I Was Reborn, but I Was Told That the Popular Standard Skills Were No Good, so I Chose the Skill of Collecting [Title] - CH 234

“Contract?”

“Ah.”

What’s with him showing up out of nowhere and making a contract? And I also want an explanation for the nine-tailed fox behind him.

“Rather than that…”

The Devil king walks up to me. I was sitting on my bed, but I was alert enough to get up at any moment, though I was sure I was fine since my crisis fast sensing wasn’t triggered. The Devil king then came to the side of the bed and put his hands on my shoulders.

“You’ve finally surpassed Sis-con. I welcome you to my side.”

“Huh?… Huh?”

At first I wondered what he was talking about, but then I realized he was talking about my title “the one who had surpassed sis-con”.

“No! That’s…”

“Don’t say that again. I’m the one who understands you.”

Does se… does he know about my [title] collection? Is that the reason he’s treating me as one of his own kind…

“Let the “Sis-con” talk wait until later. And you’d better let go of him quickly. It’s time to go on a full-scale rampage. If that happens, it will be a bit troublesome to restrain with us who don’t have a contractor yet.”

“That’s right.”

The fox and the Devil King had a conversation that I didn’t understand. Then the Devil King removed his hand from my shoulder.

“Devil King, Beast King…what do you want with Zero-kun?”

“Eh!”

I was surprised at Yug’s sudden appearance, but I was more surprised that he was the Beast King. That nine-tailed fox is the Beast King!

”It’s what the Spirit King would have heard, right? We’re here to make a contract.”

“By getting rid of me and Zeal?”

“This is why new kings are troublesome. You need to be more knowledgeable. He should educate his daughter more. She’s still half baked compared to us.”

“If you’re so friendly, why are you putting Zeal to sleep?”

“It’s good for the three kings to talk for the first time in a while.”

The three of them are talking, leaving me completely out of the fray. I mean, I thought Zeal was quiet, he’d been put to sleep. Should I read the atmosphere and go to sleep too? Then only the three kings can talk. Well…there’s no way I can sleep, since I seem to be the most involved…

“There’s a limit to how long we can stay here without our contractor. You guys can talk later. As I have said many times before, we are here to make a contract with you. Without kicking out the spirits, of course.”

“Can you do that?”

“We are here because we are able to do so.”

The Devil King then turned his attention to Suiyami and Suikou.

“Do you know what it takes to make a contract with us?”

“A soul?”

I think it was something like that. That’s why reincarnated people like me and Sophie have two of them.

“That’s not enough. We need one more thing.”

“What other thing?”

“Spirits aren’t usually out and about. Where are they in the meantime?”

“Oh, a body?”

“That’s right.”

If all you need to make a contract is a soul, then theoretically you could make a contract with a ghost if you had one.

“So, what do you think is the ball attached to that sword?”

“Huh?”

I don’t know why he’s asking me about the mysterious ball.

“It’s a kind of substitute for the soul used to make a contract with us. Does that ring a bell?”

“….ring a bell?”

“Like, how it always stays with you?”

“It never leaves…”

It never left me… no, it couldn’t leave me… because it was acting as my soul, even though it was a substitute. And, even though it’s a substitute for my soul, it doesn’t mean that when I die, I will come back to life thanks to the ball. It’s just a substitute.

“But as I explained before, that’s not enough, is it?”

“A body?”

“That’s right. The ore used in the sword is to compensate for that. It’s an ore found in the spirit world, the Devil world, and the beast world, where we live.”

Why was the green sword in the elves’ village? Was it because it was made of something from the spirit world? That’s why the dual-sword, which was rarely used by the elves, was so cherished.

“But they were used hundreds of years ago. Few people know how to use them now. And there are still many weapons made of those ores. But I didn’t think those balls were still around. That’s why I was surprised when I noticed you had them.”

This means that the Devil King had noticed that I had the balls when he came to me before.

“By the way, that ball chooses its own owner. It can’t take the place of a soul, no matter who it is.”

So I was chosen by this ball in that treasure room. So it came to me as if it had already locked on to me. By the way, I heard that even the Devil king doesn’t know how it chooses them. I wonder if I could ask the goddess.

“By the way, the pattern of the balls indicates what kind of contract you can make. Green is for spirits, black for Devils, and yellow for beasts.”

In other words, it’s spirits and Devils that can contract with green and dark, and beasts that can contract with yellow? Incidentally, which species can be contracted with is determined by the material used in the sword, he said.

“The Devil king doesn’t seem to mention it, so I’ll tell you one thing: once the sword is fitted with the ball, it’s just a piece of junk if you don’t make a contract with it. If you use that sword in battle, it will break in an instant and you won’t be able to make a contract.”

“Eh?”

That’s dangerous! If I made a wrong move with the test cut, it would have broken!

Ah…could it be that this ball came out when I broke the great sword in the treasure room?

“And I’m not like the Devil King, my contract is only temporary. Even a guy who is like a distant relative of mine isn’t willing to make a contract all the time after meeting someone for the first time. Well, if your reputation is good, I might at least introduce you to someone who is a strong beast.”

“But then why make a contract?”

I felt like if he didn’t want to, I shouldn’t have indulged him in the first place.

“The reason for this is to get the hero to cancel the beast’s contract. You’re the only one who has the minimum power to make a contract with me right now. So I want to make a contract with you. Of course you won’t refuse, will you?”

“Ah.”

Hearing that, I glanced at the Devil King. I wondered what his requirements were for making a contract.

“I’m going to contract with you until you die. The reason is that I want to see my sister up close, and I want to keep her safe. I also want to help you, my fellow Sis-con.”

“I see.”

The whole reason for signing the contract was sister-related. I even think it’s great that I’ve mastered sis-con so far.