In this world, I don't eat beef

"Don't worry. The price isn't anything harsh."

"You just have to serve me for the rest of your life."

Serve him?

Najenda and Leone were stunned.

Was this kind of service respectable?

Involuntarily, the way they looked at Lin Luo changed, as though they were looking at a pervert.

"That's all?"

Akame blinked, a hint of bewilderment flashing in her eyes.

"In that case!"

"I look forward to working with you."

If all she had to do was serve him, that meant following the Devil's orders, right?

That didn't seem any different from her life before.

That was what she thought.

"..." Najenda was speechless.

"..." So was Leone.

This girl was still far too innocent. Even if the Devil sold her, she would probably help him count the money.

But on second thought...

It didn't seem as though they had any room to refuse anyway.

"Good. You've made the right decision."

Lin Luo raised his hand, and an Evil Piece appeared in his palm.

Akame stared at the piece. "What's that?"

"This is an Evil Piece. It can reincarnate you as a Devil."

Lin Luo smiled faintly. "You didn't think just any ordinary person could serve a Devil, did you?"

"I see!"

Akame nodded. "Then what do I do?"

"I'll help you."

"I need to take off my top, right? I can do that myself."

"..."

Lin Luo fell silent.

This was his first time meeting someone so cooperative, and he wasn't quite used to it.

Watching Akame move, he said, "You only need to take off your outer layer so I can place the piece."

"Oh!"

Akame blinked, her cheeks flushing slightly.

She might have been adorably clueless.

But that didn't mean she knew nothing.

Everything she had just done was simply a matter of personality.

"I'm going to begin!"

After giving her a warning, Lin Luo placed the piece directly in the appropriate position.

The piece he had chosen for Akame was a Knight.

With her one-hit-kill Murasame, the speed-enhancing Knight was undoubtedly the best fit for her.

Hum!

A dark red Magic Circle began to appear beneath Akame.

As an outstanding assassin, she knew her own body inside and out.

Akame could feel her flesh, bones, and even every organ beginning to undergo earth-shattering changes.

Her physical strength was growing at a visibly astonishing rate.

Was this... the power of a Devil?

As she thought that, she felt an itch in her back and tailbone.

"Ngh!"

She let out a muffled grunt and followed the sensation, trying to control it.

The next instant...

Batlike Devil Wings and a long Tail extended from her body.

"This..."

Leone and Najenda stood nearby, utterly dumbfounded.

Everything had happened so quickly that they had barely had time to react.

Akame had become a Devil, just like that?

Chapter 16: In this world, I don't eat beef

"How does it feel to become a Devil?"

Lin Luo looked at Akame as he asked.

"I feel really good!"

Akame retracted her wings and Tail, gently clenching her fists. "It feels like I've gotten a lot stronger."

She felt she could easily kill her former self now.

Lin Luo smiled. "Of course. You've developed Magic Power inside your body now."

As he spoke, Lin Luo handed her a Grimoire. "This contains some methods for controlling Magic Power. You can study it yourself."

Lin Luo had high expectations for Akame.

She had already been an assassin honed through countless trials.

Now that she had become a Devil, her possibilities were limitless.

In a sense, Akame was now his strongest servant.

After all, while her Magic Power was only at the level of a Low-Class Devil, her combat strength was another matter entirely.

"Akame, are you all right?"

Najenda approached Akame, hesitated, then continued, "You're... still Akame, right?"

"Of course I'm Akame."

Akame looked at her in confusion and touched her face. "Has my appearance changed?"

"Haha, looks like she's definitely still Akame."

Studying Akame's adorably clueless expression, Leone said, "It seems like nothing's changed, apart from the extra pair of wings and a Tail."

In that case, being a Devil didn't seem so bad.

Her eyes shifted, and she instinctively glanced at Lin Luo nearby.

And looking at him closely...

He was exactly her type!

"Then, Lord Devil, how do you intend to change this country?"

Realizing Akame was fine, Najenda regained her composure as Night Raid's leader and turned her gaze to Lin Luo.

"Don't worry. Akame is my servant. Her affairs are naturally my affairs."

Lin Luo smiled faintly. "If I want to create Akame's ideal country, the first step is to abandon the Revolutionary Army."

Najenda froze for a moment and instinctively asked, "What do you mean?"

"Because they're corrupt."

Lin Luo explained, "When you get down to it, the so-called Revolutionary Army is just an alliance of another group of nobles. Do you expect them to treat the people well?"

At those words, all three women fell silent.

Although they belonged to Night Raid, which operated somewhat independently of the Revolutionary Army...

They had still heard about some of its dirty dealings.

The revolution hadn't even succeeded, yet people within the Revolutionary Army had already begun fighting for power and profit.

Before, they had had no other choice.

Now, perhaps there was another path.

Akame said earnestly, "Master, what should we do next?"

She was catching on quickly, wasn't she?

Lin Luo was very pleased with the way Akame addressed him.

He said, "First, we make the Empire act according to our will. After all, building a country from scratch would be too much trouble."

Najenda paused, then instinctively asked, "The idea isn't wrong, but how do we do that?"

That was what she had tried to do at first, too.

But she had failed.

The entire Empire was rotten to the core.

"Anyone who dares to defy us, we kill."

Lin Luo's expression was calm, but his words sent a chill through their hearts.

In that world where everything was thrown together, he had been meek and cautious.

Now that he was here, he didn't eat beef.

"Say, is it really all right for us to show up here?"

Leone looked at the Imperial Palace a short distance away, the corner of her mouth twitching violently.

Najenda fell silent for a moment, then said, "Lord Devil, this is your plan?"

Take control of the Empire!

She had thought he would have some brilliant, earth-shaking scheme.

Instead, they had simply shown up here in plain sight.

Their wanted posters were still plastered on the wall right next to them!

Four people storming the Imperial Palace—was he serious?

No, two of them were Devils, but she and Leone weren't.

"That's right. Let's go in!"

Lin Luo pointed toward the Imperial Palace and walked straight toward it.

With absolute power, all he had to do was crush everything in his way.

There was no need for all those twists and turns.

Just look at Superman. That was how his superbrain handled things every time.

Following behind Lin Luo, Leone saw that the guards had already noticed them, and the corner of her eye immediately twitched.

"There's still time to change the plan."