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The White Lion Clan was a clan of magicians.

The most famous magician clan in the world.

The gift of the White Lion Clan was contracting.

A phenomenal ability to contract with all things in the world.

Her father had contracted with a total of 12 objects.

The power of her father, who had contracted with 12 objects, was truly divine.

On the other hand, Freya had not contracted with a single object.

In the clan, she was treated like a half-penny.

The position of the clan’s successor had already been passed on.

She brought in a talented person from the neighboring clan to attend the class.

“Why… why can’t I contract with anything?”

Freya was frustrated.

She didn’t want to be a stain on the clan.

She didn’t want to be remembered as a genius.

But the gods had completely abandoned her.

Even after obtaining relics and a considerable amount of time had passed, she had not contracted with a single object.

“What should I do? Should I run away now?”

Rowen asked.

Emil had long since disappeared into the mist.

“Let’s move. If we run away like this, people in the world will hear my name and laugh at me.”

Fear crept in. If they ran away from here, who would become the head of the clan?

She overcame her fear.

“I will check if what you said is true.”

She remembered Emil’s words.

His words about obtaining relics and contracting.

Relics symbolized the gods. His words about contracting with relics were nothing short of blasphemy.

But for some reason, Emil’s words carried a sense of credibility.

“Contract with relics!”

She drew out the power hidden in her blood.

An intangible stake appeared in her hand.

She just had to drive this stake into the object she wanted to contract with.

She grasped the stake in her hand and drove it into the relic.

“It’s not working…”

There was no response. Normally, she should have felt a strong connection with the corresponding object by now.

Emil’s words were wrong. She couldn’t contract with relics.

Despair filled her face.

“Let me help you a little.”

A voice echoed in her mind.

The connection that had not been established suddenly appeared.

She contracted with the relic.

“Did it work? Really?”

A strange sensation flowed through her hand.

Her nerves connected with the relic. It felt like the relic had become a third hand.

She discovered the power hidden in the relic.

If she infused magic into it, the relic could cause a split.

As Emil said, by linking with the relic, she could complete the magic faster.

“How? How do you know this fact?”

Perhaps his power was much greater than she had imagined.

“Select the injured! We will now proceed with the investigation.”

Teacher Erina appeared, bringing the situation to a close.

“What about the practice? Are we going back to the starting point?”

Freya stepped forward.

Was practice still important in this situation?

But I stayed silent out of curiosity.

“Yes, let’s think about it after hearing the situation. What happened?”

“Our party thwarted the attackers who assaulted Marcyta’s party. If the two parties hadn’t joined forces, we wouldn’t have won.”

She hit the nail on the head. If the other party members blabbered, it would be a big problem.

In reality, I hadn’t done much.

I had only ambushed the necromancers when they were concentrating.

“Is that so? Understood. It seems like they are seeking revenge for the death of the Lich. We need to come up with a countermeasure.”

Teacher Erina turned to address the situation.

It seemed like they had mistaken Marcyta’s death for revenge.

“I heard that there might be a different reason for this?”

I recalled the moment when the necromancer leader asked the question.

Marcyta had killed their organization members.

It seemed like they didn’t think deeply about the death of the Lich.

“Both teams will receive full marks for the practice. Since redoing the practice is also a hassle, you know. If you have achieved something, there should be no objections.”

Erina finished speaking and turned her body.

“I got a perfect score! Now everyone will know my skills!”

Freya was delighted.

“I knew this would happen sooner or later.”

She was frustrated, walking away from the easy path that was clearly laid out.

“Well, what do you think? My words were right, weren’t they? You can even make a contract with relics?”

She shrugged. It was good to advise her using knowledge of the future.

Without her support, she wouldn’t have been able to secretly kill the necromancers.

“But is it okay? Even if you make a contract with relics…”

“It won’t be a problem, right? The head of the White Lion Clan must also have a contract with relics, right? And the gods probably don’t care about it, so don’t worry.”

The gods weren’t paying attention to Freya’s contract at the moment.

“Very good. Sometimes you have to let these guys rise up.”

