readx;? Chapter 12 Contract

"What do you want to do?" Although she finally opened the door and welcomed Zhao Mian into the house, the woman with long red hair did not show any good face, she stared at Zhao Mian who was looking around the room with vigilance, and scolded unceremoniously, "I won't give you any benefits here!"

"Benefits?" Zhao Mian glanced at her and said with some amusement, "What benefits can you offer me? money, food, beauty, or your pair of wings? Don't make a fuss, little girl, you can't take out anything at all." www.biquge.info He pointed to the various pieces of furniture in the room, and the half of the black bread and cold water left on the table, "London has become what it is now, and the rich have long since left, and what can a commoner family like you have to come up with but a more and more difficult life? Not to mention that your father, the only breadwinner of your family, is also sick, isn't it? Your family's situation can only deteriorate, and it is impossible to take out anything to pay anyone else." ”

"Hmph, that's a nice thing to say. The little girl sneered, her face full of disgust, "Don't you human nobles like to come to these vains, well-dressed and full of righteous words, and in the end they are all chickens and dogs. ”

"Oh, let's just go for it. Zhao Mian raised his eyebrows, then pulled a stool beside him and sat on it without care, "Let's put it this way, little girl, there is a devil who has been here in this place for three days, and its footprints are very fresh." And a devil cannot come to this place for such a reason as walking, it must have come here for some reason - either it has a very tasty soul, or it has been summoned by someone. ”

"So what? Just like that, you want to accuse me of colluding with the devil, and then tie me to the cross for judgment?" the girl opened her arms and laughed at Zhao Mian, "Come on, kidnap me, you dogs who blindly believe in God." ”

"Ah, you seem to have misunderstood something, I don't believe in God. Zhao Mian snorted indifferently, then his expression changed, and he looked at her seriously, "And do you really think that I don't know the difference between a demon and a devil?" Although I am not a demon hunter, I am afraid that they do not know as much as I know." As for the signs, are you really serious? The devil doesn't make a pact easily, but once a desired target is presented, the devil will do everything possible to force the other party to sign a pact that seems reasonable and friendly - even though the pact is actually full of lies and deception. And in addition to this, the demon will also leave its mark on the contractor's body to mark his prey and ensure that the contract is 100% fulfilled—am I right?" said Zhao Mian and pointed to the girl's left arm.

"You ?!!" The girl covered her arm violently, took two steps back, and looked at Zhao Mian with an incredulous face, "Who the hell are you?!!"

"As I said, I'm just a passing adventurer, and I'm only here to make some parts of leather armor. Zhao Mian continued unconcernedly, "But the smell of sulfur in hell is too bad, and the power of the devil is not very comfortable, and nothing good ever happens when these guys are involved, so even if it is nosy, I have to ask for clarity." He waved his hand casually, then looked at the girl and continued, "I won't ask the devil why he came to you, because a human-elf hybrid is a good prey for them - but I want to know the contents of the contract, little girl, the devil's contract is not something you should touch. ”

"Hmph, why should I believe you? How do I know that you and the devil are not the same thing?" Although the girl was a little loose, she was still full of guard, and she asked Zhao Mian her own question, "How can you guarantee that you will not crave my soul like the devil, break my wings like an alchemist, not want alien blood like a knight of the church, and will not covet my body like a nobleman?"

"I can't guarantee it. Zhao Mian spread his hands, "But again, whether you trust me or not, your situation has not changed - if you don't accept my offer, then you will become the devil's delicacy on the day the contract is made, and no matter what you make in the contract, it will not be done." ”

......The girl bit her lip in disgust, but she didn't say anything to refute it, it was obvious that she knew that this was the case, and that it was impossible for her to reverse it alone.

"How about just taking it as if you've already been fooled and accepted your fate?" Zhao Mian continued to persuade the other party, "Anyway, there is no possibility of worse than continuing to wait, maybe the final result can be slightly better? You see, at least I won't propose such a condition as eating your soul, will I?"

"Hmph!" the girl snorted sullenly, but there was no further refusal, although it was still a look of rejection from thousands of miles away, but it was enough to keep things going. Her cheeks puffed out with resentment, and then she told a story with some discouragement and self-defeat.

