Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

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10. Who is right and who is wrong

Rachel made a decision that went against her ancestors' teachings.

She wants to unilaterally tear up the contract with Charles!

Why is she the master and Ciel is also the master? What level of person is Ciel, and is he worthy of the same status as her?

There is no point in the contract at all, it's unfair! She asked for a re-signing!

Then she opened her mouth and ordered:

"Xia... Master! My life... Please sign a new contract with me!"

Her tone was aggressive and domineering, but her words were quite sweet and gentle, and she even used honorifics and polite words.

This fact made Lacie feel even more ashamed and angry.

So she simply shut her mouth, and with a bit of murderous intent, she slapped the contract in front of Charles.

"Re-sign!" she said through gritted teeth.

At this point, even if Ciel's reaction time was long, he understood what was happening.

He couldn't help but look at the contract in front of him, and then at the murderous Lacie.

"Is there a problem with the contract?" Charles asked tentatively, "You also... became a servant?"

But Laciel didn't want to waste time talking to him, so she just pushed the contract forward and said coldly:

"Stop talking nonsense! Sign again!"

She expected that Charles would guess the truth. After all, although the hero of this generation did not have a strong body, he had a relatively smart brain - but so what? Based on her understanding of Charles, this reasonable and honest man would definitely re-sign a contract with her in the end, because he was a hero.

A gentleman can be deceived by tricks, and the brave men of all ages are the most reasonable people in the world.

Lacey is full of confidence.

But this time, Charles seemed unwilling to agree with her idea.

He pushed the contract back.

Lacey was stunned.

"What do you mean?" she asked subconsciously, "Don't you want to sign a new contract with me?"

The brave man didn't say anything, he chose to remain silent.

Lacie found it a little unbelievable.

She was getting a little anxious:

"But we clearly agreed before that I would help you revive your lover and you and I would sign a master-servant contract. You don't want to go back on your word, do you?"

If it were any other time, this would have been her ultimatum. Don't say I didn't warn you. Her tone was fierce and aggressive, but it was all because of that damn contract. Her ultimatum not only didn't feel oppressive at all, but also sounded like a desperate plea.

But speaking of it, Ciel has always been soft-hearted and does not respond to harshness. Begging might be more effective than warning.

Just as Lacie was thinking this, Charles suddenly shook his head.

"That's it," he said. "This is... not bad."

"what?"

Lacey was stunned.

No? She couldn't help but wonder, what's so good about this?

She is the one who suffers, isn't she? She was supposed to do whatever she wants to Charles and he had to obey her. Now that Charles has the power of a master, doesn't that mean she has to obey his orders too?

If Charles suddenly wanted to do something bad to her one day, wouldn't she be unable to resist?

Besides, what if Charles discovered the truth and wanted to get her drunk in anger?

I'm afraid that by then we'll be bickering like children -

Charles ordered her not to resist, and she ordered Charles not to let her not resist, and the cycle continued endlessly until one of them was too tired to speak, or their mouths were blocked.

But these were not things that Lacie was particularly worried about.

Ciel can use forbidden spells to fight against the contract, and she, the Witch of Twilight and Dawn, certainly has a way to temporarily invalidate the contract.

She was worried about...

Lacey didn't dare to think about it anymore. She couldn't help but say:

"But you clearly promised me before..."

However, Charles, who used to be very reasonable, seemed to have made up his mind today and would not reason with Lacie no matter what.

So he said:

"I'm sorry, although you have promised me to help me revive Lacielle, I really can't trust you completely, so it's a good thing for me to maintain the current situation..."

Perhaps even Charles himself felt that this was too despicable, so he added:

"But I swear to you that, other than asking you to help me revive Laciel, I will never order you to do anything through the contract. And from now on, you don't need to address me with honorifics or call me master."

As soon as his voice fell, Lacie felt that some of the restraints around her had quietly dissipated.

This was not an illusion. She moved her lips deliberately and cursed Charles silently twice, successfully calling out the correct name instead of the name "Master" which she hated.

But this still did not satisfy Lacie. She raised her head again and said to Charles in a decisive tone:

"No! I still...still can't trust you. I order you to sign a new contract with me!"

She even used the power of the contract.

But she failed - because Ciel used a forbidden spell.

The brave man struggled to temporarily eliminate the influence of the contract on him, then slowly stood up.

The lights in the witch's lair lengthened his shadow and cast it downward, covering the witch who was still sitting there.

The hero's face was expressionless, full of oppression.

The witch swallowed calmly and grasped the wand with the hand hidden under the table.

