Echoes of Jealousy (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

"Yes, my lord. It's ready."

The Mirror Demon respectfully manifested the contract before Aleister.

To prevent fraud, it wasn't a paper contract but a mass of burning flames—although some clever demons liked using such methods to deceive people, the Mirror Demon absolutely didn't dare trick Aleister. It wasn't that it couldn't; it simply didn't dare.

After all, the other party wasn't a good person either. In other words, she might show up at its doorstep in a rage at any time in the future. In that case, it was better to be cautious.

Aleister gave the contract a cursory scan and found that there really weren't any problems.

Rather than being a fairly equitable contract... it was more like a fairly void and lenient one.

The contract only stipulated one thing: if either party wanted to betray or attack the other, they had to declare war at least seventy-two hours in advance. Before the relationship broke down, both sides would do their best to help each other, but only on the basis that it wouldn't affect themselves, with the extent of the assistance decided according to personal willingness. At the same time, both parties had to exchange identities, ensuring that they knew each other's true names, and neither could use the other's information to do anything detrimental to them.

By including the clause about "helping each other," the contract also included the ability to request a temporary summoning from the other party.

Overall, it was a highly defensive contract...

"Heh. Are you really that afraid of me?"

Aleister briefly skimmed the one-page contract before signing her name at the bottom.

Once she finished signing, her name flashed with golden light. It then revealed Iver's former name—the name he had used before Old James adopted him.

"...Iver Moriarty. Former name, Iver