Chapter 192: Chapter 192: The Second Contract
Estelina also looked awkward. She had brought Eren here, thinking she was helping her mother uncover some secrets of the human world.
She never expected for Eren to become the absolute ruler of the Spirit Realm. However, she didn\'t regret this choice.
If Eren wasn\'t here, she was sure that all the Spirits would have been dead.
They had chosen the lesser evil based on their understanding. If it was actually a lesser evil or a bigger evil, only time could tell.
If she was given another chance, she was sure that she would have made the same decision, albeit for different reasons this time.
If she could go back in the past, she would have been more respectful to Eren, trying to turn him into a friend so he would have helped them without wanting anything in return.
Unfortunately, it was all just a wish at this point. It was too late for any regrets.
"I want to return. Can you open a path for me to return?" Eren asked Yelen, not bullying Resphi anymore.
Felona revealed a surprise. She thought Eren was going to stay here and act like an absolute Overlord, maybe even using their strength for his advantage.
To her surprise, the only thing he said after all that was that he wanted to return.
Eren understood why Felona was surprised. If anything, he didn\'t want to leave either. As a ruler, he didn\'t have to constantly worry about being killed here.
In this world, he could be lazy and live his life surrounded by beauties. However, he hadn\'t forgotten that this place was a ticking time bomb.
He wasn\'t sure if this time bomb was ever going to explode with the arrival of the Tower Master, but he didn\'t want to take that risk.
If that day ever came, he could help the Spirits more by being in the human world than in the Spirit Realm.
If the Tower Master actually came here with his entire force, that meant the Necromancer Tower was going to be left defenseless, granting him an opportunity to take a trip there.
"It\'s very easy to open a passage."
Yelen opened a passage back to the Great Demon Sect, finding it to be quite easy.
Although she called it easy, only she was able to open something like that directly at the heart of the Royal Palace. Even Felona couldn\'t do something like that.
A Spatial Portal opened right next to the throne, being similar to the one opened by Estelina but slightly bigger and much more stable.
"That\'s good." Eren stood up and Celeste flew over, landing on his shoulders.
He paid quite a bit of attention to Yelen\'s face to see if there was even the slightest change at the sight of Celeste, but she didn\'t even seem to notice her.
This confirmed her suspicions. Even the first spirit queen couldn\'t see Celeste. Just what was this little fairy-like creature? He wondered.
"You can keep managing the place like you have always been doing. I won\'t interfere in your matters unless I absolutely need to," Eren told Felona while turning towards the Portal.
"Before leaving, shouldn\'t you establish a contract with the current spirit queen?" Eren was about to step inside the Portal when Yelen called out to him.
Eren stopped, his foot only a few inches away from the Portal.
"What do you mean? Don\'t I already have a contract with you, the original spirit queen?" he asked.
"Moreover, I think the entire realm is already tied to me. Even if they wanted to, they can\'t reject my commands. So what\'s even the point?"
"That is correct. You can command them, but isn\'t that complicated? You can only command them if you are in front of them. Every time you want to command them, you would have to return," Yelen explained.
Eren only frowned in response, not understanding what Yelen was planning. Was she truly trying to help him?
"A Spirit Contract isn\'t just to Summon a spirit to help you. It can also help you communicate with them, no matter where you are."
"If you need to command them, you can just issue your command with the spirit contract."
She kept explaining, point by point to make Eren understand why she was asking him to make another contract.
"With a normal spirit contract, the Spirit needs to agree as well. You can\'t force a spirit to complete a task. And that also consumes a lot of life essence. But you are different."
"You also have absolute rule over them. You can use the contract without spending any life essence."
Hearing her explanation, Eren was able to understand what she was saying. Although he was a ruler, he needed a method to issue commands.
The easiest method was to establish communication with the highest authority in the spirit realm after him.
That person was Yelen, but she was going to come with him. She couldn\'t stay behind. The only person left was Felona, hence a second spirit contract made sense.
"Fine. I will establish a spirit contract with Felona," he agreed, even though he didn\'t know how a contract was made in the first place.
Did he need to speak some spell? Did he need to create a magic circle or sacrifice his blood?
"You don\'t have to do anything. Once the Spirit agrees with the Spirit Contract, she can handle everything. You just have to tell her that you want a spirit contract," Yelen said, as if reading Eren\'s facial expressions to understand what he was thinking.
Eren didn\'t like the thought of someone guessing his thoughts, but it was indeed helpful.
"I want a spirit contract with you," he told Felona, whose face turned slightly red for some reason.
He was confused. Why was she showing such a bashful reaction as if he had asked her to do something wrong?
Felona stepped closer to him until there was barely any distance between them.
Before Eren could react, Felona went on her toes, and placed her lips on Eren\'s lips.
Her warm breath mixed with Eren\'s. At the same time, a spirit mark started appearing on the back of Eren\'s other hand.
He was the first person to have a spirit contract with the Spirit Queen and not just one at that.