Chapter 143: Sacred contract

Sensing that something was not quite right, I brought the tiny fairy closer to my face and asked.

"What is it, Ayona?"

Hearing my question, her body jolted, and she hurriedly lowered her head not daring to look me in the eye. This just made me all the more sure that something was wrong. 'Does it have to do with her name? It must be, right? She's become like this after I asked for it, so what's the big deal?' I quickly found myself wondering.

'Do names perhaps have a special meaning in fairy culture?' I wracked my brain trying to think of an explanation, yet I simply lacked the information when it came to her race. The only time I ever met a fairy before this was when Ynos brought them back as trophies.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, the tiny fairy sheepishly raised her head and glanced at my eyes before hastily lowering it once again as she began to mumble.

"What's that?" I asked once again as I brought her closer to my face trying to better hear what she was saying.

"...Contract...Sacred contract..."

"Sacred contract?" I repeated still not quite following what she was talking about.

Hearing my puzzled tone, Ayona nodded her head and forced herself to look at me before speaking, her eyes continued to nervously dart all over the place.

"If this little one can ask, what is the mighty merciful dragon's name?" She asked hesitantly, her body was shaking in my hands from fear.

'Isn't this a bit too much? It's worse than when I just caught her," I Inwardly mumbled before shrugging it off.

"My name is Aether," I proudly replied, to which she suddenly froze her eyes widened in shock and disbelief for a second before something ridiculous abruptly occurred.

Her tiny body began to shine with a bright yellow color, as I sensed the mana stored within my soul space steer. The cosmic and dark mana remained undisturbed, while the water mana had a tiny almost invisible ripple. The one that had reacted the most was the meager amount of earth mana I had.

I instantly closed my eyes and sank into my soul space trying to understand the changes that were happening. A faint familiar power had created a tiny thread linking the mana inside my soul space to the little fairy held in my hands.

'This power!' it was the natural 'law' the power that protected the blood and prevented me from wielding it, it was also similar to what the knights in the human kingdoms were using.

'Just what is going on? Is this the sacred contract she was talking about?' I mumbled in confusion.

The tiny thread of 'law' power, linked me to the tiny Ayona. At that moment, nothing was hidden away from me, I could 'see' her everything, it almost felt like she had opened her heart and soul to me, and if I so wished, I could instantly kill her with but a thought.

If I had to compare the feeling to something, then I guess this is what would happen to me if someone ever gains access to my soul space. The tiny link of 'law' power was attempting to draw the mana from my body and into Ayona's, yet although there was a reaction from my mana, It didn't follow the strange yet familiar power.

It was almost as if the mana was waiting for my command. 'Interesting, so this sacred contract is like pact of sorts, one which links the souls of both targets, I feel like I could strengthen Ayona if I want to, or even take away what meager amount of power she has though I'm not sure how useful that would be,'

Thinking along those lines, I couldn't reign my curiosity as I found myself wondering what would happen if a fairy was boosted by the mana of a dragon? The image of a tyrant little figure soaring through the sky raining hell on the land was almost comical causing a chuckle to escape my mouth.

Shaking my head, I cleared my mind before I began thinking about this seriously. I had just met Ayona, though with me holding access to what is basically her soul, It feels like I knew her for a much longer time than that, her memories were laid bare before me.

Her time back in the nest, the figure of the mysterious great mother teaching her how to speak. Her joys, her sorrows, nothing was hidden from me. From a life inside the nest to a life as a nomad with no place to call home.

I saw it all, her struggles to survive after getting exiled due to her crippling a fairy with higher status. Her hunting methods as she lured weaker prey with her illusions, trapping them inside before finishing them off.

I saw everything, all the way until she met with me. It was a strange feeling, akin to watching a movie. I was like a bystander observing the whole scenes as they changed. Still, I had a vague feeling that the reason this was so as that I wasn't affected by her memories was that I was stronger than her.

I wasn't sure if I would have been able to retain my sense of self had I peered into the memories of someone like my grandfather, or grandmother. 'This is quite dangerous,' I noted.

I was slowly growing to understand this sacred contract a bit better. It was the connecting of two souls with the use of the 'law' power. Why did it suddenly happen when she told me her name and I revealed mine? I wasn't quite sure, but I had a feeling it had something to do with the fairies' power.

Another thing to note is that when under this condition, both subjects could share the memories of one another. If I had to guess, the best way to use this 'contract' would be between two people of similar status and strength, that way no one would overpower the other like what was happening right now.

If one side was too strong, then they could simply take complete control over the other without giving anything back whatsoever. 'I wonder if I could show her parts of the memories I want while omitting others,' thinking about that, I slowly began experimenting in earnest.