"Mhm, surprised?"

"Not really? I just expected something more…...dark. You seem pretty normal to me."

"HAH! Hear that Sia? I am normal after all!"

"....Tania, wanna look at her more closely?"

"U-Uh…...but she really does look normal, she acts….normal as well?"

Tania is so kind....I love you now.

Oh, as for what I'm doing right now....I'm meeting Tania at a restaurant in a private booth with Sia! I didn't feel like hiding my ident.i.ty any longer and Tania can't tell anyone anyways.

Cough, because we are bad people and we decided to threaten her.

Yeah, I'm starting to sound like a bad guy now, huh?

Whatever, nothing I can do about it, this is the most efficient way after all! But just in case, I'll try to get on her good side.

"Anyways, Tania, I have a proposal for you."

The tomboy mage turned and looked hopefully towards me with her amber eyes glimmering.

"You have a long history of pickpocketing and shoplifting am I right? I'm willing to use my connections in the real world to erase all evidence of your crimes, but only if you sign a contract with me."

As for if I'm bluffing or not....I'm not.

I really do have multiple connections that can easily pardon Tania with a simple phone call.

I know right, I'm just a mysterious girl.

"R-really?! You're not lying right?!" She yelled with disbelief and she tightly grasped my hands.

Uh, no, if you think logically there's really no point to lying about this…..

"I'm absolutely telling the truth. This is the contract, simple right?" I warmly said before calmly handing her the same contract that Sia had signed. "Sia has already signed it…...for her own reasons."

"Y-you even got the 'Black Meister' to sign this contract....truly amazing indeed…."

Pfffft!? What type of name is 'Black Meister'?! Hah! It's even worse than mine, it sounds so cringy!

I looked at Sia with a ridiculous expression. Too bad for you, sucker!

Ah, she rolled her eyes at me....

I guess I deserved it though. After all, I do make her do some pretty dark stuff for me sometimes…..and I've never asked how she managed to do them.

While I was stuck in my inner monologue, Tania signed the Oath Contract without a sliver of hesitation and handed it back to me.

"Huh? You really signed it so easily?" I incredulously asked.

She tilted her head and looked at me as if it were obvious.

"Well, of course, it's just a game. Also, Lyssia looks perfectly happy working for you so I suppose you don't make her do anything terrible."

That's true. I'm a really nice master huh.

"Okay then, welcome to the team! I'll give you guys five of these scrolls each, it teleports you to my private property, it can become our headquarters for now. Feel free to use anything that you find there as you wish." I nonchalantly stated, handing both of them my teleport scrolls.

Sia and Tania both froze and stared at them with wide eyes.

"....Yuri, you already have a property…..? And tons of teleport scrolls?!?!" She shouted while s.n.a.t.c.hing them from me and inspecting them hysterically.

How rude. Tsk tsk.

".....So this is who I will be serving. It's an honor, master."

…..Tania…...no please, you're making me shake with pure cringe levels.

"J-just call me Yuri as well. Please." I begged while trying to suppress my shaking.

Unfortunately for me, Tania didn't budge no matter how much I tried to bribe her.

"No way! I love role-playing, so I'll be calling you master for now!"

"Please no in public though okay!?! I can't take that!"

"Ha…...fine fine, whatever you say, master."

….

I'm dying.

But whatever, I'll deal with it somehow, it's worth it if I get myself another lackey!

Or, er, friend.

Yes, a friend.

Well, I guess I'll do what I promised and whip Tania's criminal record. Should be relatively easy if I just pull in a few favors here and there…..

Oh yeah! Ryan should be perfect for this job, he's a professional hacker after all. Getting him to do it would save money and trouble.

I bet I can get to him through Eugene, but then I would have to contact Eugene first...

Ugh…...this is gonna be more troublesome than I thought. How bothersome.

Suddenly, my Yuka persona got a message from someone no registered as my friend.

Excusing myself from the two chatting girls, I quietly opened up my tab and noticed the username of the messenger.

Oh speak of the devil, it's Eugene.

Tsk, he must have got my username through Pink, dammit. But I guess that is better for me, makes it easier to ask him to give me Ryan's contact information without making face-to-face contact.

---Yuri!!!!!! It's been too long since I last saw you, wanna come to my party tomorrow?!

...…..

Oh no, it's probably one of those rich people parties that I hate.

Let's ignore that for now.

---Tell me Ryan's contact information

---What?! Are you meeting up with him?! Are you dating him?! How far have you two gone?!

...…...I wanna kill this guy.

---Shut up and just tell me

---Ehhhhh?! You're gonna make me cry....fine. I'll tell you if you come to my party!

…..You stupid d.a.m.n son of a politician.

But I really need this contact information…...getting someone else to do it would be too risky.

GuhhhhhHHHHHH…...I hate stupid social parties, I don't get the point to them! It's a perfect waste of time, the food isn't even that good since no one bothers to eat it. And even worse, it's Eugene's party…..

But what choice do I have, he's too stubborn when it comes to this type of stuff.

---Tsk, fine. Send me the details of the party, I'll go with Toku and Kai. You better give me the contact information after this though.

---Yes yes! I'll make sure that you enjoy the party, it will be spectacular!

….I'm regretting it already.

Oh, I got a message from Toku now.

Man, I'm really popular this evening huh.

---Sis, it's time to go eat dinner. We leave in half an hour.

Okay! Just in time, I'm pretty hungry.

"I have to go eat dinner with some people now, message me if you need anything. I'll give you guys my private phone number." I calmly stated and handed both of the girls a slip of paper. "I'll be heading out then."

Waving goodbye to Sia and Tania, I promptly logged out of the game.

It's been so long since I ate out for dinner, I'm looking forward to it!