Contract Magic Array

No, no! Absolutely not!

How could I possibly dislike you? You need to understand, without you, there wouldn't be her! So you are the most important person!

Really! It's really true!

Seeing his Patronus looking aggrieved, Bell hurriedly explained.

"Also, don't always imitate Fina. You have to learn good things, not bad things, understand?"

Seeing that the innocent little Qiongqi had regained its spirits after being comforted, and then turned back to grin at Yomi's head, Bell finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to look at Yomi again and asked:

"How about it, Sister Yomi? Such a good thing doesn't happen every day."

You should know that although becoming my Shikigami means you can't be too far away from me for extended periods, you can still occasionally return to Japan to visit your sister.

Yomi looked at Bell with a complicated expression, hesitated for a moment, and then asked:

Why? Why did you do that?

Although we have some acquaintance, it probably isn't that deep, right?

Moreover, given the strength you've demonstrated before, you shouldn't need my help.

"Wouldn't killing me and taking the Killing Stone and the Lion King be the most profitable option for you?"

"That's because you're my favorite long, straight black hair!"

"..."

Yomi stared at Bell with dead fish eyes, speechless.

Would anyone risk their life to save someone they don't even know if they can be saved, for such a reason?

So this kid really isn't normal!

"Cough cough cough!"

After being stared at by his own signature gaze for a while, Bell realized that he had accidentally let something slip.

"Slip of the tongue! That was a slip of the tongue! I meant, we're such good friends..."

Bell frantically tried to salvage the situation.

However, faced with Yomi's "unwavering" gaze, Bell quickly realized that what's done is done!

"Hey, Sister Yomi, let's talk about something."

Please, please, please don't tell anyone about that slip of the tongue I made.

It's not that Bell is afraid of damaging her reputation. Liking long, straight black hair isn't anything shameful.

The main reason was that Bell was afraid Hermione might do something drastic if she found out.

He certainly didn't want his girlfriend to suddenly use magic to grow long, straight black hair one day. In his opinion, Hermione's natural reddish-brown curls were the most suitable and beautiful for Hermione.

"It's not impossible for me to keep a secret, but I want to hear the real reason."

Yomi wasn't going to be fooled so easily. She had already experienced Bell's talent for witty banter years ago.

"That's the real reason."

"How..."

"Sister Yomi, a human life is actually very short."

Compared to this world, a few decades, or even hundreds of years, is but a fleeting moment.

When we die, everything we possess will vanish with the wind, shattering like a dream.

So why bother calculating so much?

Whether it's profit or loss, it's all fleeting.

I wanted to do it, so I did.

I wanted to come, so I came.

That's all.

"... Your brain is definitely not working properly."

Yomi couldn't help but complain.

However, as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Perhaps only someone as mentally unstable as Bell could become the master of this "evil spirit," who, under the influence of the Killing Stone, is also mentally unstable.

"So, what's your answer?"

Bell asked with a smile, not taking Yomi's 'slander' to heart.

"I agree."

In fact, her answer was already predetermined when Bell said that she could come back to visit Kagura from time to time.

After agreeing to become Bell's Shikigami, Yomi closed her eyes, opened her divine sense, and waited for Bell to imprint the Shikigami contract on her soul.

Sensing the opening of Yomi's mind, Bell first retracted Qiongqi into his body, then controlled Yomi's head to float in mid-air.

With a wave of his Wand, Bell smoothed the ground in front of him.

Then, he took out the magic materials he had prepared beforehand from his pocket and quickly drew a magic circle on the ground.

In less than a minute, Bell had drawn a complex Contract Magic Array on the ground.

With preparations complete, only the final step remains.

Bell raised his left hand, and a large amount of magically imbued blood seeped from his palm, flowing into the magic circle on the ground.

A dazzling crimson light shone from the magic circle, as if even the sky had been dyed red.

Bell stared intently at Yomi's head, chanting incantations rapidly.

Even he, when performing important magical rituals, would chant incantations to help improve his concentration and prevent accidents from happening.

As Bell chanted, the blood in the magic circle twisted and turned, eventually transforming into mysterious runes that entered Yomi's head and were imprinted on his soul.

The entire magical ritual lasted for more than ten minutes. Significant blood loss had caused Bell's face to appear sickly pale.

This is thanks to Bell ' good health and the fact that he eats a lot and has a lot of nutrients stored in his body.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary wizard or Onmyoji, they would have to rest after bleeding a little, and it would probably take several hours or even days to complete this Shikigami contract.

Of course, normally speaking, it's not that difficult to form a contract with an ordinary Shikigami.

Just like when Bell made a contract with Qiongqi, it was completed very easily.

But Yomi is anything but ordinary.

Even setting aside her own strength, the Killing Stone inside her body is a huge problem.

How difficult is it to control the Killing Stone through a contract?

Just look at the Tsuchimiya Family, to which Kagura belongs, and you'll know.

That family could only borrow the power of the Killing Stone to a limited extent by paying the price of their lives.

While Bell currently controls the Killing Stone indirectly— Yomi is the one who actually uses Killing Stone —he must still ensure the contract is strong enough to prevent it from being broken by the Killing Stone.

Moreover, while concluding the contract, he also had to find a way to help Yomi suppress the power of the Killing Stone.

Otherwise, even if he has Qiongqi protecting him and is not afraid of the Killing Stone's erosion, it is not what he wants to see if Yomi goes crazy from time to time, or even completely loses his mind in the end.

Speaking of which, I wonder if Yomi, given his current condition, will still be able to learn the Patronus Charm?

If there is Patronus protecting the body, even if it is just the original Patronus, it will surely provide great help in resisting the erosion of the Killing Stone.

As the last rune sank into Yomi's head, the light of the magic circle gradually dimmed, and a bright red rhombus pattern appeared on Yomi's forehead, surrounding the Killing Stone in the center.

From a distance, it looks as if a third eye has grown on Yomi's forehead.