In response, Yinla blinked, looked at Vera, and asked, "You know her?"

As he asked the question, Vera blinked, a look of confusion on her face. She countered, "You don't recognize him? He's from your school, your junior, right?"

Huh? Is that true? But Ira doesn't recall it...

"Senior Yinla!"

At that moment, Mobius shouted the same thing, waving and smiling as he welcomed Yinra, saying, "Finally, I've met you! You're my idol!"

Since he can say such things, it means that he didn't have any contact with Illa when they were in the Mage Tower. But even if they did have contact... in a situation where business should be conducted officially, he shouldn't take advantage of her.

"What about the offerings from the lich territory?"

Under Satan's gaze that seemed to ask, "What should we do?", Yinra asked, glancing around at the weary liches... who looked as if they had been working for days and nights straight.

However, liches don't need to sleep either...

“We don’t want to give it. If it were Brother Faviginio, we might reluctantly give it. Before you came to the Demon King’s territory, we were too lazy to do anything to provoke the Demon King’s territory, but after you came… you must be able to understand us, right?”

The lich leader, named Mobiras, spoke with the fanatical expression of a scientific researcher: "Our funds are all used for research! We only want to do research! Therefore, we don't want to pay tribute!"

"..."

Yinla paused for a moment, and the surrounding leaders were also unsure how to deal with these liches who could be described as having a "tough attitude." They were even more hesitant and timid because of the liches' kinship with Vera and Yinla.

But if it were Yoon-ra, she naturally wouldn't care about any past feelings—especially since there never were any to begin with.

"Can……"

As Yinla spoke, everyone couldn't help but look at him. Finally, he looked at the cheering liches and said, "Move everything here to the vicinity of the Demon King's territory, and conduct specific research according to the Demon King's wishes. How about that?"

"..."

The liches discussed it in hushed tones, but the result was, naturally...

"Of course, no problem, Senior Yinla!"