Itās like an ominous prophecy. Back from the Adventurer Guild Iāve been thinking about the words Saran told me.
Until now, no information has emerged about the Spirit covenant. Only the one that tells the fact that there was a spiritual covenant even if there was one. Even that fact has nothing but foot-colored and abstract content.
I have always been angry that no facts have been left with regard to the Spirit covenant. Too abstract to verify the actual contents.
And the clue I finally found was what repelled the spiritual covenant. If thatās what itās all about, itās no surprise itās certified as a forbidden book, given the current state of the Kingdom of Palettia.
And one possibility floats behind my brain. What if no one left material for the spiritual covenant, not āto leaveā it?
ā⦠they thought spiritual covenants were contraindicated?
If so, why? When the Spirit covenant makes you lose everything, who the hell left it, with what intent? Saran didnāt have the actual book, and he says itās impossible to get it. In the end, the truth remains in the dark.
This country has treated the Spirit like a friend and like a god who worships him. Then the Spirit covenant with that Spirit should be a proud honor. Even though the story Iāve actually seen tells me that spiritual covenants are great deeds.
Then why is the method lost? And forbidden books that warn that spiritual covenants make you lose everything. Donāt ask for it, donāt wish for it, donāt want it. Thatās⦠why?
Iām starting to feel like I stepped into a bottomless swamp. Unexpectedly, I get zero heavy sighs.
The sound of knocking on the door sounded as he blurred in a depressing moodā¦. somehow figured out who came.
āUffi, you can come in.ā
āExcuse me.ā
I knew it was Ufi.
The sky is already dark and it is time for you to sleep. I would have made it look mindless to come back from the Adventurer Guild, and I thought it would come somehow.
It took me a while to get my thoughts together. That was all a surprise to me and above all an ominous warning. Itās not an abstract content to compliment, but something that clearly informs me of the crisis, even if I donāt like it, disturbs my mind.
Uffi looks at me like heās worried, and he even drops by my side. I sat down to sit on the bed so Yuffi would sit down next to me too.
ā⦠what happened?
āMm-hmm. I had something that looked like a clue, because it was too much contentā
āDo you have a lead on the Spirit Contract?
āYeah. No, there were a few other things I wanted to talk to you about, but it was so shocking that it blew me awayā¦ā
A clue finally found warns me. Somehow I lose it. Even if I donāt like it, Iām going to be heartburned by anxiety that can stir me up.
ā⦠it was a matter of anxiety as to whether it was okay to follow the spiritual covenant as it wereā
āWas that what it was about?
āDo not seek a spiritual covenant. Lose everything, it seems that such a warning was written in the forbidden bookā
ā⦠lose everything, lose?
Uffi breathes as if he had opened his eyes and ceased. I sigh and look up at the ceiling, too.
āThatās enough to say a contract. Itās not strange if thereās a price for something. Thatās what I was thinking. But it was a warning that what I finally saw and came at me would lose everythingā¦. I donāt like it, itās really time to get anxious. I canāt believe I didnāt find a clue in this way.ā
I still donāt know exactly what this warning means. I didnāt actually see a restraining book with that content on it.
Bad timing. Maybe thatās why. But I donāt like to be scratched in the chest. As if you could really lose everything as a price for a spiritual covenant, to the point where it seems so.
ā⦠are you scared?
accompany Yufi as he lays his own hands over mine. Close your eyes to the feel of that hand.
ā⦠Iām scared. Iām a little unsure lately.ā
I was like that when I was in Halfis, but thanks. I feel like Iāve been feeling weaker more lately.
I wonder if Iām more burdened than I thought by the heavy pressure of becoming king. I didnāt think I was that weak, but lately I feel like I canāt say how Iām doing.
The same goes for the spiritual covenant. At this stage, honestly, it is also unlikely that I will be able to make a spiritual covenant. It will then be Uffi who has the potential to accomplish the Spirit covenant.
Yet if they give that spiritual covenant an ominous warningā¦ā¦ it still scares me.
