bookbashuk #263 - If you don't do it, there are plenty of parus (elves) who will do it!
#263 - If you don't do it, there are plenty of parus (elves) who will do it!
On the way to the border count's territory, the group continuously refined their plan to eliminate the Witch Cult through Julius's consciousness magic.
They didn't encounter any enemies along the way and arrived at the village smoothly.
The villagers were frightened by the arrival of the blood-soaked subjugation team and mercenary团, but thanks to Natsuki Subaru having cultivated a lot of goodwill before leaving, he calmed the villagers' emotions with just a few words.
The afternoon sun was exceptionally warm, and a gentle breeze rustled through the forest, bringing a sense of laziness.
It was hard to imagine the lurking dangers beneath the peaceful village.
Natsuki Subaru and Wilhelm separated from the group and went to Roswaal's mansion ahead of everyone else, he said that he had accidentally made a fatal mistake - putting a blank piece of paper in the letter he sent to Emilia.
This represented severing ties, and he had to clear up the misunderstanding.
Zunzun suspected that in the previous loop, this incident had caused considerable trouble and delayed the time, so this time he planned to clear up the misunderstanding in advance.
He didn't have the mind to care about it.
Zunzun was currently under Julius's guidance, signing contracts with the spirits, or rather, quasi-spirits.
According to him, spirits actually had a very strong exclusivity, or rather, possessiveness. Especially spirits and great spirits, they almost never coexisted with other spirits.
"Are you saying that I can also sign contracts with multiple spirits like you?"
"It's micro-spirits and quasi-spirits."
Julius corrected the error in Zunzun's words.
Micro-spirits had almost no consciousness of their own, so whether it was before or after the contract, they would develop in the direction that the contractor imagined most.
But the problem was that micro-spirits had almost no potential, and only a very few could transform into quasi-spirits, and no one knew how to determine whether they had potential, not even Puck, one of the four great spirits, could determine it.
"And in this case, the quasi-spirit, which is about to bloom, is the best choice."
"Your words are very true."
After ensuring potential while still having malleability, and being able to barely agree to multiple contracts, only quasi-spirits remained.
After clarifying this point, Zunzun began to filter them.
Spirits were beings that attached great importance to contracts.
And the contracts were not quite the same as in his imagination.
For example: some spirits demanded that after finishing work, the contractor offer them a bull's head, otherwise they would freeze all the lakes on Earth, and in this world where there would be a major crisis, the spirit said that a fish head would also work.
It was so absurd.
But it also showed from the side that spirits attached great importance to contracts.
Natsuki Subaru had been reminded by Zunzun before, but even so, his expression was still ugly after hearing Julius's explanation.
Because he had violated the contract with Emilia countless times.
Even if he said it nicely that he was thinking for the other party, no matter what, violating the contract was violating the contract, and it was no wonder that Emilia was so angry at the beginning.
——Zunzun had no interest in understanding his love story!
Now, Zunzun was in a predicament.
"Lord Zunzun, don't worry, with your aptitude, you can definitely contract with spirits. The key to dealing with them is to treat them as friends, not as masters who enslave them."
Julius was a qualified teacher.
He constantly taught the key points of getting along with spirits and the things that needed attention. However, Zunzun did not successfully contract with any spirits until he arrived at his destination - the border village.
"By the way, did Subaru contract with one?"
"...No, it's really very strange to say, Subaru is obviously very popular with spirits, but no spirit is willing to sign a contract with him, and even I can't figure out the reason."
Julius was rarely troubled.
Being able to give such a wise character a headache also showed how strange Natsuki Subaru was.
Speaking of which, Natsuki Subaru had barely managed to contract with a micro-spirit through countless efforts in a certain IF world line, allowing him to escape the possession of the sloth archbishop and successfully kill the other party.
Could it be that the witch's afterscent was interfering with him?
Doesn't that mean that Natsuki Subaru's official partner spirit from beginning to end is that artificial spirit in the mansion? Wait, since that's the case, then the witch of greed from the beginning...!
Zunzun seemed to have discovered a blind spot!
"Lord Zunzun... Lord Zunzun...!"
"Oh, sorry, I was distracted. What's the matter, Julius?"
"I want to ask you, where exactly is the problem?"
Zunzun looked at the elegant purple-haired knight beside him in surprise. This guy was really a dedicated and responsible good teacher. Moved, he quickly told him about his predicament.
"——Names."
"What?"
"Give these little guys names."
Zunzun said in Julius's strange expression, who wanted to say something but stopped: "For some reason, these little guys don't seem to like the names I give them very much, it's really a headache."
...Isn't this the easiest step?
After signing the contract with the spirits, it was the most important and simplest part of the ritual - the name link with the contractor's mark.
Naming them, what's so difficult?
