Chapter 119: The Snow Woman Is Acting Strange

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: The Snow Woman Is Acting Strange

The new Codex entry on the thirteenth page was actually the Snow Woman. This was far beyond Kotone Asaba’s expectations.

This was the first time he had unlocked a character who had never appeared in the original story.

Kotone Asaba increasingly could not understand the Codex’s unlocking rules. Or rather, there might not be any rules to follow at all.

Looking at it this way, he could not leave Germany for the time being. He had to deal with the Snow Woman’s Codex entry first.

After eating his fill, Kotone Asaba returned to the snowy mountain with Santa Claus.

On the way back, Kotone Asaba wondered whether he should say goodbye to Santa Claus later, or simply leave without another word.

When they arrived in front of the wooden cabin, Kotone Asaba stopped at the door.

"What’s wrong, Asaba...?"

Santa Claus turned back and asked.

"There’s something I want to tell you, Master."

Kotone Asaba still did not want to leave without saying goodbye.

"What is it?"

"Thank you for taking care of me these past few days. The truth is, I know. Among the devils Master has contracted with, there’s the Doll Devil, right?"

Kotone Asaba said.

"...That’s right. How did you figure that out?"

Santa Claus was slightly startled, though the expression on her face did not change much.

"Among the devils I’ve contracted with, there’s one that can see through other people’s devil powers, so I discovered it."

Kotone Asaba said, "Not only that, I also know what specific abilities the Doll Devil has. For example, it can turn people into dolls, and even perfect dolls..."

He did not want to reveal Pingtsi’s ability, in order to avoid the possibility of dragging Pingtsi into trouble, so he made something up himself.

When Santa Claus heard Kotone Asaba mention perfect dolls, she immediately understood something in her heart.

"Asaba... do you think Master would turn you into a doll?"

Santa Claus asked.

"I feel like that’s very possible. But it probably wouldn’t be as simple as an ordinary doll. It would be a perfect doll, right?"

Kotone Asaba said.

"Then what do you want to do now? Leave just like this?"

Since her plan had already been exposed, Santa Claus did not waste more words.

"Mm."

Kotone Asaba nodded slightly.

"Then why say all this so foolishly instead of sneaking away directly? Aren’t you afraid Master will turn you into a doll right now?"

Santa Claus said that, but she did not actually seem like she intended to make a move.

Still, that could not be called Santa Claus being kind. For her, anything that was not a perfect doll probably did not have much value. Ordinary dolls were something she could take or leave.

"Because I didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye. No matter what, thank you for looking after me these past few days, Master."

Kotone Asaba said, "And there’s one more thing Master probably doesn’t know. I actually can’t be turned into a doll, because I’m a Hybrid."

By laying everything out to Santa Claus all at once, he could avoid a lot of future trouble, and his own heart would feel a little more comfortable too.

None of what he had just said was something he could not say, so there was no real downside.

"You’re a Hybrid...?"

This truly exceeded Santa Claus’s expectations.

Devils, Fiends, and Hybrids indeed could not be turned into dolls.

In the original story, even after Santa Claus received the enormous strengthening from the Darkness Devil’s flesh piece, she could only turn Fiend corpses into dolls.

After learning that Kotone Asaba was a Hybrid, Santa Claus completely gave up on the idea of turning Kotone Asaba into a perfect doll.

"I see... Then if you want to leave, leave. Master won’t keep pestering you. But if you ever want to come find Master, you’re still welcome anytime."

Santa Claus said.

"..."

Kotone Asaba actually found this quite strange.

When Santa Claus seemed human, she truly seemed human. When she stopped seeming human, she truly stopped seeming human.

He could not help asking, "Master, to create a perfect doll, you need to have deep enough feelings for the other person, right? Then why can you still harden your heart in the end?"

"Yes. Why is that? Maybe because I’ve already more or less fused with the Doll Devil...?"

Santa Claus murmured.

"I see..."

It seemed Santa Claus’s situation was rather special. She had probably made a very unusual contract with the Doll Devil, making it as if the two had fused together.

No wonder Santa Claus had both a human side and a devil side, making her seem extremely contradictory.

"Then goodbye."

After saying farewell, Kotone Asaba left.

At least he and Santa Claus parted on relatively good terms.

At this moment, Kotone Asaba planned to return to the Kamui dimension first.

