The morning sun hits the forest of elves that are overgrown with trees, and the entire elven forest is full of vigor and warmth.
On a path paved with stone slabs, Noah was holding Esther's hand and slowly walking towards the depths of the forest.
Esther was holding Noah's hand while following Noah's footsteps, and walked slowly forward, but his head was always tilted, staring at Noah, and doubts were written in his big eyes full of mystery.
"Master, do you have something to tell me?"
Yesterday, all day long, because of Noah's request, Esther had been resting all the time, transformed into an elf costume in the form of a dagger, and was carried close by Noah.
Therefore, Esther did not know what happened yesterday.
However, just now, Noah suddenly awakened Esther, and involuntarily took Esther for a walk in the elf forest.
Intuition tells Esther that Noah seems to have something very important to tell himself.
But after entering the fairy forest, half an hour has passed.
And for this half an hour, Noah hadn't talked to Esther, just walked forward, making Esther's doubts more and more intense.
In the end, Esther could only say such a thing.
"Is it because I did something wrong, and the master intends to punish me in a terrible way?"
Noah's indifferent expression was directly defeated by Esther's words, and his entire face collapsed.
"Why do you have such an idea?"
"Didn't the master say it before?" Esther blinked.
"If you do something wrong, you will be punished in a very H way."
"That's to scare Alice, not really intending to do it." Noah said with a bitter face.
"Ester, shouldn't you take it seriously?"
Hearing this, Esther cast an incredible look at Noah.
In that way, it seemed to be saying "Isn't it?"
"Well..." Noah sighed.
"I didn't intend to punish you in any very aggressive way. It's not that Esther did something wrong. I just want to have a good chat with Esther."
Esther looked directly at Noah, and a pair of mysterious eyes began to flicker slightly.
As Esther looked directly at him with such a look, Noah stopped walking, but stopped, let go of Esther’s hand, and squatted halfway in front of Esther. Te's eyes remained parallel and met Esther's.
As if seeing something from Noah's dark and deep eyes, the inexplicable look in Esther's eyes became more and more shaken.
"Don't you know it already?"
Noah didn't answer in the first place, but reached out and touched Esther's head as before.
"Do you mean that you have the essence of cursing the contractor?"
As soon as this sentence came out, Esther was silent.
"I saw it." Noah still stroked Esther's small head, his eyes never taken away from Esther's line of sight.
"Your last contractor, the final ending of Aresia, who is called the saint of salvation by the world."
Astor's eyes were filled with waves that were difficult to control.
However, the pair of previously shining eyes seemed to have dimmed at this time, losing a lot of brilliance at once.
"I didn't know it until then." Esther said blankly.
"I am a magic sword with a curse that will eventually make my master die, not a holy sword at all."
Saying such a sentence, although Esther didn't have any expression on his face, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"Iresia was killed by me. If I knew I was such an ominous sword, then I would never conclude a contract with anyone."
However, this small wish is unrealistic at all.
Because, Esther has a curse that will eventually make the owner die, there is no other way to know except for making a contract with the elf and seeing it with his own eyes.
Unless Esther had the idea from the beginning that he didn't know that he had such a curse and would never conclude a contract with any elf.
Otherwise, when Esther discovers his essence, it is the day when he witnesses his own curse ruin his master.
This matter is also ironic.
"As the highest-level fairy costume, I can break any curse in this world, but I can't break my own curse." Esther looked directly at Noah as if he was not talking about himself.
"The holy sword that can kill even the demon king, its body, if it is a powerful force that can only be obtained at the cost of life, then it does not seem to be a strange thing to be able to annihilate the demon king who inherited the power of the dark elf king. ."
Listening to Estner's self-deprecating words, Noah has been stroking Esther's head, and his eyes are full of tolerance.
At this moment, Esther finally couldn't hold it back, staggering Noah's sight, and speaking in a low voice.
"My existence is sin, master, in fact, I am not qualified to be anyone's sword."
With the fall of this sentence, an unspeakable heavy atmosphere filled the surroundings.
However, Noah laughed.
The heavy atmosphere around him was dispelled by a smile.
"Do you really think so?" Noah looked straight at Esther.
"If you really think so, why bother to conclude a contract with me?"
"Because..." Esther's tone couldn't help becoming a little emotional.
"Because the master doesn't have the ability to be immune to any curse, just like me, or even higher than me?"
The legendary holy sword with the name "Demon Slayer" does not have the qualifications to conclude a contract with any elf.
However, that is in a situation that will eventually kill the owner.
If the wizard itself had the ability not to be affected by the curse, what would it be like
At that time, Esther, who planned to reject Noah's contract, couldn't help accepting Noah's contract when he learned that Noah had such spell resistance.
Even, in order to engrave the engraving of the elves on Noah's body that could even invalidate the elves contract, Esther almost exhausted the power to maintain his body.
What does this prove
"Very lonely, right?" Noah said pityingly.
"These days of being sealed in the sword..."
"Master..." Esther's eyes waved.
"I don't want to conclude a contract with anyone, it's just a lie." Noah said, breaking the feelings in Esther's heart.
"Otherwise, after knowing that I won't be affected by the curse, you won't hesitate to burn a fairy mark on my body at all costs, and conclude a contract."
"I know, you must be lonely." Noah smiled and touched Esther's head.
"However, that's the end of it."
In this world, there is no elf better suited to conclude a contract with Esther than Noah.
Because, Esther's curse could not affect Noah at all.
"You once said that I hope I don't die before you, right?"
At this moment, Noah's tone seemed unusually soft.
"Listen, Esther, I will never die, so you will always be my sword and live happily, you know?"
"Master..." Esther raised his eyes and looked at Noah, bright colors reappeared in a pair of eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Esther took a deep breath, and his voice sounded stronger and stronger than ever before.
"Then, please make a contract with me, and I will never die before me."
-pledge.
It is a ritual used to swear an oath when an agreement is made between the elves and the elves.
The content of the oath is determined by the parties who intend to make the oath, and it is established under the witness of the ceremony.
Once the agreement made through the oath is violated, the party who breaches the contract, whether it is a wizard or a wizard, will be severely punished.
For example, if there is an elf who has violated the oath, that person will not be able to receive the blessings brought by the elf for a long time, and will be hated by other elves. If the situation is serious, they will even lose the power to call the contract elf.
Because of such an effective ritual, the ritual content of the vows is even regarded as a step to conclude a formal contract with the high-ranking elves.
The content of the oath is to kiss each other after taking the oath.
"I swear here that I will live forever as your sword."
Alice couldn't help but snuggle into Noah's arms, lifted her chin, and looked at Noah closely.
"So, please also make an oath that you will never die before me."
At the end of the speech, Esther closed his eyes, only raised his chin and faced Noah.
When the contract is made, although it must be kissed to take effect, it does not stipulate which specific part must be kissed.
In theory, even if it is kissing the back of the hand, that can make the oath stand.
However, there are also unwritten regulations that show that the more important the position of the kiss when making the oath, the stronger the effect of the oath will be.
Therefore, kissing the lips is definitely the most important position for the witch Ji who must keep her body and mind pure and the elves who only open her heart to the icy and clean Ji witch.
One can imagine how much Esther took this pledge.
Seeing the beautiful scene of the beautiful elf girl snuggling in her arms and asking her for a kiss, Noah's heart has no evil thoughts, and some only have endless pity and warmth.
"I also swear here, as long as Esther lives as my sword one day, I will never die one step ahead of you."
Leaving this sentence, Noah captured Esther's lips without hesitation.