Chapter 23: Offer That Cannot Be Denied.

When Leo tore the golden ticket with the witch's sister's name, suddenly a black hole appeared and threw out two figures from it.

These two figures looked identical, but the difference was their skin, hair, and costume color.

The one with green skin, including her long nose and messy hair, was named Hildie.

She wore a matching green witch robe with a pointy leather green witch hat.

The other one had purple skin, including her hair, long nose, and messy hair, and was named Beatie.

She also wore a matching purple witch robe with a pointy leather purple witch hat.

"Ouch~"

"Master!!!"

"Master!!!"

Both of them looked at Leo, who was standing before them, very excited.

"____"

"____"

"What are you doing here, Hildie?"

"What are you doing here, Beatie?"

Both of them exclaimed in shock, pointing at each other.

Scoff~

Scoff~

Looking at both witches, who were glaring at each other with hostility, their hands glittering with shiny green smoke and purple smoke, indicating they were ready to attack each other.

Cough... cough...

Seeing the situation get out of control, Leo interrupted them with a cough.

Both Hildie and Beatie turned to Leo and looked at him excitedly, waiting for his order.

"Both of you, can you introduce yourselves and your specialities?"

Looking at both witches, Leo asked them to introduce themselves.

"I will be the first."

"No, I am first."

Both of them once again started arguing over who was going to introduce themselves first.

"____"

Sigh~

"Calm down... calm down... You, Beatie, right? Start first... let's go in alphabetical order."

With a sigh, Leo stopped the sisters from further quarrelling and pointed at Beatie, asking her to introduce herself.

Sneer~

"Master! As you know, my name is Beatie. I am a senior witch who is proficient in various spells, potion brewing, summoning magic, black magic, curses, hexes, and alchemy, and I am very knowledgeable in studying poisons."

Sneering at Hildie with a victorious grin, Beatie introduced herself to Leo enthusiastically.

Hearing Beatie's introduction, Leo was satisfied and looked at Hildie, who was irritated by Beatie's self-boasting.

"Master! I am Hildie. I am a senior witch who is also proficient in various spells, potion brewing, one of the very few powerful pure elemental magic specialists, black magic, curses, hexes, and alchemy, and I am very knowledgeable in studies related to healing."

With a proud expression, chin held high, Hildie introduced herself.

When mentioning pure elemental magic, Hildie sneered while Beatie's face darkened.

Among the two witches, Hildie possessed a rare talent: the ability to cast pure elemental magic, a talent Beatie did not have.

Beatie had conducted numerous types of research on elemental magic to find a way to cast it, but everything she did was futile.

During that process, she developed a new type of magic, summoning magic, which allowed her to summon creatures she had made contact with.

However, her dream of casting elemental magic remained unfulfilled.

"Okay... you two will be responsible for the research and production department of the Continental, creating items or anything exclusive for the members."

Leo gave them their respective tasks.

Both of them were the most suitable, and also an overkill, in their respective fields in this world.

Even though both of them were portrayed as funny characters, always fighting among themselves, their power shouldn't be underestimated.

They were powerful enough to cause a bloody slaughter in this world.

He asked them to dilute their potions to the utmost level to avoid causing any uproar.

After guiding them to their respective rooms, which were located far from each other to avoid seeing each other's faces as per their request, Leo checked his system.

[ Ding... ]

[ Status:

Name: Leo Morningstar.

Age: ???

Race: Vampire Progenitor, Electro (Template: 20%)

Strength: 300.

Agility: 290.

Faith: 0.2 (Faith represents the divinity you gain from your followers who worship you across the omniverse.)

Charisma: 85.

Stamina: 350.

(New) Abilities: Sharingan, Electric Body, Bat Transformation, Master of All Languages.

Equipment: Rekeri sword, 50,000 free money. (You can convert it to any type of currency, but only once can be converted.)

Prison: None. ]

After arranging a place for the witch sisters, Leo explained to them what the Continental Hotel was and asked Shin, who was acting as the Continental Hotel receptionist, to explain it to them in detail.

Sitting on one of the couches, Leo decided to check his system.

[ DING... ]

[ Mission status:

Task 2--> Become a trusted, reliable ally.

Status: Incomplete (Progress: 68%)

Reward: Faith: +0.1, Strength: +0.5, Charisma: +1.

