Chapter 466: Chapter 31: Where Was It…

Everyone drank until late, and there were hardly any tables of diners left in the tavern.

“Triss, I… need to… take a leak, hiccup~”

Sirius hiccuped as he ran outside.

Lynch was outside the building, teasing the Snow Wolf raised by Teresa.

Only Triss and Hilia remained at the table.

Hilia took a sip of the juice on the table; as a devout member of the clergy, she never touched alcohol.

Then, her gaze passed through the window to check on Lynch outside, ensuring he wouldn’t overhear. Her eyes returned to Triss in front of her, and she asked, “Are you… okay, Triss?”

Triss asked in confusion, “What?”

Hilia said, “The Life Sharing Contract, how long do you plan to maintain it?”

Triss wasn’t focused on Life Science, and she couldn’t perform a Life Sharing Contract on her own. The one who originally helped her complete this Spell was none other than Hilia before her. Since then, Hilia knew of Triss’s status as a Wizard Apprentice.

Triss’s brow furrowed slightly, and she said, “I’ve told you before, when I find another way to save him, I’ll naturally dissolve the contract.”

Hilia sighed, “You know that’s impossible.”

“Sirius is already dead. His soul should have returned to the embrace of the Light Goddess long ago. You’ve forcefully kept him here with a Spell, snatching him back from the hands of the Death God. This is blasphemy against the Divine, do you know that?”

Hilia said solemnly, “Life and death are predestined; no one can rewrite the Rules at will.”

“Hmph!”

Triss sneered, “You’re telling me this; have you become stupid from chanting scriptures? I am a Wizard, pursuing the Truth and eternity. That so-called Light Goddess is nothing but a subject in the magical Domain, just a scam. Only fools like you would believe it, let alone try to deceive me!”

Triss affirmed, “I don’t believe in the Divine or reincarnation. I only believe in the Magic in my hands, the Truth existing in the world. There is nothing that Magic cannot solve in this world! Sirius is no exception!”

Hilia sighed, “You’re too obsessed.”

She continued, “The Life Sharing Contract continuously consumes your Life Force. If it weren’t for your recent advancement into a Wizard, you wouldn’t even be able to maintain your youthful appearance now.”

“Even so, maintaining this state is not a solution. I can sense that the rune stabilizing Sirius’s soul has begun to show signs of loosening. Clearly, the Life Sharing Contract has reached its limit. If you don’t stop before the contract collapses, it may end up killing Sirius and harming yourself.”

Decades ago, during an adventure outside, the two encountered an attack, and Sirius unfortunately perished in it.

It wasn’t in the Underground City; he died outside.

Without the Barrier of the Underground City, once living beings perish outside, they’re bound by the World Rules. The Rules’ will shall inevitably take them away—no one can change that.

However, at that time, Triss happened to have a high-purity blank soul gem in hand, so she locked Sirius’s soul inside it and rushed back to the city to seek Hilia’s help.

Triss’s rescue method looked reliable but wasn’t very significant.

In the world, any living being under the coverage of the Rules’ will receives the imprint of the Rules’ will the moment of Death. Being taken away afterward is unavoidable.

Even if a soul can temporarily remain intact, once the soul container’s power fails, the result is the same.

Of course, it’s not entirely hopeless. After all, when a soul is intact, there’s potential for revival in the magical Domain.

The condition is that it hasn’t been imprinted by the Rules’ will, but once it has been…

At least at the Fourth-tier Level and above, there might be a possibility of cure…

Triss forcibly uses the Life Sharing Contract to revive Sirius, essentially using her Life Force as a soul container, allowing Sirius’s soul to temporarily reside in her container.

This is essentially a pseudo-resurrection. Currently, Sirius is consuming Triss’s Life Force. Every day he lives in this world, Triss loses a day.

And even then, this state can’t be sustained forever. In such cases where the deceased is revived through a contract, there exists a conflict between the Life Sharing Contract and the Rules imprint. The Rules’ will constantly erodes the Life Sharing Contract, attempting to collapse the runes and seize the soul.

Once the contract’s binding force is defeated by the Rules’ will, causing the contract to completely collapse, Sirius’s soul will be immediately taken by the Rules’ will.

All Triss’s efforts over the years would be wasted in vain.

“Enough!”

Triss interrupted discontentedly, “I know what I’m doing; I don’t need your reminders. The Life Sharing Contract was created by Wizards. I am a Wizard; no one knows its purpose better than me.” Read full story at novel(ꜰ)ire.net

Her Willpower was firm, “I don’t know if your Divine truly exists, but if she does, then please go back and tell her—”

“No one can take Sirius from me, not even the gods!”

Hilia was stunned for a moment.

She frowned, “I don’t understand. Why are you so obsessed? Sirius is just a human, and you are a Wizard. The Light Goddess bestowed your lives differently; what is the point of forcing him to stay by your side?”

Triss replied discontentedly, “I’ll say it again, our lives stem from ourselves and have absolutely nothing to do with your so-called Light Goddess.”

“As for meaning?”

She drank the oak cup’s wine and slammed it heavily onto the table, “Sirius, he is my meaning!”

Hilia asked, “Isn’t the pursuit of eternity the purpose of your Wizard existence?”

Triss scoffed, “Eternity without Sirius is completely meaningless!”

Lynch, outside teasing the wolf, paused his arm slightly.

At his level, no matter where he was, the surrounding area would naturally fall under his spiritual power coverage. The actions and words of anyone within, even tiny biological movements in the air, couldn’t escape his eyes.

The conversation between Hilia and Triss was naturally heard clearly.

For some reason,

Triss’s expression and tone, even her words at that moment, seemed familiar to Lynch as if he had heard them somewhere.

Where had he heard it…

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