Even if I transform, I will never be captured.

Beatrice probably ignored it. Anyway, she stayed in the mansion for seven days and opened many doors during that time, but Satella never saw the drill-headed little girl even once.

Ram acted very coldly, but he did not do anything to harm Satella, and he diligently performed his duties as a maid.

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Only Rem is slightly kinder to Satella, probably because Satella resurrected her sister.

That's right, Satella resurrected Ram.

Perhaps it was because she was soft-hearted, or perhaps it was because she felt that Ram's death was inextricably linked to her, but in any case, seeing Ram die in front of her and Rem crying her eyes out over her body, Satella felt that she could not ignore it.

However, Ram's heart was destroyed by Roswaal, and he was beyond dead. It was impossible to revive Ram using Index's abilities.

So Satella borrowed power from the system again—the power of the water goddess Aqua.

Then, with a resurrection spell, Ram, whose corpse was still relatively intact, was fully revived.

After a battle, only the worst one died, which can be considered a perfect result.

The only thing that worried Satella was Emilia's current condition.

……

Inside the study of the Roswaal mansion.

Emilia sat upright at her desk, her beautiful face displaying a serious expression as she flipped through a thick book.

Satella sat in the armchair, playing with her phone. Even though the novel had reached its climax, she couldn't concentrate on it and kept glancing at Emilia's beautiful back.

Emilia: "Because of the demi-human war more than ten years ago, the kingdom's economy has not yet fully recovered. What suggestions do you have for how to quickly revitalize the economy, sister?"

Satella: "Hmm..."

Emilia: "Surely we should reduce military spending and increase trade between the kingdoms?"

Satella: "Uh..."

It was less of asking Satella for her opinion and more of a delirious monologue. Satella and Parker exchanged a bewildered glance.

"Lia, I think we should have a serious talk."

Parker floated up to Emilia, crossed his arms, and tried his best to put on a serious face on his cute cat face.

"Okay, Parker, what do you want to talk about?"

"Raise your head and look at me!"

At Parker's command, Emilia raised her head and looked directly at him.

—Those were a pair of exquisitely beautiful purplish-blue eyes, but while Parker was reflected in them, reality was not.

"..."

Parker had so much to say, but looking into those eyes, he found himself speechless. In the end, he could only exhale and utter a single sentence.

"Let's rest for a bit first, then we'll go out and have some fun."

"No, that won't work."

Emilia immediately shook her head in refusal: "Roswaal is dead, which means I no longer have the only noble who supports me, so I must work hard to improve myself, otherwise I will be chosen by the king..."

“Wang Xuan’s affairs are completely unimportant! All I want is to see my daughter smiling happily every day! Roswaal…”

Puck abruptly interrupted Emilia, as if about to unleash a torrent of rage from his chest, and said with a look of utter disgust:

"That kind of bastard who deserves to go to hell is dead, so you don't need to care about him, Leah, right?"

“I didn’t care about him. After all, he deceived me, and I hate him too much to even think about it.”

Emilia said, "But I've also come to realize something. I used to rely too much on others. Look at this time, with Roswaal's death, I've almost lost everything—no ministers to support me, no territory to support my wishes, and no people I can trust... It suddenly seems impossible to realize my wishes... If I had relied on myself from the beginning, I certainly wouldn't be in such a desperate situation. So I can only rely on myself."

As Emilia shared this insight she had come to, she smiled at Puck, like a child waiting for her father's praise.

but……

Seeing that smile, seeing Emilia's eyes that were almost frozen in place, Parker felt a chill run down his spine.

"Lia, that's not right..."

I wanted to say that, but my mouth felt like it was blocked, and I couldn't say anything.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

What broke the silence was Satella's sudden, uncontrollable roar.

"Waaaaaaaahh ...

Startled, Parker and Emilia turned around and saw her throw Kanna, who was dozing off on her lap, flying away.

Then, he stood up, rushed towards the open window, braced his feet on the windowsill, and leaped out of the window.

"elder sister!"

"Satella!"

When Emilia and Parker rushed to the window, they saw that Satella hadn't fallen to the ground, but was instead holding onto a tree branch and doing... pull-ups?

"Sister...Sister?"

The tone was questioning. Although they had learned that Satella was doing a kind of exercise... it was still too strange, wasn't it?

He jumped out of the window for no reason, and started doing this exercise for no reason. What was the reason?

Satella quickly gave the reason.

"There was a guy who successfully confessed his love to the school's most beautiful girl by doing pull-ups...and another guy who won the hearts of three girls by doing pole vaulting."

