Chapter 194 Snake Maid
"Don't you remember anything?" Xie Lin stared at her eyes as deep as the starry sky and said slowly.
The woman frowned slightly, as if thinking for a moment, shook her head lightly, and said softly: "I can't remember anything. But I know that our conversation is in English, and you and I are both wizards..."
Xie Lin's eyes flashed with a gleam of light. As he expected, the woman's memory of past experiences had been lost in the process of soul reshaping, but knowledge and cognition were retained, which was the most ideal state for herself.
"Since you don't remember anything, your past identity is no longer important," Xie Lin said in a deep voice: "And since you still remember the existence of magic, it should not be difficult for you to guess your current state. You were hit by a very terrible curse in the past, which polluted your entire soul and completely lost your self-consciousness and humanity. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are dead even though you are alive. I spent two bottles of extremely precious potion ingredients to save you. Strictly speaking, I am your savior and your reincarnated parents-"
"Therefore, you owe me a life debt." Xie Lin concluded.
Life debt is a mysterious magical power. It is invisible and intangible, but it definitely exists in the rules of the universe.
In Dumbledore's words, this is a special connection between two wizards. When a wizard saves another wizard's life, the person saved owes the rescuer a life debt. The wizard who owes the debt must repay the life debt by doing something that benefits the rescuer, even if he has to sacrifice his own life.
In the original book, Snape owed Harry's father a life debt, and as a result, he had to protect Harry's safety with his own life. Similarly, Harry chose to let Peter Pettigrew go, which also made the latter owe a life debt. In the end, Peter Pettigrew, who betrayed his friend and had a heart of stone, hesitated uncontrollably when he strangled Harry's neck at Malfoy Manor, and thus lost his own life.
The woman nodded gently, indicating that she understood what Schelling said was true. Although she had lost many memories, her knowledge of magic was not lost at all.
Before she was completely and irreversibly transformed into a beast, she had once been in the Acanus Circus, which was full of strange people. She had knowledge far beyond that of ordinary wizards, and life debt was not a strange magical theory to her. (She didn't remember her experience in the circus, but the knowledge she learned there was retained)
She looked back and forth at Xie Lin's handsome face with a scrutinizing look, then lowered her head to examine her exquisite figure. She vaguely remembered a story about a snake demon repaying a favor in a Far Eastern country. She immediately raised her head and smiled meaningfully, "So, how should I repay you?"
Coincidentally, Xie Lin also remembered the same story about a snake demon repaying a favor for some reason. He shook his head gently to dispel these strange thoughts in his mind, and then said, "I just need an assistant. I will sign a master-servant contract with you. You will serve me as your master and serve me for ten years. After ten years, you can regain your freedom. It's up to you whether to leave or stay. How about it?"
The woman's smile became even more weird. This smile, paired with her peach-like eyes and the graceful "snake face", was actually very charming. The phrase "beauty brings disaster" could not help but float through Xielin's mind.
"Sure." The woman walked in front of Xielin, knelt gracefully on the ground, raised her two jade hands gently above her head, and said softly: "I do."
Xielin was a little embarrassed. He didn't know which country's culture this was from, because as far as he knew, except for Dumbledore and Grindelwald, the two gay enemies, who needed to hold their fingers tightly when making a magic contract, normal wizards only needed a simple handshake to make a magic contract.
Fortunately, he had lived two lives and had a thick skin. He stretched out his right hand without blushing and gently grasped the woman's soft and boneless hand. The woman's hands immediately wrapped around Xielin's right wrist like a spirit snake.
Xielin's mouth twitched, and he turned a blind eye to the woman's actions and whispered an ancient and long spell.
This is not an "unbreakable contract", but a time-limited magic contract. The advantage is that it does not require the presence of witnesses, but the disadvantage is that the magic contract will slowly become invalid over time. With Xie Lin's current magic power and attainments in contract magic, he can only make a magic contract of up to ten years at most.
After the contract magic ended, a snake-shaped ring appeared on each of their fingers. The shape of the ring was a ouroboros with its head and tail connected. The ring on Xie Lin's right ring finger was black, and the eyes of the snake head were faintly flashing red, while the ring on the woman's right ring finger was light green, and the eyes on the snake head were faintly flashing white.
