The Useless 8th Prince

Soul Contract

At breakfast, the atmosphere became awkward. Ciel was eating with an indifferent expression. But his heart was uncomfortable.

On the right, Camellia sat down and ate as usual. On the left, Elena who yesterday fought with him sat down and ate quietly. The village head's family as well as the ten knights looked at him suspiciously.

I'm innocent, ok? Don't look at me with that expression!

Ciel exclaimed inwardly. He should be happy to be sitting between two beautiful women. But the young man felt strange and uncomfortable. Not to mention the astonished look of the knights and families to the village, it made him even more uncomfortable.

After eating, Ciel and the group rested for a while. At about eight in the morning, they finally began their journey back to Black Lily City. By the time they passed the village road, the residents greeted them kindly. The little ones waved their hands, sending them away with a cheerful atmosphere.

“Seeing the smiles of those people .. not bad either,” muttered Ciel who was looking out the window.

“You're too soft, Mr.”

“...” Elena only looked at Ciel with a complicated gaze.

Looking at Camellia and Elena, Ciel smiled.

...***...

On the next day when the sun had been straight overhead, Ciel and the troupe finally arrived at Black Lily Castle.

The carriage door of the train opened, the figure of Ciel who ‘loyo’ descended from there. On the way, there was nothing special, no interesting sights, all quiet and quiet. The young man was really bored to death.

It's an inefficient way of lazing around! No interesting books! There is no delicious food! It's so monotonous!

Looking towards the main building of the castle, Ciel said, “Finally go home.”

“Rome,” muttered Elena who just got off the horse carriage.

I don't know why the woman suddenly remembered her family. He suddenly felt a hand pat him on the shoulder, resuscitating him from the daydream. Elena looked towards Ciel who was smiling gently.

“From now on, this will be your home too, Elena.”

Elena was surprised. He then turned his head, Camellia who was beside him nodded. Although it looked cold, obviously the girl also accepted it.

Five years!

He had been hiding in a wooden hut for five years. Passing through the cold every night just to get revenge.

Elena's gaze suddenly became somewhat hazy. Without her noticing, warm tears flowed from the bead then wet her cheeks. Ciel who saw that hurriedly wiped away the tears and tried to comfort her.

“Are you okay, Elena?” ask Ciel.

“I'm fine, Sir. Just exposed to dust,” Elena replied in an indifferent tone.

Who would believe that!

Ciel exclaimed inwardly, but a cold appearance was still imprinted on his face. Seeing that Elena had regained her composure, she said, “Let's go in.”

Entering the main building, more precisely when passing through the hallway, the beautiful servants bowed politely to welcome Ciel's arrival.

“Welcome home, Mister!”

Among the servants, a beautiful Succubus figure came close to the three. In comparison, even though his face was inferior to Elena's, his body did look a little better. That woman was Isabella.

Isabella bowed right in front of Ciel before saying, “It's nice to see you back unharmed, sir. Are you tired? What if this boy prepares water for a bath? Or you want to prepare tea as well as some snacks?”

Seeing Isabella trying boldly in front of him, Ciel was somewhat tempted. But before his mind floated off somewhere, he felt a chill on his back. Clearly, the two women behind him looked at the young man with cold expressions.

Uhuk! Uhuk!

Pretending to cough, Ciel said, “Please prepare lunch, we have not had time for lunch. After a short break, I'll come down to eat.”

“You tired, Sir? What if this boy gives you a massage to relieve your fatigue?” ask Isabella politely.

“As you wish, Mr.”

After saying that, Isabella bowed politely before retreating. After Ciel, Camellia, and Elena pass by, the servants disperse and restart their work.

“It looks like Isabella really misses you, Mister?” camellia.

“Huuh ..” Ciel takes a deep breath. “They were just a little too enthusiastic for welcoming the new castle owner. After a few days, everything must be running normally.”

“Is that so?”

“Already. You rest first, the waiter will call you after the dish is ready.” Ciel was about to go to his room but stopped. “By the way .. Elena will live next to you. So please show me the way, Camellia.”

“Good, Master!”

“…”

Camellia and Elena bowed politely.

After eating and resting during the day, in the afternoon Ciel called Camellia and Elena. The two women were invited to go to an empty room close to Ciel's workspace. To enter the room, you have to go through a special way, namely a bookcase in the workspace. Of course, Ciel received all the information from the butler, Isabella.

It seemed that the room was usually used for meditating or doing magic training by the previous Marquis. Completely clean and empty. At that moment, the two women looked at him with question mark-filled expressions, so Ciel immediately explained.

“We will start the ritual here.”

After saying that, Ciel opened the package of cloth he was carrying. There were all kinds of strange objects from plants, crystal stones, even blood.

“Camellia, you wait in the workspace. Don't allow a single person to enter before the ceremony is over.”

“According to your order, Mr.”

After seeing Camellia come out, Ciel immediately began her task. He made a big circle with brush and blood. The young man then made a hexagram in the middle as well as various elaborate runes around the circle and hexagram lines. Lastly, Ciel put six different items on each end of the hexagram.

Preparation complete!

Each ritual has its own way depending on the person. Especially a ritual contract of the soul. Unlike a slave contract that could be directly carried out with only Master's blood, a soul contract was more demanding. The ritual requires several different items depending on the Master who made it. The stronger the magic circle, the stronger the contract made.

So, each soul contract has a different magic circle and different ways depending on the maker. Also, each person has a different sigil (magic mark or symbol).

“Tuan ... This?” elena asked doubtfully.

“Quiet. You sit in the middle of the circle,” said Ciel.

“Good.”

Looking at Elena who was sitting in the middle of the magic circle, Ciel nodded. Without further ado, the young man directly pulled out a dagger and injured his own index finger. A red liquid instantly dripped on the floor.

Ciel immediately approached Elena then slightly undressed the woman. The beautiful Dark Elf was a little surprised but ended up being silent because the young man in front of her did not take off all her clothes at all. Just make a space in the area under his neck. Ciel smeared his blood under the neck before stepping back, out of the circle.

“Elena, do you agree to be mine? Always followed me to your death and never betrayed me?” ask Ciel who is standing outside the circle.

“I ... I am ready!”

After saying that, the blood mark under Elena's neck suddenly turned into a vertical eye symbol. Magic circles and runes made of blood lit up. Under Elena's astonished gaze, the blood within the magic circle split into six and crawled towards the six items.

After a while, the six items melted. Instead, six red-colored snakes with horns were in the sixth place of the item. The snake immediately crept towards Elena. The woman was actually frightened, but due to the restraint of the vertical eye symbol under her neck, she was unable to move.

The six snakes crept through Elena's body. They opened their mouths and bit the symbol under the woman's neck together. The pain attacked, but Elena could not scream. In the frightened look of the woman, the six snakes were ‘in’ into the vertical eye symbol. Pause for a while, a change occurred, six wings appeared on the symbol. Three on the left, three on the right. A vertical eye sigil with six wings is made.

The ritual is finally over!

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