āYouāre really sweet.ā
āKind?ā
āYouāre indifferent to your pain, but you canāt be that way to someone elseās.ā
I wonder if I can say this is sweet. Honestly, I donāt know if Iām nice myself.
Yufi, who was laying her hands over me, holds me. Donāt defy the power to hold me, Iāll be in a position to keep my back of my head in Yuffiās chest.
ā⦠there may have been something in the past that might have made you afraid of spiritual covenants.ā
āUfi?ā
āI canāt help but think that warning makes a lot of sense, too. Perhaps for a different reason than Master Anis.ā
ā⦠that Yuffi also thinks the Spirit Contract is dangerous?
āNo. I just think. He said I was too ordinary.ā
Rub Yuffi against my cheek against my head. I feel the strength of my arms holding me tighter.
āIāve never thought of anything better than people before. I thought it would be good if it was excellent. To the queen, and to be king, there is no shame in being better than anyone. But Iām too far from normal.ā
ā⦠thatās what? If itās not normal, so am I.
āMaster Anisās insanity and my abnormality are not the same. Itās not like Iām scared. You feel the distance without interruption. It was a shock, to be honest, especially when Halfis praised me. Itās not normal for me to do what I normally do, but itās seen as excellent from peopleās point of view. There are only things I can do. ⦠but I wonder what that meansā
Yufiās voice, which speaks quietly, is pale and comes naturally into his ears.
āI donāt want to make you king. But when I fulfilled my spiritual covenant and became king⦠I donāt know if I could be king who knows the pain of men.ā
ā⦠what is itā
āMaster Anis will be. You are a man of pain. Magic was born because you know pain well, and magic tools were created. Itāsā gentle magic. āItās magic for people, assuming itās used by someone.ā
Magic for people to useā¦. Oh, thatās right. Iām sure Iām not mistaken.
āIām not. Something must be different. I canāt really explain how itās different. But it makes me realize. Thatās a distance that opens up beyond interruption. Iām sure that filling this distance is what Iām going to need.ā
ā⦠Yufi sure is awesome. Maybe heās certainly not nice. Maybe itās too good. But that doesnāt lead to the very value of Uffi.ā
Magic is not everything. Adore, fear, and turn away because the magic is excellent. Iāll never admit thatās all itās worth.
So I donāt want to speculate on Yufi by magic alone. No matter how magically good you are and how far away you are, Uffi is human.
āEven Uffi can produceā magic for someone ālike me. I told you, didnāt I? He said we should make it easier to use the magic weāve had. I think thatās something only Uffi can do. I can handle magic more skillfully than anyone else and be a Ufi who is said to be a genius. Like me, I can imagine gentle magic.ā
āYes. I want to be, and I want to beā¦. but thatās because you were there, Master Anis.ā
Rehug Yufi to change my posture. Turn around so you can sit on Yuffiās lap. Just now, the light of the moon, covered by clouds, plunges through the window to illuminate Uffi.
Yufi smiling lightly was too pretty, but she was about to melt and disappear. Unexpectedly reach out and attach both hands to Yuffiās cheek.
Yufi stares at me with a smile. Its light green eyes shake with gentle light.
āYou did the magic to me. I must have finally become a wizard from that day on.ā
ā⦠itās a big deal.ā
āMaster Anis is really bad at being praisedā¦ā¦ no, youāre bad at taking it. I never took it before, and I couldnāt even look at it.ā
Uffi sighs like he says there are no specifications. I protest when I look at her as if she was a little uncomfortable.
Then Yufi turned to his face. In a cuddled position, he was deprived of exhalation to peck for a moment when his distance to each other was zero.
Once, twice, if the mouthpiece with the sweet bite that pecks my lips away, I will unwittingly pull my lips together. The heat on my cheeks goes up all at once, and I pull out my strength to keep my forehead without being able to look directly at Yufi.
ā⦠unintentionally opposedā
āI want to spoil it, so you just have to be fully sweetā
āIām older, arenāt I?
