This time, I won't be the devil.

"We've known each other for almost four months, and I think it's time to move on to the next stage."

Frey looked into Noelle's eyes and said sincerely:

"Live with me."

……

"I plan to make this our new base." Frey pointed to the mansion in the distance and said excitedly to Noelle.

As a former homesteader, Frey was very excited to have a house of his own.

This mansion is naturally Petrarch's legacy.

In the last few years of his life, in order to prevent the house where he and Laura lived from being demolished, Petrarch bought a total of more than 2000 square meters of land around his house and built it into a simple mansion.

From a distance, the style of the mansion resembles the manor of a medieval country lord.

The house itself was dilapidated, with its grey stone walls covered in withered ivy and weeds growing in the cracks of its marble steps. But it was large enough that it could be transformed into a spacious mansion with a renovation.

This piece of land is located in the southernmost part of Shin-Nippori District, not far from Pub Gensokyo.

Considering that Noelle is still living in the stable, Frey plans to bring her in to live with him after the house is renovated. After going through so much, it is time to improve their living conditions.

In addition to living, the remaining space in the house can also be used as a warehouse for storing goods.

After more than a month of review, the Vatican has awarded the ownership of the land to Frey, who inherited the title deed, but he now faces a problem.

Now, 60 years have passed, and the mansion has become dilapidated and abandoned due to disrepair, but there is still a resident inside.

After asking Leonard, Frey learned the whole story.

Before his death, Petrarch transferred the ownership of the land to the elf Laura.

But since Laura never showed up, the mansion was effectively uninhabited.

Fifteen years ago, an unscrupulous businessman lied that he was the owner of the land and sold the house to a young couple at a low price.

The two people who bought the house moved into the mansion. Later they found out that they had been cheated, but since the owner of the house was not there, they just stayed there.

To this day, only that man still lives in the house. When the Vatican came to take back the house a few days ago, he refused to move out.

If this illegal nail house owner is forcibly evicted, he may cause trouble later.

Although physical destruction is possible, it is risky to do so within the territory of the Church. Therefore, Frey decided to negotiate with the man first, and then use force if that doesn't work.

After knocking on the door for a long time, a bearded man came out. He was only in his thirties, but the haggard and vicissitudes of life on his face made him look like an old man.

After seeing Frey, the man shouted sternly, like a stray cat whose territory had been invaded:

"Didn't I tell you that I won't leave. I must wait for her to come back!"

The man was about to close the door, but Frey stopped him with just one finger.

"Don't be nervous, we can talk it over first."

After seeing Frey's strength, the man was obviously scared. He took Frey and the other man into a house covered with dust and cobwebs, which looked like a ruin, and told them his story.

The man's name is Miyasata Yotaro, a down-and-out novelist from the Eight Islands. 15 years ago, he and his lover moved to the Labyrinth City, which was still under the rule of the Federation at the time, and this house was bought at that time.

Her lover wanted to be a musician, and in order to support his dream, Ye Taro spent all his savings, and this house was bought at that time.

However, 10 years ago, he suddenly left without saying goodbye and has not been heard from since, leaving behind only this sentence:

"Xiao Ye...you must not understand..."

After listening to Ye Taro's experience, Frey commented:

"Isn't this a bad woman?"

"Do you think I don't know? Even so, I still want to see her again, so I waited until now!"

It seems that like the previous owner Petrarch, Ye Taro is also a lovesick guy.

Could this house be cursed to turn its residents into affectionate men?

Looking at Ye Taro with a sad face, Frey immediately realized his value.

Based on the recipe left by Petrarch, Frey developed a total of two drinks.

One of them was a sweet soda made to imitate Coca-Cola, containing trace amounts of hallucinogenic ingredients. Frey named it "Foleda".

The other was a powerful hallucinogen. After adjusting the proportion of the sap of the green lily and adding two other ingredients, Frey recreated the potion that had made Petrarch rich, a potion that could make people fall into beautiful fantasies.

But because Frey has the talent of [Devotion], the potion has no effect on him.

Now is a good time to let this guy test the effects of the potion.

"What if I say I can let you see her again?"

"Can you help me see her?"

In order to fulfill Ye Taro's wish, Frey handed him a bottle of colorful potion.

"I named this potion—Izanami."

"After drinking the potion, you will see the most beautiful illusion in your heart, but you must be careful..."

Before Frey could finish explaining the precautions, Ye Taro had already opened the bottle and drank it.

As the somewhat sticky and sweet liquid flowed down his throat into his body, Ye Taro felt a warmth spreading from his chest to every part of his body.

