When Shin walked into the living room, what he saw was Gabriel already kneeling in the middle of the living room floor with a lifeless expression.
One could tell that before Shin returned, Gabriel had already been severely lectured by Vignette.
Who knows why thick-skinned Gabriel could only meekly endure whenever Vignette lectured her, never daring to resist forcefully.
Moreover, Gabriel wore a maid outfit. Clearly after coming to Shin's house to work, Vignette found her.
"Shin, save me..."
Seeing Shin enter the room, Gabriel pleaded for help with a mournful face—Shin looked carefully and found Gabriel's body had again been applied with Vignette's "Balance" ability.
And this time Vignette was clearly very angry, directly making Gabriel's "mental condition" balance-bound with "game equipment."
Meaning as long as Gabriel's mental condition was poor one day, her game equipment would start disappearing—could be considered fundamentally preventing Gabriel from staying up late.
Just now Shin was wondering what Vignette did to make Gabriel look so ashen. Now it seemed it was indeed related to game equipment.
"Shin, you can't keep indulging Gabriel like this! Her mental condition is already very poor!"
But before Shin could respond, Vignette's voice came from behind—Vignette walked into the living room with a dissatisfied expression, telling Shin.
"You don't know what Gabriel did today—she actually fell asleep during swimming class and nearly drowned in the pool!"
Hearing Vignette's explanation, Shin finally understood why Vignette was so angry... Turns out Gabriel nearly got herself killed.
Although Gabriel was an angel, even if she really died in the human world due to an accident, she'd just go back to Heaven to report, not truly die completely.
But imaginably, in that case Gabriel's human world internship grades would definitely be terrible. Although Vignette was Hell's demon, as Gabriel's friend, she didn't want Gabriel to become like that.
However, this morning Shin had specifically reminded Gabriel not to expose her staying up late, yet she exposed it that very day in swimming class.
Seeing Shin's strange look, Gabriel's face also reddened, somewhat embarrassed as she turned away, not daring to directly meet Shin's eyes.
Although Gabriel was thick-skinned, having already had that kind of relationship with Shin, their relationship was already unusual, so in front of Shin, Gabriel rarely showed some shame.
"Anyway, Shin shouldn't remove the 'Balance' I've applied to Gabriel anymore. This is all for Gabriel's good."
Seeing Gabriel also speechless, Vignette sighed, then turned to warn Shin.
"Shin doesn't want to see Gabriel always half-dead in the future, then encountering life-threatening danger like today, right?"
Vignette still didn't know Shin actually already knew her and Gabriel's true identities, also knowing even if they died in the human world, they'd just go back home.
However, seeing Vignette so earnest, Shin smiled and nodded, agreeing to her request—after all, Vignette worked so hard, Shin couldn't disappoint her good intentions.
"How can this be..."
Gabriel saw even Shin fall under Vignette's "clutches," immediately wanting to cry—without online games to play, her future days would be difficult.
"But speaking of which, I was curious before, how did Gabriel persuade you to help her remove the Balance ability?"
But just then, Vignette suddenly brought up another matter—she looked at Shin, her face full of curious expression.
"When I asked Gabriel this question, she hesitated and didn't want to say. Since that's the case, can you tell me, Shin?"
Through what method? Naturally through her body...
Shin's mouth twitched—he felt telling Vignette about this was still too early. After all, although his relationship with Vignette could be called closer than friends, it was still far from that kind of thing.
Don't look at how Shin usually seemed frivolous with girls. Actually Shin was very clear about where his relationships with girls had reached and what things could be done.
Obviously, telling Vignette about the things he did with Gabriel was currently something that couldn't be done, most likely causing Vignette to feel estranged.
Even if doing it, he should wait until his relationship with Vignette improved more before saying anything.
After lecturing Gabriel, Vignette left contentedly.
Although Vignette was quite dissatisfied about Shin arbitrarily helping Gabriel remove her ability, she didn't blame Shin for it, just thinking Shin was too accommodating of this trash angel Gabriel.
So before leaving, Vignette properly criticized Gabriel in front of Shin, lest Shin couldn't resist helping Gabriel again.
However, what Vignette could never imagine was that Gabriel didn't just persuade Shin through verbal means—that girl could offer even more tempting conditions in exchange.
"Uwaa... Shin!"
After sending Vignette away, Shin returned to the living room, then saw Gabriel throw herself at him, tightly hugging Shin's waist and crying to him.
"Quickly remove the Stand ability on me! Otherwise my game equipment... will all be gone!"
"Even if I help you remove it this time, you'll immediately be discovered by Vignette tomorrow when you go to school, right?"
Shin looked somewhat amusedly at Gabriel hugging his waist.
"Vignette will definitely check every day whether the 'Balance' on you is still there. Once she discovers it's gone, she'll immediately reapply it. Even if I help you remove it, it's meaningless."
"You're... you're right."
Hearing Shin's words, Gabriel instantly became dejected, sitting on the floor listlessly.
"Unless I could stay energetic even without sleeping... but this kind of thing even Shin can't do, right?"
Vignette's "Balance" only required maintaining good mental state. If she could stay energetic without sleeping, naturally she wouldn't need to worry about her game equipment disappearing.
"It's not impossible to do."
Hearing Gabriel's words, Shin answered with a smile.
If it were him before, perhaps he didn't have this ability, but now he could project Dragon Balls... For wishes with low ability requirements like this, just having Dragon Balls do it would complete it.
To be continued…