Nine Hundred and Ninety Six, I Will Never Die One Step Ahead of You

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The morning sun shines in the forest of elves, which fills the entire elf forest with a kind of vitality, which is especially heart-warming.

On a path paved with flagstones, Noah was holding Esther's hand and walking slowly into the depths of the forest.

While holding Noah's hand, Esther walked forward slowly in line with Noah's footsteps, but kept his head tilted, staring at Noah, his big eyes full of mystery were full of doubts.

"Master, do you have something you want to tell me?"

For the whole day yesterday, because of Noah's request, Esther was resting all the time, and transformed into an elf magic suit in the form of a short sword, which was carried by Noah.

So, Esther didn't know what happened yesterday.

However, just now, Noah suddenly woke up Esther, and took Esther for a walk in the elf forest without any explanation.

Intuition told Esther that Noah seemed to have something very important to tell him.

But after entering the elf forest, half an hour has passed.

And for half an hour, Noah didn't talk to Esther, but just walked forward, which made Esther's doubts more and more intense.

In the end, Esther could only say this.

"Could it be that I did something wrong, and the master intends to punish me in a terrible way?"

Noah's indifferent expression was directly defeated by Este's words, and his whole face collapsed.

"Why do you have such an idea?"

"Didn't the master say it before?" Esther blinked.

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished in a harsh way."

"That was to scare Alice, not really intending to do it." Noah had a bitter face.

"Esther, don't you take it seriously?"

Hearing this, Esther cast an incredible look at Noah.

That look, as if to say, isn't it the same.

"Okay..." Noah sighed.

"I didn't plan to punish you in any nasty way, nor did Esther do anything wrong, I just wanted to have a good chat with Esther."

Esther looked directly at Noah, and a pair of eyes full of mystery began to flicker slightly.

Esther looked directly at him with such eyes. Noah stopped moving forward, but stopped, let go of Este's hand, and squatted in front of Este. Keeping his gaze parallel with Estes, he met Estes' eyes.

As if seeing something from Noah's pair of dark and deep eyes, the inexplicable expression in Este's eyes became more and more shaken.

"Don't you already know?"

Noah did not answer immediately, but stretched out his hand. As usual, he patted Est's head.

"You mean, you have the essence of cursing the contractor?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Esther fell silent.

"I saw it." Noah still caressed Esther's small head, and his eyes never moved away from Esther's sight.

"The final outcome of your previous contractor, Arecia, who was called the Holy Maiden of Salvation by the world."

Esther's eyes flooded with uncontrollable waves.

However, the pair of shining eyes in the past seemed to have dimmed at this time, losing a lot of brilliance all of a sudden.

"I didn't know until that time." Esther said expressionlessly.

"I am a magic sword with a curse that will eventually kill the master, not a holy sword at all."

Said such a sentence. Although there was no expression on Esther's face, there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

"Alesia was killed by me. If I knew that I was such an ominous sword, then I would never make a contract with anyone."

However, this small wish is not realistic at all.

Because Esther has a curse that will eventually kill his master, there is no other way to know it except for making a contract with the elf messenger and seeing it with his own eyes.

Unless Esther had the idea of ​​not knowing that he had such a curse from the beginning and never signing a contract with any elf envoy.

Otherwise, when Esther discovers his true nature. It is to witness with one's own eyes the day when one's own curse ruins one's master.

This matter is also ironic.

"As the highest-level elf costume, I can break any curse in this world, but I can't break my own curse." Esther didn't seem to be talking about his own affairs. He looked directly at Noah.

"If the holy sword, which can kill even the devil king, is a powerful power that can only be acquired at the price of life, then it seems that it is not a strange thing to be able to wipe out the devil king who has inherited the power of the dark elf king. .”

Listening to Est's self-deprecating words, Noah kept stroking Est's head. Looking at Esther's eyes full of tolerance.

At this moment, Esther finally couldn't hold back, staggered Noah's sight, and spoke in a low voice.

"My existence itself is a sin, master, in fact, I am not qualified to be anyone's sword."

With the fall of these words, an indescribably heavy atmosphere permeated the surroundings.

However, Noah smiled.

He laughed so hard that he dispelled the heavy atmosphere around him.

"Do you really think so?" Noah looked straight at Est.

"If you really think so, why did you make a contract with me?"

"Because..." Esther's tone couldn't help becoming a little emotional.

"Because the master is immune to any curse, isn't it the same as me, or even higher than mine?"

The legendary holy sword with the name of demo n slayer is indeed not qualified to make a contract with any elf envoy.

However, that is under the circumstances that will eventually kill the master.

What would happen if the elves themselves had the ability not to be affected by the curse?

At that time, Esther, who was planning to reject Noah's contract, couldn't help accepting Noah's contract when he learned that Noah had such spell resistance.

Even, in order to engrave the elven seal on Noah's body, which can even invalidate the elven contract, Esther almost exhausted all the strength to maintain his body.

What does this prove?

"Is it lonely?" Noah said with some pity.

"These days of being sealed in the sword..."

"Master..." Esther's eyes were shaken.

"I don't want to make a contract with anyone, it's just a lie." Noah broke the feelings in Este's heart.

"Otherwise, after knowing that I won't be affected by the curse, you wouldn't use up all your strength to imprint the elven mark on my body and conclude a contract."

"I know, you must be lonely." Noah smiled and touched Este's head.

"But that's where it ends."

In this world, there is no elf envoy who is more suitable for making a contract with Este than Noah.

Because, Esther's curse cannot affect Noah at all.

"You once said you hoped I wouldn't die before you, didn't you?"

At this moment, Noah's tone was unusually soft.

"Listen well, Esther, I will never die, so you will always be my sword and live happily, understand?"

"Master..." Esther raised his eyelids and stared at Noah, bright colors reappeared in a pair of eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Este took a deep breath, and his voice sounded more powerful than ever before.

"Then, please make a contract with me, master, and you will never die before me."

pledge.

It is a ceremony used to swear an oath when an agreement is made between an elf and an elf envoy.

The content of the oath is at the discretion of the parties intending to make the oath, and it is established in the witness of the ceremony.

Once the agreement made through the oath is violated, the party who violates the agreement, whether it is an elf or an elf envoy, will be severely punished.

For example, if there is an elf envoy who violates the oath, that person will not be able to receive the blessings brought by the elves for a long time, and will be hated by other elves. In serious cases, he may even lose the power to call the contracted elves.

Because it is such an effective ritual, the ritual content of the oath is even seen as a step in making a formal contract with a high-ranking elf.

The content of the oath is to kiss each other after making the oath.

"I swear here that I will live forever as your sword."

Alice couldn't help snuggling into Noah's arms slightly, raised her chin, and stared at Noah closely.

"So, please also make an oath that you will never die before me."

After saying that, Esther closed his eyes, just raised his chin, and faced Noah.

When making a contract, although it must go through the steps of kissing to become effective, it does not stipulate which specific part must be kissed.

Logically speaking, even kissing the back of the hand can make the oath come true.

However, there are also unwritten rules that show that when making a vow, the more important the position of the kiss is, the stronger the effect of the vow will be.

Therefore, kissing the lips is definitely the most important position for the pure princess maiden who must maintain her body and mind, and the elves who only open their hearts to the pure princess maiden.

It is conceivable how much Esther attaches importance to this oath.

Seeing the beautiful scene of the beautiful elf girl snuggling in his arms and asking for a kiss from him, Noah didn't have any evil thoughts in his heart, only endless pity and warmth.

"I also swear here, as long as Esther lives as my sword one day, I will never die before you."

Leaving this sentence, Noah captured Est's lips without hesitation. (~^~)

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