<h4>Volume 6 Chapter 312: President Isaman Hiding in the Venus Naga Business District</h4>


    Trantor: The Light


    Edits by Kenny


    Olsylvia Academy, West Block Euphemia Imperial Academy, Venus Naga Business District. This business district was the only area in the imperial academy that was open to all students. The students from all the four academies, as well as the students staying outside from the two academies next door, could enter this business district without any hassle.


    The Venus Naga Business District was mainly focused on girls. They sold items such as clothes, snacks, pet-type magical beings, cosmetics, jewelry, flowers, and even offered fortune-telling services. Ny percent of the visitors here were girls, and the other 10% were the guys who were apanying their girlfriends while they shopped.


    Whether it was back on Earth or in this alternate universe, shopping seemed to be amon habit for women. When Venus Naga Business District first started, the ratio of male to female visitors was still at around the four to six, but now it was one to nine purely because of a girl’s love for shopping, torturing their boyfriends to death. Many men have wisened up and would just give their magical storage cards to their girlfriends or their wives to go out shopping by themselves.


    Even though there was the possibility of their cards being emptied out, it was still, at the very least, better than dying out of exhaustion on the streets. Be, Princess Ariel, and Puppet Master ine came to Venus Naga Business District together. To tell the truth, Be didn’t believe that with President Isaman’s strict, no-nonsense personality, that she would actuallye out to y at the business district.


    Puppet Master ine only recently learned that her sister, President Isaman, was a frequent visitor to this business district, but she had no idea what she wanted to buy from here. Since Be came to see President Isaman, she’d take this opportunity to see what she was doing in this “shopping paradise.”


    After entering Venus Naga Business District, they could see that the shops on both sides of the street were pretty much packed with a dazzling array of merchandise. The female customers were all huddled together so they could fight over the discounted items. There were also the bitter-faced boyfriends and husbands who were at the side of the street, holding a bunch of bags, as well as all sorts of gift boxes. There were no phones in this other world, so they could only wait patiently like fools at the side of the street.


    “Thetest summer designs, get the second piece at 20% off, the third piece at half price!”


    “Come and see the newly arrived Kara pet dog! Buy one and get a month’s rations free. Buy a pair, get a small pet house for free!”


    “Lyon Sapphires, Sirah Emeralds, and North Sea ck Pearls! New customers get 30% off, old customers get 10% off. Buy two, get one free!”


    All sorts of bustling could be heard from the shops. Be was somewhat speechless at the female customers who were buying everything in their sights. The prices of these goods were all calcted in gold coins, with the lowest price being at least a few golds, which was equivalent to tens of thousands of dors in her previous world. But thesedies were still grabbing them up.


    They’re almost acting as if it were free! It wasn’t like it was that cheap, did they really have to go so crazy for this?!


    Princess Ariel didn’t like shopping so aggressively. She was more interested in studying the various books they had for magic, but not much of what they sold here suited her tastes. Puppet Master ine was the same. This young maiden was more interested in seeking out novelties and was fond of puppets, corpses, and all sorts of sorcery manners, so she also had no interest in these goods.


    Fortunately, neither of them liked shopping, so Be managed to avoid the same bag-holding fate like the rest of the boys. But of course, Be would still buy them gifts. However, that would have to wait until after they found President Isaman and dealt with business. There were many people here, so it was somewhat difficult to find President Isaman. Neither Be nor ine knew what President Isaman liked, so they weren’t sure which shop to find.


    Be ran into some acquaintances on the streets. They were the casually-dressed Lisha and Princess Kriss, who held hands like a pair of good friends. Lisha was carrying a pure white marshmallow on her left hand while eating it with relish while Kriss, on the other side, was surprisingly holding a lollipop, enjoying its sweetness as well. Be never thought that Kriss had a gluttonous side of her and almost thought of going over to tease her.


    Behind Lisha and Kriss were two swordsmen dressed in ck cloaks and ck masks, as well as wearing ck swords on their backs. Be could just about guess who they were. Lisha’s good friend and Be’s part-time Assassin L, as well as the Assassin Princess Noreya. The two were deliberately dressed in these “Dark Warrior” costumes to conceal their assassin identities.


    The assassins, L and Noreya, were now temporarily serving as Lisha and Kriss’ bodyguards. With them around, they could avoid being disturbed by busybodies. There was a mysterious, murderous aura around the assassins, so most people didn’t dare to approach them. Even though the men who came here were basically people with wives or girlfriends. However, the possibility of some people out on the prowl couldn’t be ruled out, or maybe some even interested in finding another partner.


    Be and the two others were rather far away from Kriss and her group, so she gave up on joining them and continued on to the Venus Naga Block to find President Isaman. Since there were too many people here, finding Isaman was difficult. Isaman hadn’t joined Be’s harem yet, and even though she had already epted Be’s locating ne, “Demon’s Heartbeat,” she didn’t wear it out today. ine was in her big sister’s Student Union President office and noticed the well-maintained “Demon’s Heartbeat” ne. Without a pinpointer, Be would have to look for her slowly.