Julius seemed to have thought of something, and he said: "Excuse me for asking, what are the names that Lord Zunzun gave these quasi-spirits..."
"Zuo Tuan, Dai Tilo, Jiao Xi Ye, Dang Juan, Dian Niu Te, Hai Qiang Piao... It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, don't hit me! I'm already thinking carefully about the names, why are you still so angry! It's too much!"
I saw the colorful quasi-spirits constantly hitting Zunzun's head, causing him to scream.
Julius had no expression on his face, but in his heart he was saying: Good hit!
Spirit.
From the impression, one can imagine that this is a group of races that are either cute or mighty, and their names will also be more cute or mighty - such as Puck, Betty, Ignis, etc. How could Zunzun come up with such strange names, it was understandable that the spirits were angry.
Julius was on the spirit's side.
But he couldn't help at all in this, after all, the name was a gift from the contractor to the spirit, and it must be taken by the contractor himself.
"——Hey, Julius!"
Natsuki Subaru and Wilhelm, wearing white cloaks, hurried over, presumably they had successfully resolved the misunderstanding of the blank paper, and told Emilia about the White Whale and the Witch Cult.
"Let's go, it's time to do our thing."
"Subjugating the Witch Cult, right? I'm already prepared."
Julius's hand was on the knight's sword at his waist, and a determined look appeared on his face.
"I say, meow." The cat-eared man looked at Zunzun's back, who was still sitting in the carriage, and said: "Although Ferris doesn't think there will be any problems, it's okay to bring Lord Zunzun along, his strength is obvious to everyone."
Zunzun was a stay-at-home faction.
He would not and could not fight the archbishops of sin.
"That's precisely why we can't let Zunzun go with us, have you forgotten his physical characteristics?" Natsuki Subaru paused and said, "If he's possessed, the consequences will be unimaginable."
"That's too exaggerated, Subaru, with Wilhelm and Julius here, even if Lord Zunzun is possessed, the two of them can subdue him."
Ferris was very confident in the strength of the two.
But Natsuki Subaru shook his head and said very seriously: "If that's really the case, none of us will be Zunzun's opponent. No one can stop him."
"Same feeling. This old man agrees with that statement."
"Although I don't want to say anything about Subaru, but... Sorry, Ferris, my spirit tells me that I have no chance of winning."
Wilhelm and Julius's answers made the cat-eared man lose his color, but as if he didn't want to admit his incompetence, he forced a smile and said.
"It's okay, Ferris will stop him if that happens!"
——You died the worst!
Natsuki Subaru once again hallucinated the scene of him being split in two by violent thunder in front of his eyes, and couldn't help covering his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting, but this action was mistaken by Ferris as being contemptuous.
"Hey! Say whatever you want, meow!"
"...It's nothing. In short, Zunzun will not participate in the Witch Cult eradication operation. If the archbishop of sin is possessed on a finger, and then transferred to Zunzun... Moreover, we have no way to prevent the archbishop of sin from being possessed in the case where Zunzun has not signed a contract."
"Yes, yes, Ferris knows, meow."
The cat-eared man didn't really want to let Zunzun go to the battlefield, he just couldn't help but refute because he felt looked down upon.
Then they started to take action.
According to the Witch Cult's strongholds and the fingers hidden in the forest that Natsuki Subaru marked out after several loops, find them and eliminate them together.
And Zunzun was not without work either.
Anastasia's convoy had arrived in the village, and the villagers were gradually getting on the dragon carriages to prepare for the transfer. His job was to manage the order on the scene and find the Witch Cultists hidden in the convoy.
Of course, he pushed all these jobs to Otto.
I have to say, although this guy complained with a grievance on his mouth about why he had to do this kind of work, he still managed everything in an orderly manner. He might be more suitable for the position of internal affairs officer than a knight.
Zunzun was still naming the spirits.
"Okay, I get it, let's take a step back! How about this, your names are Xiao Bai, Xiao Hei, Xiao Hong, Xiao Huang, Xiao Lv, and Xiao Lan... It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! I said let's take a step back, you should listen to what people say!"
The spirits kept hitting his head.
The theory of opening windows of the great man, it seems that it is not very applicable in another world.
But it was finally successful.
Because Zunzun took a different approach, and said very strongly, "If you don't like this name, then I'll go find spirits who like this name! Think about it carefully, there's nothing wrong with this name, after all, this is my pet name for you, it's the title I like, besides, will anyone else call you that? This is a unique title, you should be happy!"
After all, he, who was very popular with spirits, had a lot of choices, and didn't have to be entangled with these quasi-spirits.
If you don't do it, there are plenty of Palus who will!
So under this coercion and temptation, he successfully signed contracts with six kinds of full-attribute spirits, which was not another application of the theory of opening windows.