New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 14 Cooperation
A hint of embarrassment appeared on Grady's face.

It's because after she stood on the platform, her oppressive feeling was immediately destroyed. A closer look at this guy shows that although she has a good figure, she is petite and doesn't have much imposingness.

In addition, it seemed that the other party wanted to have a private conversation with Galatini.

He put on an attitude of 'I'm a gentleman, please do as you please' and retreated to a further distance than before.

There is actually a loudspeaker in the storage bag. It is a magic prop that Lei Ye spent a lot of effort to make when passing by a village. At that time, due to a dispute over remuneration, the brave team stayed in the village for a while. Lei Ye, who had nothing to do, found that there was a lonely child who could not hear, so he worked all night to make such a small magic prop for him before the team left the village.

Later, he made himself an upgraded version that could be used for eavesdropping and also play a certain auxiliary role in battles in specific scenarios.

But at this moment he hesitated for a long time, and finally did not wear that thing. He just watched Grady and Gratini whispering silently.

It would be fine if it was just Grati who they met for the first time, but he didn't want to admit that the silly Gratinie would be his enemy.

Lei Ye silently observed the conversation between the two people.

As expected, they were not very familiar with each other, but it was obvious that they at least knew each other, had a pretty good relationship, and could communicate in a friendly manner.

During the conversation, Greti would steal glances at Lei Ye from time to time. The look in her eyes did not feel very good, as if she was being scrutinized and pricked by needles. After a brief conversation, Greti took the small air conditioner that Gratini had been holding from her hands, and after playing with it for a while, the look she cast at Lei Ye was even more piercing.

Lei Ye turned his head away silently, avoiding Gretty's sight.

Then I saw Lestar, who had remained silent and was shaking like a sieve.

"Lashta, what's wrong with you?!"

Lestar shuddered slightly, moved a little closer, and whispered softly.

"That person is Lady Grady. What should I do, Master? Originally, according to my grades in the preparatory maid academy, the best result was to be a maid in the home of a high-ranking demon master. But after only two days with you, I not only met Lady Gratini, but also Lady Grady. Who are you? Am I really a match for you as a maid who fails the test? Would it really be embarrassing for you to travel with you as your personal maid?"

Looking closely, Lesda's neck was wet and covered in sweat from nervousness.

Two of the Seven Deadly Sins were right before her, so perhaps she was really feeling uneasy right now.

Lei Ye opened his mouth and closed it again, took back the words he subconsciously wanted to say to her, and reached out to pat her shoulder gently.

"Don't worry about such things. Even if you are embarrassed, what can you do? You are the maid I specially selected. At most, I will say a few insults to you and that will be it. I will not abandon you, don't worry."

"Huh? Specially? Okay, okay."

Looking closely, each of the succubus maids serving on both sides was tall and dignified. They were obviously not doing anything but just standing there, yet they gave people a very elegant feeling.

Compared to them, the things in Yuzubao are more outrageous than the others.

At the same time, this elegance also exudes an invisible sense of oppression. Perhaps because of this, Leda, who is slightly hunched and has her head lowered, feels uneasy in contrast, as if a child who is not good at studying is being taken to the top class by her parents.

After thinking for a while, Lei Ye quietly walked around behind a maid and whispered in her ear.

"I'm a virgin."

This fresh line was particularly lethal to the succubus. After whispering it, one could clearly feel the maid's body tremble violently.

"Varied?!"

Her scream attracted the attention of other maids, especially an older maid who had "I am the head maid here" written all over her face, and cast the same thorny gaze as the master of this castle.

So the maid shuddered violently again and quickly straightened her back.

“Hehehe, I’m sorry if I get criticized later,” Lei Yezei smiled and returned to Lesda, muttering softly, “I don’t quite understand the standards you succubus maids use to evaluate grades, but you see, these guys are just holding on, no different from you. On the contrary, I don’t like this kind of pretentious feeling, it’s tiring to watch.”

He patted her shoulder for the last time, "To me, you are just Lestar. I won't lay you off easily. Don't worry."

Lesda slowly lowered her head.

"nice."

Perhaps she was still very nervous, her face gradually turned red, and the low laughter she tried hard to suppress sounded a little disgusting.

“Hehehehehehehehahahaha”

The conversation on the platform finally ended.

Gratini jumped down one section at a time and returned to Lei Ye, looking very happy.

"Miss Grady said that this is, quite——! A powerful magic item," she took a deep breath and uttered a long sound, then hugged the thing in her hand with a smile, "Such an important thing is used as a meeting gift. Gratini is indeed doted on by the devil baby, hehehe~"

What a powerful magic item. It’s an air conditioner, an air conditioner.