So many days had passed, and he had barely spent time with Makima and the others. He had only occasionally found chances to go in and tell them he was safe.

Although Makima and the others had stayed in the Kamui dimension for so many days, nothing much had happened to them.

Kobeni’s daily routine was mostly studying and watching television. She could also chat with Reze and Makima during her free time. In the real world, she did not really have close friends she could talk with like that.

Reze did not mind either, and Makima was fine as long as she had books to read.

The biggest problem instead lay with Kotone Asaba himself...

As soon as Kotone Asaba returned, Reze came over and sniffed him. "As expected, there’s another woman’s scent on you."

"..."

Kotone Asaba was speechless. Reze’s nose was a little too sharp.

Hearing what Reze said, Makima immediately came over too. Makima’s sense of smell was only sharper than Reze’s.

Reze and Makima stood on his left and right, both smelling the scent on Kotone Asaba’s body.

Before long, Makima said in a slightly cold voice, "There are two different scents. One is a devil, and the other should be... human?"

Since Kotone Asaba was currently wearing the down jacket sewn by the Snow Woman, and because he had spent a long time with Santa Claus over the past few days, he naturally had both the Snow Woman’s and Santa Claus’s scents on him.

Come to think of it, even Makima could not be completely certain whether Santa Claus’s scent was human.

"Huh? There’s actually more than one?"

Reze also pouted in dissatisfaction.

Although Makima had said one of them was a devil, so what if it was a devil? Makima herself was also a devil.

"Don’t get worked up. There’s nothing between me and them."

Kotone Asaba explained awkwardly.

He certainly did not think there was anything between him and Santa Claus. His and Santa Claus’s goals had both been very pure. He wanted the Codex, while Santa Claus wanted to create a perfect doll.

Although only he had achieved his goal.

As for the Snow Woman, there was nothing between him and her for now either.

Reze narrowed her eyes slightly. "Really? I don’t believe you."

"I don’t believe you either."

Makima also spoke.

"If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do. I’m going to deal with one more thing. I’ll be back soon."

After saying that, Kotone Asaba immediately slipped away.

In the next moment, he transferred to the Snow Woman’s small wooden cabin.

As soon as he arrived, he saw the Snow Woman playing with Snowball, also known as the Avalanche Devil.

Snowball got along very well with the Snow Woman, but its attitude toward humans was another matter.

"Huh?"

Only then did the Snow Woman suddenly notice Kotone Asaba at the door. "Why did you come back? It isn’t time yet. And I should be the one going to find you. Or could it be... you couldn’t bear to part with me?"

At this moment, Kotone Asaba looked completely confused because of the notification in front of him.

Codex activated: Snow Woman.

Reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Current Affinity: 50%.

Snow Woman Affinity progress has reached 10%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

...

Snow Woman Affinity progress has reached 50%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Her Affinity was already 50%?

Kotone Asaba had originally only wanted to come over, activate the Snow Woman’s Codex entry, and see how high her Affinity was while he was at it. He had never expected it to be this high.

He did not need to do anything at all. The next Codex page had been unlocked directly.

However, in order to be polite, Kotone Asaba did not immediately leave.

"No. You gave me a piece of clothing before, right? I wanted to give you something as thanks too."

As he spoke, Kotone Asaba transferred a necklace accessory out from the Kamui dimension. "I hope you like it."

To be honest, this was only an excuse he had prepared because he had originally planned to come over and take a look. The necklace was not some particularly expensive necklace either. He had simply chosen one at random because it looked nice.

"I really like this kind of love token!"

The Snow Woman happily accepted the necklace, smiling with joy all over her face.

Snow Woman Affinity +5%.

"As long as you like it... wait, no, how did you jump to love token?"

Kotone Asaba was a little confused.

"Whether it’s a love token or not, I’ll treat it as one and keep it safe."

The Snow Woman immediately put the necklace around her neck. From both her expression and her tone, it was obvious that she cherished it deeply.

Snow Woman Affinity +5%.

Snow Woman Affinity progress has reached 60%. Achievement reward obtained: Constitution +1.

Kotone Asaba felt that this situation was getting more and more wrong. Why was the Snow Woman’s Affinity rising so ridiculously fast?

It made him feel very embarrassed. He had chosen this necklace casually. To be honest, he had not put much thought into it. Giving it to the Snow Woman had only been an excuse he came up with on the spot.

In the end, he had never expected the Snow Woman to cherish the necklace this much...

