Arcane Linguist

Chapter 75 Ambiguity of words

The 4th floor of the mage tower, in the residence.

With a dejected face, Scudder sat on the sofa with his head downcast, like a little quail soaked in the rain.

Not far away, Froya put her hands on her hips and frowned.

Yiwen stood beside her with the books she carried with her, her face full of worry.

The silence of the three of them was not broken until Roland arrived.

"what happened?"

As soon as he came in, he asked Froya.

Froya said angrily, "Ask this kid and see what good things he has done!"

Scudder said with a sad face: "Roland, I have heard some stories before, and I know that you can get wealth or power by summoning the devil.

In the end, unexpectedly, the devil tricked me into signing a loan shark!

Just now, Senior Sister Froya did the math for me, at least 6% interest per month, and it’s still compound interest!

I... I calculated that it was only 1% simple interest, 12% a year..."

"Are you stupid? It's not like the academy didn't teach you what reputation the devil has on all planes. Don't you know that many people have been cheated out of their fortunes and ruined their futures?

If they want to lie to you, of course they will pick and choose everything, or they will threaten or coerce you. Don’t you have any reason or opinion of your own?Even if the simple interest rate is 12%, it is still a large amount of interest money. Is it true that the gold coins are blown by the strong wind? "

Froya was really pissed off by this idiot.

"Sister, don't be angry, what about the loan contract? Take a look," Roland said.

"Here." Scudder also knew that he was wrong, and said quickly.

This is a contract written on a piece of parchment, densely packed with complicated multilingual clauses.

"It turned out to be the Leeds Demon..."

This is a demon from the Outer Planes, between the 7th and 8th layers of hell.

Leeds feed on greed, specializing in usury and financial fraud, and are transformed from corrupted souls.

"It seems pretty normal."

Roland quickly read the contract in his hand. To his surprise, it looked quite formal and reasonable.

"How can it be that simple?" Froya said angrily.

Scudder said weakly: "Return, there are a few copies."

As he spoke, he handed over the remaining copies.

"Bring them together, don't breathe too much."

Roland couldn't help but rolled his eyes, vaguely guessing what was going on.

Sure enough, something was not normal from the second contract.

It is a good loan, but it has to be borrowed from other places before it can be released.

The real total amount of loans is not the gold coins that Skold actually got, but more than double the amount.

Typical beheading interest, routine loans...

Unsurprisingly, the repayment terms were also harsh and troublesome.

Pieces of agency fees, liquidated damages, and late fees are like the surface of the moon, full of pits.

It may be because of signing the first contract and lowering his vigilance, Skold signed the second contract indifferently, then the third contract, and the fourth contract...

These contracts are related to each other, forming a complex net, binding Skold in it.

"You didn't sign it because you got the 'Dominate Human Being' or 'Suggestion' spell, did you? " Roland couldn't help asking.

If that's the case, it's even better.

The devils flaunted themselves with the spirit of contract before tearing off the disguise and directly grabbing it.

"I... I thought these were all the same."

Scudder said weakly.

"What do you think! The total loan amount is 5000 gold coins, the earliest repayment period is 1 year, the liquidated damages are fined for 3 years, and the minimum amount of early repayment is 3000 gold coins..."

Roland sneered and read on.

"I've done the calculations. Even if the early repayment method is adopted, the high interest of nearly 7000 gold coins will be lost, and the principal and interest will be repaid more than 12000. Fortunately, this kid is not so stupid and bold, borrowing [-] to [-] in one breath.

If that's the case, wait until a year or two later with rolling interest, and never even think about paying it off! "

Froya knew that it would take a certain amount of time to calculate these clearly, so she announced her results in advance.

Roland's fists hardened when he heard it.

"You kid..."

Fortunately, senior sister Froya asked. If it was replaced by the hidden one, I would never know how to die.

"You don't have to worry about food or clothing, and you don't have much to spend in the tower. What are you borrowing money for?"

"I... I'm just curious to try..."

Scudder faltered.

"I'm really full!"

Roland vaguely guessed that he was envious of his boundless beauty, and wanted to make a summoning contract or something to play with.

However, such things as the succubus companion contract are not so easy to deal with. According to Scode's current social circle, there is a high probability that they bought the summoning contract from the wild mages and adventurers under the mage tower.

Many contracts pointing to the 9th floor of hell can be randomly summoned within the range.

He probably saw the Liz Demon appearing, and was deceived by the rhetoric of this kind of demon, thinking that it would be good to get some money to spend.

Don't even think about it, you have to pay it back after you borrow it!
"Forget it, let's think about how to solve it first. The easiest way is to borrow money from the teacher and spend money to fill this hole for you."

This is the simplest and most effective method in theory, but Roland felt that it was unreliable.

I had no choice but to say: "There are strict defenses in the mage's tower, even if the contract is violated, the devil will not be able to find the door, the premise is that you don't leave the tower for the rest of your life, or don't go to other unprotected places.

But this can only be prevented in life. If this contract is not resolved, you will still have to go to hell after death.

Otherwise, why not just drag out the devil who signed a contract with him and kill him? "

Froya thought for a while, and said: "It's not very useful, the more important thing is to get the contract and destroy it."

"Indeed, the focus is on the contract itself rather than the devil. These devils are also advancing with the times and do not rely on themselves to maintain the validity of the contract as in the past."

Roland continued to read the contract signed between Scudder and Lizmo, and was suddenly stunned.

"Wait, why is there an oracle bone inscription here, you got it?"

Magic contracts are basically multilingual, because the contracting parties may be from different planes, races from different worlds, and their customs, history and culture, laws and regulations are different.

At least three (native languages ​​of both parties and a widely recognized popular language) are required to have magical effects.

"Oh, I've been studying oracle bone inscriptions recently, trying to improve spell scrolls..."

Scudder explained weakly.

"Just added it in."

Roland didn't care to listen to what he had to say, so he hurriedly continued reading.

"Borrow from Exip North...hahahaha, borrow today!" (Note: The word "borrow" first appeared in later seal characters)

Roland couldn't help laughing.

In the astonishment of several people, he patted Skodder on the shoulder and comforted him: "You boy, you are lucky enough to be saved!"

Scudder was greatly surprised: "How to say?"

"What do you mean?" Froya couldn't help asking.

(End of this chapter)