Such exercise was obviously very strenuous for Satella; she was already panting heavily after just two pull-ups, but she continued talking.

"So, doing pull-ups like this should help you open up a little, Leah, and listen to what I'm about to say, right?"

Emilia: "..."

"Ahhh! Don't say anything! I know you're looking at me like I'm an idiot, and I actually feel like I am one right now! It's so embarrassing! I'm so ashamed I'm about to cry!"

"But this is the only thing I, as the older sister, can do!"

As if being publicly executed, Satella roared in a self-destructive tone, on the verge of tears:

"Me? I'm just a total shut-in. I may have a bit of a knack for talking, but I'm totally clueless about comforting people! I don't know how to cheer you up, I don't know how to get you to smile like usual, and I don't know how to prove to you that people can trust each other..."

Since it was because I killed Roswaal that the door in your heart closed, then I will open it for you.

"Lia, let's sign a contract, a contract that we both abide by and can never break."

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"I will always love Emilia, and I will create many memories that will bring a smile to your face whenever you think of them, and I will support your dream until it is fulfilled; in return, Emilia, you must smile at me every day, okay?"

Because her back was turned, Satella couldn't see Emilia's face clearly at all, but the sobbing sound came from behind her without being missed:

"But... such a price is simply not commensurate..."

"Equality is never about the value of the two things, but about whether you agree with them in your heart... In my heart, those things are equivalent to Emilia's smile."

After uttering words that would have made her mortified a hundred times over, Satella let out a long breath: "Is it alright, Lia? Can you agree to such a contract?"

"..."

There was no response, probably because the half-elf girl could no longer utter a single word.

However, the warmth that emanated from the depths of her heart, as if it were about to explode her entire body, told Satella that the contract had been fulfilled.

In this world, forming a contract is a very simple thing. It doesn't require any complicated written procedures. The only requirement is that both parties acknowledge each other's words. Then, the light of magic will shine in each other's hearts, and through the 'door,' the contract will be engraved into their souls. Even if time and space are crossed, the contract will still be effective.

Kanna, who had just gotten up from the ground, looked blankly at Emilia, who was sitting on the ground covering her face and whimpering, and then at Satella, who was hanging from a tree branch and yelling for help...

To be honest, given Connor's age, she didn't understand what had just happened.

but……

"It's so great to have met Sasha."

Only this sentence came from the bottom of my heart.

Author's Note:

PS1. Thank you to Cat's Admiral, Iona, Kanna is the cutest in the world, Kaguya's Mokou, Ayane, Shining World Crown, Salty Fish Master ● Dala Bengba, Not 9 is Your Highness, Deli Sha Apocalis, Shi Ye Shang, Tian Ye Ming Yue, and Ming Jing Zhi Shui_Ying for their knives and donations.

P.S. 2. This chapter is 3,000 words long. I feel that I have already crossed the line of shame in writing this (crying).

P.S. 3. Three thousand words counts as one update, but four thousand words count as two updates, so the author, Ji, really did update twice yesterday (please don't hit me).

PS4. I want to standardize the update time and try to update at 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM sharp in the future.

Chapter 51 Emilia Border Count

The road leading from Roswaal's mansion to the kingdom is lined with lush trees, offering untouched natural scenery—a rare treat for modern people accustomed to concrete jungles.

However, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, you'll get tired of it after seeing it too much.

For example, Satella, who had been traveling along this post road for almost a day, now felt that the trees that stretched out in a row looked like clumps of green sap.

To avoid vomiting, she chose to return to the dragon carriage and lie on Emilia's lap.

"Sister, what is a shut-in?"

"They're basically a bunch of people who stay at home all day, rubbing their eyes on a bunch of anime characters, or lying in bed reading novels, or squatting in front of the computer playing games... I guess. Leah, why are you asking this?"

"Because I care a lot. That day, my sister said she was a total shut-in..."

"Waaaah, don't say it! Don't say it! Leah, you too! Forget all the memories of that day!"

Satella raised her fist, attempting to inflict physical amnesia on Emilia. After being dodged, she covered her head and rolled around on Emilia's lap.

I don't know where I got the courage to say those things back then. Now that my dark history has been exposed, I feel so ashamed! I want to die!

Let Emilia's skirt suffocate me!

So when Emilia solemnly declared, "I will never forget that day," she felt something strange in her lower body. Looking down, she discovered that her beloved older sister had crawled into her skirt.

Satella: "Huh, pink, that's really a girly color, Lia."

Emilia: "..."