Task 3--> Help Rikuo inherit the Nura clan.

Status: Incomplete (Progress: 1.5%)

Reward: Electro Template: +10, A to Z Travel Agency Permit. ]

After checking his stats, he took a look at the mission tab and closed the system.

According to the system, the faith stat shows the amount of faith he gained in the vast omniverse.

He went to the office on the second floor and sat at his desk, checking the paperwork regarding the recent fighting, which had changed the course of the power struggle in the southern region of Japan.

Regarding the task system, Leo had contacted the Shrine gods all over the southern region, inviting them to join the Continental.

At first, they were sceptical upon hearing that the establisher was a vampire couple who were very strong.

They had seen many vampires and heard of them, which made them hesitate initially.

After hearing the conditions given by Leo, they readily agreed.

The offer was too tempting and unavoidable; rejecting it would have made them fools.

The job of the Shrine gods was to collect full reports of wishes, complaints, or prayers and submit them to the Continental, which would be used to allocate missions in the mission centres of the Continental for yokai and other supernatural beings to take on as missions.

Each task would be classified after a detailed cross-check from F to S rank.

He implemented this system, taking inspiration from the adventure guilds in various manga and fanfics Leo had read in his previous life.

The Shrine gods could earn faith from their visitors and also receive 2% of earnings from mission completions that they had submitted.

The currency could be used for various purposes, which was explained in detail to them, making them look at Leo in a new light.

No matter how they looked at the agreement before them, which floated in the air and was slightly transparent like a ghost, it was too good to reject.

Many agreed without thinking twice, as they were slowly dying due to a lack of faith.

Seeing the golden opportunity before them, they grasped it tightly as their only chance for survival.

Until now, the system had been wonderfully and practically put to use, with no problems arising.

In the past three years, the number of visitors to the Shrines had increased effectively, making the Shrine gods happy.

Knock... knock...

When Leo was reviewing the documents, he heard a knock on the door to his office.

"Come in."

Without taking his eyes off the document, he called for the visitor to enter the room.

Chill~

Suddenly, the room temperature dropped several degrees, and even Leo's breath became visible in the cold air.

However, Leo didn't seem bothered and continued with his work.

"Leo-kun... I missed you."

Setsura jumped from her place in one swift motion and hugged Leo, trying to act spoiled.

"____"

Leo looked at her with dead eyes, seeing her behave like a child.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Looking at her mother, who had attached herself to Leo like a koala and was acting spoiled, Tsurara, who had accompanied her, became speechless and tried to separate her mother from Leo, her face showing a strong expression with visible red on her cheeks.

"Tsurara, why are you spoiling my time with Leo-kun?"

Pouting in dissatisfaction and shaking her head vigorously, Setsura refused to let go.

"Mom, don't disturb Leo-sama. We can spend time with him later when he is free."

With great effort, Tsurara separated her mother from Leo and submitted the report of the mission they had undertaken.

It was a mission from one of the fishermen who had recently joined the membership.

The mission was to help him deal with a group of delinquents who were harassing his daughter.

According to the report, the mother and daughter pair had frozen those delinquents and thrown them into the sea.

"____"

Looking at the mother and daughter pair, who were looking at him with expectant expressions, Leo said,

"You two did a good job."

After receiving praise from Leo for their work, the pair mother and daughter left the room.

It all started two years ago when Setsura challenged him to a duel with a cold expression.

In the duel, no matter how she tried to freeze Leo, he remained unaffected by the cold she emitted, which shattered her worldview.

She had never encountered anyone who wasn't affected by her cold.

Even Nurarihyon couldn't do that, which was why he kept his distance from her, no matter how she tried to get close to him—he couldn't handle the cold.

Even Tsurara's father died after they crossed the line when she was drunk, and later Tsurara was born.

Setsura used this as a reason to slowly isolate herself from others.

When she heard that someone stronger than Nurarihyon had appeared in Ukiyoe Town, where their headquarters was located,

she wanted to see how strong Leo was, so she challenged him to a duel, and the result shocked everyone, including Nurarihyon.

The real problem arose after this defeat.

Setsura's attitude took a 180-degree turn, and she became a yokai version of Hancock whenever she met him or whenever his name was mentioned.

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