    As she walked, Be was attracted by the strange scent of a flower, but she couldn’t tell what kind of flower it was, nor could she describe it. It just smelled really good, and she felt a strange sense of attraction to it. Princess Ariel and Puppet Master ine smelled it too, and it was already exposed in their eyes, but they did not say anything.


    Following the scent of flowers, Be spotted a flower shop in an eye-catching spot not far away. The flower shop was quite devoid of customers, but it carried a wide variety of goods and all sorts of flowers. Judging by the name of the shop, it seemed to be written in some exotic script. It didn’t make sense that nobody was in such a fine shop. With a sense of confusion mixed with curiosity, Be moved towards the flower shop.


    Be pushed open the door and walked into the chicly decorated flower shop. There wasn’t a single customer inside and there were no price tags on the flowers disyed inside either. It looked more like a showroom than an actual shop.


    “Huh? You... How did you get in? Could it be...”


    A female voice sounded in a clear and puzzled tone. The flower shop owner showed herself and turned out to be a beautiful maiden with long waist-length silver hair simr to Princess Kriss. She looked inquisitively at Be and the others with her pair of deep blue eyes.


    She was dressed in a white evening gown and her skin was incredibly pale, almost without a single tint of blush. In the few seconds that it took for her to stand up, Be could faintly see some transparent shadows shifting around her. Her looks were up to par with Be’s two roommates who were with her today, Princess Ariel and Puppet Master ine, but her body was a little surreal like a transparent shadow. The light could prate her body, giving her an ethereal feeling.


    “Hello, fellow students from the academy next door. We are students from Olsylvia Academy and havee to buy some things. May I ask for your name?”


    Be quickly spotted the school badge the other party had left on the nearby flower stands with her keen eyes. That badge belonged to Alessandra Academy next door. No matter how mysterious this beautiful maiden was, at least one of her identities was rted to Alessandra Academy next door. If she could get acquainted with her, then Be would be able to find a way to get closer to her.


    “I’m Malvina. Are you here to purchase flowers? But it’s a shame that these flowers are not for sale! We do not sell to... Anyway, please check the next block!”


    While speaking, Malvina moved to the back of the flower shop’s counter, and it almost seemed like she was floating over there. In that instant, Be was beginning to wonder if Malvina were a phantom. But when she went a little closer earlier, Be could clearly feel Malvina’s breaths. It was impossible for phantoms to have breaths.


    Be wondered why these flowers had no price tags on them, but after taking a closer look, she realized that none of these were appropriate for living beings anyway. Just like those red spider lilies, also known as the hell flower. There were various types of flowers in this shop, as well as arge number of white lycoris flowers.


    Though the hell flower was beautiful, they weren’t something that living people could just see after all. Be turned her head to the business district, which had already turned into ruins. This flower shop was most likely open in a parallel world. Be and the others were able to notice and enter this shop, which may have something to do with special reasons.


    “Malvina, these flowers. Are they sold to...”


    “Yes, they are sold to the dead. Those who died in identse here to buy flowers with the life they have yet to use.”


    Be took a good look at the customers in the shop. They were all transparent phantoms that were invisible to Be and the others. They were all picking out flowers in the shop before checking out with Malvina. So, it turned out this flower shop trades with lives.


    Princess Ariel grabbed Be’s hand, feeling rather nervous. As for Puppet Master ine, she wasn’t that scared. She had already seen many strange urrences and she didn’t care much about these matters. Even though she wasn’t scared, ine still chose to stay closer to Be, not out of fear, but for the sake of staying closer to her.


    “Is that so? Well then, fellow student Malvina, can we make a deal? Name your price! These aren’t the only flowers you have, right?”


    “Interesting... So you’re not afraid. It seems like there must be reasons for you to be here after all. How strange... Although you don’t look like someone who would have trading chips, I feel that you actually have countless numbers of them.”


    Be, Ariel, and ine were all transmigrators, and the original owners of their bodies were already dead. Naturally, they had no life force in them that they could use to trade, and Malvina wouldn’t be able to tell as well. But her intuition was urate. Be and the others had the ginormous life forces of a Demon King or ck Warriors. Naturally, they had the trading chips!


    “Alright, let us make a deal. You can pick any flower you like... If you can pay me, then I will ept the cores of Holy Beasts or Holy Cores. I think you must be able to collect such things easily ording to your status.”


    “A holy beast’s... That is a hard item to find, but I ept the deal. Right, I’d like to hire your service to help me grow some flowers and nts. I’m not very interested in the flowers you currently have for disy.”


    “Hire me? That is some ambition you have. What about this, then? Let’s say you can bring me the holy core of an ancient Holy Beast or an ancient Holy Titan, I will ept your request. Now then, may I offer you a favor as a token of my good faith?”


    “A favor? Great. Do you have any way to find a person? I’m looking for a girl.”


    By the time Be and the others left the flower shop, they had already obtained President Isaman’s location from Phantom Princess Malvina. Who knew why a beautiful flower-tending maiden would have the ability to find a stranger, but the most essential reason why Be approached her was that she saw a special mark on Malvina’s Alessandra Academy badge, which meant she held the same position and power of “Student Union President” of their academy.


