Golden Goat Herolf's vision went black, and he nearly fainted.
He suppressed the urge to crush Charlotte to death and asked, "You lost that Magic Contract?"
Charlotte honestly nodded. As someone whose profession could be "teacher," his expression was as sincere as could be!
Golden Goat Herolf only hated that he did not know the Bloodkin secret arts and could not go in, drag out Charlotte, that vile and shameless wretch, and inflict the most brutal torture upon him.
He suppressed his fury and said, "Do you think Magic Contract Documents are stones lying everywhere by the roadside? Where am I supposed to find a second one?"
Charlotte gave an embarrassed smile and said, "Then I'll go back and look again!"
He put on a show of preparing to leave. Golden Goat Herolf hurriedly stopped him and said between breaths, "I remembered. A long time ago, I obtained another one!"
Charlotte looked overjoyed and cried, "Give it to me, quickly!"
Golden Goat Herolf snorted coldly and turned away. After quite some time, he returned with another scroll of animal hide, mottled in all sorts of colors, perhaps the hide of a leopard or something similar.
Charlotte sent out a Hand of Blazing Flame and was about to take the hide scroll, but Golden Goat Herolf drew it back rather than handing it over. "You must sign it on the spot. You cannot take it away again."
Charlotte hurriedly nodded in agreement. "If I do not sign it today, may the Serpent of Destiny send me back to my homeland, never to leave it again."
Golden Goat Herolf felt that this oath was quite sincere and handed over the hide scroll. Charlotte glanced at it and said, "Golden Goat Herolf, there is a custom in my homeland. When signing a document,