Chapter 201- New Guest

[Host, the energy collection from Demons seems much weaker than the normal mana of that same amount.]

'Why?' Ryuk inquired while seated on the sofa inside a room decorated in the architectural style of the Devereaux family. Though metal walls peeked out in some spaces, the exterior decoration above them kept most of the surface hidden.

[It seems the sent demons were the weakest ones or crippled.]

'But it can't be the only reason, can it?' Ryuk thought about other possible reasons for the low input from the artifact. While seated on the sofa, his eyes glanced toward the bed where the blanket seemed to form a trembling mountain.

"Sigh, can't you at least tell me what happened, Esme?" Raising an eyebrow, Ryuk slowly stood with his hands on his knees, his body weakened from a recent defeat.