Ash raised his eyebrows, looking at her with a half-smile: "So, do you have any good suggestions?"

"If you don’t mind, I’d be happy to help." Sesilia could hardly suppress the excitement in her voice. She’s not one to repay evil with kindness; nearly killed by Gregory just moments ago, how could she pass up the chance for revenge? Just thinking about having the opportunity to torment a Holy Sanctuary Mage made her eyes light up with excitement, and the crisp snapping sound of metal finger joints echoed.

Ash smiled and said, "Is this the content of your transaction? If that’s the case, I’m willing to hand over the disposal rights to you."

Sesilia instantly shook off her vengeful thoughts, shaking her head repeatedly: "Forget it, it’s not necessary to be petty with them."

This girl... Ash glanced at her and explained, "I’m not being merciful; it’s just that their survival can warn others: no one is allowed to monopolize Azura’s Sun Technique Spirit. I can’t control other places, but at least in Azura, I don’t want to deal with despicable mages."

"Although trading with people like them allows you to justifiably take the Technique Spirit and kill them all, I’m not a Ghost Prophet, I don’t enjoy this kind of entrapment enforcement."

"Alright then, tell me what you want." Ash tilted his head at Sesilia: "Although I can’t fulfill any wish you have, as long as your request is reasonable, I should be able to meet it."

Sesilia hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I ask a few questions?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"What questions?"

"Isn’t it necessary to go to the Liwan District to trade with the Devil? And I heard that although the Devil’s appearance varies greatly, they are all beautiful women. Do you appear as a beautiful woman in front of men, and as a handsome man in front of women?"

Ash’s lips twitched, "Sorry for not being handsome enough."

Sesilia feared the Devil’s anger and quickly amended, "Maybe it’s because of the hairstyle; if you styled your hair a bit, you’d definitely look much better."

Ash said grumpily, "I’ve styled it!"

A few days ago, Ash was also badly injured, so the acquisition of Technique Spirits was handled by Sword Maiden and others. Therefore, the ones dealing with the Devil naturally saw a female. The Witch set up a reminder mechanism with the Gospel Divine Being in the Liwan District; any Sun Technique Spirit entering the district would alert them. If Ash hadn’t come out to eat noodles, Sesilia might have fallen just a few hundred meters away.

But of course, Ash wouldn’t reveal this information and casually said, "If you want a beautiful sister to trade with you, it’ll deduct from your transaction quota."

"No no no, I think you’re quite good."

"Then what do you want to trade for? A fully healed body?" Ash glanced at her metal limbs, his gaze softening: "I can give you a discount."

"No!" Sesilia shook her head firmly: "I don’t need you to restore my body; I’m doing just fine now!"

"Huh?" Ash blinked: "Is the prosthetic better than your original body?"

"Exactly." Sesilia nodded, clasping her metal hands together: "I have congenital heart disease. Without the built-in driven metal prosthetic, I wouldn’t be able to fight, and everyday life would be strenuous. Furthermore, metal prosthetics are immune to slashes and gun bullets, and they can be upgraded with money, much stronger than flesh."

Ash: "I can cure your congenital heart disease."

Sesilia hesitated, lowered her head to look at her metal silver hand, and still shook her head: "It’s not necessary... And if I gain power, I can heal myself! Indeed, I want power; my wish is to become stronger!"

"Emphasizing again, I can only satisfy your request to a limited extent." Ash said: "You are now a Silver Mage... I can tell you how to smuggle into the Time Continent, and also give you a few useful Technique Spirits to ensure you become an elite Two-winged Mage."

Sesilia glanced at the motionless Gregory, greed overcoming her fear of the Devil: "Only a Two-winged Mage? Can’t become a Holy Sanctuary Mage?"

"I know how to smuggle into the Dream Stairs, but it’s far more challenging than smuggling into the Time Continent. Telling you would only harm you." Ash said: "The power I can give you is only Two-winged, and you must actively pursue it to possibly grasp this power."

"What about authority?" Sesilia asked: "I’ve despised the wealthy and powerful all my life, so let me become the person I hate most!"

Ash thought for a moment: "I can give you a complete set of technical data and a startup fund; once you successfully set up a factory and find sales channels, you should become one of the nation’s top ten young entrepreneurs in a few years, how does that sound?"

"I have to set up the factory myself?" Sesilia was greatly disappointed: "Can’t you directly make me the controller of a corporate conglomerate or a City Governor?"

"Not only would I not do that, even if I did help you remove a Governor, then hypnotize everyone around, making everyone believe you’re the Governor, can you hold onto power?" Ash laughed: "Power can be bottom-up or top-down, but both involve two aspects — either, you bring benefits to others, or, you inflict losses on others."

"Benefits make others respect you, losses make others fear you. If you were suddenly placed in the Governor’s position, can you confidently discern who is usable, can stabilize the various forces in the city, making everyone willing to execute your commands?"