Demons Don't Fall in Love
Chapter 151

A Fair Trade

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In the limousine compartment, as Leo spoke, the atmosphere did not ease at all.

Kaguya Shinomiya seems to be a piece of ice that will not melt, and the eyes looking at Leo are emotionless.

She knew that the person who came here was evil, and she also knew that Leo, who could sneak into this car without Ai Hayasaka's sight, was definitely not a simple person. Her life might be in the other person's hands now, and it might be lost in the next second, and she would leave this world forever.

But she didn't have much fear in her heart.

Because she knew that since the other party didn't attack her immediately, he must be asking for something.

No matter what the other party wants, he must be of value to the other party, so Kaguya Shinomiya should not worry too much about his own safety.

"Eligos, I have heard of this surname." Kaguya Shinomiya opened her red lips lightly and said expressionlessly, "The rumored 72 Pillars One of the Devil families, ranked fifteenth among 72 Pillars, with the title of Duke, and is an ancient Devil family that once commanded sixty Devil legions."

"However, I heard that this family has been discontinued."

Kaguya Shinomiya's words made Leo smile indifferently.

"Miss Shinomiya, maybe you can pay attention to the recent Devil world, so that you will know that Eligos Clan, which was once cut off, has ushered in a new life, and I am the last descendant of this family left behind."

As he said that, Leo turned his hand over, and a cup of hot black tea appeared in his hand and was placed in front of Kaguya Shinomiya.

"Of course, now I just inherited a family that was once cut off. Eligos Clan has not officially come back yet. If Miss Shinomiya is interested, you can continue to pay attention to Rating Game in the Devil world. I will attend as the current Clan Head of the Eligos Clan."

Hearing this, Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at the black tea Leo put in front of him, but did not reach out to take it.

"I'm not interested in Devil's affairs." Kaguya Shinomiya said very straightforwardly, "You're not here to promote yourself, are you? Eligos Clan Head?"

"Maybe." Leo blinked and said, "Maybe I came here to sell you something just to get the support of the Shinomiya Family, who is known as the heart of the country?"

"Then you should go to my family instead of coming to me." Kaguya Shinomiya said coldly, "I'm just an unpopular person, I don't have what you want."

"You're wrong." Leo shrugged and said, "Of course you have what I want in your hand, otherwise why would I go to Tokyo and be stuck in traffic?"

"Who knows? Maybe you are confused?" Kaguya Shinomiya seems to be even more cold and venomous than Yukino Yukinoshita. He said, "I can tell you responsibly that I don't have what you want here. If you want to use me to put pressure on the Shinomiya Family and get something, then you are definitely doing something wrong."

"Although I am the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Family, I am not as important as you think."

"Holding me hostage will not serve your purpose in the slightest."

Kaguya Shinomiya said these words in an absolutely calm tone.

That tone told others that she had given up on that family a long time ago, and she also recognized her position in the family and no longer had any expectations.

Her father was indifferent to her, and basically none of her so-called brothers and sisters treated her well, and some even wanted to drive her away and let her fend for herself outside.

You can imagine how Kaguya Shinomiya has been treated by the Shinomiya Family over the years.

Therefore, she has already recognized Shinomiya Family and has given up on the Shinomiya Family.

In her opinion, even if Leo takes her hostage, it is impossible to achieve her goal, because she is not important at all, and neither her father nor her brothers and sisters will sacrifice the interests of the family to save her.

Leo could more or less understand what Kaguya Shinomiya was thinking, so he changed his tone and said something suddenly.

"Do you know what I did before entering this carriage?"

This nonsense sentence made Kaguya Shinomiya frown.

"I'm going to clear the obstacles." Leo seemed to have not seen Kaguya Shinomiya's performance, and said to himself, "On the road that this car must pass, there are a total of twelve highly skilled exorcists hidden."

"Some of them were hiding in nearby buildings, some were hiding on both sides of the road, and some were following the car to protect it."

