He has always been a greedy person. But greed is not necessarily a bad thing; it can also be called having ideals and ambitions. Ideals and ambitions have always been the engines that promote human progress. Although, in terms of lifespan, he is no longer a human but someone who has obtained the power of nearly eternal life.
"By the way, is that girl still waiting for me there?"
Takumi remembered something. Wasn't Joan of Arc deceived into going there before? With that girl's character, shouldn't she still be waiting there now? It was past eleven now, and it was time for his bedtime.
"Just right. I'll learn some new magic and see what she's doing."
Takumi stretched out his hand. First, water magic. A layer of a calm water mirror appeared in the air without a trace of a ripple.
"And then this."
After a little debugging, the scene outside Kuoh Town appeared in front of Takumi.
.........
Outside Kuoh Town.
Joan's high heels kept stepping on the ground, and her shimmering eyes were full of shame and anger.
"Why! Why! Why haven't you come yet!"
Joan stomped the ground hard, generating a small earthquake in the immediate area. Looking at the deep pit that cracked from her center to the surrounding ground, it was easy to understand how much strength she used. Countless deep pits littered the area; some overlapped, while others were fresh.
"According to the count, if she stepped on a different place each time, she has stomped thirty-three times. If she keeps screaming and wailing there and causing small earthquakes, I'm afraid some urban legend will be formed."
Takumi touched his chin. Although this Joan did not have the same appetite as the Joan from the Fate series, she was also a beauty. She believed in him so much, yet he had deceived her into going to the deep mountains and forests to be bitten by mosquitoes. He felt... a little bit embarrassed.
Of course, it was also fun. Takumi felt that under the promotion of the system, he had awakened an incredible hobby.
"Ah! Why hasn't he come yet? Was he killed by that Fallen Angel? Or did he encounter an enemy he couldn't fight?"
After venting her anger, Joan began to talk to herself again. Perhaps because she had a high degree of favorability toward Takumi, she didn't suspect he was lying to her. Such a silly and lovely person; Takumi felt a little guilty. But... it was precisely because she was silly and cute that playing tricks was so interesting.
"It's almost 12 o'clock. If he doesn't come again, I will go back!"
"Ara ara, who is making our Miss Joan so angry?"
A voice emerged from the space and spread around.
"Is that... Georg's voice?"
Joan recognized the owner of the voice; it was Georg, the one who sent her to Kuoh Town for the investigation today.
"Humph! I'm very unhappy today!"
Joan puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction. She still hadn't waited for that person! Was he lost? Or was he killed by someone else?
"Oh? What's wrong?"
Say it to make me and everyone else happy? He didn't say the last sentence, but he really wanted to know what had made Joan act so strangely.
"Didn't I come here today to investigate those phantoms appearing here?..."
Joan began to recount her experience today. It was a story of asking people in town: "Has anything weird happened recently?" She mentioned chopping up a few Fallen Angels without a hitch and repairing a gangster who tried to strike up a conversation. Of course, the most important part was meeting Takumi, the successor of Prince Rama.
After listening to Joan's story, Georg's expression became very subtle. In the middle of it, he almost couldn't help but laugh.
"Um... well... then what..."
"Hoo!"
He took a deep breath and looked into Joan's eyes seriously.
"I think you may have been deceived." Although it was cruel, Georg still planned to tell her the truth. After all... it would be pathetic if she didn't even know she was being lied to.
"I was deceived?! How is that possible?!"
After listening to Georg's words, Joan was stunned. Deceived? Deceived by that handsome guy who claimed to be Prince Rama? No way. Joan comforted herself in her heart.
"Joan, let me ask you: Do you have his address?"
"Uh... no."
"Then, do you have his contact information?"
"Uh... neither."
"Can you guarantee that you can find him?"
"Uuuuuu..."
There was a glint of tears in Joan's eyes. She really had no way to find Takumi!
"So, have you been deceived?..." Georg rubbed his forehead.
Sure enough, Joan was worthy of being the descendant of a village girl from the French countryside. She was simply a cultural and social desert!
"I... I... I..."
Crystal tears flowed in Joan's eyes.
No! Baby Joan! You have to stand up! You can't cry! You are the descendant of heroes!
Joan kept telling herself this, but tears streamed from the corners of her eyes anyway.
"Woooooo! I was deceived! Georg, I was deceived by a man!"
Joan finally burst into tears.
"Ara ara..."
Georg scratched his head helplessly, then activated his Sacred Gear. You can't show your family shame in public; she should cry after returning to the base, where everyone could laugh at her. In the mountain range where a significant part of the terrain had collapsed and leylines had sunk a few centimeters, the red mist dissipated, and Joan and Georg vanished from Kuoh Town.
Takumi put away the magic mirror that was observing them.
.......
"It is indeed the magic circle recorded in Ajuka's offline tutorial. Although Georg didn't perform an active investigation, it does have strong concealment."
Ajuka's offline tutorials were truly high-quality!
"It's almost time for bed; it's already the next day."
To help Takumi develop a healthy habit, the daily sign-in refreshed at seven in the morning.
"Whoosh!"
However, just as he lay down, bursts of green light began to flicker on his ceiling.
"Ajuka's magic circle? Why is he looking for me so late?"
It was a magic circle Takumi was very familiar with. Moreover, unlike the previous projection magic, Ajuka was now using transfer magic! Maou Ajuka was coming!
Takumi yawned, adjusted his pajamas, and stood in front of the circle. As he got ready, the Transcendent Maou with the green hair descended.
"I'm sorry, Takumi, for disturbing you so late, but I came to see you on business," Ajuka said with a hint of an apology. "I just prepared the test equipment; can you come with me? It will take half an hour. I need data on your various strengths to make certain improvements to my teaching plan."
"Test my current strength? But I think my strength increases very quickly, and the data tested now will be useless soon."