NOVEL WEB Volume 2 Chapter 45
45. Heartbroken Gran
Xia Yi noticed that the Black Knight’s behavior seemed a bit strange.
So she turned her head and saw Grandmaster Gran with a twisted face, his expression extremely complex.
“Gran, what’s wrong with you?”
“This old man is…” Gran hesitated to speak.
When he went to sign the summoning contract with the Black Knight, it took a tremendous effort to barely get the Black Knight to agree to sign a summoning contract with him.
But what about the Princess?
After just one fight, the Black Knight actually took the initiative to want to sign a contract with her.
In Gran’s view, this situation was quite rare!
Where is there a summoned creature that behaves like this? It’s simply a slap in the face.
If it were someone else, Gran would have exploded with anger and sent the Black Knight away by force.
But now, it’s the Princess.
Although he was somewhat helpless, he still patiently explained to Xia Yi, “Your Highness, the Black Knight wants to sign a summoning contract with you.”
“A summoning contract?”
Xia Yi felt it was very novel.
“Yes, a formal summoning contract. Don’t tell this old man you don’t know, right? Summoning magic is one of the courses—”
“I know, I know, I’m aware!”
Xia Yi nodded quickly.
“It’s just that I didn’t expect the Black Knight to want to sign a summoning contract with me.”
In the previous magic courses, Xia Yi indeed summoned some creatures.
However, they were basically for practice, and they were all temporary contracts.
Like little hamsters, little pigeons, cats… and the like.
She had indeed never signed a formal summoning contract.
Xia Yi looked up at the Black Knight.
The Black Knight was also looking at Xia Yi.
Neither of them spoke.
But Xia Yi felt in the battle just now… this burning heart of battle!
Like herself, also enjoying the fight.
The other party recognized her soul!
“Alright, Black Knight, then I will sign a summoning contract with you!”
Xia Yi also raised her little hand, made a fist, and bumped it against the Black Knight’s gauntlet.
The Black Knight let out an almost beastly growl, then further lowered his stance, kneeling on the ground.
“This, this… This old man cannot accept!!” Gran covered his head and wailed.
“Gran, what’s wrong with you, you’re as startled as a rooster.”
“Princess, do you understand what the Black Knight means?”
“I understand, he wants to sign a summoning contract with me.”
“I’m not talking about that, but the level of the summoning contract!” Gran’s wrinkles were almost twisted together.
Summoning contracts come in many types.
In addition to the consumption of magic power when summoning, a corresponding price must be paid, and the extent of the price is judged based on the situation of both parties.
It could be a quarter of the summoner’s life, or the sacrifice of a certain number of other people’s lives, or rare special materials…
But generally, the stronger the summoned creature, the higher the price that must be paid. Without offering something in exchange, how would a powerful being willingly become a mere fighter?
For example, when Gran summoned the Black Knight, he had to offer a highly concentrated magic crystal.
The problem lies here, the contract the Black Knight wants to sign with Xia Yi does not require her to pay any additional price, it is the zero-cost contract that all summoners dream of.
Gran was green with envy.
“Your Highness, this old man had to pay a highly concentrated essence of magic power to summon the Black Knight.”
“That expensive? When I summoned a little hamster before, I only needed a peanut…”
“Your Highness, the stronger the summoned creature, the more expensive the price that must be paid, otherwise the creature would not easily agree. But now, the Black Knight wants to sign a summoning contract that does not require you to pay any additional price. It’s a special… zero-cost contract.”
Gran looked at the Black Knight with almost the eyes of a resentful woman.
He was about to die of jealousy, why didn’t he get this treatment?
“Black Knight, are you serious?” Xia Yi asked.
The Black Knight nodded silently, raising his black long sword.
Xia Yi looked at him, feeling a connection.
“Black Knight… are you in a good mood today? How about we also change our summoning contract?” Gran asked curiously.
But the Black Knight simply ignored him, not even giving him a glance.
The scene was very awkward for a moment.
“Why can’t this old man do it!”
“You don’t understand at all, Gran.” Xia Yi smiled.
“Huh?”
“It’s the recognition of the soul by a warrior.”
“What what what?”
Gran felt it was very abstract.
“Well… it’s a bit hard to explain clearly, Gran, you could try fighting the Black Knight with your physical body, clashing with the purest form of strength, and maybe then you’ll understand!”
“…Princess, are you joking?”
“I’m serious! Why don’t you put down your staff and throw a few punches with the Black Knight?”
“Forget it.”
Gran felt this was nonsense. As a magician, he never understood these barbaric types who swung cold weapons and yelled wildly, nor did he want to understand.
Today, let’s just say the Princess was lucky, and the Black Knight took a fancy to her!
“Your Highness, please continue, the Black Knight is waiting for your summoning contract application.”
“Uh…”
“What’s wrong?”
“Gran, I don’t quite understand, could you teach me? I’ve forgotten the process a bit.”
Suddenly, Gran’s old face couldn’t hold back.
What, shrimp and pig heart?!
It was clearly him who had signed the summoning contract with the Black Knight first, and the Black Knight had also fought with the Princess as a summoned creature, but in the end, not only did the Black Knight want to actively sign a summoning contract with the Princess,
The little princess also wanted him to teach her hand by hand how to sign the zero-cost contract he envied with his own summoned creature, which was simply…
If it weren’t for Xia Yi, Gran would have turned his face in anger on the spot.
But he swallowed his old blood back down.
“Your Highness, you’re not… making fun of this old man, are you?”
“I really don’t understand!” Xia Yi said with an innocent face.
“…Alright then.”
In the end, Gran was Xia Yi’s magic class teacher and provided hands-on teaching for signing the summoning contract.
This subtle feeling almost drove the aging magician to the brink of collapse.
He made up his mind not to use summoning magic in front of the Princess again. If this situation happened a second time, he probably would die of anger on the spot.
Under Gran’s guidance, Xia Yi and the Black Knight successfully signed the summoning contract.
“Yay! From now on, please take good care of me, Black Knight. My name is Xia Yi·Christie, I am…”
Xia Yi hesitated for a moment, with Gran still watching.
“The Silver Dragon Princess! From now on, please take good care of me!”
The Black Knight nodded, acknowledging her.
Since he was attached to the ancient armor, he had lost most of his self and could not respond much.
“Your Highness, there is one very important thing that this old man must tell you,” Gran suddenly said out of the blue.