Chapter 993: Debt Collection Across Worlds

"Mmm, I'm stuffed!" Leone collapsed onto the sofa, a look of contentment appearing on her face.

Ever since arriving in this world, this was the first time she had eaten so well. After all, although the funding contributed by enthusiastic citizens was not insignificant, it was really a bit insufficient for someone like Leone.

As for Tachiro Shirone, after finishing dinner, she bid farewell to Lingyun and the others. Lingyun did not stop Tachiro Shirone's actions; he knew that Tachiro Shirone wanted to go back and tell Rias about the situation here.

Lingyun had to be prepared for this kind of thing. After knowing that this world was the High School DxD world, Lingyun had no intention of hiding his identity. This place was Rias's territory, and after an unknown outsider entered her territory, she would inevitably have to investigate it carefully. After all, as the next Clan Master of the Gremory Family and the younger sister of the current Devil King Lucifer, there were many people watching her. And because of Tachiro Shirone, the possibility of Lingyun and Rias standing on opposite sides was very low, so releasing a portion of his information to the other party at an appropriate time was a quite reasonable thing to do.

Moreover, in Lingyun's view, the Devils on Rias's side were still quite inclined toward the kind faction. After all, when have you ever seen Devils use the method of handing out flyers to promote themselves? And the fact that improving benefits and such was actually linked to the volume of business completed made even Lingyun want to complain; it really did have a sense of "simple and honest folk customs"!

When Tachiro Shirone left, Kurumi still felt a bit reluctant. Tachiro Shirone handed a special flyer to Kurumi; through this flyer, Kurumi could designate and summon Tachiro Shirone.

After Tachiro Shirone left, Kurumi suddenly became serious. The gaze she cast toward Leone held a few more traces of inquiry. After all, traveling across worlds was not an easy thing; more travelers would fall into endless space-time rifts during their first experience of crossing and be completely wiped out of existence.

"Leone, when did you come to this world?" Kurumi asked.

"This, it was a few days ago!" Leone said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"A few days ago?" Lingyun and Kurumi exchanged a glance, both of their eyes carrying a trace of curiosity. If judged by the time Leone mentioned, then she must have arrived in this world right after the two of them did. Could it be that Leone's arrival in this world had something to do with them?

"By the way, how did you find us here?" Lingyun asked another question.

"How did I find you here? Ah, it's this!" Leone raised her hand, and on the back of her hand, that mark appeared once again. "I remember that when I arrived in this world, this thing on my hand was glowing. Afterward, I followed the strength of its glow to find this place of yours!"

Seeing this mark, a strange expression could not help but well up on Lingyun's face: "Leone, do you know what this mark is?"

"How would I know?" Leone couldn't help but roll her eyes. If she had known what this mark was, she wouldn't have been running around like a headless chicken when she first arrived in this world, only to be besieged by a bunch of weirdos who called themselves Devils.

"This mark is a Contract mark!" Lingyun reminded her softly.

"A Contract mark? When did I ever sign a contract with you?" Leone still didn't quite understand.

"It looks like you really have forgotten!" A trace of helplessness appeared on Lingyun's face, and he reached out to lightly tap the mark on the back of Leone's hand.

"Hum—"

Hearing a soft chime, a stream of light suddenly emerged from the mark on the back of Leone's hand, eventually condensing into a contract in front of Leone.

"This thing looks somewhat familiar!" Leone reached out and grabbed the contract, then unfolded it.

Looking at the strange runes on it, Leone felt that her knowledge had been dealt a blow; she discovered that she couldn't understand the text on it at all. However, she understood the content of the contract; this was clearly the IOU for one hundred thousand gold coins she had signed with Lingyun back then!

"This, this IOU, why is it in this place?" Leone felt that her expression must be very stiff right now. "I clearly destroyed the IOU back then..."

"Destroyed it?" Kurumi acted as if she had heard some earth-shattering joke. "Lingyun's name is signed on this contract. Don't you know that some people's names contain terrifying power? Unless your power is above Lingyun's, it is impossible for you to completely destroy the IOU; at most, you only destroyed its carrier."

"Then, what do I do now?" Leone looked at Lingyun with a cowardly expression.

A trace of helplessness also appeared on Lingyun's face; after all, he was also at fault in this matter. When he left Akame's world, he should have settled this matter.

"Mmm, let me see exactly how much debt you have in here now!" Lingyun shrugged slightly.

As Lingyun's finger tapped on the contract, the series of numbers that appeared on it made Leone's eyes spin in circles.

She was someone who couldn't hold onto money to begin with, and now the compound interest within the contract had raised her debt to an unimaginable level. Moreover, she had always thought that after Lingyun left, this debt would just pass, but who knew that this contract had the ability to collect debts across worlds.

"Wuu, Lingyun, what am I supposed to do now?" Leone hugged Lingyun's thigh, feeling like life was meaningless.

"Actually, there is a way!" Kurumi's eyes rolled, wondering what she had thought of.

"What way?" Leone looked toward Kurumi's direction abruptly, both eyes glowing.

"The best way, of course, is to sell yourself to pay off the debt!" A wicked smile hooked the corners of Kurumi's mouth.

"Sell, sell myself to pay off the debt?" Leone almost jumped up; she didn't expect Kurumi to give her such an unreliable method.

Moreover, if she really sold herself to pay off the debt, wouldn't she be selling herself away? No matter how she thought about it, this was a huge loss!

"Eh, wait, if I really sell myself, wouldn't that mean selling myself to Lingyun?" Leone looked toward Lingyun's direction abruptly.

In fact, Lingyun's external and internal conditions were quite high. Thinking about it this way, selling herself to pay off the debt didn't seem like a loss after all...

Watching the changes in Leone's expression, Kurumi suddenly felt as if she had dug a huge pit for herself and had even buried herself inside it.