"Tell me, who sent them?"

As soon as these words came out, Kaguya Shinomiya's hands held in front of him tightened suddenly, and he tightened his grip on the clothes on his arms.

"Don't worry, I didn't do anything to them, I just knocked them unconscious." Leo suddenly smiled at Kaguya Shinomiya and said, "This is a hard job. After all, it seems at first glance that those people have not been hiding near you recently. The fact that a maid with a quarter of the exorcist blood has been hiding next to you is enough to prove their ability."

"For ordinary people, there is really no way to deal with them all without mercy."

"Such an elite team of exorcists has a success rate of at least 20% even if they go to defeat Ultimate-Class Devil. However, in the end, they have been hiding near you. It seems that even you and your maid have not noticed it from beginning to end."

"Tell me, who sent such an elite team of exorcists?"

"Who would be so concerned about your safety and your life and death?"

After hearing Leo's words, Kaguya Shinomiya's hand on his arm became tighter and tighter, and the inhumane look on his face almost collapsed.

"----What exactly do you want to say?"

Kaguya Shinomiya's cold voice broke through the power for the first time, causing uncontrollable shaking and obvious emotional fluctuations.

"It's very simple. I just want to tell you that you are far less ignored than you think." Leo squinted his eyes and smiled, "In addition, the purpose of saying this is not to say that you are wrong, nor to ask for anything from the Shinomiya Family through you. What I want is not in the Shinomiya Family, but in your hands."

"----What is it?"

Kaguya Shinomiya was silent for a long time, and then asked.

"A stone slab." Leo said very simply, "A stone slab that is said to have the power to predict the future and can record the morning rise and sunset of the stars."

"Predict the future?" Kaguya Shinomiya said with a frown, "Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of thing in my hand----"

Before he finished speaking, Kaguya Shinomiya froze.

It looked as if he had remembered something important and froze on the spot.

"It seems that you have an idea, Miss."

Leo naturally saw this performance of Kaguya Shinomiya and said this with a smile.

However, Kaguya Shinomiya answered Leo after being silent for a while again.

"I don't have that kind of thing. You're looking in the wrong place."

Kaguya Shinomiya actually denied this matter.

"That's not how you reacted just now."

Leo couldn't help being stunned, and then looked deeply at Kaguya Shinomiya.

"Anyway, I don't have what you're talking about." Kaguya Shinomiya forced himself to calm down and said calmly, "If there really is such a treasure, I won't be just an unpopular Shinomiya Family eldest daughter."

This is somewhat convincing.

Throughout the ages, abilities such as prophecy and precognition have been extremely mysterious, powerful and rare. Even gods may not possess this ability, let alone a prop.

Treasures with such abilities are usually treasures that even gods covet, especially those treasures that are famous in myths and legends. It is not surprising that several forces will fight for them.

Of course, treasures are also divided into levels. Even the prophecy and precognition treasures have strong effects and weak effects. The former can attract the gods to fight for it, while the latter's attraction is relatively low and will not bring down those high-ranking beings.

Tablet of Destiny is a treasure with relatively strong effects, otherwise even "Chaos Karma Dragon" and "Tiamat" would not be obsessed with it. If Kaguya Shinomiya really has such a treasure, it is definitely not difficult to use it to change his destiny.

The premise is that Kaguya Shinomiya will use it.

"Generally speaking, the more powerful a treasure is, the less likely it is to be used casually. Even if someone owns Tablet of Destiny, they may not be able to use it at all, or they may not know how to use it, thus making it dusty."

Leo stared at Kaguya Shinomiya and spoke slowly.

"Judging from your reaction just now, you should know that there is such a stone tablet in your hand, but you may not have thought of it at first, or you may not know that the stone tablet has such power, so you were so sure at first and then froze there."

"It's just that you suddenly changed your attitude and claimed so firmly that you don't have that kind of thing in your hand. What's the reason?"

