186: Blood Seal Contract

Blood Seal Contract

3  Adel pursed her lips. "No wonder you can cast so much all the time. With your health and all the mana you have, you are basically a walking fortress…."  2

"I actually can't deny that, but as you saw earlier, I am not immune to harm."  Earlier, I was hurt pretty bad. If myself or Grace did not have high heal, I would have been in a lot of trouble, I could also have died. But to save the lives of those near me, I was willing to take the risk.

"That is true. I thought my heart was going to stop earlier." Adel said with a bitter smile before changing the subject.

"We should not announce this system thing just yet. If we get more, we should give them to Sally and Sophie. They are the closest to you besides me." Adel once again was thinking more on my behalf than anything else.

"If we get more, even if it is only one, we should give it to your fa…." Adel quickly interrupted me.

"No. He is unable to move freely as King. How would he have time to level up? If you wish to give one to the kingdom, it should go to Lance. Although I do hate saying it, and he will probably take the idea of you giving him anything even if it was a nerdal poop as you showing your love to him, he is set to be the next King. And he has been doing quite well on learning things." What Adel said did make sense. The King really could not move around as he wished since he was the ruler of the kingdom. If he went into a dungeon and spies from a hostile kingdom found out, they would use the chance to kill him and blame it on a dungeon. But if I gave it to Lance, who was set to become the next King, then while he was still free of the role, he could level up and gain enough strength to fend for himself. However, he would probably need to run a lot of dungeons.

"That does make sense. Alright, if we find another, it will be saved for Lance. Do you mind giving it to him to save the hassle it will bring if I give it to him?" I know I was pushing my troubles onto Adel, but I really did not want to give Lance the wrong idea. 

"Yeah, I think it is best that I give it to him too." Adel readily agreed. 

"We should go and explain things to everyone else and get the contracts done. I do not know when I will need to use my full dragon form just yet." I did not like the idea of having to do these contracts, but I wanted to be safe rather than sorry. A lot of things seemed to be set in motion, and I am not sure what the future will bring, so it was best not to add more trouble to myself.

I removed the barrier around us, and Adel and I walked over to everyone else who were standing around a big pile of items. It was all the items that spawned after the boss died. "Anything good?"

"Boss, we are not sure. They seem strong, but I am not sure who should get what." Steven replied. "Sophie said we should wait for you so that you can decide."

"For now, we will just leave them and distribute them after I finish speaking." I took a deep breath and let it out slowly before continuing. "As many of you have seen, I am not a normal demi human. In fact, I am a dragon." I decided to keep the demon part a secret for now since I do not know exactly how demons were looked upon in society. I only told Adel because of how close we are. "But because of this fact, I must ask everyone here to please sign a contract with me to never speak about this to anyone."

"Yes, Faith already has enough issues, and as the Princess of this kingdom, I am not allowing anyone to say no. The contract will be a blood seal contract. It means you will die if you ever reveal anything about Faith. I myself will also be signing this, so you are not the only ones. If any of you refuse to sign a contract, well…. I am sure losing your life in a dungeon is a common occurrence." While I did not agree with openly threatening everyone, I guess there was no other way around it.

"Princess Adel, I think you think too lightly of us. Each and every one of us owes Boss a life debt now. She really saved us at the expense of her own safety. We could have all died right then and there, but she risked revealing who she was and even risked her life for us. How could we say no?" Leo's words made everyone around him nod. I was glad to know that everyone was agreeing with him. I really did not wish anyone to come to harm just because I was trying to keep my identity a secret. 

"Then even better. For those who do not know, a blood seal is actually quite simple."Adel looked over at me and grabbed my hand. "Faith, cut your thumb to draw blood and draw a magic circle with the runic inscription that states what you are forbidding them from doing, using your blood. and in the core of the equation add the following runes...." 

I nodded and bit my finger before doing as I was told. It was actually a simple thing. I just wanted them not to tell anyone about my secrets. If I generalize it like this, it will cover every aspect. I finished writing the magic circle and then showed Adel: "Is this good?"

"Yes, this will work and covers a broad range, so yeah, this will work well. Okay, the rest is simple. Faith will infuse the bloody magic circle with her mana, and then everyone will then drip a drop of mana infused blood onto it. It will then bind you to the contract." I was quite surprised at how simple the process was. But now I understand why blood seal contracts and magic contracts differ. Magic contracts can be written by anyone, and as long as find someone strong enough, you can break the seal that enters your body. But the blood seal is different and is infused into a single magic circle drawn from the blood of the one owning the contract. It is basically a special magic spell that will send out a signal if someone tries to betray you. That signal would then kill the person instantly since they were linked to the seal directly by blood.

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