The parchment that had wrapped around Patin like a black python slowly faded from Pattin's body, rolled up automatically, and returned to Lulunaka's hand. The contract that had fallen into Lulunaka's hands was also swept up and became part of Lulunaka's parchment scroll. "I've been doing this kind of clerical work for a long time, and although the cumbersome procedures are annoying, I can do it once in a while, but I can make my mouth and brain move, so that I don't even forget how to speak. Lulunaka hummed a little tune and put the parchment scroll into her pocket, as well as the iron cross and ring that hung from her cane.

Having lost his restraints, Patin revealed the face that had been wrapped in parchment, and now his face was full of sadness, and he looked to have lost his sharpness and become weak. If this was just the surface, Olga could feel more of a change. Pattin's overwhelming aura was gone, and it was no longer on him and Romeona. Even when Patin was semi-forced by Lulunaka to sign the contract that had just been used, he would not seem so vulnerable, and he had always focused most of his attention on Olga, so that Olga had been tense, for fear that he would suddenly attack and risk death to kill Romeona.

Now Patin's whole person's mental outlook has completely changed, and he is no longer the tough silver knight, just a tired and difficult man.

"What have you done to me. Patin asked. He was now on his knees again, kneeling in front of Lulunaka, looking up, and asking Lulunaka, "What has become of my contract?"

"Well, you should be able to feel it, it's because I changed it too hastily, so there are a lot of things you haven't figured out and haven't reacted to?" Lulunaka tilted her head and looked quite cute. If it weren't for the smell of blood in a place like this, if she hadn't done all sorts of suspicious and frightening things, it would have been more appealing—and more likely to deceive. "Then I'll tell you briefly, your contract has been completed. I don't think it's a good idea to continue to use the contract that still has loopholes, so I've filled in the suspicious and problematic areas. Congratulations, Mr. Edgar, you are now free, and there is no more deed of sale that will force you to do something you don't like. ”

"But Miss Romeona is alive. Patin said, although he still held his cross-sword, but it was only in his hand, and perhaps Olga was not needed, a warrior of the Black Iron class could knock the weapon in his hand away. "And I can't say freedom, you put another contract on me...... How the hell do you do it. ”

"Is there such a thing as modifying a contract?" Lulunaka said, turning her cane, looking in a good mood, "That's a trade secret. Tampering with and forging contracts is an ancient skill, but it's not something to brag about, and I'm not interested in showing off my skills. But when it's time to use it, I still use it, because it's really convenient and can meet some of the more special needs. ”

"Like now, do you trap me with a contract?" Patin smiled bitterly. No matter how he looks at it now, he is no longer the calm and imposing knight, and now kneeling in front of Lulunaka, he looks more like a poor man who is in debt and can only pledge his life in the end. "Is that what you're really for?"

"No, just go with the flow. Lulunaka rejects Pattin's words, "It could be said to be a whim." What's so bad about that? your contract is complete, and you don't need to kill Miss Romeona against your will, for for a knight like you, who still has a little principle, it is not a pleasant thing to kill a weak maiden. I thought you'd be happier to free you from an excessive contract. Compared with this kind of deed of sale that forces you to kill people, my contract that only lasts for three years should be more humane. ”

"Yes, that's how it should have ......been," muttered Pattin, "I should have been glad to have escaped from a contract with no morals, but I can't feel any lightness right now." Because of you...... Miss Lulunaka. ”

"Don't worry, I think I'm quite disciplined as an employer. Although some employees have run away because of various things, they don't even say hello, which is a little sad. That's in ...... Forget it, it's not something worth talking about, and when we get acquainted with it, let's talk about it as a talking point. Lulunaka waved her cane and took her grumbling words back as soon as she spoke. "Let's get down to business. Now that I've freed you from that bad contract, and have signed a short-term contract with me — an employee contract, I could say — you're going to have to play by my rules. The first thing to do is to take off the conspicuous chain mail on your body. Working with me doesn't require you to be a knight, and it's a conspicuous symbol that can cause trouble. And then there's your cross-sword...... To be honest, it's too much of an eyesore, I feel bad just by seeing it, and it reminds me of something unpleasant. So don't use that sword anymore. ”

Patin clenched his fists, and the sword in his hand, "Are you trying to destroy my self-esteem as a knight?" Asking a knight to take off his armor and give up his sword would be tantamount to making him give up his reputation and identity. For Pattin, that's not all. The cross sword in his hand has a different shape from other long swords, and when he holds it in his hand, it looks like he is holding a slender cross from a distance. The blade and hilt are silvery-white, and the counterweight ball at the end is polished smooth and shiny. There are no frills, but with an elegance that is both practical and pleasing to the eye.

For Patin, this sword is not something that can be bought with money, it is of great significance to Patin, or has been. And now, Lulunaka wants him to give up the sword, the sword that was once equal to his life.

Hearing Paddy's answer, Lulunaka still had a smile on her face.

But in the next second, her staff slammed into Pattin's head. She was sudden, very fast, and very imposing, and her whole body leaned forward, as if she was going to use all the strength of her body, and she was going to smash Pattin's head into the dirt. Although Lulunaka was very imposing at this time, Patin had the physique of the silver class, and when he was hit on the head like this, his head only shook a little, and he did not look like he was bleeding or trying to resist. He now looks like a child facing parental violence, who can only bear it silently, without the slightest ability to resist.

Lulunaka's very sudden move frightened Olga and them, and Romeoona shook her body and subconsciously grabbed Olga's sleeve, while Julius hid behind the trunk of a tree, probably thinking that Lulunaka, the witch, had finally revealed her true face.

Lulunaka's smash didn't make any change to Pattin, who didn't have his head on the ground, and didn't look like she was tormented by something strange—she just smacked it like that.

"What a proud knight, a knight's pride, Mr. Edgar. Lulunaka still had a smile on her face, but it seemed a little grim at this time, "Do you know why you are still alive and not dying with these church knights? ”

Pattin's body shook, and something called pain finally appeared on his face that had been expressionless.

Lulunaka took her staff back and continued, "With this kind of cross-sword, I don't think I need to reveal your identity, right? A knight of the Church of Light actually came to the east of the Oran continent to mingle with the knights of the Church of the Holy Spirit, and even signed an immoral contract with a mage or a merchant...... Are you embarrassed to say that you have the pride of a knight?"