CONRACT

Merici wiped the tears from her cute face and smiled positively, she stared at me and placed her left hand on the side of her waist and pointed her forefinger of the right hand towards me and said with a proud and confident tone--

"I've decided, I have chosen you to be the one who will form a contract with me, hehe... be happy."

"I REFUSE!!!", I declared instantly without a second thought while I gazed at her with my sharp eyes and a cold face, but she didn't grasped that I declined her right away.

"Hmmm.. Hmmm.. be happy!!!!! Eh..... what... you refused... whhhyyyyyy?", she had a very troubled look on her face with her mouth remained wide open because she was extremely shocked.

"Because I have no to.", I said and walked past her which was the direction to leave the hill.

"WAAAIIITTTT!!!!!... WAIIIITTTTT!!... don't leave a girl alone during mid-night, what will I do, I just arrived."

She shouted very loudly in order to stop me, I wasn't that cold and I didn't tried to ignore her, it was just that I thought if were to associate with her, she might turn out to be annoying and irritating, that's why I left here there alone and went back to the road that lead back to my dorm.

As I was on my way back to the dorm, I walked on the empty and narrow street whose roads were waterlogged, I heard footsteps and realized I wasn't walking alone to the dorm and that there was another person who followed me, I turned back and shouted.

"Hey, Merici... why are you following me?"

I saw the cute and beautiful blonde girl walking about 10 meters behind me while trying not be noticed.

"Ehhh... well... I don't have a choice, I don't know anyone here, and I don't have a place to go back to, so I am just following you.", she said in a very soft voice and looked very sad and troubled.

I couldn't resist her voice as she said those words while I felt guilty for making her wear that sad expression on her face, I tried to avert my eyes from her face and said.

"But... well... I can't take you to the dorm, y'know, it would be a disaster."

I took a look at her again and saw her golden says gazing towards me asking for help, she made a cute face and I couldn't help but look at her, I didn't have more of a choice left, I turned my body towards her and said with a loud voice.

"If that's the case, I will have to snuck you in without anyone noticing."

"Haaaa... thank you...", her expression changed as her eyes sparkled beautifully because I agreed to take her to the dorm.

The dorm in which I lived had about 6 members, there were 5 students including me and a teacher, the rooms were divided into three floors, the first floor had a kitchen. the dining room and two normal rooms, the second floor had three normal rooms, and the top or the third floor had two normal rooms, a storage room, and the veranda, only one of the rooms of the top floor was vacant. I lived in one of the rooms of the top floor.

We both arrived in front of the three-storey building, I tensed up a little bit and many thoughts crossed my mind--

'What if someone founds out?'

'What will I do?'

'Is this okay?'

As these thoughts played dodgeball inside my head, I tilted my head and looked at Merici and said.

"Hey, Merici, listen-- you go to the right side of the building and stay right below the window and I will pull you up by making some kind of rope."

"Hmmm..", she replied firmly and was also a bit tensed up, maybe she felt the pressure to snuck in without anyone noticing.

I slowly but swiftly went inside and gently opened the door without a slight noise, I walked on my tip-toes so that I won't make any kind of noise and reached the third floor and opened the gate of my room, it was dark inside, I activated the lights and created a rope by the help of the some curtains and clothes, slowly I opened the window and saw Merici down there, I threw the rope down enough for her to be able to catch it, she caught it and I pushed it upwards with all my might, she was quite athletic and climbed easily, she reached the window and lost balance at the window and fell on top of me.

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"<>"

"You should really watch how you enter.", I said to her while feeling a little bit of pain in my forehead.

"SORRY!!", she said in a frail voice.

At that moment I realized that she was on top of me and that she smelled very good, the smell made me remind of a garden with blooming flowers, her beautiful blonde hair was all over me that made me think that I was the luckiest in the universe to be able to smell such a cute girl up close and the expression on my face was very relaxed as tears rained down from my face due to happiness.

She gently moved from me and said while she blushed a bit--

"Thank you for having me here."

"Don't forget that it is only for today.", I said while looking at her in a strong tone.

"Ehhh.... yeah!!". she said while pouting, maybe she didn't had the intention of leaving but that was unacceptable, well.. any kind of face looked cute on her that's what I thought.

I walked towards the bathroom and looked back at her and said.

"Don't worry, you can sleep on the bed, I will be laying down on the floor.".

I moved inside the bathroom to change my wet clothes, after I came back I saw that she was already on the bed, I pondered that can anyone sleep that fast, I laid my mattress over and slept as well and suddenly heard her say.

"Hey, Ray will you form a contract with me?", she asked me the same question which I refused already.

"No, why would I, can't you goo find anyone else?", I replied in a very calm demeanor.

"But.. it has to be you, cause a lot is going to happen and I think you'll be the best person."

"Hmm.. what is going to happen?", I asked her with curiousness, well she was a god, so it must have been something related to the gods.

"Let me explain- about 100 gods have descended all together on the surface all around the world, and they have to choose their partners, as you already know what is, the partners must be able to use , and with them we have to form a and fight all other gods and the last one surviving will be the winner, there are various prizes that you get, the project's name is <>, but it isn't that simple, it might turn into a blood bath as a group called who threaten to kill each and every god and also destroy this world."

As I listened to her explanation, I thought that I might have finally found something very interesting, I was amused.

"Hmmm... that sounds quite complicated, count me in.", I said with a grin on my face.

She suddenly got up from the bed and looked at me with a very surprised face.

"Wha.. what did you say, you didn't agree a minute ago, and now ."

I gazed back her in the eyes and said with a smile.

"Well.. it sounds interesting, it'll be fun, that's why, I just wanna have some fun, hehe.."

"You are a weird one, well.. anyway since you have agreed why don't we form the contract now.", she said while she stood up and I also lifted up my back.

She closed her eyes and lifted her left hand forward and started to chant some words.

"<>"

A blue mist covered her left hand as soon as she chanted the words, after a few seconds a rectangular transparent-purple colored an erect paper showed up, she suddenly looked at me and said-

"Hey Ray, hold my right hand with your left one and repeat after me."

I was very much impressed and happy, something fun was going on, my eyes sparkled as I experienced something new."

"Hmmmm.."

We both held our hands and she stated a very simple word.

"<>", she said in a very strong tone and I repeated after her.

The paper that floated in the air suddenly wrapped our hands together and disappeared, the moment it happened I felt like I had been connected to her by something, it seemed very awkward for me, I felt like there was something that tied us together.

She looked at me and gave a gentle smile and said.

"Congrats!! The contract is complete!!"