This is a feeling I have never had before. Everything around me has turned into a vast white mass. My body is suspended in mid-air. Only the waves of cheers are surging. That is the ocean of mana!
For the first time, Shen Fu suddenly had the feeling that Mana was alive. In all previous magics, Mana was just dead energy. He took it into his body like drinking water, and then engraved his own mark on it. , and now, with just a thought, the mana in this space is like an inspired soldier, rolling, jumping, and changing with his will.
"Now, I should have had enough fun."
With such a sound, the white brilliance faded like a tide, and the feeling of being down to earth came again, as if waking up from a dream, and suddenly opened his eyes.
Hmm, a ceiling I don’t recognize—that’s weird!
"Betty!"
Sitting up from the ground full of books, the great elf named Beatrice was still sitting in her chair. She was still wearing the extremely luxurious dress, and still had the pair of golden curls like spirals, wrapped in the past. The little feet in knee socks swayed.
"Huh——, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay..."
Although he didn't know what happened, seeing that Betty was still alive and well, Shen Fu wiped the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
He put his hands on the ground and tried to sit up. Suddenly, the entire forbidden library shook with his movements. The bookshelf shook violently. All the books on the ground seemed to be blown up by the strong wind and flew into the air. There were flying everywhere. Spilled paper.
This is...what's going on? This feeling is the same as in the dream just now. The mana in the air seems...
Looking at his palm in disbelief, he tentatively squeezed it. The active mana in the Forbidden Library suddenly stopped. The flying books stopped in mid-air, and then fell down one after another.
"Boom-ouch!"
A thick book hit Beatrice on the head without any bias, knocking the girl to the ground. Before she could say "Ouch", the books were smashed down one after another, quickly knocking the girl down. The whole thing was submerged in the paper, leaving only a curl hanging outside.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Betty, are you okay?"
Shen Fu quickly crawled over and dug out Beatrice. Although he had no idea what happened, he seemed to have an incredible change.
"Human... Shen Fu! It seems that you really want to die for once. Seriously, please control your will!"
Beatrice, who was covering her head, pouted with an unhappy look on her face. With a wave of her hand, all the books flew up one after another, and the papers were returned to where they should be. After a while, the entire forbidden library was restored to its original state. Neat at first.
"My will...so what happened? Why did I suddenly, um, feel like I could control the mana in the air?"
Wait - being able to control the mana in the air, isn't that the characteristic of an elf? Could it be that......
Shen Fu suddenly remembered something, his eyes widened, and he looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief. It's impossible, this is Beatrice, who hates human beings the most!
"What's that expression on your face!"
For some reason, Beatrice suddenly became very irritable and suddenly opened Shen Fu's hand to hold her.
"Is it hard to make a contract with me?"
"No, of course I didn't mean that. It's just... I didn't expect it. Beatrice, don't you hate humans the most? And we have only met a few times in total."
It's indeed a bit unbelievable. Shen Fu originally brought her here, thinking about whether he could convince her to use the Forbidden Library to absorb mana again, so that she could at least survive, but he had never touched Beatrice before establishing a contract. She has a good impression. I have always treated her as a arrogant little girl and never deliberately got close to her.
"...Really, just think that I was tempted by what you said...I don't know myself, obviously, I just want to disappear quietly."
Beatrice's body curled up, and the next few words had turned into her own murmur. This scene had never been seen in anime, and he had seen it countless times today.
Even if she lives for four hundred years, if she stays here all the time, her character will still be like that of a little girl. I...does this count as having an extra sister? Well, she's still the kind of sister who can't get married.
"Okay, Betty, I will do everything I promised. Just wait with hope. You will definitely have very rich memories in your future life."
He reached out and touched her head, and his heart couldn't help but soften. As an only child, he had long wanted a sister like this, and now, it was another kind of wish he had come true.
"Betty, can you tell me about the contract?"
However, having said that, Shen Fu knew too little about this kind of contract between elves. Although he had previously thought about getting the method of making artificial elves from Echidna and producing elf warlocks on a large scale, he only knew how to make artificial elves on a large scale. Signing a contract between elves can greatly enhance their strength.
As far as his current feelings are concerned, in addition to being able to control the mana in the air, his mental power seems to have been greatly strengthened. The capacity of mana in his body has at least quadrupled. It seems that he has suddenly changed from a junior magician to a master. .
"Um."
Beatrice nodded and did not resist Shen Fu's palm on her head this time.
"A contract, strictly speaking, cannot be regarded as a kind of magic. It is an act of the elf entrusting everything to the contractor. It is an inscription on the soul. Once signed, it is a permanent contract that cannot be canceled until the death of one of the two parties. .
But for the elves, the contract means absolute! The contract with the contractor is more important than anything else! So if the contractor dies... the elves will also choose to follow. "
A permanent contract...does that mean it can be trusted? Shen Fu breathed a sigh of relief. Because of the special nature of his identity, it would be very embarrassing if the contract could be terminated at will.
Beatrice paused for a moment, then added:
"For the contractor, what he gets from the elves is an unparalleled affinity for mana, to the point where he can control the mana in the air at will, and a life as long as the elves.
For ordinary elves, what they get from contractors is probably 'communication', but for me, I also need to get mana from you. With the help of your 'door', I can replenish mana from the air. That. "
When she said this, Beatrice looked at Shen Fu nervously. When signing a contract with ordinary elves, you only need to 'take' and not 'give'. Only she is different.
"It's nothing. It's better to say that it can be called a 'contract' only when there is gain and gain."
