"Oh, but..."
I can't hide the confusion in Chloe's suggestion.
Ask her spirits directly? But I wonder about that.
"I also asked Al's covenant spirits before. The result is that you would normally be able to contract. But I failed. So I don't think it makes sense to ask."
"Which Spirit is His Highness's Spirit?
"Spirit of Fire."
Chloe said confidently when I told her that it was not a problem enough to talk about the kind of spirits.
"It's not the same kind as me! Well, why don't you do that? Different kinds of spirits, I don't think they look at me. I think it makes sense to just ask."
Where the types of spirits were different, I don't even think their responses would change. But Chloe seems to disagree. I mean, apparently he wants to help me somehow.
The feeling was delightful, so I nodded small.
"If you say so much..."
"Wow! Thanks! Well, I'll just call you!
Chloe, who held his fist, momentously called the name of the Spirit to whom he had made a covenant.
"Come, Sola!
"What?"
As soon as I did, I breathed in the spirits that appeared. Unlike the Spirit of Al's Flame and the Spirit of Darkness, which I only saw once, the Spirit of Light appeared.
Golden hair and golden eyes flowing all the way to your hips. The spirits with an active look looked up at Chloe happily, and shortly afterwards, for some reason, stiff. And then he shifted his gaze to me...
"Cah!!"
I thought I screamed and disappeared from the spot.
"What... Sola, if it's Sola!
Suddenly, it was Chloe who had a covenant with the Spirit who was surprised by the Spirit who disappeared. Chloe hastily tried to summon the covenant spirits again, but the spirits don't even reply.
"... what do you mean?
Chloe saw me, but I don't know either. Because it was normal when it happened with Al's spirit. That's the only time I got an attitude like now when I was on my first contract. For once, something similar happened when the Spirit of Darkness appeared and was about to sign me.
"... uh, Lili?
"... it turns out that you can't even try the contract in its current state."
"Yes, no, now that also means you looked at me and screamed..."
I'm glad you're comforting me, but I just can't snort at that word.
"You've already made a pact with the Spirit earlier, haven't you? I don't think he would scream and run away against the contractor. Something that meets my eyes. He must have seen me and ran away."
"So, but you said you ran away... Lili, you're right, aren't you?
"There's got to be.... but when this happens, even if they say it's gone, I'm convinced."
"Um, you know, Lili. Why are you so calm from earlier?
To Chloe's words, I leaned my neck. That's how I pale out my opinions.
"I'm not calm or anything. It's just, oh, I just figured... you know, emotions don't work or something."
I felt like this would happen somewhere.
Now, the Spirit who doesn't even respond to me by calling him. And if you look at this one, how I must be hated by the Spirit.
- Now, there's no point in trying a third time.
At least it's useless until we know what caused it, so let's stop it.
It doesn't mean calm. There was a feeling of holes holes in my chest.
I guess the truth is that I'm more shocked than I thought.
Because even the covenant spirits of others found me abhorrent.
But when this happened, how could Al's spirit have been fine? I want to know why.
Yeah, but before...
"Thank you, Chloe. Thanks to you, for now, I know it's not a good time to make a spiritual pact. It's enough for a contract spirit to get away with it. I have something they don't like."
"Oh no..."
Chloe was stunned, but I don't think she's wrong.
"Because I don't have the option of giving up at the moment. It's okay. It's not much damage because I expected it to."
- It's a lie.
It's really hurtful, and I don't want to think about it lightly.
But I promised Al I wouldn't give up. Then instead of being depressed here, we just have to do our best to move on a little bit.
- Al and I made a promise.
Trying to reach the future we aspire to together.
Then I'll have to stand up again and again.
There's no way I have time to mourn for wanting to stand next to him.
"Lili......"
Make Chloe laugh at me staring at me with a worried face. Strength or whatever, I thought I had to laugh here.
"I'm sorry, but this is what I'm gonna do today. Oh, yeah. Don't worry, I'll tell Al right. I'm sure the report will be back at a later date, but I'll be in touch by the end of the trip."
"Oh no! What a good thing about me! Lili is better now... because Lili, you're hurting me"
It even makes me feel sad, and Chloe holds me back. I have friends who think of me. I thought that was very gratifying.
"Well... I'm not saying I'm not hurt. But I've decided to stand up more than once to be with Al. Besides, we still have almost two years to get married, right? Exactly. I'll finish my spiritual contract by then. I will spare no effort to do that, and I will do whatever little thing is possible."
To be clear, Chloe turned her eyes round.
"Lili...... you're strong. I don't think that much."
"I don't think people have the same points to work hard on. Besides, you told me Al likes me for trying. I want to be Al's favorite. That's all."
"... but that's all Lili has."
"Yes."
Nodding, Chloe looked firmly at me and opened her mouth.
"I'll work with you, too. If the Spirit escaped because Lili was there, this time when I was alone, I would call the Spirit. And I'll ask you why you ran away.... How about that?
I nodded at the words.
"Thank you so much. Ask the escaped spirits what's going on because I've never been able to try it before"
Al's Spirit didn't run away, and the Dark Spirit ran away before he signed a contract, so I'm grateful to be able to actually look at me and talk to the Spirit who ran away.
"Thank you, Chloe. That would help."
To tell you heartily, Chloe shook her head to the side.
"Yeah. Sometimes I want to help Lili too. Wait a minute. I'll report it as soon as I can."
"Okay. I'll do my best to pass on Al's answer to Chloe, too."
"Thanks"
Shake hands firmly with each other.
It's sad that the Spirit has rejected me, but it's good to talk to Chloe.
Thanks to you, you may understand why I am being rejected by the Spirit and why I can't get you to respond to my covenant.
- It's good to talk to you.
Believe my friend, it's good to talk as it is.
I sincerely thought so, urging Luke to wait near the door and return to the mansion.