
Stella was silent when she heard Thev's reply. The fastest way to increase the power of his Death Goddess aura was to eat the legendary fruit he had in his hands. However, the advantages of eating the fruit were proportional to the consequences it would receive in the near future.
'Is it time now?'
Eating the Red Crystal Fruit was tantamount to restoring its original form unknown to people. It also meant that he was prepared to face the shadow of death that would await him in the future.
'But, if I keep delaying time....'
Stella fell into her endless thinking, guessing all the possibilities that would put her on the edge of the abyss of death, and thinking of all the ways there was to avoid all those possibilities.
'Well, it might happen, but it's okay. Now, I'm ready.'
After thinking clearly and determinedly, Stella looked at the fruit, before finally eating it slowly.
Swuush.
After Stella finished eating the fruit, her entire body felt light. Sweat was pouring down on his body. All around him, a red light surrounded him, then entered his hair and eyes.
"Ukh!"
Stella's red eyes were wide open. One of his hands involuntarily gripped the spot where his heart was tightly. Something painful is attacking that part. His free hand clenched until it turned white, trying to endure the pain.
Blup. Blup.
Something soft came out of his skin. Anyone could see that Stella's skin melted like melted ice and revealed a new skin that was much brighter and shinier than before.
"Huhh, hahh! Haha...!"
After a long time in an unfortunate position, Stella finally managed to withstand all the suffering she experienced earlier. He inhaled oxygen greedily while panting. Surprisingly, after the pain in his heart disappeared, he felt that something was flowing there and made his body become stronger and fresher.
'What was that?'
"Now, your heart also serves as a place to produce magic."
The words of Thev, who seemed to be able to read his mind, made Stella surprised.
"What do you mean "production"?"
"According to his name. There, in your heart, you can produce endless amounts of magic mana. This means that you will never lack mana under any circumstances."
'Direful.'
That was what Stella thought when she learned of the new abilities she had gained after eating the Red Crystal Fruit.
For magic users, lacking or losing mana was the biggest problem they had to face if they were in a certain situation. If there was no mana, then how could they use magic? For even a great magician, if his magic mana disappeared, he was tantamount to being an ordinary person.
"It turns out so."
Stella nodded in understanding. Anyway, this is a good thing. Being able to produce mana magic like a heart that pumps blood at all times, it meant that he had abundant mana and would become unrivalled in any situation.
But the thing is, there are talented witches and geniuses who can measure where a person is in just one look.
If one of the witches is there who accidentally measure where Stella is out of curiosity about the talent of the princess, then he could see that there was an endless amount of magic in his body. If that happened, then it was certain that Stella would be hunted by the witches and they would enter Stella into the Magic Tower at all costs. And if King Shavir agrees, then Stella will instantly be able to stay in the Magic Tower without being allowed to refuse.
'Ugh, if that happens, I will destroy the kingdom!' inner Stella with a fiery gaze.
Thev, who misunderstood Stella's fiery gaze, laughed happily. She thought that Stella was very excited to be the next talented magician and genius.
Therefore, he said with an arrogant face, "Hey, you know. I can teach you all kinds of magic."
"really? Can you also teach me how to hide where magic is?"
"Yes, sure sa―what did you say?"
Thev, who at first raised his head high while acting presumptuous, immediately rounded his blue eyes at Stella's question. He looked at the little man with a look of wonder.
"Why do you want to hide where your magic is? Everywhere, people would want to show off their talent to everyone."
"Yes, it's someone else, not me" Stella replied cynically, feeling annoyed that the little dragon was comparing her to others. "Are there really people like me in this world? Anyway, don't ask too many questions and just say the answer!" at the end of the sentence.
Thev grieves.
"Regular, cake," he replied no less cynically, following up annoyed that the little girl in front of him gave him orders as easily as flipping a palm. "By the way, be polite to me."
"Why?"
Thev replied proudly, "Of course it's because I'm a great dragon."
"But, you're not speaking politely to me, are you?"
"uh? Why should I?"
Stella sneered silently, then imitated the style of the dragon.
"Of course it's because I'm a very talented and genius princess of the kingdom" she said in a proud, contrived tone, but strangely it sounded like her heart.
"...."
Witnessing the scene, Thev was rendered speechless. For a moment, he approved of Stella's remark just a moment ago.
'Yes, yeah. Where can I find someone like him? Only he could act like that in front of me. You insolent little man...! Uh, errata, I could be in danger of calling him a little man again.'
Thev broke out in cold sweat when he realized the contents of his mind.
Even if he was a majestic dragon (uhuk), his strength was locked together as he fell asleep to guard the Red Crystal Fruit. It took a long time to recover his strength. Right now, he could only rely on his large mouth and his legs filled with sharp claws to fight. In other words, in his body there was no magic at all.
'Well, that explains why I didn't attack that human right away when I first met and instead played a silly game that was so exciting. Hahaha....'
For some reason, now he thought that he was completely useless.
...―――...
"So you asked me how to hide where magic is, right?"
