"Mm-hmm."
Anna nodded repeatedly.
"If I let you do business across these worlds, will you agree to one condition?"
At that, Anna hurriedly said, "Just tell me what it is."
"If it's money, I can give you eighty percent—no, ninety percent of my wealth."
"You only need to leave me a little money to use as capital."
"I'm not after such mundane things."
Lin Luo shook his head. "From the very beginning, all I've wanted is you."
Anna jolted and sprang to her feet, wrapping her hands around her arms. "Are you kidding me?"
"Who does business like that?"
"Who?"
Lin Luo gave her an amused look. "When did I ever say I was human?"
"If you're not human, what are you? A spirit, or perhaps..."
Before Anna could finish, she heard a soft ripping sound.
A pair of long, pitch-black wings unfurled from beneath his clothes.
"You really are... a Devil?"
Anna's pupils contracted sharply.
Her normally clever mind had completely shut down. She had no idea how to react.
Whoosh!
Just then...
Anna's scarf began to glow faintly and lashed toward Lin Luo.
Smack!
With a casual swat, Lin Luo sent her flying back.
"Ow, that hurt."
The scarf wound itself around Anna's neck again, actually speaking in a soft, feminine voice.
Lin Luo smiled. "Echidna, recklessly attacking someone stronger than you isn't a wise choice."
Anna's pupils contracted. "You even know about Echidna?"
Her scarf was a spirit in disguise.
She had always been the only person who knew that.
"Of course."
Lin Luo smiled. "And I know far more than you imagine."
Anna: "..."
That was a threat, right?
That was definitely a threat, wasn't it?
This Devil had probably set his sights on me long ago.
What am I supposed to do now?
*It seems