The system froze up.
It really didn’t know how to keep up the argunt with its host—there was absolutely no way to convince him.
The system had no asures in place to deal with this kind of situation, so it cheerfully chose to completely give up.
As long as it gave up fast enough, no one could fleece it.
[ What’s the point of saying so much? Isn’t it all just to get sothing out of ? All your petty little thoughts have been clearly seen through by this system. You just want to take sothing from . Otherwise, you wouldn’t be arguing with like this. ]
[ Whether reborn with mories counts as being a transmigrator isn’t even the point. You just want benefits, right? That’s what this is really about, isn’t it? ]
Having had his intentions so bluntly exposed by the system, Ice Flower couldn’t be bothered to play coy anymore.
He straightforwardly stated his demands.
[ I don’t care about any of that. Before I ca to this world, none of you explained these things to . So from the beginning, I’ve been kept in the dark. And now I run into a ’Prophet’? You can’t just say this has nothing to do with transmigrators and expect to accept that. So—I want compensation. ]
The system was so speechless that its data chain began to destabilize.
Fortunately, after the initial wave passed, the data stream gradually stabilized again.
This host was honestly the most shaless and thick-skinned one it had ever seen.
And while its career as a system was only half a year long, that didn’t an it lacked experience.
Back during its internship period, it had encountered all sorts of hosts—but never one quite like this.
The system realized it would never win in a debate with Juwon and didn’t feel like continuing the back-and-forth.
It directly escalated the host’s demand to its supervisor and the main system.
In this kind of situation, it was best not to stay involved as the middleman.
It didn’t take long before a reply ca back from its real-life stingy supervisor.
[ Stingy Supervisor: ...Forget it. Choosing not to argue further was the right decision. Sothing similar happened before. That system couldn’t explain things properly to the host, and in the end, their partnership fell apart completely. You’re lucky you didn’t stubbornly insist on being right like that last one. Knowing when to give up is a skill. ]
[ Stingy Supervisor: I can’t be bothered to deal with the aftermath either. Just give the host what he’s asking for. ]
After reading the ssage from its supervisor, the system nodded in agreent.
Trying to stop soone who was dead set on fleecing you was a fool’s ga.
It would be easier to go stare at a tree—maybe you’d be lucky enough to see a pig climb it.
At that mont, a ssage from the main system ca through as well. Just one short line.
[ Main System: Give the compensation according to the host’s request. ]
It seed even the main system didn’t want to get into a fight with this host.
Juwon who jss now flush with generous compensation, felt like he could suddenly stand a lot straighter.
Before he could take full advantage of this mont, the system had already gone silent. Before he even had ti to gloat, the system had already delivered the compensation he’d asked for.
...Well, that was awkward.
Had he known they’d actually grant his request, he would’ve asked for more.
The massive compensation from the system instantly filled Juwon’s personal treasury.
This windfall lifted his mood significantly.
The first thing to do when you had money—was to count it.
Yes, Juwon grabbed a fistful of cash and prepared to start counting. But before he could finish counting the bills in his hand, the system’s urgent call snapped him out of his bliss.
[ Don’t just stand there. Your future sucker—ahem, I an, your future companion is trying to talk to you. I don’t understand what he’s saying, so you’d better listen for yourself. Even though this system wasn’t installed with an emotional module, the human heart is always unpredictable. ]
Juwon could feel a hint of concern from the system, and the lingering irritation in his heart gradually lted away.
But a problem still remained—he honestly had no idea what Eoryun had just said.
This was tough.
He’d just have to muddle through sohow.
Illiya and the others didn’t stay crouched for very long.
After witnessing the "teary-eyed reunion between hotown fellows" scene between Eoryun and the Iceflower, they chose to leave the Cold Pond.
There was no longer a need to observe what would happen next and they had already gotten what they ca to understand.
For example, what exactly was the thing Eoryun had nervously sched over for several days? Once they figured that out, they were satisfied.
Most importantly, their curiosity had been fulfilled.
Having reached a conclusion, everyone—as if by silent agreent—left the Cold Pond in orderly succession.
Just like how they had co earlier, they made sure not to be discovered by anyone, especially Eoryun.
After everyone had exited the Cold Pond and walked a fair distance away, the usually silent and speechless demons suddenly burst into chatter like boiling water, each voicing their thoughts one after another.
"I was dying from holding it in. I’ve never stayed silent for this long, especially with a bunch of people around."
"Right? Even though we set up a soundproofing magic array, I still didn’t dare speak too loudly. What if we got discovered?"
"I really thought we were going to stumble on sothing big. But in the end, this was it?"
"Okay, maybe it wasn’t anything major, but it was still kind of funny, wasn’t it?"
"This was my first ti seeing such a cautious human—so cautious it was almost too much."
Illiya listened to the demons’ conversation and found it rather amusing.
Perhaps Eoryun never realized that, from the beginning, there had been no need to act like a sneaky thief to arrange a eting with the Iceflower.
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