Are Magic Attendants Really This Sought After These Days?

"Little Brother Ye Tian, I want to become your retainer!"

If she had merely been asking before, Lin Jialu had now made up her mind.

Ye Tian could not help but be taken aback.

He truly had not expected Lin Jialu to be so decisive.

"Sister Lin, do you know what you're saying? Signing a Retainer Contract isn't something you can just talk about."

Lin Jialu met Ye Tian's gaze, her expression unchanged.

Yet her eyes remained resolute.

"I know very well that once I become your retainer, my life and death will rest on a single thought from you. But I've already made up my mind!"

"Before that, though, I still want to ask: Did Li Xin suddenly become stronger because of that Ancient Elvish Script Retainer Contract?"

After saying this, Lin Jialu looked at Ye Tian with a tense expression.

Ye Tian did not hide it and simply nodded.

"So that's how it was!"

Delight appeared on Lin Jialu's face.

The next moment, the young girl looked at Li Xin with deep disdain.

"Tch, certain people kept showing off in front of me. I thought she had really done it on her own. Turns out it was all thanks to Little Brother Ye Tian!"

"So what? The fact is, I'm stronger than you now!"

Having been suddenly mocked, Li Xin immediately flared up and retorted loudly, her face red.

"Besides, don't you want to become Little Brother's retainer too?"

"And Little Brother was the one who asked me to become his retainer. That's completely different from someone like you, who came shamelessly begging!"

Lin Jialu ignored Li Xin's mockery entirely.

The girl looked at Ye Tian again and asked softly, "Little Brother Ye Tian, can a Retainer Contract directly increase a retainer's spiritual energy?"

Yet Ye Tian merely smiled without answering.

Lin Jialu was not disappointed by this.

Rather, it should be considered an implicit confirmation.

"I hope Little Brother Ye Tian can accept me as your retainer. Please!"

Lin Jialu suddenly rose to her feet and gave Ye Tian a solemn mage's salute.

"Well, it's not impossible."

"Really?!"

Lin Jialu raised her head again, joy sparkling in her beautiful eyes.

"Hmph!"

Li Xin snorted and crossed her arms, but she did not cause any trouble.

Ever since she and Lin Jialu had spoken from the heart last time and fought the demon race together, their relationship had eased considerably.

Although they had not returned to being intimate friends and still bickered from time to time, at least they no longer fought to the death whenever they met.

If Lin Jialu also became Ye Tian's retainer, that would be a good thing.

"It can be done, but..."

His words came to an abrupt halt.

Ye Tian could not help but fall into thought.

He did not know much about the retainer runes he had comprehended from the Ancient Elvish Script.

In the original story, Long Haochen had three Retainer Knights.

They were Han Yu, Ye Hua, and Sima Xian.

Han Yu and Ye Hua were both knights, while Sima Xian was a priest.

Yet they shared a common trait: their spiritual energy possessed the Light attribute. Perhaps that was why even a priest could become a Retainer Knight.

But the situation was somewhat different now.

Lin Jialu's spiritual energy possessed water and Ice Attributes, so she most likely could not sign a Retainer Contract.

However, Ye Tian also possessed water- and ice-attributed spiritual energy. He did not know whether that met the talent suppression feedback requirements of a Retainer Contract.

"Lin Jialu, don't make things difficult for him. You don't have the Light attribute!"

Before Ye Tian could speak, Li Xin beat him to it.

Nalan Shu had once explained Retainer Contracts to her, so she knew the various details quite well.

"Does it have to be the Light attribute?"

Lin Jialu froze for a moment, then bit her red lip lightly, unwillingness showing on her face.

To her surprise, Ye Tian shook his head. "Not necessarily."

Hearing this, a glimmer of hope appeared in Lin Jialu's eyes once more.

"Little Brother, you have another way?!"

Li Xin was clearly quite surprised as well.

Where in the world had Ye Tian learned such secrets?

Just how many more surprises could this little brother of hers bring her?

Ye Tian immediately smiled. "There is indeed a way, but I'm not sure whether it can actually be done."

"There's a special Magic Attendant Contract. Its effects should be similar to the Retainer Knight Contract Sister Xin and I signed."

"However, I'm not sure whether the Mage Holy Temple has this kind of Magic Attendant Contract."

The Magic Attendant Contract Ye Tian spoke of did indeed exist.

However, it was a product of the Creation Continent. The Holy Demon Continent might not have it.

The God of Sky Guard, Austin Griffin—who was also the Haoyue Long Haochen would obtain as a mount in the future—

Before becoming the God of Heavenly Punishment, he had once fallen in love with a woman named Hepburn.

Hepburn was not only Austin Griffin's lover; she had also signed a Magic Attendant Contract with him.

This type of Magic Attendant Contract likewise possessed the effect of talent suppression feedback.

(The above setting comes from the Divine Seal Throne side story, God of Sky Guard. Interested Reader Lords can check it out.)

If the Mage Holy Temple truly had one, Lin Jialu would naturally get her wish.

But upon hearing Ye Tian's words, Li Xin subconsciously frowned.

"But Little Brother, you're not a mage. You can't sign a Magic Attendant Contract with Lin Jialu, can you?"

Facing the gazes of the two girls, Ye Tian gave a mysterious smile.

"Who said I'm not a mage?"

"Huh?!"

Li Xin and Lin Jialu were both stunned.

But in the next instant, both girls' mouths fell open, disbelief filling their eyes.

Ye Tian held up his left hand, murmuring an incantation under his breath.

An ice sphere appeared out of thin air in his palm.

Feeling that extreme chill, Li Xin could no longer suppress her astonishment.

"Little Brother, you can use magic too?"

"That's not right. After a knight undergoes Sacred Awakening, no matter what attributes they had before, the Awakening Stone should change them into the Light attribute!"

Li Xin's heart was full of confusion.

Ye Tian replied with a smile, "I'm somewhat special. Aside from the Light attribute, I also possess water and Ice Attributes."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin truly did not know what to say.

It felt as though no matter how shocking or unprecedented something was, it would not be strange if it happened to Ye Tian.

"Little Brother, just how many more surprises are you going to bring me?"

Ye Tian smiled mysteriously. "That's all there is!"

Yet Li Xin shot him an annoyed glare.

She would be a fool to believe him again!

Ye Tian gave an awkward laugh and silently turned to look at Lin Jialu.

"So, as long as the Mage Holy Temple truly has that special Magic Attendant Contract, Sister Lin can become like Sister Xin."

"Of course, perhaps the Retainer Knight Contract might work as well. After all, we possess the same attributes, so we can try it."

Lin Jialu hurriedly nodded. "I'll ask the master of the Haoyue Mage Branch Hall to look into it. But as for the Retainer Knight Contract..."

At this point, Lin Jialu turned to look at Li Xin.

How could Li Xin not understand what Lin Jialu was thinking? She immediately snorted.

"Leave it to me. I'll ask Uncle Nalan to make another trip!"

Hearing this, Lin Jialu's heart softened.

"Thank you, Li Xin."

Li Xin quickly waved her hand. "It's no trouble at all."

After fighting for so long, Lin Jialu suddenly speaking so gently really left her somewhat unaccustomed to it.

But... this feeling was rather nostalgic!