"You know that the stone slab has such magical power, so you don't want to hand it over?"

"Or----that stone slab is something extremely important to you?"

At the end of the sentence, Leo noticed that Kaguya Shinomiya started biting her lip.

This reaction already told him the answer.

"It seems that it is something very important to you, even if you don't know its true appearance and true power."

Leo sighed and said as if he had a headache, "This is a bit troublesome. I don't want to return without success."

"----So?" Kaguya Shinomiya calmed down and said, "Do you want to rob me?"

"I am Devil, not a robber." Leo said calmly, "If it is not necessary, I prefer to use fair transactions to get what I want."

In other words, if necessary, would you still rob?

Kaguya Shinomiya didn't say this sentence because it didn't make any sense.

If Leo really wanted to rob it, there was nothing she could do.

Not to mention whether the group of exorcists that the other party mentioned just now that was hiding around them really existed. The fact that the other party was able to sneak in without Ai Hayasaka silently was already saying that with their power, they could not stop him at all.

Therefore, Kaguya Shinomiya wisely chose to deal with it.

"Let me hear how you plan to do a fair deal."

Kaguya Shinomiya said so.

She didn't think the other party could convince her.

Because in a sense, that stone slab was indeed very important to her.

She really didn't know what Tablet of Destiny was, nor did she know that it possessed such strange power, but it was the only thing her father gave to her.

Just like what Sirzechs said, Tablet of Destiny was originally Shinomiya Family's collection and was kept in the Shinomiya Family's home.

Ganan Shinomiya had studied this stone slab for a period of time, and took it to Five Great Clans to find someone to look at it. In the end, no one could figure out how to use it. They could only judge from its material that it was an extremely precious treasure, and nothing else was known.

After all, this is something that Tiamat lent to the former Red Dragon Emperor, and Red Dragon Emperor was conquered at least thousands of years ago. Since then, Tablet of Destiny has been living in the world, passing through the hands of many people. The long history has made its true identity and usage methods have long been forgotten, and it is normal for it not to be recognized.

That is to say, the demon kings decided to help Leo and mobilized the power of the entire Devil world to investigate and found out its whereabouts. Otherwise, this stone of destiny would have been gathering dust in the world for who knows how long.

Ganan Shinomiya naturally had no ability to research anything, so he threw it into the collection at home. It wasn't until Kaguya Shinomiya accidentally got into it and took it out unintentionally that Ganan Shinomiya gave it to Kaguya Shinomiya.

No, to be more precise, Ganan Shinomiya just didn't take Tablet of Destiny back from Kaguya Shinomiya's hands.

He just pretended that this matter didn't exist, and maybe he really wanted to just give it to Kaguya Shinomiya, right?

Kaguya Shinomiya didn't know about this, but her father didn't take the slate back, so she regarded it as a gift from her father.

His father had always been indifferent to him, and it was not easy to get such a gift from him. Kaguya Shinomiya Even though it was a precious gift, he didn't want to give it away to anyone else.

Until, Leo said something that made her lose her composure.

"I can let you see your mother, or have a conversation with her." Leo said faintly, "What are the conditions?"

Kaguya Shinomiya suddenly raised his head and looked at Leo.

"----Are you kidding me?"

Kaguya Shinomiya's tone was filled with rare anger.

"Do you think I'm joking?" Leo said lightly, "Is that necessary?"

"But my mother"

Kaguya Shinomiya wanted to say something angrily, but was interrupted by Leo.

"I know that your mother passed away after giving birth to you." Leo said very directly, "But don't forget, I am Devil, Devil who lives in Underworld."

"As long as the souls of the deceased have not gone to heaven or Underworld Lower Realm but are still stranded in hell, then I have a chance to find them."

"At that time, won't you have a chance to talk?"

Kaguya Shinomiya was so shocked by Leo's speech that he even stopped breathing.

Her heart was completely confused because of Leo's words.

A

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