One line that I lost so much I took to the city took a room in an affordable inn, and then handed over the Dark Merchant to a guard and once out of the city, I moved to a place where not many people came.
"It's all right around here."
It was a plain near the city and a hidden place in the shadow of a large rock. I guess I decided that there was no problem exercising some magic here. It seemed that Anzam had decided to watch the three of them gratuitously a little further away because they were out of specialty.
"Then hurry up. I can tell you the same thing I did to the Dark Merchant, but it's about contract magic."
Contract magic, that's the magic Aig was also putting on the Dark Merchant over time, isn't it hard? That's what it said on Atal and Caro's face I was listening to. Aig smiles softly at their adorable reaction to all that fighting.
"I know how you feel, but I'm fine. Originally, covenant magic is what makes a subordination covenant by mutual agreement with spirits, demons, holy beasts, spiritual beasts, etc. It got harder because people like that had to combine other magic in slavery contracts."
Upon hearing that explanation, Atal and Caro convince me that I'm not sure but that's what it is.
"I have a contract with the Spirit of the Wind, too. Here."
Saying so, Aig summoned the Spirit of the Wind. I wonder if the flutter and wind have blown, and a pale light gathers near Aig.
"Wow, cute!
The Spirit that Aig had covenanted, which thus appeared, was a bird-shaped Spirit, who also looked like a little bird and looked adorable.
"Pfft, this kid and I have been dating since I started being adventurers. I signed on the day you taught me the magic of the contract in there, and I've been with you ever since."
Gently stroking the Spirit at his fingertips, Aig looked at the Spirit with tender eyes that looked at his partner for years.
"Dear Atal! Let us also make a covenant with the Spirit!
It seems that Caro, impending to devour, has been hit by the cuteness of the Spirit, and he was strongly tempted to make a pact with the Spirit himself.
"Ah. But I care more about that holy beast or spiritual beast than the Spirit. Can you sign with something that looks amazing?
Can you do that magic? And it was a question in two ways as to whether I could meet something like that.
"Right...... I tried to give it as an example too, but you've only heard stories about signing with them in legends and rhetoric. If I could actually get a contract, I might keep my mouth shut."
"If the world did find out I could have signed with that one, they would have targeted me, and I'm going to blame the question as to where I was"
I don't know if that's why, but in this world, holy beasts and spiritual beasts have their names up as the ones they can contract with. But few had actually seen them.
"Then shall I make it my goal? I may be rude to say this, but I'd like to make a pact with an amazing one who's not a spirit, but a holy beast or a spiritual beast."
Atal had never had a goal before, but he was smiling naturally because he came here and wanted to do this.
"... so, then I will do the same!
That was Caro's word. She had spoken of wanting to make a covenant with the Spirit until earlier, but suddenly said she would make a covenant with the Holy and Spiritual Beasts just like Atal.
"Are you sure? Earlier he said he wanted to make a pact with a cute spirit..."
"That's okay!
Because he didn't like being told that again, Caro puts it on Atal's words out loud. Atal was grinning bitterly at Caro, whose cheeks were swollen.
"Oh well.... Okay, then let's make it our goal to make a covenant with the Holy Beast or the Spiritual Beast. Well, if there's another demon on the road that you want to sign or something, you just have to pick that one."
"In order to do that, I need you two to remember the contract magic first."
Having heard their determination, Aig begins to prepare to teach magic.
"First, but look at this one"
That's what Aig says. He shows you the one sheet of paper he took out. At first glance it was a normal piece of paper with no weird philosophy whatsoever, but there was a magic formation painted.
"This describes the magic formations needed to make the contract. Of course you don't have to, but it's more certain that it does, so I'm going to ask you two to be able to create this."
Seeing the magic formation of the intricate texts depicted there, both Ataru and Caro flash.
"Take this."
"Us?
"Absolutely."
Aig answered the two dazed questions with a smile.
"... Caro"
"... Dear Atal"
"" Good luck (Let's Ri)!
But the feelings between the two of them, who decided to learn once, didn't seem as relaxed as this, and were determined to be able to write a magic formation.
"Let's start with a magical explanation, assuming you can write this. It is necessary that the side that uses magic, as I said earlier, and the side that is used, are both committed to the contract. If you're a demon, if you're nostalgic, if you're knowledgeable, like the Holy Beast or the Spiritual Beast, getting consent in words will be a condition for establishing the magic of the covenant."
Atal and Caro had a notebook that they had prepared at some point and each wrote down what Aig had explained.
"The next way to flush magic is different from normal magic. Ordinary magic is a powerful image of magic that fits the word, gathering and releasing magic, for example, in the palm of a hand."
As we listened to Aig, the two of us were remembering when we would use magic.
"But contract magic circulates magic into your body. It's important to be able to feel this feeling. The next thing you know, you're going to flush that magic on your opponent as well, circulating each other's bodies. It's hard to get from here, but you have to feel the magic around the other person's body."
Not only do you feel your magic, you also feel the flow of your opponent's magic. It was easy for both of us to imagine that it was quite difficult.
"It took me months before I could do this, too."
That said Aig laughs bitterly, but it was a laughable word if you tried Atal and Caro. Because his dexterity was reminded in his contract with the Dark Merchant.
"Ha ha, this guy is a magical genius. That's all it took for this guy, so you guys might take some time on a yearly basis!
Anzam was laughing gahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha as if to clear up that depression because of the out-of-profession.
"Your magic flow is easy, but it might be difficult to say what they are."
"That's right..."
But when he heard the conversation between the two of them, Aig was surprised to open his eyes.
"What? Can you two feel the magic flow through your bodies?
To his question, the two of them nodded properly, taking what for granted.
The two of them were able to do these in training at the Franphilia house, but the truth is, it was usually something that would require a lot of training.