Self-Summon [Demon Summoning/Evolution litRPG] Chapter 63: [1.63] Cost of Living (Part 1)

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[Would you like to consume 1,064 Essence to reach Imp Lv.15?] Dang it! She needed to reach Lv.16 to get enough Growth Points to purchase Auto-Color. Gelic decided to go ahead and accept the upgrade, wanting to see how much Essence she’d need for that last level. It was a good thing she was still laying in bed, because the all-consuming euphoric feeling of gaining four levels at once was enough to knock her off her feet. [Demon Rank: Imp Lv.15] With that transaction done, she had 292 Essence leftover, and needed 345, so that was a difference of 53 left to obtain. Woof, these levels are getting pricey. Normally, such mental math should have been a breeze, but Angelica was so tired and unfocused that it had taken her way too long, about to resort to pulling out the calculator on her phone before she realised how stupid she was being and pushed through the head fog. It had been a long night of tossing and turning. Even with the adrenaline of her magic performance subsiding, the anxiety of what was to come had been constantly plaguing her mind. It was payment day. She didn’t know when, but at some point, Ms. Gate would be stopping by for the rent. That alone wouldn’t really be a problem, and she could just send the money now, but she knew her landlord also wanted to do an apartment inspection, and the busybody probably wouldn’t take her word or a picture for it. So Angelica had an unknown amount of time to kill, stuck fretting about how the conversation would go. Would it just be a quick snatch and grab of the cash like last time, or would the woman want to seriously evaluate how her tenant’s life was going? Both ways annoyed her. Really, Angelica was just going to be annoyed no matter what. But she was in a much better place now. If the woman asked, Angelica could pay a full year’s worth of rent upfront today. She made sure to have that much money on hand just in case that ridiculous scenario happened, but probably wouldn’t offer. Plus, that would then require the explanation of how she’d made so much. Obviously, Gelic couldn’t just come out and say she’d been doing Demon things for money. She could just say she’d been freelancing or temping, but would the woman believe her? Worst case scenario, Ms. Gate somehow came under the assumption that Angelica had been doing… certain scandalous things for cash. That would be an unfettered nightmare. Angelica didn’t really care about justifying anything to her annoying landlord too much, besides just generally wanting to avoid confrontation. But if such a rumor reached her mother… Oh Vissiem, the mere thought made her stomach clench and twist. Corticia would be banging down her door within the hour. But… it’d be fine… yeah… totally fine. She just needed to act like a proper tenant, hand over the money, and show off her now perfectly clean apartment. Well, there was still one part she had to fix before the woman’s arrival, but that was dependent on outside factors. More specifically, she’d ordered something crucial, and was still waiting for its arrival. It was supposed to come two days ago, but the carrier said it required a signature, and since she hadn’t been home to sign for it, they’d try again today. Worse part was, Angelica had actually been home, just asleep between magic rehearsals. She wasn’t a super heavy sleeper either, so if they’d any attempt to knock, she would have heard it and woken up. But nope, nothing, just a note on her door. Maybe her Deterring Field Rune had driven them off? No, she would have wanted to be bothered in that case, so it would have gone against her directive. More likely it was just bad customer service, which was sadly very standard for the carrier she was dealing with. Fortunately, tracking showed it should be there soon, so hopefully it would be delivered well before Ms. Gate’s arrival. Angelica guessed it would be the evening again, with the woman coming after work, so it should all line up fine. To double check that, she confirmed with Divining Ear w