"Hm? Why are you so surprised? Didn't you hear my orders?"
"..."
[Don't be afraid, master. The magic crystal only measures your magical energy and your magical talent, nothing more.]
'Sigh, okay, if you say so. But she won't become suspicious if she learns that I have magical energy flowing through my veins?' As he pronounced these words for Lucie, he walked calmly towards the magic orb that was five meters away from him while frowning.
[Don't worry about that, I'm sure she'll think it's because of this factor that you're so confident not to die.]
After listening to Lucie's explanations, Zanac calmed down a little. His worries weren't due to the discovery of his talent to use magical energy but to his class's discovery.
If the orb could show his tamer class, saying that it could tame anyone, then it'll become the greatest threat in the world and the first enemy to shoot down. Knowing his class's dangerousness, he could not take the risk of revealing this information to the first come.
Miya's frown turned into a subtle smile when she saw Zanac return to the indifferent and cold person she saw in the cell.
At the same time, Zanac placed his hand on the orb. "Sigh, as expected. They didn't play...!
Miya's words got stuck in her throat when she saw the orb that began shining in a multitude of colors.
First white, cyan, blue, green, purple, red... then the golden color!
"... A golden talent..." She whispered these words with an expressionless mood.
But unlike her, Zanac had incredulous eyes when he saw his magic's first effects. It was something he had never thought possible even in his craziest thoughts. But he tried to calm down. This was not the time to reveal yourself.
But instead of joy, as Lucie had announced, this girl rather frowned with mistrust after seeing the legendary talent that Zanac possessed. But it wasn't the most important thing for her, the most important thing was to know... how she was going to stifle this case to keep Zanac for herself and herself?
'One thing is certain, if Lady Mapple learns about this toy, I would never see it again! But the orb records all the tests it performed, without Lady Mapple's energy, no one could erase its data!' She then said to herself that her emerald pupils switch between Zanac and the orb.
"What am I doing now?" Zanac woke her up in her daydreaming after regaining his calm. He knew nothing about talent, but what he was sure of was to tame this succubus as much as possible if he wanted to have a hope of leaving here!
"..."
Hearing Zanac's monotonous voice, she woke up in her thoughts, then frowned. "Did you know from the beginning that you had a golden talent?"
Seeing her suspicions, Zanac shrugged his shoulders and answered: "...maybe, it was just an intuition."
Seeing his relaxed mood once again, she instantly understood why Zanac acted like this from the beginning; 'From the beginning, he knew he wasn't going to die.'
She sits on the bed while tapping next to her to wave to Zanac to join her.
-Gulps.
Despite being invited by a girl who is fifty times more beautiful than any girl had seen, he couldn't help but be nervous at the idea of dying in lust.
But what made him more nervous was to see that the plan he had put in place with Lucie wasn't going as planned.
[Don't worry, master, everything is going as planned. There are only a few anomalies, if not nothing worrying.]
But Zanac acted as if he hadn't heard anything from her words.
He steps to her and sat next to her as she had ordered.
"You now have two choices. Either you stay with me and I will ensure survival, provided that you don't reveal to anyone that you have a magical talent; or I send you back to our mistress, who will take care of you."
Zanac: "Excuse me??"
Miya: "At least, that's what I should propose in these kinds of situations." She said with eyes carried by greed. Which was understandable in a world where power symbolized everything.
"..." Zanac remained silent by guessing her intentions. But it was still confusing that demons had such preferential treatment by the simple fact of possessing a magical affinity.
Before discovering Zanac's factor, Miya looked at him as if he was nothing more than his meal and play, but now she seems to treat him as her equal! This difference was like heaven and earth.
'As expected, a human with a magical affinity is invaluable,' he said to himself as a subtle smile raised his lips' corners. He listened to Miya speak in a more playful and excited tone than before. But he didn't care about her inclinations, what he wanted was nothing more than to tame her and leave this place after making sure of his survival in this world.
