiya moved at an astounding speed as she opened the room door slightly and said "let's call a truce and not involve the purple thing..."

"Good with me" Yuki replied with a smile while feeling pleased that he was not forced to summon the purple ball to fight in his place against Ashiya…

"So what do you want?" Ashiya asked confused by the sudden visit of Yuki who seemed to have recovered from almost losing her life…

"Lend me some-" Before Yuki can even finish what she said, ashiya's face became colder than the other side of their landlord's bed and she immediately closed the door on Yuki's face and locked it in a highly trained motion…

"Hey Ashiya, you evil bastard, you didn't even let me finish!" Yuki was surprised at how quickly Ashiya reacted just by calling the money 'This guy is really stingy, I should have expected this to see his way of life...'

"Sorry Yuki-kun, but we barely have enough money to survive in this harsh world, I can't afford to lend it to you" Ashiya said this in a deeply regretful tone, and If Yuki didn't know him, he might have actually believed him as well, but he wouldn't have been fooled by this devilish trick!

"You bastard, you almost killed me earlier and I didn't even ask for compensation, I just want you to lend me the money and I'll return it when I get the job, don't worry .." said Yuki, trying to make Ashiya feel guilty for her previous actions and seem to be successful as she slowly unlocked the door and opened it again while sticking out her head and saying with a face that had no trace of trust "Did you really promise to return the money I lent you?"

Yuki put on his most honest face and replied, "Of course, I promise, didn't I return your knife when you wanted it? I'm a fair man"

"You bastard dare to mention this? I gave you the knife with my hand and you tried to put it back in the back of my head! So don't look at me with this honest face" Ashiya quickly scolded Yuki when she saw how shameless she was acting…

"Oh, it really happened, my hand just slipped, don't take it too seriously, it happened, sometimes someone tried to blow you up with magic, and sometimes your hand slipped and almost killed him in the process, it just doesn't you think" Yuki had an evil smile on his face as he said this and Ashiya immediately started reading the implied…

'This child must be threatening me, ck, my lord and I must be careful around him in the future!' feeling that the situation would escalate further if this continued, Ashiya finally relented and asked Yuki, "Okay, how much do you need?"

"Not much, just 10,000 ye-wait" Ashiya heard a large number about to close the door again but this time Yuki stopped her just in time as Ashiya looked at her with a dark look and said "What?"

"How about 9000?" Ashiya's dark gaze did not change at all, "8000?" yuki said but she still received the same gaze as Ashiya looking at her with only one eye in sight while the other part of her face was covered by the door…

So, Yuki put on a helpless look and said, "Well, you won, how about only 5,000 yen, if you still refuse, I'll just go"

Seeing Yuki lower half the price he asked for, Ashiya finally sighed and decided to budge while saying "Alright, but you should return it within a month, okay"

Yuki's face suddenly brightened and with a grateful expression on her face hugged Ashiya and said, "Ashiya, you're the best!" Ashiya had a satisfied expression on her face feeling pleased with herself thinking that she was negotiating well as she replied, "Well, well, you don't need to thank me, this is hard earned money by my master, you should thank him later. "

"Of course I want to" Yuki immediately replied while still hugging Ashiya, and what the demon idiot didn't realize was a wide evil smile plastered on Yuki's face as she thought 'Foolish as hell, this is the easiest money I've ever made hahahaha '

That's right, Yuki had from the beginning asked for a high price for him to make the 5000 yen bid seem more reasonable and it was only long after Yuki left, after Yuki left, Ashiya suddenly thought of the situation and was hit by a wave of horror as she muttered "Why do I feel like I was being deceived.." but she would not know until Maou returned and lectured her about how stupid she was… as for 5,000 Yen, he would never see her again…