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"So, what are you doing here in the Emonius Triade? You don't appear to be part of the Temporary Exchange Program, so you're likely one of the permanent students here, right?" Azmodeus inquired.
Chi Wu pointed toward the pie she wanted on a menu, letting a waitress go and retrieve it as she responded, "I come from a far-off land, and at a very young age, I found myself at the Triade's doorsteps. Since that moment in time, I have been living in A-Block..."
"A-Block... That must mean you're quite proficient in the art of Potion Concocting..." Azmodeus muttered while looking at the beautiful woman with a curious gleam in his eyes.
"...Yes, you could say that... But from the looks of it, you are quite proficient in it yourself," Chi Wu replied while observing the faint residue of numerous potion substances on his body.
"Ahh... I am nothing special. In fact, I just learned what a Potion Master was sometime last night."
"???"
The Crimson Witches expression became a little puzzled as she softly murmured, "How could that be... My senses are never wrong..."
She didn't even consider the option where he had truly achieved such a level of potion fragrance while having just started concocting the night prior.
And after a second of brooding over the matter with her head down, she asked, "What Rank are you...?"
"Rank in what?"
"...Potion Mastery..."
"Uhmm... I'm only of the Early-Copper Rank," Azmodeus responded with a slightly wry chuckle.
"The Early-Copper Rank... That doesn't make any sense... The fragrance... Not proficiency... But Talent...?"
The voluptuous witch mumbled to herself while looking at the nonchalant man in a completely different light.
"Your talent... To have it at such a high level... Just who are you?" She inquired with clear astonishment in her voice.
Are all women the same...? Or do I only know the unusual ones...
He didn't really notice it much previously (due to all the loose screws inside his head), but it genuinely seemed like not a single girl he's met so far could be termed 'normal' or 'sane'.
Nao Long is mischievous, outgoing, and a yandere, while Yang Hua is...
Well Yang Hua is Yang Hua, also a yandere...
And then there are You Mei and Li Na, one that's cheeky and sky, while the other is more refined and reserved (except when it comes to being naughty...) both of whom are also insane yandere's...
Of course, there's also Bing Nu Shen and my disciple, Rou Tian, one that is basically a mixture of all her disciples but with a more mature, Milf-like aura. While the latter is so focused on cultivation that I fear she will one day go mute...
There's also that alien cat who gave me Elusive Ascension, but she has not woken up once in the last century, so whether or not she's sane is still up for debate...
All in all, every single girl that Azmodeus met in all the years he's been alive has turned out to be crazy. Whether that was determined right from the get-go or after spending prolonged periods of time with him, it was unavoidable.
Maybe I'm just a crazy magnet...
But that probably means that I'm just as insane, if not worse, than all of the residents of my Cave Abode.
He recalled all the lives that he's taken, likely numbering in the Septillions, as he realized that he might've been worse off in the sanity department than every woman combined...-
"Are you going to eat that?" Both Chi Wu and Pan Nu questioned in unison while staring at Azmodeus's plate like a pair of starving wolves.
"..."
Azmodeus looked at the maniacal expressions on their faces as he slid the plate away from his chest, allowing the two hyenas to dig in.
While they did that, he watched all the passersby walking outside the store's windows, thinking about all the power he gained with every passing second...
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