"What do you want to do?" she asked subconsciously, her voice seemed to tremble a little.

"I will not order you to do anything, nor will I do anything to you," the brave man paused and whispered, "-I swear in the name of the brave man."

Then, without waiting for the witch lady to react, he turned around, pulled out the rattan chair, and left the witch's lair without looking back.

Lacey was stunned.

She wanted to keep him, but Charles was so determined to leave that before she could say anything, his back had disappeared out the door.

So, the words she had originally intended to say had to be kept to herself.

Asshole hero, what she was worried about was not speaking honorifics or calling him master, it didn't matter what happened.

She was worried about the other private goods she had added to the contract -

"When a servant is with his master, he will unconsciously speak his true feelings. As time goes by, he will gradually develop feelings of affection and even love for his master. Once he is separated from his master, he will immediately wake up."

Lacey was in despair.

How was she going to tell Charles that she had added such a clause to the contract?

……

On the other side, the brave man Charles, who had just left the witch's lair, was also in distress.

He didn't know what to do, so he found a tree stump to sit on and took out a handkerchief from his arms.

It can be seen that he protects this handkerchief very well and keeps it close to his body almost all the time, for fear that it will be damaged or dirty. Therefore, even though three months have passed, it is still as clean as new.

After all, this was the only relic that Rachel left him.

Charles stared at the handkerchief in a daze, and after a long silence, he smiled bitterly.

"Did I do something wrong?"

He asked in a weak voice, as if he was asking himself, or as if he was asking his deceased lover.

Then he lowered his head, spread the handkerchief flat on his knees, bent over, buried his face in the handkerchief, and breathed softly.

Three months later, Charles smelled the familiar scent of golden roses again.

——That’s the smell of Rachel.

In the faint scent of golden roses, Charles seemed to see his deceased lover smiling at him.

In that fleeting dream, he reached out to his lover but was unable to reach her.

Because he knew better than anyone that Rachel was dead, but he still refused to admit it. He stubbornly believed that he could revive her, so he visited the Grand Master of the White Tower and sought help from the Mother Tree of the Elves, but no matter how he tried, the final result was always the same -

Almost everyone told him that no one could resurrect the dead.

Except that guy.

"You know about the Forest Sea, right? There is a witch living in seclusion there. As for the witch's name... I don't remember it. After all, it happened a long time ago. The key is that the witch may be able to revive your lover."

At that time, he subconsciously wanted to ask if it was true, but before he could open his mouth, the guy seemed to have guessed what he was thinking:

"Don't ask me if this is true. It makes me doubt whether you really want to revive your lover... Go quickly, go quickly. If there is anyone in this world who can revive your lover, it can only be her."

So Charles came to the Sea of ​​Forest and found the Witch of Dawn and Dusk who lived in seclusion there.

Even now, he still doesn't know the name of the Witch of Twilight and Dawn.

But this might not be an important matter - what was important was that he remembered that the person who told him the news had specifically reminded him:

"By the way, the Witch of Dawn and Dusk is definitely not a good person. She is full of lies and is more cunning and more difficult to deal with than any witch you have defeated before, so don't believe anything she says."

Charles followed the instructions and did not believe a single word the Witch of Dawn and Dusk said from beginning to end. He even used the master-servant contract to trick the Witch of Dawn and Dusk.

But strangely, he did not feel happy. On the contrary, he felt guilty and uneasy.

Perhaps it was because in his eyes, the Witch of Dawn and Dusk was not an unforgivable villain. On the contrary, he actually thought she was quite... quite easy to talk to.

Clearly, he accidentally destroyed the plane teleportation array that the Witch of Dawn and Dusk had painstakingly constructed, and he couldn't afford the money to compensate, but the Witch of Dawn and Dusk still forgave him and promised to help him resurrect Lacie.

On the contrary, he himself, as a brave man, was dishonest, went back on his word, and used the master-servant contract to threaten the Witch of Dawn and Dusk.

Can I still be called a hero when I am like this?

Ciel sighed unconsciously.

In comparison, even the Witch of Twilight and Dawn seems more like a good person than him.

He was a little confused.

He didn't know who he should trust - himself? The Witch of Twilight? Or the person who told him the information?

"If Laciel were here, she would definitely know what to do, right?"

Charles thought about it, folded the handkerchief, and put it back in his arms, keeping it close to his body.

At the same time, he also made a decision - he decided to go to the grave of his deceased lover and think about it.

[Perhaps, Rachel’s spirit in heaven will tell me what to do.]

So, without disturbing anyone, the hero quietly left the Forest Sea.

[To be continued]

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11. Take you away