Chapter 11: Revelation
"I’m the only one with a voice, huh?" His elbows hit the table, hands coming up to rub his forehead. "This might not be hell after all—could be there’s more to this whole thing than I thought."
"I’ll go back regardless... got to gather every bit of strength and magic I can find." His fist clenched and trembled slightly, betraying the truth that before that could happen, he would need to defeat Levi—someone stronger than him.
Three days of training and endless questions; was he really the only one who could think freely? It only showed him there was something enormous at work, something he’d been oblivious to.
Still, this remained his personal hell. Never avenging his brother would be the deepest wound anyone could give him. He refused to carry that burden.
Raiden snatched the handbook off the desk, thumbing through to the final page. Something had caught his eye, likely the reason Levi handed it to him in the first place.
The book read in Noorian: ’’To contract a human is a feat in any blue crest bearer’s catalog, however, only a few can manage this feat. It rather falls under luck and hard work.’’
"This only works with mutual agreement on a binding contract. It could mean Number 0 serving Number 9, the contract shows no bias either way. However, the summoner needs sufficient mana to burn the seal of contract."
Raiden ran his hand through his hair while reading. He’d already tried to burn one of the seals without success, which meant his last resort was pushing his training to the limit.
[You have to get stronger, papa.]
Ash broke through Raiden’s thoughts. He looked over at her, smiled warmly, and ruffled her hair before standing up. Sword in hand, he ran through his usual ritual and started training.
He wanted to get stronger to take down Levi, sure, but ignoring advice from someone as cute as Ash would be stupid. Most of her words centered on him getting stronger, which meant she was clued into something he wasn’t. Too much of anything only becomes a problem when you don’t know how to use it.