Hill had not paid much attention to this at first, naturally because Glasya, as the Succubus Queen, possessed such abilities herself.
Though she personally preferred and better understood so-called "lust" and did not have as deep an understanding of other desires... at least not at the level of Devils, she was still capable of making mortals dance to her baton.
Even an outsider like him had noticed something was off, so the Mage relatives of those ordinary people in Sia Town could not possibly have missed it.
As long as Sia Tower still intended to maintain the appearance of treating them like human beings, they would not do anything too horrifying.
Besides, while there were not many outside Mages, there were not none, either.
And every Mage who came to Sia Tower had to pass through Sia Town first.
For many Mages who still had some moral boundaries, if Sia Town's comfortable life had been bought with their families' souls, they would probably rather die.
After all, children with Mage talent did not experience the cruelty and coldness at the very bottom.
Even if their Mage talent was not particularly high, they could still bring a family enough food to survive.
Even in Black Mystery Town, where resources were at their scarcest, Mage Apprentices merely lived somewhat difficult lives; they were not unable to survive.
The ones with the highest mortality rate were instead the middle-tier apprentices... too many things were tied to them, whether family obligations or an unwillingness to live like those low-tier apprentices who had no chance even to struggle, whose only difference from ordinary people was having enough food and warm clothes.
There were always people willing to sacrifice everything to climb higher.
And without families behind them to support them, the only thing they naturally