The Curtain Rises [2]

"Hmmm, I understand this much. But how did Walric's family lose their nobility? This is the thing I'm concerned about the most?" she asked.

That huh.

"So you also want to know about that, well okay I guess. Do you remember the day when Walric came to meet us with his parents, the day when I was also present there?"

Walric and his parents have come to meet us more than one time but the day before the battle tournament was the day when I first meet them.

"Yes, I remember," she nodded.

"That day, after they were done talking, I accompanied Walric to the exit, and in the middle of all that I made a bet with him…"

***

After Walric's parents were done talking with Ron and Ainge, they decided to leave. For formality, I and Ron decided to walk them to the exit.

But I do have another motive in mind. When we left the house and were in the garden, I slowed my pace and let Ron and Walric's parents go ahead.

Then when there was a good distance between us, "Hey Walric," I called out to him.

"What?" he said as he turned around and came near me.

"I want to talk with you about something."

He seemed interested as he raised his brow and waited for me to speak my mind.

"Will you make a bet with me?" I said.

"Huh? What's this all about?" he asked, a displeased look appearing on his face.

A smile appeared on my face as I spoke up, "You see, I had my doubts but this meeting made it clear as water, that you are a fucking bastard. A lowly, degenerate, lustful bastard, that's what you are and there's no way I'm going to let my sister get married to someone like you!"

This was more than enough to make him lose his temper.

"You fucker! How dare you say that!" he shouted and charged at me, he walked close and held me with my collar.

"So in the end all you can do is resort to violence and you call yourself a noble, how funny," I let out a laugh.

"Tch!" he clicked his tongue and let go of my collar.

"Huh? Why did you stop? You can do whatever you want but I have already found a way to stop this marriage, understand? You won't be getting married to my sister no matter what you do."

Maybe what I said sounded like a joke to him because an arrogant smile appeared on his face and he bust out in laughter, "Ha-ha-ha-ha, what're you talking about? Are you a fool or something? This marriage is confirmed once and for all, you can't stop it."

I grinned internally; this is what I was hoping to hear.

"You we have different opinions, huh, but it's okay since that's what this bet is about," I said and pulled out a paper from my pocket.

"Now what the hell is this about?" he asked.

"A bet, as I said. This is a bet to decide who is right, you or me. Say, how about it? If I am right and stopped this marriage then you and your family won't be nobles anymore and all the money you have will be ours, and if you are right and you get married to my sister then I will become your slave for the rest of my life. You will be free to do whatever you want, kill me, torture me, anything you want," I explained to him the terms of this bet.

After hearing something this intense the smile he had on his face, disappeared in an instant, "W-What is this!! There's no way you will become my slave even if I win," he wailed.

"Please be at ease it that's what you're worried about, see, I have a blood contract here and all the terms of this bet are written on it," I said, showing him the paper I pulled out from my pocket a while ago.

A blood contract is something that was used to make business deals in this world but that's not the only thing it can be used for. It basically is a magic contract made with a special paper and a magic circle drawn on it, and it can be used to make any kind of bet or deal, no matter what scale it is on.

First, you have to write the terms of the deal on the contract paper and then both the parties have to apply their blood in place of signature and with that, the contract is formed.

After that, you can't destroy the contract in any manner and if any party didn't complete their part of deal and broke the contract then they will die. This was the thing that made this contract special as there were no chances of betrayal in this.

Of course, after seeing the contract Walric was stunned at his place. This was something he never expected.

"Now now, what happened? Could it be that you are scared? I thought that you said this marriage is confirmed once and for all, was that a lie maybe?" I asked sarcastically as took steps toward him.

I then bit the thumb of my right hand and applied my blood on the contract paper, "See, unlike you, I'm sure I can win."

Then I stepped back and looked directly into his eyes, "Well, looks like you are all talk, in the end, you can't do anything!!"

After saying that I held the contract paper with both of my hands and was about to tear it into two pieces when Walric snatched it.

"Hah hah hah, you are so naïve if you thought that I won't notice! You intended to tear this contract from the start right? This blood contract was just to scare me, so can take benefit of it and harass me. But now looks like the tables have turned!!" he laughed as he stood in front of me like he was a king who just won a war.

A scared and terrified look appeared on my face, and my legs started shaking as I slowly walked toward him, "H-Hey, it's not like that. Anyway, give that contract back please, it's not mine and I have to return it."

I tried to grab the paper from him but he quickly raised his hand high and I failed.

"There's no way I'm going to give this back, after all this is my chance to make you my slave," he said, then he bit his thumb and applied his blood on the contract.

The magic circle that was drawn in the middle of the paper glowed in purple color and the text that was written on it turned golden.

I stopped moving, just stood there. Sweat appeared on my forehead and my face turned pale.

"You never had anything to stop this marriage right? You were the one lying about it, but you have my thanks, now I can get a private slave. Here, take this and go cry in your mother's lap," he said and then handed me the paper.

He was fine doing so because now the contract has been made and I can't destroy it. After that, he left with a proud smile on his face.

I waited for him to leave and when I made sure that I was alone-

"He..heh, HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA, BAKA! YOU ARE THE ONE THE TABLES TURNED AGAINST!!" I burst out laughing.

He behaved like a proper arrogant young master, just like I expected him to. Even so, it was a little hard to believe that someone can be this dense.

***

"And that was how I made him sign the contract," I finished.