An afternoon passed.
The setting sun slowly descended, falling onto the sweat droplets that had dripped from Moya’s long, concentrated efforts.
Looking at the freshly completed divine contract in her hand, Moya let out a satisfied sigh.
The hard work of most of the day had not been wasted.
Now she just needed to find a way to get that debt collector to sign this contract.
Moya didn’t expect a debt collector named Aide to be a fool who would agree to sign without thinking.
But Moya could faintly sense that Aide seemed to have some other intentions toward her.
Might as well try—could it be worse than her current situation?
She couldn’t lose the mansion, and she wasn’t about to take on the debt.
To have both the fish and the bear’s paw, she needed the courage to burn her boats.
Now all that was left was to wait for Aide to show up again.
As expected, that very evening, Aide knocked on the mansion’s door once more.
“Miss Moya, evading debt is shameful.”
After visiting nearby farms and circling around, Aide finally found Moya’s new relocated mansion and bluntly called out her name.
“I fully understand your momentary panic over the astronomical debt, and I deeply sympathize with your grievance at being swindled.”
“I am truly sorry and regretful about that.”
“But the money still needs to be repaid.”
Meeting Moya for the second time, Aide had already completely composed himself.
His expression was calm, and his gentle smile prevented any misunderstanding of malicious intent.
Without a second thought, seeing it was Aide at the door, Moya shut it directly.
Bam!
Just as the door was about to close, Aide’s hand shot out like lightning, wedging into the gap and firmly blocking Moya from shutting it.
“Miss Moya, please reconsider before closing the door. Inheriting that astronomical debt is a fact; running away won’t help.”
Aide’s eyes were calm as still water, but they never stopped staring at the shadows beneath Moya’s cloak.
“Running away blindly is useless. It will only cut off the possibility of friendly negotiation between us and force me to resort to less friendly measures.”
Moya tried to push the door harder, but her slender wrist was grabbed by Aide.
“Miss Moya, I’ve heard that as an angel, you cannot actively reveal your identity while hearing confessions. As the chief guardian angel of the Holy Light Church, you wouldn’t want that secret to get out, would you?”
‘Oh crap, doxxed.’
“Stop! What… what do you want to do?!”
Though Moya’s face was mostly hidden by her cloak, the violent fluctuation in her breath and the panicked look in her eyes undeniably told Aide exactly what he wanted to see.
“…”
‘Yeah, right. As a transmigrator, how could Moya be pushed around by some random debt collector who popped out of nowhere?’
Judging by Aide’s reaction, her past experience in the school drama club hadn’t been forgotten.
As Moya had guessed, Aide indeed had some other intentions toward her.
Noticing that Aide’s eyes, though appearing gentle, were fixed on her face without looking away, Moya instinctively felt a twinge of unease.
It felt like she was going to be devoured whole.
“…”
‘It must be my imagination.’
The plan couldn’t change; how could she think of backing out now?
This was about her debt of over ten million!
“Don’t worry. I’m at least half a gentleman. As long as miss is willing to cooperate, the debt is no issue.”
The faint unease in Moya’s heart actually made her performance more vivid.
Aide’s brow softened considerably.
After all, this debt was essentially just a stepping stone for him to get to know Moya.
If she showed sincerity, canceling the debt was trivial.
It wasn’t like he was short on money.
“Really?!”
Following Aide’s lead, Moya quickly made her eyes sparkle as if with hope.
‘Isn’t this just PUA? I’ve seen this trick plenty of times in my past life.’
But Aide’s move actually played right into her hands.
“Of course. However, miss must also show your sincerity first.”
As the first step of friendly communication, Aide let go of Moya’s hand.
“May I come in for a detailed talk?”
…
“Pay with my body?!”
When he heard Moya’s proposal, Aide jumped up in shock.
That… that was too abrupt, wasn’t it?
“I’m really sorry, but I truly can’t pay it back… Working who knows how many years wouldn’t clear it. Rather than long-term pain, if it’s possible, I’d prefer short-term pain.”
Since her true identity had already been exposed by Aide, after letting him in, Moya removed her cloak and sat facing him in the guest seats.
Looking at the mixture of hesitation, regret, and anxiety in Moya’s expression turning into determination, Aide’s initial suspicion faded by three-tenths.
But he really hadn’t prepared for this development.
It wasn’t that he was unwilling; he just felt the proposal was moving way too fast.
“Sorry, I overstepped. Just pretend I didn’t say anything…”
“Wait, I agree.”
Seeing Moya about to retract, Aide, after thinking for a while, finally stopped her.
He didn’t intend to follow Moya’s proposal.
He had only used the debt as a pretext to get to know her.
If he used the debt to force her, that would be wrong.
Also, he felt that Moya’s sudden, baseless proposal was likely a trap.
No matter.
Let Moya do whatever she wanted; he would handle it when the time came.
Seeing Aide stop her after thinking it over, Moya sneered internally.
‘Who are you trying to fool? You just want my body.’
Thinking about how Aide was gradually falling into her trap, Moya started to feel a bit pleased.
“Well then, please sign this contract, Brother Aide.”
Deliberately using the term “Brother Aide,” Moya took out a divine contract from her pocket and handed it to Aide.
“Don’t worry, Brother Aide. This contract uses divine power to enforce its terms. It’s also binding on me. I swear by the Lord’s name: the contract is simply using my body to offset your debt.”
Aide took the contract from Moya and saw it was densely covered in angelic script used by the Church.
His brow furrowed.
He couldn’t read it.
That meant signing carried extremely high risk.
But looking at Moya’s pitiful eyes begging him to sign quickly, and recalling the face of Moya full of divine kindness he had seen in his dream…
Without overthinking, Aide casually signed his name on the contract.
Seeing Aide sign his name, Moya jumped up excitedly, pointed at Aide, and shouted triumphantly:
“The holy scripture says that physical relations must be mutually consensual. As a guardian angel of the Church, this precept is forcibly applied to me!”
“But signing a contract does NOT equal my consent!”
“Trying to scam me out of my money? Trying to get freaky? Dream on!”
Watching Moya clutching her stomach, tears nearly spilling from laughter, Aide took a deep, deep breath.
His fist clenched.