The Fake Princess's Soul Contract Duke

Chapter 3: Thalia La Sheridan

Soul contracts.

One of the three forbidden spells that heaven cursed and dabbed in the human world.

In the past, when the cold war was still going on, nobles and commoners, were willing to sacrifice the most precious thing in their lives to bring about a terrible dark figure that was cruel, more brutal than even the devil.

The figure is Goddess Alianora, the goddess of the killer as well as the creator of the Soul Contract spell.

But when Goddess Alianora fell asleep in the prison of the underworld and the darkness of the world had begun to disappear, the spell also disappeared from the surface of the earth, as if it had never been created before. No one talks about or writes about the mantra, so many assume that it is just a myth.

No one knew from where a noble princess who was notoriously innocent and stupid, could use a forbidden spell whose existence was still a mystery.

"Please, save my family!"

Alianora opened her eyes, re-imaging the picture of the spacious bedroom as well as the two people who were judging her right now. With a floor rug filled with dry porridge liquid that smells filled the entire room, as well as scattered dishes and waiters who sat stiffly beside him, he said, Alianora who stood between them felt like watching a short-sighted drama that often aired on the theater stage.

In his heart, he took a deep breath. The request of his contractor was indeed very troublesome, but he had already agreed to it, there was nothing he could do but try to grant it, even in the current conditions. It is undeniable, now he is really in the body of his contractor, Thalia La Sheridan, who is currently a child. For the reason, he still did not know, but he could think about that later, now he seemed to have to solve this problem that was before him.

"Thalia La Sheridan, didn't you hear my question? What the hell is going on here?"

A sharp and cold voice, filled with anger made Alianora turn towards the beautiful and elegant woman in front of her.

Beautiful and elegant paras, if not wrong this woman is called the Duchess..means I am now in the residence of the duke's family?

Heh, so an innocent woman like Thalia is a duke's daughter, hm?

Alianora was silent for a moment then bowed politely before the woman, greeting her gently.

"Mother, I'm sorry for showing you my messy room like this. Earlier, when the waiter brought his food tray, I smelled an unpleasant smell from the food, so I accidentally brushed off the tray for not being able to bear the smell of the food."

Alianora ended her talk with a smile as innocent as she could be a 10-year-old girl. He didn't know what the characteristics of this Thalia boy were like, so he was just second-guessing what a child of his age was like. Hopefully, her identity as a fake Thalia is not revealed.

However, the atmosphere of the room suddenly became quiet, the three people in the room looked at Alianora with shocked and confused gazes. Alianora looked back at them, trying to stay calm and maintain her smile to stay natural, even though in her mind she had wondered if what she said was wrong, or if her acting was wrong.

Alianora became increasingly convinced that what she was doing was not the usual thing Thalia did when she saw the face of the little girl behind the beautiful woman in front of her, who looked at him as if he had just done the most absurd thing in the world.

The little girl muttered softly, "Sister...?"

Alianora nodded quickly, "This servant is to blame, mother."

The little girl's face instead turned more and more ordinary, but it became even more horror.

Is something wrong?

Alianora tried to glance towards the woman called Lady Duchess earlier, and saw the look of the amethyst eyes that were staring at her with an inexplicable expression.

Ah, it seems like he has really made a mistake.

"Madam Duchess, s-me.it's all-" the servant girl had wanted to deny Alianora's accusation to him, but when she glanced at Alianora who was looking at her sharply, she looked at him, she immediately turned her face and curled up, "Mrs.please..m-forgive me, I.unintentionally...."

However, the woman did not glance at the servant at all and ignored him like she had never been there. He just stared straight at Alianora.

"Hm, spilling your own breakfast, what a shameful behavior for a noble daughter."

Then, the woman muttered a little, which Alianora could still hear, "Really don't know ethics."

Hearing that made Alianora immediately turn her head towards the woman sharply.

What just now, this woman insulted her own daughter intentionally like that? After finding out that his daughter was given stale food?

Alianora was quite surprised to receive the reaction from the woman in front of her. Wasn't this woman Thalia's mother, who belonged to a 'family' that Thalia herself wanted to protect despite the cost of her life?

"Thalia La Sheridan, since you made this mess, then as the punishment, you should clean this up. Mary, you and the other servants must not help her, let her do it herself" said the woman as she walked out.

Alianora raised her eyebrows, so surprised she forgot to act, "Huh? Wait, but I've just been given stale food!"

"Then?"

Highlight the amethyst eyes of the woman were extremely cold and sharp, extremely heartless, no expression. Alianora who saw that to the point of being speechless.

