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The early morning sun hits the wooded elf forest, making the whole elf forest full of vitality, especially heartwarming. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On a path paved with stone paved, Noah is holding Esther's hand and slowly walking deeper into the forest.

Esther held Noah's hand while cooperating with Noah's footsteps, slowly walking forward, but his head kept tilting, staring at Noah, his big eyes full of mystery were full of doubts.

"Master, do you have something to tell me?"

Yesterday all day, because of Noah's request, Esther has been resting, incarnated into a short sword form of an elf magic costume, and was carried by Noah.

So, Esther didn't know what happened yesterday.

However, just now, Noah suddenly woke up Esther, and took Esther to the elven forest for a walk.

Intuition tells Esther that Noah seems to have something important to say to him.

But after entering the Elven Forest, half an hour has passed.

And in the past half an hour, Noah has not spoken to Esther, but just walked forward, which made Esther's doubts more and more intense.

In the end, Esther could only say this.

"Could it be that I did something wrong, and the master intends to punish me in a very way h?"

Noah's indifferent expression was directly crushed by Esther's words, and his whole face collapsed.

"Why do you think that?"

"Didn't the master say that before?" Esther blinked.

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished in a very way way."

"That's meant to scare Alice, not really intended." Noah grimaced.

"Esther, you shouldn't be serious, are you?"

Hearing this, Esther cast an incredible look at Noah.

That's what it looks like. As if to say isn't it?

"Okay," Noah sighed.

"I'm not going to punish you in any way, it's not that Esther did anything wrong, I just want to have a good talk with Esther."

Esther stared directly at Noah, and a pair of mysterious eyes began to flicker slightly.

Being looked directly at by Esther with such eyes, Noah stopped moving forward, but stopped. He let go of Esther's hand and half-crouched in front of Esther, keeping it parallel to Esther's gaze and meeting Esther's gaze.

It seemed that something was seen in Noah's dark and deep eyes, and the inexplicable look swaying in Esther's eyes became more and more shaken.

"Do you already know?"

Noah didn't answer immediately, but reached out and touched Esther's head as usual.

"You mean. Do you have the essence of cursing the contractor? ”

As soon as these words came out, Esther fell silent.

"I saw it." Noah still caressed Esther's small head, never taking his eyes off Esther's gaze.

"The final fate of your last contractor, Eresia, known to the world as the Savior."

Esther's eyes rippled with uncontrollable waves.

However, the pair of eyes that used to sparkle in the past seemed to be dimmed at this time, and they suddenly lost a lot of brilliance.

"That's when I found out." Esther said expressionlessly.

"I'm a magic sword with a curse that will eventually kill my master, not a holy sword at all."

Say something like that. Although there was no expression on Esther's face, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"Ellethea was killed by me. If I knew I was such an ominous sword, I would never make a contract with anyone. ”

However, this small wish is not realistic at all.

Because, Esther has a curse that will eventually kill his master, except for making a contract with the elven envoy and seeing it with his own eyes. There is no second way to know.

Unless Esther had the idea from the beginning that she didn't know that she had such a curse and would never make a pact with any of the elves.

Otherwise, when Esther discovers her true nature, it will be the day when she witnesses her curse burying her master.

This incident is also ironic.

"As the highest-level elven in my magic suit, I can break any curse in this world. But he couldn't break his curse. As if he wasn't talking about himself, Esther looked straight at Noah.

"The Holy Sword, which even the Demon King can kill, if it is a powerful force that must be exchanged for life, then it seems that it is not a strange thing to be able to annihilate the Demon King who has inherited the power of the Dark Elf King."

Listening to Esther's self-deprecating words, Noah kept caressing Esther's head, looking at Esther's eyes full of tolerance.

At this moment, Esther finally couldn't hold back, staggered Noah's gaze, and spoke in a low voice.

"My very existence is a sin, master, in fact, I am not qualified to be anyone's sword."

As these words fell, an indescribable heavy atmosphere permeated the surroundings.

However, Noah laughed.

The laughter dispelled the heavy atmosphere around him at once.

"Do you really think so?" Noah looked straight at Aster.

"If that's what you really think, then why do you have to make a pact with me?"

"Because—" Esther's tone couldn't help but become a little emotional.

"Because doesn't the master have a spell resistance that is immune to any curse, just like me, or even higher than mine?"

The legendary sword with the name of the Demon Slayer is indeed not qualified to enter into a contract with any of the elves.

However, that was in the event that the owner would eventually be killed.

What if the elven envoy had the ability to be unaffected by the curse?

At that time, Esther, who was about to reject Noah's contract, couldn't help but accept Noah's contract when he learned that Noah had such spell resistance.

Even, in order to engrave the elven mark on Noah's body that can even invalidate the elf contract. Esther had almost exhausted all of her strength to maintain her form.

What does this prove?

"It's lonely, isn't it?" Noah said with some pity.

"These days of being sealed in the sword..."

"Master—" Esther's eyes faltered.

"I don't want to make a contract with anyone, that's just a lie." Noah's words shattered the feelings in Esther's heart.

"Otherwise, after knowing that I won't be affected by the curse, you won't hesitate to exhaust your strength to imprint the elven mark on my body and conclude a contract."

"I know, you must be lonely." Noah smiled and touched Esther's head.

"Still. That's the end of it. ”

In this world, there is no elf more suitable to make a contract with Esther than Noah.

Because, Esther's curse can't affect Noah at all.

"You said you wished I didn't die before you, didn't you?"

At this moment, Noah's tone was unusually soft.

"Listen, Esther, I'm not going to die. So, you have to be my sword forever, and live happily, you know? ”

"Master—" Esther raised her eyes and looked at Noah, her eyes glowing with bright colors again.

Immediately after, Esther took a deep breath, and her voice sounded stronger than ever.

"So. Please make a pact with me that I will never die before me. ”

———— oath.

That's when an agreement was made between the elves and the elven envoys. A ritual used to take an oath.

The content of the oath is determined by the parties who intend to make the vow and is established in the presence of the ceremony.

In the event of a breach of the covenant made through the oath, the party who broke the contract, whether it was an elf or an elven envoy, would be subject to severe penalties.

For example, if there is an elven emissary who has broken his oath. Then the person will not be able to receive the blessings brought by the elves for a long time, and will be hated by other elves, and in serious cases, he will even lose the power to summon the elves.

Because it is such an effective ritual, the ritual content of the oath is even seen as a step towards a formal contract with a high-ranking elf.

And the content of the oath. It is to kiss each other after making a vow.

"I swear that I will live forever as your sword."

Alice couldn't help but snuggle slightly into Noah's arms, raised her chin, and stared at Noah.

"So, please also make a vow that you will never die before me."

As soon as the words fell, Esther closed her eyes, just raised her chin and pointed at Noah.

When a contract is made, it is not specified in a specific part of the kiss, although it must be kissed in order to be effective.

It stands to reason that even a kiss on the back of the hand can make the vow be made.

However, there are also unwritten rules that show that the more important the place of the kiss is when making a vow, the more powerful the vow will be.

Therefore, for the Ji Witch who must maintain the purity of her body and mind, and the elf who only opens her heart to the Ice and Jade Witch, kissing the lips is definitely the most important position.

One can imagine how much Esther takes this oath.

Seeing the beautiful scene of the beautiful elf girl snuggling in her arms and asking for a kiss to herself, Noah's heart did not have any evil thoughts, only endless pity and warmth.

"I swear that as long as Esther lives as my sword, I will never die before you."

Leaving these words, Noah did not hesitate to capture Esther's lips. (To be continued.) )