[Mutual assistance relationship officially established!]
When the notification sounded from the Preset Card, Xia Xiu's lips curved into a smile that said he had expected as much.
Among the Seven Alices, only [Hope] had no initial [Module]. This meant she could not force other cardholders to choose a [Slave] relationship. Among the Seven Alices, the three representing [Dominion], [Desire], and [Anger] were bound to become slave owners. Their natures determined their behavior. The remaining three, [Desolation], [Absence], and [Concealment], wavered between slavery and equality. They would not accept mutual assistance.
In the Alices' eyes, allowing humans to stand on the same level as them was already an immense Blessing.
The first six Alices had choices, but the seventh had no alternatives. Without entering a contract with a cardholder, she had no way to obtain her initial [Module], so when she first awakened, she could only bluff her way into establishing a relationship. Unfortunately, she had encountered someone who did not play by the rules. Xia Xiu had bound her firmly to his chariot.
"What are you doing!?"
Ahabat was furious. How could a noble Alice enter a mutual assistance relationship with a human?
"This will make our alliance more secure."
Xia Xiu rose from the ground and dusted off his slightly dirty trousers. Now that the contract was established, he returned to his usual way of doing things.
The "Alice Game" allowed only seven performers to participate, which meant this performance had only seven Preset Cards. Those seven cards left considerable room for maneuver, but it was the Alices who controlled that room.
The performance's rules had never said that Preset Cards could not change owners. That meant cardholders in slave and equal relationships could be replaced.
Agul frequently changed her "slaves." To her, those cardholders were merely