The Ritual

"It is a forbidden technique that chains the soul of the person with another making the person slave of the other person. This will work in a way that if the slave tries to harm the master, the slave will die immediately the same will happen I'm something happened to the master. The chains will react to just the thought of harming the master. We can use this on the assassin to control him. This can only be removed by the person who placed it on them. No one else can break a contract from outside the demon formation. It will be a contract from the demon realm, the assassin will be the slave while the Princess will be the master and the chanter is the bridge."

"This is a forbidden technique your majesty!"

The King ignored the opposition and continued inquiring,

"Xiexie, who will conduct this ritual?"

"I'll do it your majesty; I just need a little bit of the Princess's and the Assassin's blood and both of them need to take part in it together."

"What if something happened to Xiexie?"

"Nothing will happen to me Minister Song and Minister Yu. Because I'm just their bridge. Only the servant and the master will be at risk during this ritual."

After hearing what Xiexie said, the officials and the King agreed to Xiexie's recommendation.

"Alright, Eunuch Li go get the Princess and the Assassin."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Eunuch Li went to the Princess's chamber and pricked her finger to collect a few drops of blood, when the Eunuch collected the blood, the color of the blood became violet. "What happened? Why is her blood turned to violet?" The Eunuch was curious but did not further pay any mind of it. After collecting enough blood, the Eunuch returned to the courtroom together with the unconscious Princess and gave it to Xiexie.

At the prison hall,

"You, come with us. The King wants you back in the courtroom."

"Courtroom? Why? Is he finally going to kill me?"

"No more questions, just follow us obediently!"

The guards and Master went to the courtroom. Master noticed the ritual formation on the floor. The formation has following symbols: A square and each point have characters for North, South, West and East. Inside the square, it has a demonic symbol and the character for Yin in the left and right is the Yang. He immediately recognized what this was, in his mind he uttered "So, they decided to use this method I see..."

Xiexie went to Master and collected some drops of blood. After collecting, his blood turned to violet, which was same as the princess's. Xiexie was disturbed by the color of his and the princess's blood.

Then, the Master told him,

"This is the 'Chains of Demons', isn't it?"

"So, I assume there's no need to explain about what we're going to do is there?"

"This kind of ritual cannot be done without anything in return."

Then, Xiexie stopped immediately as if frozen. The Master only smiled and Xiexie. But, instead of saying another word to him, he continued what he is doing. He placed the blood of the princess at Yin (left side) and Master's blood at Yang (right side).

"Guards, I need the Princess at the left side of the formation and the assassin at the right side."

"Yes, your highness."

Then the guards placed the Princess on the left side while the assassin stood at the right side. Later on, when everything is in place, Xiexie stood in the middle of the formation and started the chant. Everyone in the courtroom felt a sudden cold breeze around their body, some officials where calm while some were shaking speculating of the possibilities of this ritual.

"What's happening?"

"I don't know, I suddenly feel cold."

"I'm scared."

The officials whispered to each other while their knees are trembling. A thunder appeared and the sky suddenly went dark, a black wind began to swirl inside the formation. The wind which looked almost like a demon went inside the body of the Princess and the Master. A chain formed connecting both of them and the only thing that could be heard was Xiexie's continuous chanting.

"Aarrgghhh!" Xiexie screamed.

"Kekeke!" The demon cackled ominously.

"Ahh! A Demon!" The officials shouted in fear.

Everyone in the room saw the demon. However, they couldn't hear what went between Xiexie and the demon.

"Why did a mortal summon a demon?"

"Lend me your power."

"Every wish from us will have consequences."

"I'm aware of it. I accept."

"What are they talking to?" the King asked.

"What's happening?"

"Ahh!"

A dark wind blasted everyone away and the ritual was successfully completed. The Master and Xiexie passed out.

"What just happened?"

"Xiexie?"

"The Princess!! Take the princess back to her bed!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

After the ritual, the King let Master free from his shackles.

"I hereby announce that the imprisonment of the Princess's Master shall be revoked. However, he is not allowed to wander around the kingdom or allowed to go outside the kingdom forever." The King announced in the court.

"Yes, your majesty!"

Everyone is at peace because, they knew that if the Princess died, Master would die also. However, if only Master died, the Princess would stay alive as this is the contract that Xiexie made with the demons.

After the ritual, Xiexie and the Master passed out. The three of them stayed unconscious for days. After the Princess woke up, everything about her changed. She became colder.

"I'm glad you're okay now my dear." said the Queen.

However, the Princess only looked at the Queen with a cold expression and said,

"Leave. I need more rest."

The Queen is worried about what's happening to the Princess. "What is happening to the Princess? Why is her expression so cold?" The Queen turned around and walked towards the door thinking so. She slowly walks away from the Princess's bedchamber while thinking and realized that she needs to discuss this with the King.

"Your Highness, I think there's something wrong with the Princess."

"What do you mean my Queen?"

"After she woke up, she doesn't have expressions and the way she looked at me and her expressions are cold suddenly."

"Maybe because of what happened, the Princess is going through something. Don't think too much about it, everything's going to be fine."

"Sigh. I hope so too your highness."