Chapter 6 - The Blood Contract

The Divine Lord and Little Eu were occupied, creating the magic weapon for three days. The Divine Lord explains in detail the whole procedure to familiarize her with this Ancient Art. He told the importance of each material he adds and necessary precautions as they carry on.

"Firstly, patiently melt this Rainbow Ore. This is a rare, special, and highly valuable ore. It's almost indestructible, so it takes time to melt. You can combine other materials before we mold it into an ingot. After that, we can start forging the sword."

He shows the clunk of rare raw materials that shimmers in different colors. He even includes a vial of Fairy dust that decreases the weapon's weight without affecting its strength. He considers that it will better for Little Eu to wield a lighter weapon while its power remains the same.

The Divine Lord explains everything to Little Eu in detail and carefully teaches her its values. He is never a patient person, but he always treats her differently.

Meanwhile, Little Eu listens to him intently and observes the processes. Her eyes are fixated on the cauldron melting the rainbow-colored ore.

The raging liquid is mesmerizing as they mixed everything in the cauldron. That day, the little girl was introduced to alchemy. The Divine Lord was surprised his small lesson of creating an ingot will pique the interest of this little girl.

Since the girl already knows medicine, he won't be surprised if she's also interested in alchemy. He entertains her inquiries while he examines the beautiful, rainbow-colored ingot in his hand.

Creating a magical weapon is a complicated process. It requires time, skill, and patience. After creating the ingot they needed, they once again heated the metal on the furnace. After reaching the correct temperature, he starts working the metal into shape.

Colorful sparks from the blazing metal as he hammers it to its form. The Divine Lord halted as soon as he is satisfied with his creation. They started annealing the blade three times then let it cool overnight.

The Divine Lord is profusely sweating. He never worked so hard for thousands of years, and yet here he is forging a weapon for this little girl. He is really making too many exceptions for her.

"We must rest for now. The metal must be cooled so its easier to file tomorrow." the Divine Lord guided Eu away from the unfinished blade back to the tent he set up for her. She followed him without complaint because she is exhausted herself.

"Goodnight. Brother Ravi…" she is scratching her misty, sleepy eyes as she entered the tent.

For a while, the Divine Lord stood outside her tent. For some reason, his expression is somehow bittersweet. This little girl has awakened his long gone emotion, and now his feelings are in turmoil.

From afar, Vermilion watches the Divine Lord in silent. This heartless Lord is feeling melancholy as if a sad memory has triggered him. She started wondering who exactly is that little girl that he seems to care so much.

They resume working rather early the next day. The Divine Lord is working extremely hard as he smoothens the imperfections. He really wanted to create the best weapon for this little one.

"Give me your ritual knife." the Divine Lord requested as he removes the hot metal from the furnace.

"Why?" the little girl looked at him quizzically but handed him the small ritual knife in her possession anyway.

He took the ritual knife as he holds her hand as he gently smiles at her, "This is the first weapon we created together. Its a kind of initiation..." he lied with a straight face. Weapons created with this method are described as betrothal gifts.

He holds her hand while distracting her. Little Eu can't help herself from being captivated by the Divine Lord's ocean blue eyes. She simply adores them.

Meanwhile, he took this opportunity and made a small cut from their joined forefingers. He draws a few drops of their blood and let it drip into the forming magical sword.

Their blood drips to the sword and creates a sizzling sound when it touched the red metal. Purple flames and prism lights soon enveloped the forming sword.

They are standing amidst of this mesmerizing, magical light scene. They are staring at each other as the whole process develops itself. Her cut quickly healed because of the Divine Lord's blood.

His ocean blue eyes are indeed stunning. She can't help being drawn to his gentle gaze every time she looks at them.

The Divine Lord can equally say the same as he stares on her captivating amethyst eyes. He can only smile as he loses himself in her gaze...

'I'll protect you. I will always protect you. I will always come rushing to your side, Little Eu… I promise...'

'The future may be dire, but I promise to stay by your side…'

Their soul link is forged when they made their silent promises with each other. He can't believe himself luring her to this deception, but he is happy. He doesn't care about the consequences it may create, as the only thing that is important to him is that day.

He gently smiles at her. He controls himself not to kiss her cherry lips and thinks he probably should wait for this little girl to grow up. So until then, he really should insist on being her 'big brother.' He can always protect her if she is close to his side.

The little Vermillion Bird is watching from afar. She can't believe the proud Divine Lord she once knew just drew his blood for this young girl. He even entered a blood contract with her.

This elusive Divine Lord treated this girl differently. If Vermilion didn't witness the whole scenario, she would never believe it herself.

"Does this little girl even know what she did with the Divine Lord Foeni? How could that sly Ancient deceive the little girl to a blood contract?! I never thought he could be so shameless."

Blood Contracts are like engagement or marriage between two individuals. It links two souls together as they engage in this act.

It is a sacred contract between two parties, and it draws out and mixes their blood in the process. It is done with consent from both parties, but he seems to have neglected this concept and started to exploit the girl's innocence.

What can she do against this crazy Lord? The little girl is even wholeheartedly defending him. She could only concede as she heavily sighs.

She thought that she would end up a villain who doesn't want the evil lord to get his beloved princess once she decides to interfere.

After the long staring scene, he finally found the courage to break the silence between them. He slowly releases Eu's hand and returns the knife to her. He chuckles and points his finger to the beautifully crafted long sword in front of them.

"It's finally done. Do you want to check out it?"

She finally snapped back to reality. She quickly turns away to hide her flushed face as she decides to examine the sword before her.

She is too embarrassed to utter anything. She wanted to kick herself out of embarrassment, but she pushes out the thought away. Instead, she decided to focus her attention on the beautifully crafted sword in front of her.

She picks up the sword and surprises how light it is. The Divine Lord wasn't kidding how fairy dust can make the weapon light.

Upon closer inspection, the sword emits a faint a prism glow and purplish hue. There is also a purplish flame design and some ancient writings engraved into the blade.

The handle is perfect, even for her small hands to hold. She is satisfied as she can't contain her enthusiasm. She felt all giddy inside as she excitedly skipped away to an open space in the courtyard. After a few deep breaths, she started using the exquisitely crafted blade.

Her graceful movements resemble a sword dance performance. Her dress flutters as she moves around. The shapeshifting sword transforms into any weapon she desires as soon as she thought of the command; long sword, short sword, whip, pole, scythe, dagger, and even to a bow and crossbow.

The shapeshifting sword can turn to any weapon she desires. Eu is proficient in using different weapon types, and this is a very convenient weapon for her. She is a master of learning things, probably thanks to her photographic memory. Or was it more of, she has long known them, and she is just refreshing her memory?

After testing the weapon, she flicked the sword down, and it transformed into a beautiful ring with a phoenix design placed on her right-hand ring finger. She is somewhat curious why it seems like a wedding ring but decided to ignore it.

She is quite satisfied as she looks at Divine Lord, who is patiently waiting and watching her. His gaze is not leaving her as he can't help but smile.

'She is really magnificent...'

The Divine Lord is somehow relieved and disappointed why she didn't inquire about it. Though, he doesn't know how he will explain himself if she does.

She thanked him wholeheartedly for his help and genuinely smiled at him. He is exhausted, but seeing her expression has filled his heart with warmth and satisfaction. In the end, he made her happy, so it is worth it.

"Anything to make you happy..." he calmly responds as he pats her head.

He flicked his sleeve, and a table set full of cuisines appears before them. They didn't have a decent meal during the process, so they need to have a proper meal before heading out. He doesn't remember exactly when he started to care so much, but it gives him satisfaction to see her smile.

"Let's eat before we head out. I am famished."