Ally.

'Damnit... It's finally here...', Harrison whined after feeling the tightness in his pants.

He quickly took his hands off Lucy's shoulder.

She was startled by the sudden motion and looked at Zagan with a tilted head.

"... Thanks... For the blazer...", she smiled shakily towards Zagan. She was still extremely scared. And for good reason. In her whole life, she had never felt more vulnerable before. She had no weapons, no magic, not even clothes. And she was stuck in a secret room where no one would know what happened to her if something were to happen to her.

"Hmm."

Worst of all, she was stuck with Zagan. A person she deemed to be an absolutely perverted piece of shit.

But, by some miracle, Zagan hadn't done anything that would make her feel uncomfortable.

Then, suddenly, her mind reached an epiphany-

'Wait... Just now... he talked as if he had made up his mind about betraying the cult from a long time ago. Maybe... He acted like that in front of everybody to make a facade about his character. It would make sense, considering how he didn't do anything to me, even though he has absolute power in this situation.'

The thought made a whole lot of sense to her, but she still didn't fully trust Zagan. His image of being a pervert was just that strong.

"Lucy."

"y-yes?"

"I'll take what I came here for. And then... Hmm... Let's tell you that after...", Zagan didn't finish his sentence and started walking towards the pedestal with the books on it.

Lucy got anxious as to what he didn't tell her but she knew that being impatient would only land her in danger.

Zagan walked up to the pedestal and picked up one of the books.

"Thunder, Lightning, Electricity. Elements of the Storm Monarch. I will now take your legacy.", Zagan muttered softly so that Lucy couldn't hear it.

Suddenly, the book started glowing blue. Sparks of electricity zapped through the room, raising a gust inside a room that had not seen wind in centuries.

Lucy closed her eyes and braced herself.

The madness slowly died down and the book disintegrated into blue luminescent dust.

Zagan did the same with the second book.

After the acquisition of the two spells, Harrison smirked.

'With this... I'm one step closer to my goal of escaping the mainland...', he thought.

"Now then...", Zagan spoke up and turned to Lucy, startling her.

"Let's sign a contract. It will last till you make up your mind. The contents will be: You won't report me to the cult, and, you won't hurt me.", Zagan said in a monotonous tone as he started chanting.

"W-wait!", Lucy tried to retaliate but-

"Through mystic words and sacred script, This contract sealed, its power crypt. In binding ink and whispered rhyme, Our will entwined, for a defined time.", Zagan chanted as a golden ethereal glow enveloped the room, blinding Lucy for a second.

"Sign it.", Zagan commanded, his eyes emotionless and voice filled with cold command.

Lucy gulped and read the floating block of glowing golden text.

She widened her eyes and said, "It favours you so much more! Modify it-"

"Sign it.", Zagan said. His voice was deeper and more threatening this time.

Lucy's legs trembled.

"If you don't... You already know what I will do to you.", Zagan said coldly.

With trembling hands and teary eyes, Lucy signed the contract.

"Good. Contact me when you are done making up your mind. I'll make a new contract then.", Zagan declared as he walked past Lucy towards the ladder that went up.

"For now... Get up the ladder and give me back my blazer. Be quick, I need to attend classes.", Zagan commanded.

Lucy looked towards the ground and slowly walked.

As she passed by Zagan, she suddenly felt a jolt on her hand.

Zagan pulled her towards him and looked into her eyes.

She was crying.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way. I don't trust you enough to not do this. Blame fate for what happened to you. You were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. But... I do promise you that I won't do anything to you, so rest assured.", Zagan said in the same calm tone.

'I feel bad for her... but I can't just trust a stranger like that. I needed to make sure that she didn't snitch on me.', Harrison thought.

Lucy's crying slowed down and she nodded.

"... I u-understand...", she fumbled out.

"Also... sorry for harassing you all this time... I realised that it was a very shitty thing to do and I will stop from now...", Zagan said something unexpected.

Lucy's eyes widened and she asked, "Then... why did you do it in the first place, even though you thought it was a shitty thing to do?"

At this, Zagan let Lucy go and looked away from her.

Then he replied, "Because you're so sexy.", and then started climbing the ladders quickly.

--- after climbing out of the hole ---

"No one's here... come quickly!", Zagan whispered to Lucy.

She quickly got out of the hole, got back the uniform she hid beneath the bookshelf and quickly put it on.

"Wow... you dress up quick, huh?", Zagan commented.

"My job demands it.", Lucy gave a monotonous answer.

"Bye.", Zagan waved as he made his way out of the library and went to the class.

Lucy's face was flushed red.

'Because you're so sexy...', that thought kept ringing throughout her mind.

"You piece of shit... you harrassed me because you found me attractive?", she seethed.

"Whatever.", she flipped him off and cast illusion magic on her face again to change into the young student girl to escape the library.