“What do you mean, my Karma Credit Score is in the red?!”
“Due to ‘chaotic behavior,’ ‘dishonorable combat maneuvers’ and ‘remorseless killing of thine own kind,’ your karma has moved towards a weak shade of chaotic evil,” Miel read him a report with a frown on her face. “Your new classes also do not inspire confidence.”
“That's ridiculous! I earned them saving baby dragons from raiders!”
“Adventurers whose job loss is indirectly your doing, and most of these dragons being dangerously destructive themselves. Opposing a fomor plot gave you a bonus, but not enough to offset the downward spiral. We will have to increase your subscription rate if you want to keep the benefits of your current insurance.”
Victor slammed his head against his mansion’s table. These thieves already took half of his SP at the end of each month!
“I’m sorry,” Miel tried to reassure him. “I am defending your case the best I can, but I have a lot of pressure from my higher-ups.”
“They’re blaming my score downgrade on you?”
Miel sighed, apparently as annoyed as him. “It is a hard job, regulations are strict, and my higher-ups want to avoid too many people undeserving of Heaven dodging their due karmic retribution. I would like the rules to relax a bit, but I do not make them.”
“Why don’t you strike on your own?” Victor suggested, massaging his forehead. “Free enterprise and all.”
“Like an infernal corporation?” Miel shivered. “That is not how Heaven works, and I would certainly fall.”
While he contested the evil part of his alignments, the more Victor heard, the more he thought chaos fit him a lot better than the alternative. “Heaven sounds like a huge, sticky bureaucracy.”
“It is.” Miel let out a sigh. “I wish I would spend more time relaxing than managing celestial red tape.”
“Maybe I could help you with the relaxing part. Maybe we can have a drink?”
“Dear client, are you making a pass at me?”
“I’m just saying, I’m high-level, rich…” As he said that, the ground shook, probably due to another one of Marbré’s rockets blowing up. The jelly tester had survived two of them so far. “And available.”
Charisma check…
Partial success!