Lei Ye looked up and found that Greti was waving at him quietly again.

But this time the target is Lei Ye.

After hesitating for a moment, Lei Ye strode after Grady, who stood up and left her seat. After walking a few dozen steps with her, he entered a secret room deep in the corridor.

She suddenly turned around, took the small air conditioner from Lestar's hand, closed the door, and then locked Lestar, who was following timidly behind her, outside.

Lei Ye vaguely heard a small scream of "Ah".

Turning around, Grady played with the small air conditioner in her hand, and suddenly raised her head and looked directly at Lei Ye.

Face to face with each other at a close distance again, Lei Ye once again confirmed that although the height of this Lady of Sin was not as exaggerated as that of Galatini, she was still a bit petite. Perhaps that was why she padded her seat so high.

She has black hair, red eyes similar to Buyadi's, and very small amber horns on her head, almost invisible.

"I wanted to say this before. I don't like the way you look at me."

Grady lightly hit Lei Ye's side with a knife, then walked aside and sat down.

He raised his hand, motioning Lei Ye to sit down as well.

This was a room similar to a conference room, with eight chairs surrounding a long wooden oval table. Lei Ye chose a seat and sat down, facing Grady.

"I haven't formally introduced myself yet. My name is Greedy, one of the seven deadly sins, Greed. Welcome to my castle."

"I'm Lei Ye. Um. I'm Lei Ye."

He didn't know what to say when introducing himself. He didn't even know what his current situation was. He could only give his name.

".Lei Ye, for a devil, your name is really...ah...I don't mean to say anything bad about your name," Grady coughed lightly, trying to maintain a cold and elegant expression, "I'll get straight to the point. You are an engineer, right? I remember that there is an institution in the human world that specializes in assessments? Have you ever been rated there? Senior? Or special?"

No matter how hard she tried, Lei Ye could still see a kind of excitement in her expression, as if she had met a like-minded person.

So I'm interested in this.

engineer?
Lei Ye suddenly remembered that Buyadi had mentioned this profession, which was similar to an alchemist or blacksmith. It was a relatively unpopular secondary profession that made artificial magic props by imitating natural magic props.

She said she had a very talented engineer under her, and I guess she was talking about Miss Grady.

"I don't have a rating, sorry, I don't really understand"

In fact, Lei Ye had a vague guess as to why he was brought here. The small refrigerator he had tinkered with could probably be considered a kind of magic tool. However, he had never studied it systematically nor had he taken any rating exams, so he knew nothing about things like engineers.

So he answered honestly, but he didn't expect that Grady's expression of subtle excitement could no longer be hidden.

"So, you are also self-taught? Interesting, very interesting! Can I take your work apart and take a look? I am very curious about the structure inside. If it is a traditional magic storage machine, it cannot achieve such efficiency with such a small volume. So I think you must have used something new as a power source. If that is the case, then the value of this new power source is inestimable. Ah."

Her speech became faster and faster, and suddenly she stopped, her neck slightly red.

"Sorry, I got carried away."

Lei Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

Element awareness.

Lei Ye felt that Miss Grady was not as easy to talk to as Gratini, and she was cold and distant (seemingly pretending), but when talking about magic items, she would easily reveal her emotions. If you want to have a good relationship with her, magic items may be the best way to get in touch with her.

"You can take it down." Lei Ye pushed back the small air conditioner she pushed over.

".Thank you. I'll give you a discount on renting the griffin."

While Gretty was eager to start dismantling the machine, Lei Ye gave additional explanations.

"To be honest, I don't know much about the engineer you mentioned, and I have never heard of the magic storage machine. If you ask me what the power source is," Lei Ye paused and said softly, "I call it a magic drive device."

"Oh my god."

The cold mask that he had managed to maintain until now was finally broken. Grady looked at the small object called the 'magic drive device' inside and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

She soon fell into a state of concentration, took out various small tools from the storage bag she carried with her, and began to deconstruct.

Seeing her admiring expression from time to time, Lei Ye felt a little happy and a little embarrassed.

Is this thing that powerful?
He thought back to the reasons why he had chosen this path.

Why did you teach yourself how to make magic tools? Was it because you wanted to become stronger? No, that wasn't the case.

Because at that time Lei Ye didn't know Nedoryi, so Lei Ye wanted to use the power of the other world to make a homemade electric cup. When it comes to this kind of thing, Lei Ye worked really hard, and the result of his efforts was this magic drive device.