    If Be were going to infiltrate Alessandra Academy, she would need to find a way in. The best way was to find a girl with the right authority, and Malvina was the best choice. Before leaving, Malvina whispered a warning to Be, “Be careful of the perfume,” but didn’t say anything else. She wasn’t too optimistic about Be holding up her end of the bargain unless she could travel back in time. How long ago did the ancient holy race even exist? Malvina had no intention of fulfilling that contract from the very beginning.


    Be didn’t have high hopes either. After asking Phantom Princess Malvina to find President Isaman, she just thought of it as a good opportunity. But Be really did get lucky this time. If Malvina could manipte phantoms, she could naturally use them to obtain information. Based on the facial features provided by Be to Malvina about President Isaman’s appearance, Malvina quickly found her approximate location with the help of phantoms.


    Be and the others followed Malvina’s hints and quickly found the location where President Isaman could possibly be. It was a clothing shop in an obscure location. The shop entrance was closed, and it was a stark contrast from the rest of the bustling Venus Naga Business District.


    “Is... Is that really a clothing shop?”


    “Who knows?! Wait, look! Someone is going over there...”


    Be and the others were hiding across the street from the shop and were watching it secretly. Since no assassins were present, Be didn’t dare go too close for fear of alerting their target. Fortunately, none of them were nearsighted, so they could clearly see a couple of pretty girlsing to the door of the clothing shop and lightly knocking on it. After about three knocks, they stopped for three beats before continuing again, as if it were a secret code.


    After knocking three times in a row, the door finally opened. She couldn’t tell if the one who opened the door was President Isaman. Regardless, the hand of that beautiful maiden who opened the door looked very simr to President Isaman’s in Be’s opinion. Seriously, she was just opening a clothing shop, why did she have to make it look as mysterious as an underground organization? Could there be something that President Isaman was hiding that needed to be traded under the table?


    “I’m going to see what kind of strange things Big Sister Isaman is up to. Be, you wait here with Ariel...”


    “I think I should go, ine. You and Ariel stay here and stay on the lookout. You’re all dressed as nuns of the Radiant Church. I don’t know about anyone else, but President Isaman is no fool. She wouldn’t open the door if she really were doing something shady and saw you dressed in that garb.”


    “Alright then, we’ll do as you say, Be.”


    “I...Alright. Please help me keep an eye out on Big Sister Isaman.”


    Princess Ariel and Puppet Master ine, who wanted to lead the scouting effort, were promptly dissuaded by Be. In terms of acting and infiltration skills, these two magic profession maidens were not as skillful as Assassin Noreya, let alone Be. Especially not Puppet Master ine. She was President Isaman’s sister. She would definitely be seen through by President Isaman if she knocked on the door.


    Be came to the shop door and knocked rhythmically on the door like what she saw the other girls do. Soon after, someone opened the door for her. The person who opened the door was also dressed in ck with a mask covering her face, but Be was sure from the hand she used to open the door that this was President Isaman, without any doubt about it. Sure enough, she really was hiding something from Be and the others.


    “Hm? Are you here to obtain your goods too? But you don’t seem to have an appointment...”


    “Yeah, I’m here to pick up the goods. I... A friend introduced me.”


    “Is that so? Are you a dark mage? Good, you don’t believe in the Radiant Church, do you?”


    “Of course... I don’t really care for the Radiant Church.”


    “Then pleasee in. I’ll be right with you in a moment.”


    Be lowered her voice on purpose, and with the fact that she was currently wearing a real Dark Mage outfit, President Isaman didn’t realize that she was Be. In President Isaman’s memories, Be was just a Holy Knight. She couldn’t get the costume of a mage.


    Be walked into President Isaman’s shop without any problem. But that strange conversation they had constantly gave her the urge tough. The way they spoke was really... easy to misunderstand. If you had no idea, you’d think they were trying to make some sinister deal!


    If Be remembered correctly, President Isaman was a priestess, she just wasn’t officially registered with the Radiant Church. She shouldn’t have been someone from the Darkness Church here to perform some sort of sinful ritual. The shop wasn’t very well lit, and even though it was a clothing shop, there wasn’t a single piece of clothing to be seen. It was a little hard to understand. There wasn’t even a single piece of clothing to decorate the front of the shop. This couldn’t be some kind of questionable shop, could it?!


    “Alright, wait here for a minute. I’ll get to you as soon as I’m done with the customers before you.”


    “Alright, got it.”


    President Isaman led Be to the waiting hall where the girls from before were at. There were about five or six of them, and they all looked young. They were all sitting at the front. After President Isaman went behind a curtain, the girls began entering one by one, but Be couldn’t tell what exactly they were doing back there.


    Be’s hearing was also very sharp. Even though she couldn’t see what was going on, she could hear all the subtle sounds of undressing. Out of curiosity, Be quietly looked for her invisibility suit from her storage ring while nobody was looking.