"Earlier, you mentioned debts... The Café operates on equivalent exchange. I could roughly understand that reviving me and reviving Uroboros came at a cost."
Grisha looked at the two, whose guilty eyes were darting everywhere.
"Judging by the way you look, this 'debt' doesn't seem so simple."
"Uh, of course not. When you died, you fused with Sastiel and became the vessel for your current resurrection. So, strictly speaking, Sastiel died once too. He only recovered his Extraordinary Characteristics and revived after defeating your vessel just now."
"Also, Medici once died because a madman wanted to advance to Red Priest. As a result, the three Conquerors became a three-in-one evil spirit. Separating them and reviving Medici required separate payments as well."
Grisha nodded. Though somewhat helpless, those expenses were still understandable.
"Anything else?"
"...Ah, we were only Sequence One at the time. Things like the Extraordinary Characteristics and Uniquenesses of other Sequence Ones also had to be purchased."
Grisha nodded. This was no longer the Second Epoch. With Sastiel and the others' strength, they probably could not do what he had once done—simply march to someone's door and seize their Extraordinary Characteristics.
"Anything else?"
"Uh... the vessel you revived in just now was too powerful. Even with the Sun Uniqueness suppressing it, it was still stronger than all of us working together. We had no choice but to summon the Café's owner, and that cost money too."
This time, Grisha did not nod. After holding it in for a while, however, he only managed to squeeze out one sentence.
"Reasonable."
"Anything else?"
"..."
Adam, the Sun God, and Sastiel exchanged a glance.
"And earlier, with Will Auceptin—the Serpent of Destiny competing with Uroboros for the Wheel of Fortune..."
After a while, Grisha had gone somewhat numb from listening to the