Chapter 31 Charge the Rent
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"Dear Mother, what is the business of your visit this time?" Iris asked cautiously.

"Of course it is to bring you back to the Realm of Scarlet! You have violated the agreement and have been discovered by your fellow."

"That ... doesn't count! It was sister Mavis who took the initiative to find me."

Lilia thought about it carefully. Indeed something was wrong. "Should you pay rent and food expenses for living here?"

"??" Iris was extremely puzzled.

"You do not acknowledge me as your mother in subconscious mind, but live in the house I bought, and spend my money. You should pay for these expenses independently!"

"Why did I spend your money?" Iris asked righteously.

"The blood bags that you suck are all considered my money, and all the money of Mavis is also given by me. If I cut off the pocket money of Mavis, do you still have blood bags to suck?"

Iris wanted to retort, but she had no reason to retort.

"Then what do you want to do?" Iris asked.

"Very simple! Charge the rent! This is the villa, one thousand Bella a day. Plus the blood you take for three meals a day, you should pay for five hundred Bella. So it will cost you one thousand five hundred Bella a day."

"One thousand five hundred Bella a day? Are you robbing?" Iris questioned.

"Is it expensive? I do not think it is expensive, instead, it is very cheap! In the human world 1 ml of blood is about 1.5 Bella. You also need to suck 800 ml of blood at least a day so that you are full. When you reach the adult stage, your demand for blood will be even greater. But you just pay five hundred Bella for your meal, which is very cheap."

"Then why is the accommodation so expensive?"

"This is a villa! Is one thousand Bella considered expensive? This expense has also included utilities. This is a place for you to practice. But I haven’t figured out how much an exclusive tutor, and other expenses are."

"I'd better go back to the place where I used to live!"

"That place has been demolished!"

"Demolished??" This made Iris suspect that Lilia had done this on purpose.

"What kind of look is that? Do you suspect that I did it? Believe it or not, you can ask Mavis."

Iris turned her gaze to Mavis and asked, "Is that so?"

"My aunt is right! A practice base is to be built there." Mavis replied.

"If I acknowledge you as my Dear Mother, can I stay here?" Iris's voice was getting smaller.

“You can’t! But I can let you enjoy the treatment of a princess. Besides, all your magic will be granted by me."

"I don't want it! I am going to stay here."

"In the end, you don't acknowledge me as your mother!" Lilia's tone gradually became kinder.

"That's right!" Iris replied without hesitation.

"Well~ Since you haven’t acknowledged me as your mother, do what I just said! Just pay for the expenses! Pay how much money to live here for how long. Don't think about renting a nearby house because the neighboring houses basically belong to mine. I can offer a higher price."

"Lilia, you’ve gone too far. You read my mind again." Iris shouted in displeasure.

"Who gave you permission to call me by my name!" The original light blue eyes turned scarlet.

Iris noticed that Lilia's pupil color had changed. If Mavis hadn’t taught her about the relevant knowledge in advance, Iris would definitely still be chattering and arguing with Lilia.

"I’m sorry about that...! I shouldn't have called you by your first name." Iris hastily apologized, because she did not want to let this b*tch Lilia beat herself up violently.

"Go home with me, or stay here!"

"No, I'm not going back!" Iris decisively refused.

As soon as the words left her mouth, Lilia put her hand in front of Iris. Then Iris took out forty-five thousand Bella from the storage space and handed it to Lilia immediately.

"A month later, I will call someone to charge the rent. If you can not pay the rent, you will go home with me. And Mavis, if you dare to lend money to Iris, I can also reduce your allowance by half, or even more. For the duration of her stay here, you just need to promise the blood bags are enough for her. Then no other items are allowed to buy for Iris." Lilia said seriously and pointed at Mavis' nose.

"Got it! Aunt."

"My agreement with you continues!" After saying that, Lilia opened her blood wings and left.

At this moment Iris is very regretful. Why did she choose to live with Mavis? It is too expensive for her to pay for forty five thousand Bella a month.

"Sister Mavis, why do you still kneel there? Lilia ...Oh, Dear Mother, hasn’t she gone?" Fortunately, Mavis gave a wink to Iris, otherwise the consequences were unthinkable.

"I must kneel until seven o'clock at night. This is my aunt's punishment for me." Mavis explained.

"But she's already gone!" This made Iris puzzled.

"Well~ You will know later." Mavis said meaningfully.

"I'm so sorry! Sister, I'm the one who dragged you into this."

"It's okay! You can go back to your room and practice! You have a duel in three months!"

...

Then Iris went back to her bedroom, gradually closed her eyes and started meditating.

A few moments later, Iris had seen the Consciousness Space that belonged to her, the black and red Consciousness Space, which made Iris a little surprised. There was a wide difference between what Moire had told her and her real Consciousness Space.

Iris gradually approached her Consciousness Space, and found that this Consciousness Space had a black-red flame pulsating continuously.

Iris tried to control this flame. But no matter what Iris did, the flame,like a naughty child, was running around in the Consciousness Space.

"Don't run away. Just come to me." The little fire did not obey at all, doing irregular movements in the Consciousness Space of Iris.

Unknowingly, it was already seven o'clock, and Mavis's punishment was over. She came to the room to look at Iris's serious meditation. She could not help but have a trace of relief, at the same time, she also showed a trace of sympathy.

"Why don't you go back with my aunt? Auntie came to see you. It is clear that she wants to give you an opportunity, but you do not appreciate it. You even called my aunt by her name in front of her, which has belonged to disrespectful actions." Mavis let out a long sigh, and went to prepare the meal.

...

"Little Flame, please come to mommy. Let mommy take a good look at you."

The flame seemed to understand what Iris said, so it stopped running around and slowly leaned toward Iris.

In the end, Iris finally tricked the little flame into her hands with a lot of coaxing. Iris gently stroked the little flame. Then the flame became incredibly well-behaved, sitting quietly in Iris's hand.

"Inferno Dance - Scorch!"

"Hey! I have mastered the first level of fire magic, Inferno Dance-Scorch finally." Iris became extremely happy.

"..." Iris's stomach kept growling.

"Does Sister Mavis have a blood bag?" Iris asked.

Sister Mavis seemed to have gone out. The table was filled with cupcakes made from blood, which looked delicious, so Iris couldn't wait to stuff a whole cupcake in her mouth.

"Vomit! Vomit!" Iris directly spit the cake into the trash can.

Iris was speechless. This cakes seemed very nice and delicious, but the taste was not as good as the blood bag. Iris didn’t know which clumsy guy did it.

So Iris took three or four bags of blood from the refrigerator. Whatever, Iris has paid for the meal.

With a vengeance, Iris drank four 300ml bags of blood until she was so full.

Then Iris went to take a shower and continued to start meditation.