The woman's brows furrowed, "One more thing, Thalia La Sheridan, I hope this is the last time you speak without ethics in front of me. Don't let you show your obscure background in public, and defile Sheridan's name."

After that the two men left the servant and Alianora who was still dumbfounded looked at the door, still unable to believe what she had just witnessed.

****

Alianora opened her eyes. The view of the spacious room like a noble princess but ordinary, was plastered in front of her. The room where she woke up to be a human princess.

Alianora looked around her, all colorless, black and white. The trees outside the window did not move. Time seems to stop.

Alianora felt strange but when she wanted to move, there was nothing to move. His body sat stiffly on the edge of the bed. 

Screen changing. This time Alianora was in a spacious room illuminated by crystal lights here and there. Alianora could not see any other colors other than black and white, as well as the figures around her who were well dressed but her face could only be seen partially. They stood around her whispering, and Alianora could hear everything clearly.

'Heh, so it's Sheridan's daughter who was wasted'

'Oh, so she's Duke Sheridan's adopted daughter who comes from a commoner?'

'Hahaha, it's appropriate. From the beginning I've been suspicious, there's no noble who can't magic except him.'

'That's right, especially with Miss Estelle whose talent is extraordinary. It's different, right?'

'Ha, her appearance alone is already such a rascal, Miss Estelle with him like heaven and earth!'

'Haha!'

Screen after screen changed, picture after picture kept popping up one by one mammpilkan various scenes like cliches of life that always make it feel difficult. 

He arrived in a clean and empty white room. The only place in his memory.

In front of a beautiful young woman who was crying sobbing, she could hear her own voice echoing through the room without any time restrictions.

"Saving? Wh who? Me? Hey young lady, aren't you wrong?"

"Please! I, I really need strength! But no matter what I do, no matter how often I pray to God Ilios, I never get anything. You are my only last hope. So help me!"

"Then, what makes you think that I'll help you?”

"I'll give my soul to you."

"And what good is your soul to me?"

"I will give you my soul...Apostle's soul."

****

In her room, Alianora re-opened her eyes which were immediately greeted by the sight of her shabby bed rooftop. He blinked his eyes, as if his mind had not been able to escape the scene after scene he had just witnessed. Dreams are too abstract to describe these images. They were too obvious and real, Alianora felt like she had just returned home from time travel to the past. Whose past? Alianora could already guess it, even thanks to this, her confusion with the treatment of the people around her had become clear.

Ah, so it's like that.

Thalia La Sheridan, her life as a duke's daughter is indeed very unusual.

Alianora sighed before getting up from her bed, to see her floor still falling apart. The dishes and spoons that were still lying, as well as the porridge sauce that dried on the carpet, gave off an unpleasant smell.

"Ha, it seems like completing this mission would be troublesome. It's only right they looked like they were seeing ghosts."

She must play an oppressed princess, unable to fight too much if she does not want the people around her to be suspicious of her. What's not more troublesome than that?

Although Alianora considers that living as a human for the first time is something interesting and can be tried, but she also does not want to live as a miserable human being like this.

However, for the sake of obtaining the holy mana essence from the Apostle Soul, anything he would do.

Recalling the contract she had made with her contractor Thalia La Sheridan, she still had no idea. Indeed he did not think that such a weak woman turned out to be a piece of gold that he had accidentally found on the riverbank.

How could he miss the Apostle Soul that had already presented itself to him?

The Apostle's soul with divine divine mana, which appears once every thousand years.

If Alianora wanted to be freed from the prison of the underworld, she would have to reassemble her divine essence completely, he said, and the holy mana within the Apostle Soul was the only tool that could help gather that essence in the blink of an eye.

How could he miss that precious opportunity?

Of course not.

Even if he had to go to great lengths to be a pathetic little boy, and perform a nagging rescue mission, he would have no regrets. This was the payment for that Apostle Soul. Nothing in this world is free, right?

Alianora patted both cheeks.

If he wanted this mission to be completed quickly, he would have to quickly find the source of his problem and prevent it from happening, even though he would have to continue acting and restrain himself.

“OK, now what will I do, hm?”

Thalia's request was to save her family from the brink of collapse, and the most important thing Alianora had to do was to prevent the main factor causing the Thalia family's destruction.

All of this should not be difficult, if Alianora can indeed freely do anything in her way. But the thing is here, Thalia doesn't want him to kill anyone in this world, and due to Alianora's strict Soul Contract rules is forced to obey. It was a pity, even if he could do this in his usual way, he would have relaxed by now.

"Dearly enough. In fact, it was the quickest and most appropriate way."

Forced, Alianora must devise a plan at length and gradually analyze the memory of Thalia she just witnessed.