“He seems to like it.”

He even enjoyed the death of villains.

He may be crazy, but he wasn’t completely out of his mind.

Sometimes he would have to offer villains as a delicacy.

“Is that so… I understand. I’ll believe what you say.”

Freya showed a hesitant response.

“Thank you for your advice. Thanks to you, I was able to make my first contract with a relic.”

“What? The relic was your first contract?”

“Don’t you know? I have never made a contract with a single object before.”

Oh, I didn’t know that.

At this point, she should have died.

That’s why she had no information about Freya.

“Thank you for believing in me. Thanks to you, I was able to get rid of the half-point stain.”

She reached out her hand.

“She’s still afraid of me…”

Her hand was still trembling.

*

The practice was over. The unexpected attack led to the cancellation of the scheduled class.

To prevent the mistakes made during the class allocation test.

The teachers began to recheck the academy’s defenses.

Thanks to that, there was plenty of time left.

“Destroy the world…”

I thought you would say that.

But now I had something to say too.

“You promised not to do it, right?”

“Sorry, I forgot.”

The voice of the god faded away.

Having defeated the god in one breath, I lay on the dormitory bed and rolled around.

“There’s plenty of time left. What should I do…”

“How about collecting information?”

I must have been hit hard before the regression.

My heart still raced when I saw Aria.

“I just want to rest now.”

I asked in a low voice.

As always, Gao was everything.

In order to survive, I had developed a habit of acting scared when I needed to.

“Shouldn’t we retaliate against those who attacked the academy this time? Shall we investigate them?”

“That’s a good point.”

Today I learned.

The god also enjoyed the souls of villains.

Sending only good people up made my heart too weary.

To stabilize my mind, I had to send up the villains as well.

“Yes, that would be good. If the opportunity arises, it would be nice to kill those bastards. I hope you have gathered the information.”

“I understand. I will find out the location of their base and come back.”

The footsteps disappeared. I closed my eyes and lay on the bed.

I wanted to fall asleep early today.

*

“Why did you lie?”

She saw it. In fact, all the credit for thwarting this attack belonged to Emil.

He had secretly hidden in the darkness and killed the necromancers controlling the Death Knights.

Necromancers were not easy to kill.

She had hit the necromancers several times, cutting off limbs and bursting hearts, but they kept regenerating like immortals.

The only way to kill them was to blow up their heads.

It wasn’t easy to hit the head during battle.

But when Emil’s hand touched them, the necromancers lost their lives too easily.

In fact, if we were to point out the person who saved her from a life-threatening situation, it was Emil.

But Emil didn’t mention this fact.

She casually mentioned that she killed the necromancers with her teammates.

There was a purpose. Otherwise, she couldn’t hide her skills.

‘What is he aiming for?’

A question. A question that she had been feeling continuously since following his actions.

Her question remained unanswered.

“Marzita, what are you thinking about?”

At Freya’s question, she snapped out of her thoughts.

“I was thinking about what happened today.”

“Oh, you’re still thinking about that. It was a big deal today.”

Freya nodded her head.

“Freya, how did you end up making a contract?”

“If you have something to realize from Emil’s advice. I did as Emil said, so I was able to make a contract.”

Once again, his name. Emil Brown.

According to his advice, Freya was able to make a contract.

‘Is there also diplomacy in magic?’

Marzita, who had seen his true colors, pondered over what she had just said.

“If it weren’t for Emil, I would have avoided it too.”

Meanwhile, Freya was babbling on her own.

“But Freya, what happened that day?”

Suddenly, a question arose. In fact, she called Freya to hear this.

“Suddenly… what do you mean?”

“When we were moving with Emil to enter the Academy.”

The incident where the escort was wiped out. After that, Freya stiffened whenever she saw Emil.

It seemed much diluted now, but she still had lingering fear.

“Oh, that, I can’t talk about it yet. I promised Emil to keep it a secret.”

“I see. Understood.”

If she didn’t hear a response from Freya, there was nothing she could do.

She bowed her head and fell into silence.