Volume 3, Chapter 59 – The Contract’s Two Conditions

Volume 3, Chapter 59 - The Contract’s Two Conditions

Translator: Aoi

Snowflakes and ice crystals manifested around Yuki-Onna and turned into ancient spell runes, and at the same time, a luminescent pentacle appeared beneath her feet.

Lily and Kagura had formed an unbreakable bond because of her adventures with Nanako where they had trusted their lives to each other.

However, it was Lily’s first time forming a soul contract with a new shikigami.

In fact, a contract was much more restrictive to the shikigami and normally made it pretty difficult for the shikigami to betray their master as they would suffer from the penalty mentioned in the contract.

The contract actually didn’t bind the master’s side much, so it was usually necessary for them to defeat the shikigami and subdue them or raise the shikigami from a young age and nurture it when it’s weak in order to form a contract with their consent. Geett the latest novels on no/v/elbin(.)c/om

Otherwise, some preconditions were required.

For example, the condition Yuki-Onna had put forward was that Lily had to look for Yosh*tsune along with her. However, this made it evident that Yuki-Onna’s extreme infatuation had turned her naïve even though she was pretty strong as the contract between them didn’t stipulate where Lily had to go and how long Lily had to find Yosh*tsune, although it wouldn’t have affected Lily’s original plan much.

However, no one knew whether Yosh*tsune’s soul was still in this world or where it was, so even if this was truly an impossible contract, it was still a gleam of hope for Yuki-Onna, and she was willing to pay any price to find his soul.

“Lily, I have two additional conditions before we finalize the contract,” The shimmering pentacle illuminated Yuki-Onna’s face from below.

“Please say them.”

“First: Our positions as shikigami and contractor will remain equal until the day your strength surpasses mine and you make me submit to you wholeheartedly. I will help you when you are in danger and you can also request my help when you need it, but you cannot order me, and I will have the right to refuse you.”

“All right, Yuki-Onna, I’m willing to accept the first condition. Feel free to mention the second,” Lily stated solemnly.

“Second: I shall leave you and end the contract between us after Yosh*tsune is found. However, if you’re unable to find that heartless man within a year, you shall take responsibility for it and become my lover until we find him.”

“Mhm, fine... huh?” Lily had become accustomed to affirming Yuki-Onna’s questions, but she only realized something was fishy with the second condition a moment later.

The snowstorm calmed down significantly once Yuki-Onna got teleported inside the mirror, and the other girls walked over towards Lily.

Yukiko lifted Lily’s hand worriedly after sprinting over and buried it inside her soft bosom, “Your hand has become so cold, Master.”

“Huh? I-I’m fine,” Lily smiled embarrassedly, feeling once more that married women were caring people.

Yumi stepped forth and looked at the snow falling gently from the skies that had become normal with trepidation, “Did you really make that Yuki-Onna your shikigami, Master? She’s a monster from the legends... this is really unbelievable.”

Lily smiled wryly, “She just wants to look for her lover and isn’t bound by my orders. Also...”

Lily recalled the second condition that Yuki-Onna had forced on her and felt her heart turn colder than ever.

Thus, she tried to send a voice transmission to Yuki-Onna, “Can you hear me?”

“I can. This is quite normal as even a normal shikigami bond allows the shikigami to hear their master’s voice, let alone this unfathomable mirror space you possess. So, you are a mirror girl. This is really quite unbelievable. Yosh*tsune sought the secret of the mirror girl once in the past and felt deep sympathy for the unfortunate fate shouldered by the mirror girl. Hmph! It seems like the origin of his sympathy was his fondness for you, am I right?” Yuki-Onna began fantasizing again.

“Well, that’s... since you’re worried about the matter between me and Yosh*tsune, why did you propose a second condition like that, Yuki-Onna? Also, since we’re both women, isn’t it impossible for us to become lovers? Don’t you like men?” Lily probed out Yuki-Onna’s intentions in an attempt to lead Yuki-Onna into removing the condition as it was possible to remove the conditions of any contract as long as one party wished to remove it and the other party accepted it.

“That won’t do. I know you are a woman, and an attractive woman on top of that. Meanwhile, even though I’m a woman, I’m also a shikigami, and we shikigami can freely change certain parts of our bodies, which is something that you human women cannot do. If you fail to find Yosh*tsune within a year, I have my ways to turn you into my lover, and I’ll make sure you’re fully obedient to me at this time!” Yuki-Onna stated profoundly while brimming with confidence.

“Freely change... W-What do you mean by that?!” Lily blushed hard and an indescribable timidness manifested in her heart.

“Uhm. Let’s leave this place quickly, Master,” Shiu interrupted Lily’s embarrassed ‘daze’ and voiced out her fear while hugging her trembling arms.

“Mhm,” Lily nodded affirmatively. They only realized later with regret that they had forgotten about the fetched horses while retreating into the temple, which had caused them to freeze to their deaths.

“It seems like we’ll have to journey on foot,” Yumi spread out her hands helplessly.

However, a voice transmission from Yuki-Onna arrived at this moment, “Now that I recall it, there’s something in the mountain temple that has intrigued me all this time, Lily.”