Chapter 6 - The Blood Contract (1/2)

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…'