29. Innocence and cunning
"Mr. Merlin, I've decided."
While Merlin was still thinking about how to implement Alice's plan to turn the house into a ruined house, the little girl opposite raised her head and said this to him.
Seeing the little girl's determined eyes, Merlin smiled slightly, he knew that it was done.
He handed the half-filled parchment to the little girl and asked her to fill it out herself.
"Can you write?"
Considering the literacy rate of ordinary people in this era, Merlin asked more carefully.
"Yes, my dad taught me."
Alice nodded and said.
She took the parchment that was still burning with blue flames with some fear, at first she was a little afraid of the flames around the parchment, but when she stretched out her hand, she didn't feel the burning heat she imagined, the flames seemed to be just illusions, and there was no temperature.
On the parchment, the fire is composed of several burning words.
"I will share with you everything I have, and you ......"
Alice read the words.
She then looked at Merlin who was smiling across from her in shock, and couldn't believe that Merlin's so-called demon deal was the content.
Are you sure it's a deal and not a giveaway?
Mr. Merlin, you're actually an angel in a demon's skin, aren't you?
.....
Merlin seemed to see her surprise as well, and he just smiled emphatically.
"It's really a deed of trade, and you can fill in what you think is the right price for yourself."
Alice: "........"
How can there be a price to decide the devil's contract, if I write without a price, then Mr. Merlin will lose a lot.
She thought a little speechlessly.
Alas, Mr. Merlin is really good-hearted, such a demon will be bullied by others.
The little girl looked at Merlin with a worried look and thought to herself.
However, a good and principled boy like her would naturally not bully Mr. Merlin, and she began to think about what price she should pay to repay Mr. Merlin's kindness.
After thinking about it for a while, Alice picked up the pen and wrote her decision on the parchment.
It's just ordinary pen and ink, but what is left behind after the pen is a magical handwriting burning with cyan flames.
As the daughter of a painter, Alice's handwriting is beautiful, with the beauty of a painting.
"And you will repay my kindness with all you have."
She wrote it down one by one.
After filling in the gaps in the contract, Alice looked at the contract made up of two different handwritings and smiled with satisfaction.
"I will share with you all that I have, and you will repay me with all that you have."
This is the content of the complete contract.
.........
"Don't you think about it anymore? Even if it's a demonic contract, it doesn't have to pay such a big price. ”
Merlin had already walked behind Alice, and he looked at the completed contract and reminded him.
"No, that's fine, Mr. Merlin."
Alice, who found Merlin standing beside her, was startled, and she took two steps back slightly shyly, her little face flushed.
However, even after being reminded by Merlin, she still shook her head insistently, and had no intention of changing the contract.
On the contrary, it seems that because of this contract, which is almost equivalent to a deed of sale, Alice relaxes a lot in front of Merlin, and this contract makes her feel that her relationship with Mr. Merlin is much stronger.
She hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage, looked directly at Merlin, and then said.
"Mr. Merlin, though you are a good man, you ......"
"But what?"
Merlin's expression became odd, and he asked rhetorically.
Why does this sentence sound so familiar?,It's not to be a Lori hairpin.。
"But as a demon, it's not qualified to be too kind, Mr. Merlin, you will be bullied by bad people like this."
Alice looked at Merlin worriedly.
"I have only known Mr. Merlin for one night, and you have been so defenseless against me, and although I appreciate your care for me, it is really not good."
"Please think more about yourself before you help others."
The little girl, who seemed to have completely changed her position and began to resolutely defend Merlin's interests, added again in earnest.
Merlin: "......."
He watched a little speechlessly as his courage dissipated after saying such a paragraph, and he lowered his head again, looked at his toes, and did not dare to look up at his Alice again.
Tut-tut, this girl will be a good housekeeper in the future, suitable for marrying back as a wife.
It's just that, silly girl, you're being sold by me and you're still helping me count the money, who the hell is this to worry about.
Although Merlin's contract is a truly fair contract that both parties must not violate, it does not mean that the content of the contract is also absolutely fair.
Language and words are a wonderful thing, and sometimes different descriptions can lead to different meanings, and if you take advantage of this, you can cleverly leave a hole in a seemingly fair contract, such as the one he just wrote, "I will share with you everything I have".
Merlin wasn't a fool, would he share everything he had with someone who'd only known him for a few hours for no reason? Even if that person is a very cute little girl?
Hehe, what about cuteness, no matter how cute and good-looking it is, it can't be eaten as a meal, and now Merlin doesn't care if it's good-looking or not, after all, no matter what, ordinary people aren't as good-looking as himself, and the color gamut doesn't exist.
It is true that he will share everything with Alice in the future, but it is worth wondering how to share it.
I have ten dollars, I have five dollars, you have five dollars, this is sharing.
But I have 10,000 yuan, I am 9999, you are a piece, this is also sharing.
How much to divide when the time comes, this is up to Merlin himself.
Therefore, this contract is actually a set, or test, for Alice.
He left it up to Alice to decide what the price to pay, and the amount of price she paid directly affected how much Merlin valued her later.
If he is greedy and wants not to pay any price, then Merlin actually has no opinion, he will still take Alice in, but it is to pick up a kitten and puppy or something to take in, it is regarded as having an extra cute cherished pet, and now Merlin, who has a big family, is not bad for her food, by the way, Alice's abandoned house plan can be implemented directly without any worries, and she will become Merlin's good toy.
And if she is grateful, but the price is not high, Merlin can also understand, after all, this is the innate inferiority of human beings, then this paper contract is really just a transaction, he will give her room to grow, and as long as she pays the agreed price later, then the transaction ends happily, hello, hello, hello, everyone.
Anyway, Merlin didn't expect anything in return when he picked her up in the first place, so he just thought he had done a good deed.
And if Alice paid a high enough price, then Merlin would be relieved, which proves that he did not save the wrong person, but that he is a good boy and deserves to be friends.
Then he will do his best to help her, give her everything she needs to grow as much as possible, and this is not just an investment or transaction, but also a mutual benefit between friends.
It's just that Merlin never thought that Alice, a stupid girl, was really a little too much, and she was ready to repay herself with everything she had.
Tut-tut, this is a deed of sale.
Knowing that he is a demon, he even took the initiative to sign this kind of deed of sale, alas, the stupid child can grow a snack in the future.
Thanks to the fact that he is just a false demon, otherwise he would have directly harvested Alice's pure soul now.
Merlin looked at Alice with a look of relief in his eyes, and at the same time a little trust and closeness.
This is really a good boy, and it is worth his best to protect and cultivate.
It's such a stupid white sweet, what if you are deceived by bad people in the future.
Merlin let out an old father's concern.
Otherwise, it's better to build an abandoned house, it's safest to stay at home.
..........
On the other side, Cynthia, the breakfast crowd, watched the signing of such a contract with relish and showed a happy smile.
She waited quietly until Merlin and Alice had slashed their fingers with their knives and pressed a blood mark on the parchment, and the demonic pact had been established.
"It's really amazing, brother, but you picked up a ghost this time, do you really stop thinking about my sister's previous proposal to become stronger?"