āThen Lord Anis should show more respect to His Majesty and Queen.ā
Slightly embarrassed and mouthed by the hair. stroke my back so that my holding hand strokes. Thatās amazingly comfortable and the force falls out of the core of my body.
āItās okay. Iām here.ā
ā⦠Ufiā
āIām beside you. Whatever the spiritual contract is, I wonāt leave you unless I can solve the magic youāve done to me.ā
ā⦠So when the magic is solved, youāre gone?
āThen call me again. Many times, your gentle magic.ā
Tong, tong, and. I get slapped in the back with the rhythm of my heart tone.
āIf that magic can no longer be done. I guess Iām not worth it anymore.ā
ā⦠Iāll call you if I donāt want toā
āIāll be waiting for you. Many times, as long as you want me. Thatās why I bury your anxiety. I will protect your heart. If youāre anxious, please rely on me. I donāt hesitate to do anything for you.ā
ā⦠heavyā
āBecause itās heavy stone. We have to stop the connection so we donāt fly anywhere on our own.ā
⦠Oh and hereās what Iāll say. Iāll push your head around to protest.
I wanted to tell you Iām here, and I wanted to tell you to stay here. But itās embarrassing to put it into words. Oh, Iām really no match for you.
āDear Anis, Your Majesty is here to see you.ā
āHmm? Father?ā
The next morning. Ilia put in a report at the end of breakfast. The call from your father, what the hell is it?
āThey got a response from the spiritual contractor in the example.ā
āWhat!ā
I accidentally took a seat. The fact that we finally received a response may be that there has been some progress in the investigation that was not very responsive at last.
I couldnāt contain the feeling of deviation when I thought of it, and with Yufi and Raini I headed fast to my fatherās office. As I jumped in, my father sighed, as I had expected.
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āAre you here? Though I expected itā¦ā
āItās obvious! You got a response from the Spirit Contractor, didnāt you? So how dare you reply!?ā
āCalm down, just sit downā
Show me the sofa for the visitors, me and Uffi sit down and Raini refrain behind. As usual, when weāre in formation, Father sits down in the opposite seat.
āThe reply arrived. Thatās it, Anisphere. I know weāve talked about this before, but heās a different kind of guy than you⦠I hate people in the end.ā
āHate people?ā
āI hate being involved with people so much. I donāt know if itās right to say protection to not give it to another country rather than to say that weāre cooperating in this country⦠well, itās not like weāre not trying to help at all.ā
āAre you that hard of a person?
āDonāt be. So if you need help, you can come and see me on your own. I thought youād say that, but if you visit without contacting me beforehand, Iāll buy you extra frustrationsā¦ā
Ugh, that really feels like I hate muscled people.
āYou mean to come and see me in person with that spiritual contractor?
āOh, letās tell him where it is too. Heās in the depths of the Black Forest.
āHuh? Do you live there?!?ā
The other day, Uffi and I headed to the Great Forest for a stampede. I had no idea you were in that depths.
Itās one of the spiritual flocks over there, and they say the more you go to the Oz, the darker the light will be. Sometimes stampede can occur, so much so that adventurers and knights are mobilized in monster hunts on a daily basis.
I think I really hate people trying to live there. No, if itās deep, people donāt seem to lean on it, but come onā¦
āI havenāt had a chance to meet a boulder in person in the last few yearsā
āItās good to go, do you know where or what?
āThere is a special spiritual stone that indicates that he is a messenger. If I had that, Iād be guided my own way. Except they wonāt react without that consent.ā
ā⦠if I had to go, I wouldnāt have to react, right?
āI donāt think itās in the boulder⦠noooā
Will you stop giving me answers that make me anxious to get ahead, Father? But now that all clues are equal, even the spiderās thread wants to snap. I donāt have a choice not to go.
āWell, hurry up, Airdraā¦ā
āFool! Are you going to head alone for the depths of the Black Forest?!?ā
āAh, then take Yufiā¦ā
āWith the Dukeās Lady! The two of us, and so on! I canāt admit it!!ā
If you were Airdra, you could be in the Black Forest by that day! If I go with a carriage or something, itāll take longer.