Stella nodded in response.
They were now no longer playing around like before and making illegible expressions on each other's faces.
"It's easy" Thev said, flying around Stella in circles. "Let's make a contract with me."
"What?"
"Let's make a contract with me," repeated Thev in a slightly clucked tone at the beginning of his sentence. "That's the only way."
"Is that really the only way?"
The question from Stella made the dragon sweat.
Of course it wasn't the only way to hide mana one's magic, but it was the fastest way he could think of right now, who couldn't teach that man how to hide mana magic.
'It can't be, but now I can't use magic!' elak Thev in his heart. 'To teach him how to hide where magic is, of course I have to give him an example first, right? But the thing is, I can't give you an example because my magic is still locked!'
So, all he could think of was making a contract with Stella. He could also benefit from the contract since his master was someone who had abundant magic mana, then his once locked magic would return sooner than he expected.
Thev was already eager to make a contract while thinking about his own profits, forgetting completely that Stella was a shrewd person.
"Then what do I get?"
"What?"
"What's my advantage in making a contract with you?"
'Huh!'
Thev jerks. He forgot something important when he was busy thinking about his own benefits. While Stella was already staring intently at the dragon, making Thev rack his brain violently.
The problem....
'No human lives happily after contracting with a dragon!'
He forgot this important fact. That a man who binds a contract with a dragon never has a good ending. Such a contract is considered forbidden and believed to be the beginning of a disaster.
'I forgot this! Noooo!!'
Thev wants to cry now. It felt like he was flying to a high place with his delusion, then falling to the bottom of the world knowing that his delusion was breaking into pieces.
'Goodbye, my magic is locked....'
...―――...
"What's my advantage in making a contract with you?"
Stella waited for an answer from the little dragon, but all she saw were pitiful eyes full of tears that the dragon always showed. He was confused and did not understand. Is the question wrong? Not likely. The dragon must have known something.
"Hurry up and say."
"Oh, forget that! I'm just kidding!"
"So, the contract was just a joke?"
"Yes! So. I'm just kidding!"
Anyone could see that the dragon looked panicked and lied blatantly.
"Hm .. I don't believe." Stella's red eyes lit up brightly inside the cave made of ice blocks. "Your offer I accepted. Let's make a contract."
"Can't!"
"Why?"
"I can't!"
"Why?"
His persistence frustrated the black dragon and replied spontaneously, "That's because it's so forbidden!!"
"Barrarely?"
Stella repeated the word and smiled obliquely, while Thev had closed his dragon mouth tightly.
"It's not okay for me. The important thing is I can hide where this magic is."
But there's no answer.
Stella spoke again with an expressionless face.
"No matter good or evil, I will do anything to be able to hide where this magic is. What matters is that my life is not threatened. Usually, in order to be successful, we have to take big risks."
Thev stopped flying in circles and sat on the ice floor. "Why?" tanyanya confusion. "Why do you have to take such a big risk to be successful?"
"Because I'm selfish" Stella replied firmly. "I just want to live here quietly without being threatened. You said the contract was strictly off limits, right? Heh, I don't believe it. The people who had previously made contracts with dragons were weaklings. And I'm not."
"People who are weak...?" muttered the dragon with a look of disbelief.
Stella nodded in agreement, then smiled confidently.
"Now say, why is that contract so forbidden?"
"... Because the man who made the contract with the dragon never had a good ending."
"Gt."
The laughter from Stella took over Thev's attention.
"Is that the reason?"
"Yes." Yeah."
"It's ridiculous."
Stella slowly walked closer towards the black dragon. Then give a genuine smile that is rarely shown to anyone.
"You don't have to believe that myth."
"But that's a fact" Thev denied tenaciously. "I don't want to harm Alexa's daughter."
"Whether it's a myth or a fact, you can't be too trusting. Because everyone's destiny is different."
"Different...."
"really. So, let's make a contract."
Sriyian!
A magic circle with a bright golden color appeared under Stella's feet, along with blood from her thumb dripping onto Thev's head. A contract between a human and a dragon with a master-slave system was immediately made.
It was a moment when evil and good mixed and helped each other.
It all started from this place.
The beginning of a new life.
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I read all your comments that say spit up thor, crazy up thor, thor spirit, continued thor, etc and immediately get the idea to continue this chapter that stops in the middle of😭 thank you all and sorry can not up cepet or double up kyk first😭 skrng me again holiday and first udh determined to make it often" up pas holiday, but somehow.. I got the virus malesss😭 gegara many new manhwa that tantalizing and I also again there is a fanfict project, tl novel, tl, and tl manhwa😭 sorry so much😭 even so I will need to write 500+ more words per day🤧
do what I am on hiatus, the answer is. yes not😭.
trus for those who say curious sm the continuation, wait yah😭 (i know klo waiting without hope is painful, but only the word "wait" that I can give to you guys while writing the new chapter😭)
anyway sorry😭
*A/N: btw, I udh kasih clue loh about the next chapters: "The beginning of a new life". hayoloh mikir🤣
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