The efficiency of the magic drive device in converting magic into power is quite amazing. The maximum frequency of Unit-01 can reach 3,000 rings per minute, and it is as fast and powerful as Thunder Yatales.

It would be better not to tell Grety about this kind of thing, Lei Ye thought as he looked at Grety with sparkling eyes.

Ten minutes later.

Grady slowed down her movements, took a deep breath of satisfaction, and sat up straight.

"I want to do business with you."

"You said."

"I want to buy the patent for the magic drive device."

"I can't."

They want a patent right away, that's pretty shady.

However, through the incident of renting the griffin just now, Lei Ye realized that money is indispensable in every aspect of the Scorched Earth. Because he is not familiar with the business, Lei Ye is not sure about the value of the magic drive device in his hand, so he can't sell it casually.

".I see. That's right. How can you sell something like this so easily? Then, can you sell me this small air conditioner? Name your price."

"Haha, I can't." Lei Ye replied immediately.

I only made two small air conditioners. What should I do if I sell them to you?

The scorched earth was sticky with heat, and Lei Ye would never take action until a more powerful central air conditioner was produced.

Also, Lei Ye thought about the smiling face of Galatini holding the small air conditioner, and didn't want to take away her joy of "being given a special gift".

"But I'll give you this as a gift."

Lei Ye took out a small gadget, put it on the table and pushed it over.

"This is."

It was a simple little thing, a small black square.

As a demonstration of its function, Lei Ye reached out and turned on its switch.

(It's been a long day)

(without you my friend)

The song from another world was reproduced here. Lei Ye slowly raised his head amid the melodious music. Greti looked stunned in his sight. He didn't know if it was an illusion or déjà vu. Lei Ye just felt that Greti was like an old friend.

I miss you, Loti.

【radio】

A magic item that can play the sounds in memory.

"Is this just a magic item that can record the performance of a bard? How interesting! Your creativity is really... Wait, wait a minute? You said you would give it to me? It's free?"

Grady showed a happy expression for a moment, and then immediately pretended not to be particularly interested. She played with the small black square, then picked it up with both hands, and imitated Lei Ye's action to press the switch that Lei Ye had just pressed.

The sound disappeared.

"It's free, just think of it as making friends. You can slowly figure out how to use it. Don't worry about breaking it. This thing is a Nokia imitation and is pretty sturdy."

"Let me tell you, don't think you can save money on renting a griffin by being friendly. I can't give you a cheaper price."

"Tsk, you're so stingy," Lei Ye lowered his voice, "Then let me ask you something about Buyadi."

The moment this name appeared, the atmosphere that had just relaxed immediately became tense again. Grady leaned back slightly and looked at Lei Ye again with a slightly sharper gaze.

She asked quietly after a moment.

"I don't know if I should ask about this, but what is your relationship with Master Buyadi?"

"We are friends."

"Friend. The friend of Lord Buyadi?"

As if she had heard something very unexpected, Grady frowned slightly, then relaxed.

"I understand. It's a childhood playmate or something like that." After a moment, she sighed softly. "For decades, decades of endless training, except for eating and sleeping, Master Buyadi has no other unnecessary actions. Actually..."

She shook her head with a complicated expression and stopped talking.

Look at Lei Ye.

To be precise, she was looking at the pair of black horns on Lei Ye's head, which were smaller than hers.

"Friends, huh?"

Her tone returned to its cool, crisp tone.

"I've said before, forget about trying to get close to me, but there's no problem with cooperation. No matter what you're going to do in Hillius, you'll definitely come back, right? I hope you can come back and discuss this in detail. I admire your ideas and skills. If you work with me, I will maximize the conversion of your talents into money in Scorched Earth."

Collaboration? Like starting a business in partnership?
No need.

Lei Ye found that he had unexpectedly mastered the basic skills required by engineers, but in fact he was not very interested in such things.

If it comes to making money, Lei Ye has a better way. The food he makes with all his effort has an effect almost like ice skating. In Scorched Earth where there are no restrictions on him, he can completely turn his food into a luxury product and sell it to make a fortune.

Just as he was about to chew.

Grady suddenly became shy, and a light blush crept up her neck little by little.

"Then, I have done market research. Considering that the most numerous demons in the Demon King's City are succubi, and the limited and twisted entertainment of high-level demons, I think the most profitable product at the moment is... yes."

She turned her head away shyly, "It's a sex toy."

Lei Ye sat up suddenly, very quickly.

(End of this chapter)