The dim mansion before my eyes transformed into a brightly lit campus, and the diffused dust turned into dancing cherry blossoms.

At this moment, he seemed to be back in his student days, that spring day when he met his lover...

Frey didn't know what Ye Taro saw exactly, he only saw a happy expression on his face, then sadness and anxiety, and then despair and reluctance.

After Izanami's duration ended, Ye Taro's body was soaked in sweat, and he felt like he had experienced a rebirth.

He touched his heart tremblingly, where the strong emotional impact of the illusion still echoed.

After he was completely sober, Ye Tailang smiled with relief.

"This potion, rather than causing hallucinations, gives people a chance to face past regrets."

"If the reputation gets out, I'm afraid countless people will spend a lot of money to buy it."

As Ye Taro said, Izanami can indeed be sold at a high price, but its production requires two rare plants from the maze. Not only is the output low, but according to Petrarch's records, different people's reactions will vary greatly after taking the potion.

Some people will be greedy for beauty and indulge in depravity, while others will overcome the past and conquer their inner demons.

Lax quality control is a big taboo in business, so Izanami is only auxiliary, and Frey's main product is still the easy-to-mass-produce Fulida.

Judging from Ye Taro's reaction after taking the drug, he is obviously a strong man and is not immersed in hallucinations.

"Have you finally given up?" Frey asked.

However, Ye Tailang shook his head and said, "I have decided to find her, no matter what the result is."

"I'm moving out tomorrow. Sorry to trouble you..."

Having said that, a sad expression appeared on his face again.

Since he has no savings, Ye Tailang has been able to rely on writing marginal novels for magazines to earn royalties in recent years. It is now difficult for him to make ends meet, let alone the travel expenses to go out and look for people.

After learning of his difficulties, Frey suggested:

"Aren't you a novelist? I have a business order for you."

Frey took out a bottle of Fulida and handed it to him.

"Please help me write a novel based on this soda. It's about a soda-loving male protagonist who is pursued by a group of beautiful girls and becomes a winner in life..."

You have to know that besides its taste, there is another key factor in Coca-Cola's success, which is its pervasive advertising.

In addition to straightforward publicity, only by cleverly embedding soft advertisements into various entertainment works can the influence of the product be maintained for a long time.

As for the amaranth needed to produce Fulida, Frey gave it to the two spiny monkeys to collect, and they could also complete the production process.

In order to achieve large-scale trafficking, Frey still lacked one thing, which was why he took the contracts from the Hall of Judgment.

After dealing with the problems in the house, Frey and Noelle arrived at the entrance of the maze.

The repairs to the main road were completed on time this morning. At this moment, adventurers who had not had any income for more than ten days gathered here waiting for the entrance to open.

After launching the identification, Frey quickly found his target.

Chapter 70 Maze Production

"Kids, I'm back!"

After entering the maze, Frey returned to his loyal apes.

"Cuckoo, quack! Cuckoo, quack!"

“Ga~miπoπ/, ga~miπoπ/…”

The two spiny apes lined up neatly, welcoming the return of their guardian god with unparalleled loyalty.

Since he had not learned to talk to animals, Frey still could not understand their calls, but he had a new translator by his side.

After receiving a look from Frey, Noelle opened her mouth a little embarrassedly and yelled like a little wild animal:

“Gugu…quack…”

Perhaps because of the dragon race's racial talent, Noelle has an understanding of the language of the monsters in the maze far beyond that of ordinary people.

After practicing for a period of time, she has roughly learned the language of the two-spined monkeys.

If Didoris's animal conversation skills were equivalent to using a translator, then Noelle truly mastered the language of these monsters.

Not only that, monsters with a certain level of intelligence like the two-spined macaques will also feel an almost instinctive awe when facing Noelle.

Frey speculated that they must have vaguely felt the blood suppression from the dragon clan during their close contact with Noelle.

Having Noel act as the middleman between Frey and the two apes can further maintain his image as a guardian angel.

If Frey is really the Monkey God, then Noelle is now at least the Monkey God's agent.

At this time, they were under the elevator of Petrarch's cemetery, which was the huge underground space where they had fought with the Skeleton King before.

Looking around, dozens of small clay blast furnaces were breathing out hot air, the flames illuminated the dim space, and the air was filled with the unique sweet scent of Jianshouqing.

During the nearly one month from the victory over the Skeleton King to the closure of the maze, Frey, in addition to leveling up, also took time to train the two-thorn apes.

Under his transformation, this underground space that was once filled with bones and was eerie and terrifying has now become the production base of [Fuleda] raw juice.