Jonah curiously read the entry "Contract" in the "Geographical Measurement of the Southern Continent":

The contract, which means "tooth" in the ancient Vedic language, refers to the document that is divided into jagged edges between master and apprentice or king, and each person bites his teeth on the contract and verifies the authenticity of the contract with the tooth marks, this ancient custom that is both sacred and deeply homosexually inclined has disappeared into the long river of history, but it expresses well the basic characteristics of the contract, that is, the rights and obligations between two individuals, and the rights and obligations are entangled with each other.

In modern terms, the basic characteristics of a contract are:

1. The two parties to the contractual relationship are equal and have joint responsibility for the smooth implementation of the entire contract, and no party can only enjoy rights but not obligations.

2. Contractual relationships are often mutual, and rights and obligations are often tied to each other;

3. Stipulate extremely harsh withdrawal conditions to prevent a party in the contract from refusing to perform its obligations.

This slave contract signed by the Tocharian Empire on January 4, 2214 is a good illustration of the characteristics of the contract:

"Name: Amir ibn Shaqqar's name: Hesuh of Ekbatana voluntarily became a slave of Emir ibn Shaqqar, Prince of the Harimayas, and pledged allegiance to the Emir ibn Shaqqar, Prince of the Harimayas, and was subject to his orders in a limited space and for a period of one hundred and fifty years; accommodation and all other necessities of life, ensuring their physical health and emotional well-being, granting them freedom when the deadline is reached, and paying them according to the duration of their work;

Any breach of contract by the Hesso of Ecbatana is considered a voluntary waiver of human rights, and the Prince of Harimaya, Emir ibn Shaqqar, may also be deprived of possession of the Hesso if he fails to perform his obligations properly in any way, and must go to the Shellington Harbour Bazaar to put it up for sale with the following inscription: Hesso, from Ecbatana, a healthy, stout free slave suitable for the following employment: hotel, blacksmith, watchmaker, coppersmith, shoemaker, ship carpenter, weaving, Cabinet decision-makers, ship navigators, carpenters, engravers, copperplaters, plasterers, bricklayers, weavers and painters, school principals, clerks, farmers and mayors.

In the name of the Lord Luta, the Lord of the Confessions, the two sides put their hands on the Bible and concluded a contract sealed on January 4, 2214, by the mayor of Bactria, the arbiter Jad Mahmed. ”

-- It can be seen that the parties to the contract are completely equal and mutually beneficial. Of course, the slave contract is only one of many contracts, which can be divided into different natures: family contract, which is based on a kind of family motto, family motto, family etiquette, etc., based on blood relations; property contract, which is a property agreement reached for the purpose of increasing wealth, such as: certificate of deposit, securities, real estate, etc.; life contract, which is a contract with life as the subject matter to achieve the smooth inheritance of property, such as a suicide note, trust clause, etc.; symbiotic contract, which is for two different forms of life to share life energy, A contract signed to establish a one-dimensional relationship is also commonly referred to as a spiritual contract.

"Oh, the spirit contract. Finally seeing the part related to him, the astrologer apprentice concentrated on reading down, not paying the slightest attention to the thief smile and sparkling little eyes on the face of the moonlight elf next to him.

The spiritual contract, which also follows the basic characteristics of the contract, stipulates the rights and obligations of both parties to the symbiosis, and has a very strict exit mechanism. In the western continent near the sea of divine blessing live a subspecies of human beings "Yizi people", they will be born with the nearest beast or monster completely fused, forming a thousand strange symbiotes, some naturalists pointed out that in view of the ugly appearance and slimy mucus of the Yiz people, this fusion ability is derived from physiological characteristics, and has nothing to do with mind control, but the mainstream view is still that the Yiz people have the ability to forcibly sign a spiritual contract with beasts or monsters or even humans, and the symbiote can reasonably survive according to the content of the contract.

It is worth studying that the naturalist Raquel Rossena recorded a spiritual contract written in elven script in his memoirs, and according to his research, this contract is a general model for elven creatures to achieve a symbiotic form with humans, and the "elven creatures" here refer to magical creatures such as elves, mountain elves, spring elves, and fire elves that have gradually become extinct with the rise of human beings, excluding the northern elves, which are humanoid creatures in the northern continent. In that legendary Belle Époque, it was through such a contract that humans won the favor of elves, gaining powerful magical abilities and long lives, and to be honest, many such lucky guys have survived from that legendary magical age to this day. May their hapless peers rest in heaven.

(Appendix) Elven Contract:

“MogkjBkaBkiBglarigymiialiespyg......”