"Why don’t I... give you a different gift instead? How should I put it? This necklace isn’t that good..."

Kotone Asaba was too embarrassed to say that he had not put much care into choosing the necklace, so he could only speak in a roundabout, tactful way.

"There’s no need to go to that much trouble. I think this one is very good. As long as it’s your feeling behind it, I’ll like it whether it’s valuable or not."

The Snow Woman smiled.

"..."

A sense of guilt immediately rose in Kotone Asaba’s heart.

He felt that the only thing he could do was cherish the down jacket the Snow Woman had given him even more.

"Mm, good. As long as you like it, then I’ll go first."

Kotone Asaba seemed to flee in embarrassment.

What he did not know was that he and the Snow Woman had already formed a karmic bond.

After returning to the Kamui dimension.

"Let’s go. It’s about time we went out for some fresh air."

Kotone Asaba brought Makima and the others back to Tokyo.

Once they came out of the Kamui dimension, Reze looked around and did not find any other women. Maybe things really were like Koto said, and there was nothing going on?

However, Makima smelled something again. "Darling, the scent of that devil on you has become slightly stronger."

"I just went to say goodbye to that person. Besides, you said it yourself, she’s a devil, so don’t overthink it."

Kotone Asaba explained.

Although he knew in his heart that the Snow Woman’s feelings for him were probably not so simple, in front of Makima, it was better not to say too much.

He was also planning to carefully choose a better gift for the Snow Woman in the future, at least to make up a little for the guilt in his heart.

At this moment, Kotone Asaba opened the newest page of the Codex, the fourteenth page.

The target was Pingtsi.

This time, Kotone Asaba did not have much of a reaction. It was also quite good that the person unlocked was Pingtsi.

Pingtsi’s current location was naturally China. When the time came, Kotone Asaba also wanted to see whether he could deal with Quanxi’s Codex entry while he was there.

If he was going to China, Kotone Asaba felt he should still ask Yuki Kirisu for help.

If Yuki Kirisu helped him arrange a visa or something like that, he could go through proper channels.

Kotone Asaba directly transferred himself to Yuki Kirisu’s office.

"Need something?"

Yuki Kirisu was currently slacking off, lying on the sofa and reading a book.

Since the door was properly locked, she did not need to turn her head to know that the person who had suddenly appeared in the office was Kotone Asaba.

However, Yuki Kirisu’s posture...

From Kotone Asaba’s angle, he could just vaguely see her pure white panties.

"Seriously? You’re flashing people. At least be a little careful in your office..."

Kotone Asaba shifted his gaze away and reminded Yuki Kirisu.

"I locked the door properly. You’re the perverted little weakling who keeps appearing and disappearing without even knocking."

Yuki Kirisu still did not care about her posture. She even kicked her calves back and forth, exposing her panties even more.

Kotone Asaba indeed could not refute that. "Ahem... that’s true. I was being a little too casual. But at least cover yourself. I already reminded you."

"What, are you getting shy now? What a weakling."

Yuki Kirisu covered her mouth and teased him.

She even lifted her hips slightly and wiggled them to provoke Kotone Asaba.

"..."

Kotone Asaba immediately had a dark look on his face. Then he slapped her.

Slap!

A crisp sound immediately rang out.

Although he had only used a tiny bit of strength, it still hurt quite a lot.

"Ah!"

Yuki Kirisu immediately let out a cry of pain.

Only then did she finally cover her panties with her hand, but it was because that spot hurt.

"You bastard! How dare you hit me there!"

Yuki Kirisu bared her teeth at Kotone Asaba as she spoke.

She no longer had the arrogant attitude from just now, and her face was also faintly flushed with shame and anger.

"This is just a lesson. Don’t casually seduce and provoke people. Otherwise, next time it won’t be as simple as one slap."

Kotone Asaba threatened her in a calm tone.

Yuki Kirisu rubbed the spot a few times, and the pain quickly eased. Kotone Asaba had not used much strength in the first place. He had only wanted to teach her a small lesson.

"Now let’s talk business. I need to go to China soon. See what legitimate route you can arrange for me."

Kotone Asaba said.

"You were so rude to me just now, and now you still want me to help you with something? Dream on!"

Yuki Kirisu looked like she was sulking. She hooked her foot into the shoe on the floor and flung it at Kotone Asaba, but it only landed in front of him and did not touch him.

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