The Author's POV

Chapter 439

"...Actually, there might be a way."

Angelica said with a complicated look on her face.

Her words reignited hope within me, however, that was quickly dashed away when I realized that there was no free lunch in this world.

Indeed, there may have been a way, but there was most definitely going to be a cost associated with that way.

Closing my eyes and taking a deep breath to collect myself, I opened them up again and asked.

"What is the way? Breaking the contract?… You know that's not really possible."

Mana contracts, regardless of the party's will could not be broken. The reason for this was unknown, the same went for skills, no one really knew why they existed…well, that was back in the past, I now knew.

It was because of the Akashic records. They were the entity responsible for creating the laws of the world, and in this case, the law that they had set was that mana contracts couldn't be broken.

Was there a deeper reason for this? ...I really wasn't sure.

That aside, It was because of this 'rule' that people were extremely apprehensive when signing a mana contract.

Since both parties couldn't break the contract, if both were unable to fill the requirements set in the contract, both parties may end up bound together for life.

Furthermore, I didn't want to break my contract with Angelica.

Not only was she a powerful ally that I could trust, but all the previous plans that I had made with Silug would go to waste.

I couldn't really afford to lose those.

Angelica also seemed to have understood this point as she quickly shook her head.

"No, it's not that."

Pausing, Angelica stroked her ears with her paw and carefully said.

"…the contract we signed back then, if I don't recall wrongly, its grade is not that strong."

"Right..." I nodded my head.

As I've said before, there were different grades to a mana contract. Each grade meant for a different rank an individual it could bind.

The grades went from [I] to [V], with [V] being the highest.

For obvious reasons, back then I couldn't have afforded a [V] mana contract, in fact, even now I couldn't afford a [V[ mana contract, its price was way too high. Those kinds of contracts were not only hard to get but had little to no supply and extremely high demand.

It wasn't something I could get my hands on.

Back then, with the money I had, I only managed to get my hands on a grade [III] contract.

This was the standard grade contract and could bind individuals whose strength was around to rank. Which was my exact rank.

"Back when we signed it, if I don't remember incorrectly, I think I was baron ranked while you were still somewhere around D to E rank."

"Yes."

I was indeed around that rank when I first met her. Still, my eyes squinted as I tried to understand what she was trying to get at.

"...That was back then, right now I'm a count ranked demon while you're ranked. Just around the threshold of the mana contract rank effectiveness."

"Aah!"

Hearing Angelica's words, I suddenly slapped the palm of my hand.

'How come I didn't think of that!'

It didn't take too long for me to understand what she was trying to hint at, and when I realized what her plan was, a mixture of surprise and caution washed over my face.

was a chance for me to survive

break through to rank, I would have

being said, even if I exceeded the rank grade, there was still a very real chance for me to suffer serious consequences. The possibility of death may have been significantly

did end up surviving the backlash of the contract,

just repeat the same thing at the

consequences of forcefully enduring the backlash of the contract, right?" Angelica

"Yes."

opening them up again,

you, won't you suffer a backlash

"I will."

replied with a

too troublesome for me. Maybe by a month's

say anything else, I cut her

fine. I can take

staring towards the ceiling of the room,

think it will be

I know this might be a dumb move on my part, but, I felt that this was

dying, but I

then, I would without a

Perhaps it could even go as far as me losing a rank, and obviously kicking me out of the tournament due to the injuries, but

"Eh?"

suddenly halted as my thoughts

perhaps

going to make such a rash decision because I had

life for the sake of others unless it jeopardized my own. It just wasn't me…yet, here

comprehend the feelings I

drop-dead gorgeous if I had to add, but I had seen

me, my decision in letting Amanda hand her

and Amanda found out everything, our relationship would reach a point where

did this mean that I liked

'Uh…I really don't know.'

ruffled my hair

more I tried to rack my brain over the matter, the

about romance, and honestly, I had not been with Amanda long enough to think of her as a romantic interest...yet, why did I not want her

Clank—!

was starting to stir even more wildly, the door

Walking up to me, her soft footsteps rang throughout the

"Here."

"Thank you."

quickly focused my attention on the

my mana into it, after a couple of seconds, I took out a familiar-looking

responsible

hand, it suddenly felt a lot heavier than I thought. It felt as though I was holding onto a

flashed across my face, however, realizing that Amanda was

the fruit that can cure your

I could see

and retrieved it before turning to

"…May I?"

"Go ahead."

replied whilst extending my hand,

extended her hand and took the fruit. Then, retrieving it, she started to carefully examine

this chance to finally take a good look at her, and the moment I did, a thought suddenly crossed my mind. 'She looks like a cat that just found its favorite toy.' It was

way that her eyes would dart around the fruit, and her subtle changes in facial expressions were

"Hahaha."

escaped from my mouth. I instantly

had laughed a little bit too loudly as Amanda's voice soon reached my

"Is something funny?"

"...Ehm."

seeing that we were the only two people present aside from Angelica,

"You."

she cocked her head to the side, letting her

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