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.

the fact that there was a chance for me to survive

I managed to break through to rank, I would have a very real possibility of surviving

a very real chance for me to suffer serious consequences. The possibility of death

I did end up surviving the backlash of

the same thing at the next

enduring the backlash of the contract, right?" Angelica asked, her

"Yes."

them up again,

about you, won't you suffer a backlash

"I will."

replied with a

the backlash will not be too troublesome for me. Maybe by a month's time, I will

frowned. Before she could say anything else, I cut

fine. I can

staring towards the ceiling

it will

know this might be a dumb move on my part, but, I felt that this was the only way to resolve

probability of me dying, but I think with enough preparations I could avoid

then, I would without a

go as far as me losing a rank, and obviously kicking me out of the tournament due to the injuries, but I felt like this was the right

"Eh?"

suddenly halted as my thoughts paused there. A sudden thought

perhaps like

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 I was now, just about to

quite comprehend the feelings I was

had to add, but I had seen plenty of other beautiful girls in my

the possibility of her hating me, my decision in letting Amanda hand her mother the fruit

I knew that if I did nothing about the situation, and Amanda found out everything, our relationship would reach a point where we

did this mean that

'Uh…I really don't know.'

hair into a

brain over the matter, the

to think of her as a romantic interest...yet, why did

Clank—!

was starting to stir even more wildly, the

bracelet. Walking up to me, her soft footsteps

"Here."

"Thank you."

focused my attention on the bracelet. Somehow, I couldn't muster the courage

mana into it, after a couple of seconds, I took

fruit responsible for curing

felt a lot heavier than I thought. It felt as though I was holding onto a large

complicated look flashed across my face, however, realizing that Amanda

that

in my hand, Amanda didn't speak. However, I could see hope glimmer inside of her as she eyed

before turning

"…May I?"

"Go ahead."

my hand, urging her to

eventually extended her hand and took the fruit. Then, retrieving it, she started

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 quite

the fruit, and her subtle changes in facial expressions were quite a comical scene

"Hahaha."

a small laugh escaped from my mouth. I instantly covered my mouth when I realized

though I had laughed a little bit too loudly as Amanda's voice

"Is something funny?"

"...Ehm."

were the only two people present aside from

"You."

she cocked her head to the side, letting her glossy black hair fall

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