Archonlight System Genesis

CHAPTER 20 - A VERBAL CATFIGHT BAR FIGHT

“God is dead!”

When I realized my poor choice of words earlier, I immediately retracted.

“Wait! It’s not what you think! Yufa wanted to talk-”

Pang! It was too late to say my defense. The metal tray has already molded my face in it.

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It took a while for me to clean the misunderstanding. Manager Neko gave Lizzy a short break so that she can talk with us a little.

Now in her sassy princess mode, Lissy sipped a cup of her creamy coffee as she sat between me and Yufa.

“So, what is this thing you two wanted me to talk about? Make it quick. I only have ten minutes.” Lizzy asked as if she does not have any care in the world.

I immediately handed her the card of the Cathedral Exa. She stared at it as if she already know something about it. She even slightly ignored as if sipping her coffee is a more important matter.

“Princess Alessia- I mean, Miss Lizzy- Ah! Maid Lizzy-” Yufa sweated hard with a forced smile. “Um, how should I address you?”

“Just Lizzy is okay. Call me Maid Lizzy only if I’m here working for my shift.” Lizzy said as she laid her half-empty cup of coffee on the table. “So what’s with this demon-extermination calling card?”

Lizzy seems to know about the business already, so that saves a lot of time of explanation. Yufa went straight to the point.

“Um, Miss Lizzy… I want to recruit you and Mister John Casterdyne to join the Cathedral Exa. It would significantly make the Undead Demon huntings easier if you two joined. Of course, we will compensate you for every time you helped.”

“Wait, there’s compensation?” I asked. I immediately grabbed the calling card and inserted it into my wallet. “I’m in!”

“Hey, don’t decide this on your own!” Lizzy nagged at me.

“Shut up! I need money to pay for our broken fire alarm, those kitchen tiles you shattered, and the chopping board you slashed with your sword! And I haven’t paid for the month’s electricity and water bills yet!”

“I have a job now, so I can pay for those.” Lizzy crossed her arms. “Just why do you think I’m working here? Hmph!”

“Even so! I need that extra money to buy the newest gaming console and preorder the newest gaming titles!”

“If you’re going to earn money just to spend it on worthless things that will affect your studies, then you should not earn money at all. I changed my mind. I will only pay my share of the rent. You go buy that new fire alarm and chopping board on yourself.” Lizzy said.

“You monster!” I cried. I'm fed up with her shit, so I'm gonna talk back now!

“Ahahaha…” Yufa laughed in the background. “You two argue like a married couple.”

“Of course not. This argument is just normal if you live together with a stupid donkey-like him.” Lizzy answered.

“Shut your stupid ass up, you motherfucker hobo princess! You forced yourself into my house!”

“Hey, it’s not my fault you stupid wanker! You let me in your house when we first met, you perverted donkey! You even did a lot of terrible things that made me hospitalized!”

“I got nothing to do with your hospitalization at all, you nudist lake-bathing porno! You ran to that truck yourself!”

“Fuck you!”

“No, you!”

Meanwhile, in the background, Yufa can be seen sweating as she gave a forced smile. It took two minutes before both Lizzy and I ran out of words to roast each other. After that, we both decided to drink our own respective coffee to moist our throats.

Yufa nervously raised her hand and asked a question.

“S-So, what’s your decision on joining the Cathedral Exa?”

“We join!” I said happily.

“Hey, it’s not for you to decide, you stupid donkey. I am the princess. I gave you the Archonlight System. You pledged your allegiance to me. Every move you make that involves the power I gave you is up for me to decide.”

“Fine,” I said wryly as I drank my coffee again. My throat hurts already, so I need to back off from our argument for now. “So what’s your decision now, ‘princess’?”

“We’ll join,” Lizzy said.

“I said that the first time! So all of that nagging and protesting for nothing?” I whispered under my breath.

Lizzy heard my whisper but paid no attention. She raised her index finger and pointed it to the clueless Yufa Haruna.

“On one condition!” Lizzy said.

“W-What is it?” Yufa scaredly asked.

“You will grant us access to the Time-Space Warping Device.”

"W-Why?"

"Because I'm going back to Agartha."