The light fell upon Angel, making her take two involuntary steps back. She neither wished nor was able to disturb this sacred scene, as though laws themselves were being drafted.
As one Ancient Feysac word after another appeared, the majesty that surged forth made her nearly fall to her knees in worship.
Angel knew that Anne was not doing this deliberately. It was merely a trace of power leaking out while she drafted the "contract," yet even that tiny fraction of power made a Sequence 5 Beyonder unable to look at it directly.
Was Anne—or rather, Queen Anne's Revenge—really only Sequence 4?
She could not help but begin to doubt it.
As the radiance faded, several lines of tangible-looking gilded text remained suspended in the air before Anne, listing several contractual terms.
For five years, Angel would serve as the temporary commander of Queen Anne's Revenge and receive assistance from the Ghost Ship, provided it did not exceed its capabilities. Angel was not to use that authority to involve it in dangers that could threaten its existence. Likewise, Anne and the Ghost Ship could not deliberately act against Angel's interests.
As the corresponding obligation, Angel needed to do her utmost to advance her Sequence. During those five years, once she advanced in Sequence, she had to return to Queen Anne's Revenge and attempt to use the Calamity Charm once at maximum power, at a time designated by Anne. Should she successfully destroy the ship, Angel would receive the Judgment card and the Beyonder Characteristic it left behind.
Other detailed clauses stipulated that neither party could casually disclose the agreement's contents to a third party, that the contract would automatically dissolve if either party died, and so on.
Finally, Anne added an additional clause: during the contract period, Angel was to