181 A New Start The End of Volume II (1/2)

Jacques’ heart was beating fast. He could hear his own breathes.

Ten seconds later, Jacques finally lowered his tight shoulders like a balloon losing its air.

”How… do you want me to do this?” said Jacques in a husky voice.

He felt that he was divided into two parts: one was controlled by his great desire for his love, and the other part was feeling extremely guilty.

”It’s simple. You just need to sign a magic pact with me.” Lucien’s smile was still on his face, ”Firstly, you promise that you’ll never tell anyone else who we are. Secondly, you will not tell anyone on the ship that something is not right down here. Thirdly, you will also keep this as a secret after you go back to Sturk.”

Jacques listened to Lucien’s words, with his eyes looking down at the floor.

”In return, I promise to offer you the magic potion that can awaken your Blessing, or we sorcerers say, Blood Power, three years from now, if your own attempt fail. Even if you cannot find me in Holm in three years, the Congress of Magic will keep the words. Tom can represent the congress.”

In order to make Jacques feel better, Lucien added, ”And also, as long as our own lives are not threatened, we wouldn’t hurt you and your friends on this ship.”

”I hear you, and I’ll do as you said.” Jacques looked up and stared at Lucien’s eyes, ”You know my weakness.”

As soon as he said this, he felt more relaxed.

”Congratulations, Mr. Jacques, for making the right choice. I can already see your bright future,” said Lucien. Then, he took out a roll of parchment, a quill and a small bottle of magic ink from his pockets, and started to quickly write down the articles and draw mysterious patterns on it .

Lucien did not look at the parchment when he was writing, instead, he was staring at Jacques with his left hand half clenching into a fist, in case Jacques would suddenly change his mind.

Jacques did not really mind Lucien’s cautiousness. He said to Lucien, and also to himself, ”My future? That’ll be a dark future, for sure. After all, I have betrayed my knight faith, and I don’t think it possible for me to awaken my Blessing on my own. Everyone knows that the power activated by magic potion is limited, but I will do it anyway, for Chely.”

”Good for you, Mr. Jacques. What a nice lover.” Lucien smiled, ”According to what I know, there is no universal rule as a knight’s faith, and ‘faith’ itself is the most important part. With a certain faith, a person can remain concentrated and focused on his or her knight practice. If your faith is to protect Miss Chely and to guard your love, what you’re doing is not breaking your belief.”

Hearing that, Jacques was quite surprised, ”Your understanding… is very different from what my teacher told me, but your theory makes sense to me.”

In fact, Lucien heard this from Natasha. He tried to make his answer blurry, ”Well… I know a few grand knights… And maybe new potions can come out in the following several years which can help knights to further improve their power, right?”

Then, Lucien signed his name on the pact.

Lucien’s words obviously comforted Jacques. A smile appeared on Jacques face, ”I heard that the Church owns a kind of potion which is only available to the top nobles. This potion can turn a person into a level two knight. I also heard that the grand duke, Violet, used this potion. Wait… Your name is Lucien Evans? Interesting, Chely’s favourite musician’s name is also Lucien Evans.”

”I know that guy, too.” Lucien answered casually, ”Clearly, although we share the same name, we are very different.”

”More than different. I’d say… the opposite.” Jacques shrugged his shoulders. He never tried to draw the connection between the musician and the sorcerer who was right now standing in front of him, since, firstly, Lucien Evans was not an uncommon name, and secondly, a famous musician also being a sorcerer was something way beyond his imagination.

”I agree with you,” said Lucien directly. He secretly turned around to see whether Tom was feeling suspicious about his name.

But clearly, Tom was still staring at Lucien’s left hand, carefully waiting for his possible signal.

Lucien knew that if Granneuve had been here, with all the clues Granneuve had, he might be the only one who could tell the truth.

”Mr. Evans? Where shall I sign?” asked Jacques.

”Here.” Lucien pointed at the corner of the pact.

After Jacques signed the pact, holding the pact in his hand, Lucien covered the parchment with his spiritual power.

Slight waves of magic power rose from it. Then, the power turned into light blue flame and burned the parchment into ashes.

As soon as the pact was gone, Lucien suddenly felt that there was something new in this soul, and Jacques also looked confused for a second - the magic pact had come into effect!

”If the pact is violated by either of us, the one who broke his promise would suffer from the fire burning his soul, and his soul would thus be destroyed.” Lucien shook hands with Jacques, as if they were celebrating certain success, ”As we’re all set, I’ll leave you alone to check the divine power circles, Mr. Jacques.”

Jacques threw a meaningful look at Lucien, ”Mr. Evans, I have to say that you’re a real demon, a demon that is very good at tempting. When I was in my knight training, I never thought I would yield to a demon’s offer.”

Then he walked past Lucien to check the wood planks close to the window.

Lucien and Tom were just standing there, watching Jacques walking around.

”If Jacques still decides to break the pact somehow, what would you do? You know that some divine power spells can suppress the power of magic compact,” said Tom.

Tom knew that the magic pact was not really unbreakable as it was often claimed to be. For example, if Lucien became a high rank sorcerer, his stronger soul would be able to manage the damage from the flame.

”The magic compact is only a form,” answered Lucien in a very low voice. ”The moment he decided to sign the pact with me, I knew that he would not easily break his words, because his heart chose to follow his desire. However, of course, there’s still a risk, but I didn't really have a better choice.”