Only after a good long while did Roland muster the tremendous willpower needed to escape Aier's embrace and scurry aside to wipe his mouth, looking rather flustered.
Seeing him act like a bashful little boy, Aier covered her mouth and giggled.
"My dear master, Roland-sama, thank you so much for hiring me. Is there anything I can do for you? Aier is all ready, so let us begin our happy, heartwarming daily life together as a mage and his monster-girl maid!"
Why did this succubus sound so damn Japanese?
Well, actually, that was just the automatic translation going on inside my head...
"Go to the kitchen and make something first. Let's see whether your cooking suits my tastes. We can discuss everything else when I get back!"
Finding her enthusiasm a little too much to handle, Roland hurried out, bent at the waist.
"Hahahaha! They say the Succubus Companion Contract exposes your fetishes. It really does!"
A little later, in the study on the ninth floor of the Mage Tower.
Roland went to report back to Ovesto.
This was serious business, after all. Devils had no shortage of tricks.
When it came to signing contracts, he still needed his teacher's guidance to avoid disaster.
Ovesto, however, burst into hearty laughter, filling the room with merriment.
"But to be honest, a succubus who requires a minimum ten-year contract like this isn't good value."
"Why?"
"Because time has a price, and neither youth nor technique can stay at its peak forever.
For goods that are neither necessities nor scarce commodities, you should rent rather than buy.
A hundred gold coins a month looks affordable, but there's a hidden condition. It effectively forces you to keep spending, which really makes it worse than five gold coins a day or thirty a week.