(Alice's POV)
Alice was a little surprised the moment she opened her eyes. It was not what she expected to receive, as the professor had told her she would see a dark place. Initially, she had expected a scene like what she saw when she went to get a skill, but what she saw was totally different.
To her left, right, and in front of her was a plethora of beautifully manicured flowers and grasses in a world different from what she had seen so far.
There was sunlight here, and, in fact, she could see the sun up there right now. The flowers and herbs were buffeted by a gentle wind that felt unreal and highly magical.
It was not the same feeling as when she was in the Dark Kingdom or the Capital City. This was a bit of an enigmatic feeling that was hard to explain.
She was curious about where she had come to, so she turned behind her. 'A castle? I see; that's why it looks familiar. This is a garden.'
'But whose castle is this? And why am I here?' She didn't understand what was happening, but suddenly she heard a faint sound of footsteps, so she turned in that direction.
There stood a stunning-looking young girl. She had long, sky-blue hair. Her blue, aqua-clear eyes carried a strange feeling unlike any kind of eyes she might have seen before. She wasn't very old, she looked like a young girl of 16.
Alice was amazed when she saw her. 'A spirit?' She immediately knew, and this girl looked at her at that moment and stopped playing.
For a brief moment, this girl was stunned to see someone appear there. But suddenly, she sensed a strange scent coming from the body of this 'intruder,' so she appeared behind her in an instant.
It was so fast that Alice couldn't even tell that she was behind her until she revealed herself.
She sniffed Alice's body from side to side and felt amazed. "Wow, you have a strange aura about you. Who are you? Vampires don't tend to come here much, and this is the first time I smell an aura like that." Her voice seemed to calm Alice's heart every time it sounded.
"I see, I didn't hear you before, Alessa. Nice to meet you; you can call me Alice." Alice was polite, though she immediately asked another question. "What's the aura you sensed on me a while ago? Also, how did you know I was a vampire? In this place, I would be a spirit too, wouldn't I?" she asked.
Alessa smiled, "Okay, that's a lot of questions you have, isn't it? If you're in my territory, it's only natural that I can find out your real race. Besides, vampire spirits are different from humans. And that aura was..." Alessa fell silent after saying this and frowned.
'What aura is it?' She thought and looked at Alice once more.
She had certainly looked into it a moment ago. But she couldn't figure out what kind of aura it was.
"How strange..." She noticed something peculiar.
"The aura I sensed on you, it's not in your spirit but in your body... No, is it in your essence? Girl, you are a little strange. It seems like that aura doesn't belong to you." She got very confused trying to explain what she was feeling, and despite the fact that she was still feeling it in Alice, she wasn't entirely sure where that strange aura was coming from.
That was why she sighed and shook her head quickly to clear her mind. She didn't like to think about very complicated things. But suddenly, something occurred to her, and she spoke. "Forget it. Do you want us to sign a contract? I'm very strong, and I heard that everyone who enters through that method comes looking for a spirit to sign.
We are compatible, too." she said.
Alice almost couldn't keep up with what she was saying, as she changed what she would say several times as she spoke. At times, she was hesitant, and at other times, she was totally confident.
But what she said at the end left her in shock. "Sign a contract? Is it even possible for us to sign one when I didn't put that in the enrollment?" Alice asked doubtfully, and the girl nodded at her.
"Hehe, other spirits can't do it. But I don't care about those rules. How about it? Do you want to sign a contract?" she said, and without waiting for an answer from Alice, she raised one of her hands to create a contract between them. The contract was created in the air with some kind of energy, but it was palpable.
"Read it. I was there when these kinds of contracts were approved, so I don't think I'm wrong about its contents." After saying that, she passed the contract to Alice to read.