Spiritual pact ch. 2

Alex asked his parents about sects that allowed disciples to have pets and made a lot of research but he just couldn't find even a single sect that allowed their disciples to have pets. He was disappointed, did he have to abandon the path of martial arts before it even started? Would he have to teach himself everything and walk the path of a lone wolf?

His parents saw the troubles of their son and tried to convince him to leave Lucky just with them. "It's ok we will make sure that Lucky stays safe and happy, you shouldn't abandon your dreams because of a cat" is what they said. But he wouldn't back off, he was determined to walk his path together with Lucky.

His parents had no choice but to accept his wishes, he was so determined that no matter how hard they tried to convince him it wouldn't work. Finally they gave in and told Alex a way to bring Lucky with him, it was by forming a spiritual pact with Lucky. Alex was excited to hear this. Forming a spiritual pact with Lucky wouldn't just mean that Lucky is officially seen as his spiritual partner. It would also mean that he would be able to train martial arts together with Lucky.

He had already been worried about the short lifespan of cats. In this world it was longer than his old world, but nowhere near the lifespan of martial artists or mages who could live hundreds of years. By forming a spiritual pact with Lucky he could train him allowing Lucky to become stronger and to increase his lifespan.

This was just perfect for Alex but of course there was a reason that his parents didn't want to tell him about the spiritual pact. The reason was that it was only possible to form a single spiritual pact in your life. It was a pact that combined the souls of both beings even after death. High ranked martial artists or mages could even feel how there spiritual partner's where doing in the after life after they died.

Such a pact was of course extremely important for every mage and martial artist. And Alex already chose the difficult path by becoming a martial Mage, forming a spiritual pact with a normal cat instead of with a magical beast was like changing the difficulty to extremely difficult. That was why his parents didn't want to tell him about this way, but seeing the determination of their son changed their mind.

Alex was very happy, he spent a few hours talking to his cat imagining adventures that he and his cat would have. Lucky didn't answer of course, but he was still a good listener. On the next day his parents taught him how to do the spiritual pact. He understood everything after 2 hours and started the preparations. To his luck, he wouldn't need a lot of materials for it, a high level beast would have cost a ton of resources. But his cat didn't possess any magic currently, which made everything a lot easier.

The time of the spiritual pact ceremony finally started. He laid his hand on his cats forehead and started to slowly and carefully lead a part of his soul into Lucky's body. This part was still dangerous. If Lucky would reject the pact, Alex could get badly hurt. But Alex wasn't afraid of that, he knew Lucky better than anyone else. And this was his second life that he would spend together with Lucky.

Alex started to notice how his soul started to combine with Lucky's soul meaning that Lucky accepted him. This was probably the greatest moment in his life, there was always a natural border between cat and human and there was a limit to how close you could get to your cat. But the spiritual pact removed this border. It was like he could feel everything Lucky felt and Lucky felt everything he felt. A telepathic connection was built between them allowing them to completely understand each other. The spiritual pact was successful.