Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Claire's Perception

"What, what do you want to do?" Walter asked, shaking.

"Come on, genius magician, form a contract with my darling disciple. Become Claire's second pair of eyes." Emery chuckled. A spirit's senses were far better than the senses of a normal person.

"What can I do? Right now I don't have even the slightest bit of energy." After hearing this, Walter was a bit relieved.

"No, I can let you gain some energy. But you must become my disciple's second pair of eyes and help her detect and survive dangers." Emery said.

"What contract?" Walter asked doubtfully, then frowned. "I'm telling you, don't even think about restricting me forever. And not the master-servant soul contract either."

Emery shook his head and said gently, "No, I only need an equal contract where you and Claire can communicate mentally within a certain radius. Claire will probably meet a lot of danger in the future. I hope you can help dispel those dangers with all your effort. As compensation, I'll help you recover some of your power and find a suitable body for you."

"That good?" Once he heard this, Walter was delighted, but then asked in suspicion, "Are you trying to deceive to me?"

"Definitely not. I swear upon my honor as a magician." Emery said seriously.

"Then that's good, no problem." Walter was happy again. In the days that followed when Walter met those unusually annoying problems, he would realize how tragic it was that he agreed to Emery's proposal. If Claire was a little devil, then Emery was a big devil.

Claire looked at the two negotiating, confused. Emery then made Claire put her hand on top of the Spiritual Stone and started chanting some strange incantation. A faint white light covered Claire and the Spiritual Stone. The white light dissipated after a short while, but Claire felt something different in her head. She could now communicate directly with Walter telepathically!

"Walter should be more sensitive to dark magic, so with Walter by your side, things will be much easier." This was what Emery said, but Claire didn't really understand what he meant. She only felt that Emery was planning for something!

"Alright, Claire, you just came back today so you must be tired. You should rest early." Emery pushed open the window and jumped out.

Claire looked thoughtfully at the Spiritual Stone in her hand while stroking her chin. She knitted her brows, thinking.

"Walter, is this Spiritual Stone very valuable? Can you conceal your dark aura?" Claire frowned as she asked.

"Of course it's very valuable. By attaching myself to this stone, I can hide my dark aura. If I don't expose myself on purpose, then everyone would think this was a normal stone." Walter said, very pleased with himself. This meant that when Emery found out there was something in the stone, it was Walter himself who purposely exposed himself.

Camille kindly declined the invitation to stay for lunch and left alone.

In the afternoon, as Claire, Gordan, and Katherine ate lunch, Claire discovered that Gordan's mind was on something else.

As if something big had happened.

Gordan didn't even bother to finish the meal before leaving hurriedly.

Claire thoughtfully watched Gordan disappear from the door of the Grand Hall and kept on eating slowly.

"Do you want to know what happened?" Walter's voice appeared vulgarly in Claire's mind.

"Speak." Claire replied coldly, without any emotion.

"Just go ask that knight of yours. When he met his Royal Highness the second prince in Gale Gorge, they kept making hand signals at each other behind your back." Walter hastily explained.

"I know he works for the second prince, but he also works for my Grandfather." Claire's words shocked Walter.

"You know all this?" Walter exclaimed in surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, they... " Claire's voice stopped, making Walter extremely impatient.

"They what? Keep on talking!" Walter urged.

"Walter..." Claire started in an carefree voice, "Don't you know? Curiosity often causes people to lose their lives." But this nonchalant voice made Walter's heart chill. This seemingly bright girl only in her teens was definitely not as innocent as her appearance seemed.

Walter obediently shut up, not making another sound.

After talking to Katherine for a while, Claire also left to take an afternoon break. After the break, she had equestrian and fencing lessons.

Jean followed Claire from behind all the way until they reached Claire's door.

Suddenly Claire turned around, looked at Jean and asked unemotionally: "Did something happen last night? Something related to the second prince?"

As soon as Claire finished speaking, Jean's facial expression instantly changed.