17 – Contract Completed
Rumi bit her lip hard as she heard Delia barking in front of her.
‘… Why is it just that person?’
She is confident that she will do well if she is asked to do something like that, but she thinks it is a bit shameful to only ask Delia to do that…
As soon as Rumi realized that she was having strangely strange thoughts, she immediately turned around.
No matter how much I thought about it, thinking like this right now was irrational and abnormal.
‘I… Why am I like this?
She didn’t have any problems because it was natural since she had criticized herself countless times.
This is the first time she has ever thought of something like this ‘to someone she hasn’t even spoken to’, so her heart is pounding excessively.
As a result, the moment when she was so disgusted with herself that she could no longer endure it and was about to leave her lecture hall.
“Woof! Bruise! “It’s a bruise!”
She bit her lip again as she heard Delia’s voice barking angrily.
‘Why am I angry? It would have been better if they had asked me to do it, not that person… ‘
Surprised at herself as she tried to repeat her thoughts from earlier, she quickly walked out of her lecture hall.
Because she had no idea what she would think if she continued to watch this situation.
So she hurried out and calmed her mind, while a large crowd of people were talking about Dern.
“I guess Dern was really a genius? How do you solve that correctly?”
“Honestly, I don’t think I really understand what you’re saying.”
“By the way, Delia, it looks like you’re really screwed? “How can she mess with Dern when she has no one to mess with?”
It feels just as good when people praise Dern as it does when they praise myself.
I find it somewhat irritating to hear people talking about Dern with whom I have never even talked.
When I was moving forward, my expression gradually hardened due to this strange feeling that I had never felt before in my life.
Suddenly, she sees herself reflected in her window.
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I just closed my eyes and ran down the hallway as if I was running away from how embarrassed I was.
‘… I’m embarrassed.’
The reason I showed this to Dern, and the shabby appearance of myself.
As I was running down the hallway for a while as if I was running away because I was just embarrassed by everything, a couple of men and women walking around with smiles caught my eye in the distance.
“Hey, you shoot today.”
“I don’t like it? Are you going to get it today too?”
“Has my conscience really exploded?”
I am so envious of this relationship that we can talk about normally, on the same level.
He watched her blankly, then sat down on a nearby chair and covered her face.
‘Me too… ‘I want to approach and talk like Delia.’
The reality of not being able to approach them, let alone talk to them, is painful because of the Heavenly God Church.
I muttered softly, hoping that Dern might hear this and talk to me.
“… Bruise.”
* * * *
After verification of my test scores was completed.
I was able to hear one thing from the professor.
[What happened in the auditorium happened with the consent of the Lerciers]
I asked back what that meant.
I heard a story that the Lerciers deliberately made a larger version to test me.
I am laughing at the fact that a normal family that was supposed to be on my side actually tried to stab me.
The professor relayed these words to me.
“To the student brought by the head of the Lercier family, this will continue to happen. He told me to develop the ability to handle it.”
Of course there must have been a good reason.
The problem is the method.
I am reminded again that the Lerciers are watching so that they can abandon me at any time.
I left the office with a brief greeting.
Let’s get out like that.
The lively appearance she first showed disappears, and Delia’s dejected appearance comes into view.
I calmly opened my mouth, thinking that anyone who saw it would think that Delia was her victim.
“A promise must be accompanied by a contract. “I plan to write a contract today, so prepare it in advance.”
“Uh… uh? Huh.”
Actually, if I ran away saying I couldn’t do it, there was no way I could restrict anything else.
Delia may be already in a state of despair, but she obeys my words.
Maybe they don’t know the fear of contracts because they haven’t experienced a proper social life yet?
Or maybe it’s because she has an optimistic attitude that things will go well somehow.
I was laughing at the thought that this might be her worst choice.
Delia looks at me and continues her story.
“… You know that. I will listen carefully to what you say. Can’t we just tell people in our family… ? “If I get caught about this, I really think I’ll be kicked out of the family.”
It was just laughable to hope that rumors wouldn’t spread after making such a big deal out of it.
Well, I thought it would be a good idea to give her a carrot at least once, so she nodded.
With a more relaxed expression than before, he sighs and says, ‘Thank you.’
I was looking at Delia like that and shaking her head.
I see someone approaching here at a fast pace from far away.
I looked for someone and saw that it was a maid wearing the Lercier family’s attire.
“Master. “I brought you the contract you mentioned.”
I think I said it 30 minutes ago, but they already brought it.
I took it with a slight nod from her and spoke to Delia.
“Related content will be written in real time… “Is there anything you want to say before signing the contract?”
“That… “Can’t we just make it a point to listen to what I say instead of signing a contract?”
“Do you think it will work?”
“… “Of course it won’t work, right?”
When the moment came to write the contract, I felt anxious and tried to back out.
I wasn’t the type to let something like that go, so I semi-forcefully handed him the quill.
‘It doesn’t feel like it’s too much, though. If you think about what happens in the future, it can’t be helped.’
Sharing the idea of earning coins by selling the stories of corpses to others is itself a considerable risk.
This is because it was difficult to share work without signing a contract in this way.
I held up the quill and looked at Delia, who was still hesitating, and then waved the carrot appropriately.
“If you do a good job, you will be rewarded for it. “Don’t worry too much.”
“Compensation… ?”
“If you want financial compensation, if you don’t get financial compensation… “I could help you modify your magic or watch your studies.”
Originally, I was only going to talk about money.
When I remembered the reason why Delia first spoke to me, the ‘suspicion of cheating’, she started talking about magic.
She may not have liked this carrot very much, but she began to look at me with a hint of anticipation on top of anxiety.
“… Really? “If I do a really good job, will you help me with magic modification?”
“It depends on what you do.”
“Really? “Of course it is.”
Then, he looks at the contract with a somewhat greedy expression, and then writes down his name without hesitation.
I confirmed those things and locked the contract with magic.
I copied this and handed a copy to Delia.
“Then, if anything happens in the future, I’ll contact you.”
“Uh, huh. Call me anytime. And don’t forget that I agreed to help you modify your magic.”
“I will help you after seeing what I said.”
“That’s enough.”
She clearly made the biggest and worst choice of her life, so why does she look so excited?
Thinking that her excessive stress may have caused her to finally lose her mind, she hands over her contract to the maid.
The maid spoke to me with a somewhat worried expression.
“… Master, are you okay? “Magic modification must be quite difficult.”
It could be completed in a few hours at most, but I couldn’t understand why it was so difficult.
I thought I couldn’t tell the maid’s reaction and decided to find out more about this later, getting her nod.
“It’s okay.”
“If that’s the case, it’s okay, but… “For now, the contract will be kept strictly within the family.”
After nodding her head, she politely gives me her greeting and walks away.
‘Is this the end of the contract?’
I looked down at her window, deciding to treat her like a real dog, like she said she would.
‘If two people work, it won’t take long.’
As I was resting for a moment with those thoughts, my eyes caught the sight of Rumi down there with her face buried in her hands.
‘Why are they doing that?’
At least now there won’t be anyone in the academy who will openly harass Rumi.
I couldn’t figure out why I was suffering so much.
‘Are other guys bothering me without my knowledge?’
Maybe so.
When that thought occurred to me, I turned to Delia, deciding to ask her to watch over her.
