Soul Bind

"... Are you willing to be my subbordinate in my very long journey to greatness?" Leon asked with a serious tone.

Julia was a little confused by now as she didn't understand what he meant by subbordinate here.

"What subbordinate and what adventure are you talking about, Leon?" She finally asked him.

"Well, it's hard to explain like this, let's all gather first." Leon replied.

"Okay, let me tell Salena and May to come in the living room." She nodded her head and quickly ran upstairs towards the room of May and Salena.

"Knock, knock..." She knocked at the door and told Salena to open the door.

Salena swiftly walked towards the door and opened it without making much noise.

"What is up, Julia? why are you making so much noise?" Salena suddenly spoke after opening the door.

May also looked at Julia with a little angered face because she was sleeping and Julia disturbed her sleep in the middle.

"Uh... it's just that Leon wants all of us to gather at the living room, he wants to talk something urgent or I wouldn't have disturbed you two this late in the night." Julia spoke and gestured them to follow her.

"Alright, let's go the the living room." Salena spoke.

May's mood lifted a little and also nodded.

They then quickly walked downstairs to the living room.

***

After reaching at the living room, they saw Leon sitting silently on the ground and so they also sat down silently.

"Now, Tell us what you wanted to talk about, Leon." May was the first one to break the silence and questioned Leon.

"Yes, we are all listening carefully, speak up." Salena said while nodding at Him.

Julia only nodded at them.

"Well, I just wanted to ask you all if you want to become my subbordinates?" Leon finally spoke and asked them.

"..." Salena and May were silent at his words and so Julia was the first one to ask.

"Well, what kind of subbordinates you mean?" She asked.

"It's... it's that I am soon going to join a good academy in this city and I want you all to be admitted in the academy as well, you all helped me when I was in danger and gave me a shelter and food, now it's my turn to return your kindness ten folds." Leon answered her honestly. He was really hones with his words this time. Although he did not find any good academy till now, he was still sure that he could soon join a good academy after selling the rare herbs he had collected. And according to Liz, after selling the herbs, he could even get into one of the top academies in the city or along with 4 more people, so it was worth asking these three sister who had helped him out of no ill intentions and only kindness.

"Not only subbordinates for the academy, but also for a secret greater motive... but that, I can only tell you about the secret after you swear a soul bind with me, and belive me, it's not because I don't trust you all, but it's because that I can't tell it to anyone, not even someone from my family, because it will create a great chaos if I tell it to someone who is not soul bound with me..." Leon told them everything that Liz had told him about his identity as the Lord of underworld or the Lord of Undead.

"Even... even if we become you subbordinates and follow your every step... won't we still be useless for you? why are you willing to waste so much of your time, effort and money on us useless people who can't even be of any you to you..." Julia spoke with seriousness in her voice.

May and Salena also nodded at her.

"Yes, why are you willing to waste your efforts on us? we are merely but useless to you." Salena spoke this time.

"..." May again nodded and didn't say anything.

"Well, you might be true in a way or two, but I know what I am doing and I trust in you all, you will become great talents if given the funds and support." Leon gave him Humble opinion to them. He wasn't trying to flatter them in any way, he was just speaking humbly and with no ill intentions.

"If you insist on your descision, I won't hold back either. Today, I, May Rosewell, wholeheartedly swears to bind her soul with 'Leon' my friend here, o great Elven tree please accept this young girl's request here and bind my soul with his." May was the first one to swear her loyalty to Leon and her soul. Ofcourse she knew about soul bind and so did everyone on this planet except for the newborns. It was quite a common thing and it was just to swear loyalty with someone or something, it was nothing much but like a contract to destroy ones soul if he ever betrayed the contractor.

Leon and the others were really astonished by seeing her make this hasty descision but in the end, Salena and Julia also swore their souls and loyalty to him.

"Good... Thank you all for cooperating with me, now that I can tell you the secret, let's dive into the long story of the Secret I was speaking of...