āAnd the depths are deep, you have to go into the woods for a few days. We need supplies, we need escorts. Donāt rush it.ā
āEscort ~ ~?ā
I accidentally raised my bare voice. Yeah, get in the wayā¦
āDidnāt you just think Iād get in the way or something? Hmm?ā
āI thought!
āHmm. You weigh in on the boulder too⦠donāt you Shiratora! Donāt interrupt! Somethingās up and shipwrecked, and if you donāt come back, itās important! Thereās no way you can admit it!
āUh-huh.ā
When I divulged my dissatisfaction, my father caught his eye and stared at me.
āItās not like controlling stampede! Thereās no way I can admit I donāt care how much you know about adventurers!
āIām sorry if I said that and youāre taking my footsteps!
The Black Forest is a swarm of spirits and at the same time a habitat of demons. In other words, the woods are full of danger. Knowledge in the woods will be needed, and if strength is a half-breed strength, you can lose your life.
Even I like going deep into the woods⦠well, not much. Maybe better than the others. Iāve never been lost looking for a spiritual stone. will show you where the dying persuade you differently, Father!
ā⦠if you say so much, youāre the one going into the woods, and Uphilia will still forgive you. But take the escort. You have to let them stay outside the woods. We need to do a search for you when something happens, and we need to put some reward in the Imperial Castle. Not to mention I refuse to admit flying with flying magic props!
ā⦠So, who do you want me to escort?
āThatās what you look for, but itās good. Let the Knights see their faces. You choose carefully. You can count on adventurers for whatever you want, but donāt worry about the rest.ā
ā⦠Iāll do it if I have toā
Wow, I donāt feel like it. I think we should make it as small as possible. Still, in case you think about searching or contacting the Royal Castle, you canāt make it to that small number.
Ugh, Iām heavy. Iām very concerned.
āTalk to the Commander of the Kingsguard Knights and see. Weāll need someone who can take care of the escort on the road.ā
āYesā¦ā¦ ok Yikesā
āWhatever it is, I wonāt admit it if one or two of us jump out. Come on, weāre done talking. Do your own thing.ā
Father tells me as I wave with a handle that drives me away. I donāt feel comfortable, but I know what youāre trying to say. Guards, I think we need to find them.
He leaves his fatherās office and moves on to return to the outhouse once. Then Raini called out to me.
āUm, Master Anisā
āHmm? Whatās up, Raini?ā
āWill you take me with you on this road to the Black Forest?
āHuh?ā
āI have traveling experience, and I think I need a caregiver, no matter how much Anis is used to. So why donāt you take me?ā
ā⦠you canāt take me into the woods on a boulder, can you?
Raini is not extraordinary in magic. Not at all helpless because of the vampireās abilities, but I donāt feel comfortable taking her to a dangerous zone called the Black Forest because she was a very ordinary ordinance, let alone a civilian, until a short while ago.
Does Raini know that too, staring at me with a nod and a serious look?
āYes. Thatās something I can tell you tooā¦. If you could rub it with the escort, what would be more convenient if I were here?
ā⦠Raini, thatāsā
I peeled my eyes off at what Raini was trying to say. Raini is probably talking about the vampireās mental interference. Although it does use Rainiās power to dramatically reduce trouble on the road.
āI know there are fewer people on my side right now to Dear Anis. So am I wrong to want to help you with what I can do?
ā⦠Iām glad to hear it, but remember that itās a means I donāt want to rely on. Which way, the escort has to be chosen. If you could follow Raini as his caregiver, Iād be happy to.ā
āYes! I need to talk to Master Ilia.ā
ā⦠not at allā
Are you happy to be able to assert yourself now, or should I be jeopardized that Iām going to be impotent?
Yufi looked at my face and laughed at Couscous when he thought so. Yes, yes, Iām not, am I? I know, dude!