D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad Chapter 374: Thinking Stage

Chapter 374: Thinking Stage

"So Kat," said Kamiko "what do you think happened next? Trust , it was stranger than I expected at the ti as well. I wasn't even close when I made my guess so perhaps you'll do better"

*Hmm,* "When you say what happened next… do you an what you did next or what actually happened to the missing things?" asked Kat.

"Oh right. Sorry about that, I did actually an to ask that. Actually, I'll tell you what I thought. I was still thinking that the birds were hiding it sowhere else" said Kamiko.

*Huh… that's weird, I was guessing that as well. What else could they be doing with it? I guess Kamiko never said they had anything to do with it at all… but the way she set this whole thing up they must have had SOTHING to do with it right? Hmm.* "You ntioned earlier that soone else stole a bunch of silverware. Did that guy actually steal it all after ssing up the first ti?" asked Kat.

Kamiko's eyes widened. "Woah. That makes a lot of sense. Still wrong, but at least it makes more sense than birds hiding away their treasure for no reason" said Kamiko.

Kat shrugged. "I'm not sure it does. I an, what could they do with it? The temple seems like a fairly close-knit community. Whoever was stealing them wouldn't be able to sell it to anyone because it would have been imdiately recognised" said Kat.

"Huh" said Kamiko, letting out a long breath. "Honestly I didn't think of that either. Not now, and not at the ti… honestly, I wish it made that much sense with the thief being a bit smarter than average but not smart enough to figure out that part."

Kat smiled and gave another shrug. *Honestly, I'm just curious to see what actually happened at this point. I don't really have any good ideas.* "Is there anything else I'd need to know to figure it out?" asked Kat

Kamiko winced a bit. "I an… maybe? But I'd call that cheating in so ways because I never found out about it till I told my parents this story and they explained how it all likely happened. I'll just say that sotis, mana is a little different between dinsions."

*What the heck could that an? It's weird to point it out… I guess I had just assud it was always the sa though. Is qi also different? Maybe I should ask, that seems important.* "Is qi sotis different as well?" asked Kat.

Kamiko shook her head. "No, qi is funny like that. There are different types of qi but it is always the sa. However, what does change is the world adapts to absorb it. The whole dinsion sort of… picks a way and sticks with it. Every species gets the sa most of the ti, and it's kinda like a weird universal law even though it shouldn't be. I'm not sure why it happens, but yeah, qi is qi is qi, while mana is mostly mana most tis."

*Right… that… let's just say that makes sense and move on. I'm not sure it DOES exactly, but I'll believe it for now. Actually, quick check. System, can you say sothing if Kamiko is wrong?*

*Nothing? All good?* Kat waited a few more seconds and saw nothing. "That's rather strange Kamiko. Um, why didn't you ask the system to confirm sothing like that while you were there?" asked Kat, not quite able to help herself.

Kamiko scratched her cheek awkwardly as so more colour rose to her cheeks. "Well… I didn't know it was a thing I NEEDED to know. Trust , it will make sense in context once I finish the story I swear" said Kamiko

Kat nodded, and gestured for Kamiko to continue, which she did. "So, I was panicking a little after that, however in my ti spent trying to figure out what the heck was going on, sobody ca up to and hel… well, no they didn't help, the next person did. The first person, was an idiot.

"So… they were a young kid, maybe… eleven? At the oldest? And he cos up and tries to flirt with . And not that adorable thing kids do, where they blush a bunch and call you pretty and hand you flowers you can tell were ripped out of the grass from slightly further down the road.

"Nah, this kid wanted to pretend he was this worldly ladies' man, which, trust , I'm a succubus I've seen them around, so… this was just awkward. So the kid cos up, let's call him Sleezy, and leans on my shoulder. He can only do this of course, because I'm sitting down.

"He says to , 'what's a beautiful girl like you doing sitting on the grass out here', and honestly I was gobsmacked. Before I could even figure out who this kid thinks he is, he continues 'I see, speechless to see are you. I understand the feeling, all the ladies in the village are like that around ' and if I'm honest. I'm wondering if he ans the town, or just the upper compound because… rember, there are like… two girls, and the old lady. So who he was trying this on before… I have no idea.

"So anyway, I pull away from the kid a bit, and the little shit just follows along with , as if he isn't now leaning over like half my body. So I say to him, 'Do you mind? I'm currently in the middle of sothing?' as politely as I could. Now, I also know that my aura is raging. I found out that day, that I do not handle idiocy as well as I thought. Patience, I have, ti for idiots, I do not.

"At this point, I can already feel my demonic energy building, and… well, I was going to say I was starting to glow pink but I don't think that happened till I was Rank 2… so probably not, ignore that part. Anyway, I was mad already, and instead of saying sothing sane, the kid says, 'Oh, I'm distracting you am I? I'm sure you can make so ti for .'

"Which… just… no. First off, you are still a kid. I know I'm was a bit of a late bloor in the chest departnt and my outfit hides most of it, but I was still clearly years older than him."

*Um… Kamiko, I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure you look a few years younger than you are. Not sure when this happened either, but if it was in the last twelve months, I'm not surprised they thought you were around their age if they were a little older than you thought.*

"So… I pulled the classic demon trick, and grabbed a nearby rock and smashed it in my hands. Which, ow, that hurt, because crushing rocks is easy but crushing rocks and not getting impaled by all the little bits that get left over afterwards. I don't have regen like you so it cut up my hands pretty badly.

"Still, the image was actually good enough to get Sleezy to just run away from scared. I was more than a little annoyed at that. He cos up to , tries all his fancy lines, and with a little intimidation he backs off! Luckily though, a much nicer person rocked up afterwards. The oldest man that I'd seen in the temple so far, and I explained to him what I saw and that the sounds were all ravens.

"He seed to believe , but told 'It will be a very difficult task to convince the others of this though' and when I asked why, he explained, 'Nobody is willing to go explore the area, and even with your insistence, it is against our beliefs to step foot on those grounds. They likely won't believe that birds got in, and insist it must be ghosts' and… well I was kinda down about that.

"I was much more put off than I should have been. D.E.M.O.N.S would never give an impossible task, and I already said this was my first one so it should have been really safe and fairly easy to complete, but I wasn't thinking about that. No, it was the old man who told the answer while I was trying not to cry.

"He said 'What's wrong you one? Why can't you go in and grab the items and use that as proof of what was going on?' now, I'll admit, thinking back, I also could have grabbed the ravens, but his idea was great, so I gave him a hug and set off back towards the raven nest to explore better and try to find the stash of jewels." Said Kamiko with a big smile.

*Huh, that's nice. It doesn't seem anywhere near as easy as my mission was… but maybe that's because I wasn't a full demon? Or perhaps whatever my mission was supposed to be would have been around this difficult? Hard to say really. The Elf King was maybe around that difficulty if you consider the pressure. I don't think it hit at the ti he was actually much older than and well…? a King.*