"The contract is complete! To celebrate your new life," Xielin said piously and solemnly, "Your name must be given here. Since you have been reborn from the snake curse, your name should be Sarff!"
(Note: Sarff means snake in Welsh English names)
"Yes, Sarff knows." The woman smiled sweetly, obviously satisfied with her new name.
After the magic contract was signed, Sarff's creamy skin suddenly seemed to be covered with a layer of gold powder, emitting a faint golden halo. Xielin knew that this was a phenomenon caused by the activation of the magic power in her blood.
Under the observation of the magic eyes, Sulf's magic power increased at an alarming speed, until it reached the level of an adult wizard before gradually slowing down, and finally stopped abruptly when it just touched the threshold of the Auror level. (This means that her magic power is not enough to reach the Auror level, so it can be called "quasi-Auror level" for the time being)
"Ahem, here we must first explain the rules between our master and servant," Xie Lin calmed down his expression and said seriously: "Although the master-servant contract just made is not as strong as the 'Unbreakable Contract' , but you'd better not underestimate its backlash. The ring that appears on your finger is a bridge connecting us, master and servant, and you cannot take it off. "
"This ring allows me to locate your position at any time, and it also forces your heart to be open to me without any defense. It allows me to see into all your thoughts and sense all your emotional changes at any time, and it also allows me to ignore it. Any distance in space can convey my thoughts or orders to you through telepathy.”
"Because of the master-servant oath, you cannot disobey my will, nor can you disobey my orders. If you forcefully do something that violates the order or you clearly know that it will be detrimental to me, then you will be repulsed by the oath. Humph, trust me, you don’t want to know the taste of backlash..."
Schelling's inspiration for creating this contract magic actually came from the connection between Voldemort and Nagini in the original work. In the original book, after Voldemort made Nagini into a Horcrux, he could not only share Nagini's perspective, but also order it from a distance to assassinate Arthur Weasley at the Ministry of Magic and ambush Harry at Bagshot's house. This ability was appreciated. Lin was very greedy. This is almost equivalent to having an unlimited time limit to deal with things.
"If I'm not wrong," Schelling said slowly, "Because of Gorgon's serpentine curse, although the power of the curse on you has been removed by me, I guess the abilities conferred by the curse are not the same. It doesn’t disappear, right? You don’t have to hide it from me, as I just said, your thoughts and emotions are clear to me, there are no secrets.”
"Hmph," Sulf pouted her cute little cherry lips with some dissatisfaction, "I didn't mean to hide it from you at all, it's just you who thinks so. I'm just not sure about the magic ability I have now... Well, let me try first..."
After saying that, she closed her eyes and carefully sensed the magic power in her body. After a while, her whole body suddenly shrank and turned into a giant green snake that was twelve feet long and as thick as an adult man's thigh.
Sure enough, as Xie Lin expected, she received the Animagus talent of turning into a giant snake without studying.
After Sulf returned to her human form, she showed a proud expression to Xuelin, opened her mouth and let out bursts of hissing sounds. It turned out that she had also mastered the talent of snake whisperer!
"Very good," Xie Lin nodded with satisfaction, "Your talent is very valuable to me, by the way -"
Xie Lin showed a conspiratorial smile, "This master-servant contract allows me to share your magic and talent regardless of distance, so as long as I need it, I can call on your magic at any time, and I also own you. The abilities of the Animagus and the Snake Whisperer!”
This is Xie Lin’s biggest gain today!
Not only did he directly obtain two rare and profound skills for nothing (Snake Whisperer and Animagus can actually be acquired by spending time and energy, but it is quite time-consuming and laborious), but also after he invoked Sha After Alf's magic, his magic will directly step into the level of Auror! If he had been prepared in advance and had the right tactical combination, he would even dare to face elite Aurors head-on, and he would still have a good chance of winning!
["Servant" Sulf is obtained! 】
["Snake Whisperer Bloodline Talent" obtained! 】
[Acquisition of "Serpentine Animagus"! 】
I know the recent updates are really weak, but the author really tried his best. In addition to being busy at work, I recently caught a small cold. I was sick and working on typing every day. My mind was drowsy and my efficiency was extremely low. I hope everyone can forgive me. ——The next few pictures have main drafts. It should be no problem to maintain daily updates, but the number of words should be reduced.