The contract in the appendix was translated into the Elven language alphabet of the Lingua franca of West Dalus, and although he didn't understand what it meant, Jonah stumbled and read it very awkwardly. He didn't feel it himself, and after the first sentence he had spoken, his mind lost control of his mouth, and the ancient syllables popped out of his throat one after the other. His pronunciation became more and more fluid, and with each word, a green Elvish symbol lit up in the air, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of the moonlight elf's mouth, and she landed lightly on the shoulders of the astrologer's apprentice, and sat on his shoulders with her legs up, her sapphire blue eyes closed.

A contract of one hundred and forty-four Western Road lingua franca words lights up one hundred and forty-four mysterious Elven symbols in the air. The last syllable left his throat, and Jonah was startled by the anomaly in the hut, the glowing symbols that had obscured the light of the illuminating star array, and the entire space was filled with a green glow full of life. He couldn't do anything, and now all control of his body was lost, and the astrologer apprentice involuntarily got down on one knee, his right hand on his chest, and lowered his head.

"Yes. ”

The moonlight elf lightly opened her red lips and said the twentieth word of the day. A tear fell from the corner of her eye, and before it could drip on Jonah's shoulder, it turned into a green point of light and dissipated into the air.

One hundred and forty-four Elven symbols began to spin into an intricate ancient pattern that enveloped Jonah and the manied elves. The astrologer's apprentice was covered with lazy warmth, as if bathed in the morning sun, his limbs were gradually filled with surging vitality, and he could almost hear his heart pounding with unprecedented force, pumping the rushing blood throughout his body.

"This ...... What's going on......" he muttered to himself. His whole body felt like an inflated balloon, and Jonah looked down, but the arms in his robe did not change, except that he felt the muscles filled with great strength. He turned his head sideways and looked at the little elf on his shoulder, and the moonlight elf also opened his eyes, and looked at the contract maker with his dark blue eyes with tears, and Jonah realized that she had finished the day's two cross limits, but she had not yet been cursed to tear back the glass jar.

The green light converged into his body, the hut returned to peace, and Jonah never felt so energetic and refreshed as he did today, as if the road ahead was full of brilliant flowers, and he could soar into the sky with a single leap. He raised his hands in surprise and looked at his unfamiliar limbs: "I, what's wrong with me? It's like everything is different......

"We have signed a spiritual contract that from today we will share the same pool of life, the joys and sorrows of you and me, and the longevity of each other. - You have to know that your lifespan is only a fraction of mine, lucky human. The Moonlight Elf replied, sitting wearily on his shoulder. A clear voice sounded in the mind of the astrologer's apprentice, the curse of the two crosses had been lifted, and in a certain clear situation, he had signed a symbiotic contract with the elves who did not know good and evil, and became a symbiosis of life and death.

In normal times, Jonah should have begun to look forward, frightened, and regretful, but now he was bathed in the abundant life energy shared by the moonlight elves, and the corners of his mouth were filled with an involuntary smile, and this joy, if explained by the religious views of the ancient kingdom of Veda, was the joy that was felt within, the joy, the joy of pure compassion in the heart, the real, the fullness of happiness in the true nature.

"It's a wonderful feeling...... Jonah couldn't help but close his eyes, feeling the vitality in his body, and even the spiritual pool was rapidly expanded by the great increase in vitality, and the surface of the spiritual pool was crystal clear, with small ripples of joy.

"You are beautiful, I don't think it's beautiful at all, you dirty, worldly, cowardly, weak, pale, small, fragile, sick human being. The green-haired elf muttered weakly, using a barrage of adjectives to express her displeasure with the symbiote. Contrary to Jonah's feelings, she was experiencing a massive loss of life force while sharing the pain and hesitation of the astrologer's apprentice along the way, a feeling that was a torture for the purest of magical creatures.

"I'm ......," Jonah said when he was slapped in the face by the elf, "Shut up! Talk to me in ten minutes and give me a break." ”

The astrologer apprentice obediently shut up.

"I'm sorry. Thank you. ...... I am D. Jonah II, an apprentice astrologer of the fourth degree. Seven or eight minutes later, Jonah hesitantly extended his right hand to the elf on his shoulder.

"My name is pronounced in Old Elven language, you can't pronounce it, but there's a complete idiot who gave me an unlucky name many years ago, and I don't like it,...... But you can call me a little girl. The Moonlight Elf replied angrily, barely reaching out her right hand and pressing it on the tip of Jonah's big finger as a handshake for the first time.

"Hello, little girl. Your curse is lifted, isn't it? Great! We can get out of here together next time, right? Jonah said excitedly.

"Kouhuhu......huhu But before Jonah could react, she turned into a green light and was sucked into the glass jar, and her screams echoed in the air: "Why...... The curse has been lifted...... Isn't it complete......?"

The cap is automatically closed. Jonah held up the glass bottle and looked at the green-haired elf inside, his face confused.