"But instead, I rather offer you a deal. By becoming my property, you won't only gain the right to live, but you'll no longer be harassed by other succubuses. In exchange, you have to satisfy the slightest request from me!" While making this proposal, Zanac could feel a kind of inexplicable attraction to her, as he looked straight into Miya's eyes. But contrary to what he had initially thought, Miya was not yet using her charms, it was just the glamour she had been endowed with!
Noticing this fact, Zanac turns his eyes away from her own, for fear of having an unpleasant surprise "Everything you just said...I can get it by being with this woman named Mapple. From your conversation with the demonic guard dog, I can guess that she is the mistress of this plantation. And I have a talent for gold rank! You know the benefits it represents, don't you? So instead of trying to scam me with your garbage offer, go lock me in and wait wisely for this lady to return." For Zanac, it was a good time to start the plan he had put in place with Lucie.
But for Miya, it was unprecedented: 'A slave who dares to negotiate with her? A slave who chooses his own mistress?! But the worst in all this is that he can really even choose our queen if his talent is ever discovered by her! I must do everything I can to keep him under my control.' She grinned as she thought about a better way to submit Zanac without breaking him too much.
In this world, it is not humans who are too fragile, but it was rather the opposite, it was simply the demons who were too powerful. They were endowed with a supernatural power that can break a human's bones with a simple pinch.
Even the succubuses who are known to not have too much strength for battle are too OP thanks to their queen's presence who has raised their races to the same ranks as the three most powerful demonic species!
"Do you know I could kill you and break this orb to erase all the evidence about u?" She frowned as she threatened Zanac.
Hearing her threat, Zanac laughs inwardly. But his neutral expression never wavered despite hearing Miya's threats. "You can do that, in this case, we'll both lose in this story. But I don't care, since I've already prepared to die. But you can also decide otherwise, maybe by offering a better market that cannot be offered by the mistress, I would accept the terms of your market."
The calm and obedient Zanac was no longer with her, but instead, Zanac did the opposite of what Miya liked.
Looking into Miya's eyes, he could see that she was becoming more frustrated; but Zanac didn't care about that, it was for a great cause, he had to push her to use her charm against him!
But just when he thought Miya was going to lose patience, she adjusted her breathing to calm down; surprising even Zanac, in the face of her self-control.
"Do you want something that I am the only one to offer you in this plantation? Well, I can also offer you the opportunity to learn how to cultivate your talent to become strong. You see, not to mention this plantation's mistress, any succubuses except the Royal family's members hasn't such authority"
Zanac's eyes widened stealthily after hearing her words, but he still had his inexpressive expression.
"Tsk, Tsk, then what else, aren't you going to tell me that you're part of the royal family?"
'I intended to make her angry so that she would use her charm on me, but I would never have thought I was so lucky! ...But at the same time, it's a real disaster if she is part of one of the princesses; I must do everything I can so that she doesn't suspect anything so as not to force her to use her other scary skill that Lucie had mentioned!' He said to Himself, looking into her emerald eyes.
"You don't need to know my identity. Give me your answer instead, do you accept my deal or not?"
Thus, Zanac instantly understood that it was his last chance if he wanted to negotiate with Miya. But instead of nodding his head, a subtle smile manifested himself as he was about to say his next words.
"I don't accept working with a demon. You burned my village, killed my parents, and reduced me to slavery. But despite everything, do you dare to offer me a deal? Is it me where you're missing a box in your head?" He retorted in a 'mad' tone by quoting Gafiir Answorf's experiences before he replaced him.
Hearing Zanac's words, the smile that was on Miya's face disappeared at the same time. But in less than a second, another cruelly erratic smile replaced her old smile.
"Fufu~ and me, that thought I had to deal with someone intelligent who knows what is good or not for him. In short, I have no choice but to make you obedient and sweet as a lamb. But don't worry, I'll make sure to not kill you; after all, someone of your caliber who dies will be the greatest loss our species will suffer in all history."
Throughout her speech, her emerald eyes became strange following their color turn to garnet violet.
At the same time, Zanac's eyes temporarily became empty as his strange smile faded on his lips.
"Fufu~, You should have accepted my conditions. For now, even if you have a golden rank's magical talent, without practice... you remain no less than a simple human." She said, sitting on Zanac's thighs.