It's a pretty old-fashioned story, the girl who claims to be Sivir, and the old leatherman, Gus, like the protagonist in those legends, fell in love with a female fairy when he was young because of a trivial matter (this young leatherman, did you drop this gold wrench or this silver wrench?). After the two people fell in love, it was natural that there was a crystallization of love, that is, Sivir - but the human village would not allow a half-goblin girl to live, and the fairy society would not welcome a companion of human blood, and the young Sivir did not have the strength to maintain his appearance at any time, and after exposing his identity in an accident, Gus could only choose to leave his hometown and take little Sivir to a place where no one knew him at all to start his life again. Fortunately, he was very skilled in his own craft, and the money he earned was enough to take care of himself and his daughter, so he stayed in London - until now. Well, the ending is also a very old-fashioned ending, although under the knowledge inheritance and magic of the half-goblin, the two of them have spent a long time in a stable life, and even the plague has not defeated them, but things will always go unexpected, unlike the daughter of the half-goblin, Gus, an ordinary human, eventually contracted the disease. Watching her father weaken day by day and step towards death day by day, of course, it is very uncomfortable to be a daughter, but she has no ability to cure diseases, and can only watch death draw closer to her father day by day under careful care - and then under this increasing psychological pressure, suddenly one day, a man in a black priest's costume came to her and proposed the devil's contract.

"That is to say, the pact actually goes like this: 'Heal your father of his sickness, and let him live out his old age in peace, and after all these conditions have been fulfilled, your soul and magic will belong to me.'" Zhao Mian listened to the other party's whole story quietly, and then concluded, "That's right, right?"

"Hmph, that's right. The other party glared at Zhao Mian viciously, and said angrily, "And then what do you want? He took away my soul and magic power, do you want anything else left of me?"

"Ha, he took the soul, what's the use of my shell asking for your body? Get a female ghost in it and lock it up as a toy? Don't make a fuss, little girl, that's not how the value of a person is reflected. Zhao Mian smiled indifferently and said, "But...... Indeed, you reminded me that maybe I might be useful to you. As he spoke, he looked up at the leather products made on the side, which were two pairs of gloves - one pair of precise workmanship and proper materials, which seemed to be made by an experienced person, full of familiarity with a needle and a thread, while the other pair of gloves looked much softer, with a fine eye of the needle, and the use of leather was not excellent, but after careful processing, and even the needle was collected at the wrist, it looked like something made by a delicate person." Well, although you are still inexperienced, you have a certain foundation, and you also have magical qualities, so you are a good candidate. ”

"Who is the candidate, and what do you want to do?" the other party asked vigilantly.

"Don't be so hostile, little girl. Zhao Mian smiled and took out a pen and paper, and quickly wrote out a contract, "I just fancy your craftsmanship." He examined the contract himself, and then handed it to Sivir, "Come, the unreliable things like the oral contract are not the things we use, the contract in black and white and the detailed responsibility items are the normal means of signing the contract, and we can further negotiate the conditions and obligations in it until both parties are satisfied." ”

"......" The girl quickly glanced at the contract, and then the tense nerves eased a little, she raised her head and looked at Zhao Mian with some surprise, "This is a sacred contract." ”

"There is no sacredness in the contract, little girl, the contract is only legal and reasonable. Zhao Mian shrugged his shoulders and handed over the pen in his hand, "If there is no objection, sign it below." ”

The girl silently took the pen and clumsily wrote her crooked name on the paper - the moment she finished writing her name and the tip of the pen left the paper, the whole contract trembled and floated, and then little by little the white flame began to burn between the lines, and the whole paper turned into a cloud of ashes in this flame, and then the silver-white ash was divided into two pieces, which were reflected on the left shoulders of Zhao Mian and Xavier, forming two marks like seals.

"Alright, the contract is established. Zhao Mian smiled and clapped his hands and stood up, and said to the girl who was silently stroking his left shoulder, "Let's go, take me to see your father-if I'm not bad, I'm afraid he's really about to pass his old age, isn't he?"