Chapter 15 – 2.I First Met Undine, an Intermediate Spirit [Undine’s Point of View]

As Undine flew through the air, she glanced at the human, Cassano, below.

Today, I looked at the road that seemed to lead to the warehouse and colony of the goblins, but there were many more than I thought. I took a sword from the warehouse to give to Sain, and when I looked under the stairs, there were a lot of goblins.

I was worried about what to do if Cassano was hurt because the ten seemed to be overrun, but Cassano drew his sword and defeated the goblins in an instant! I heard her say it’s okay to do it right now, but she didn’t know what she was talking about so she didn’t ask.

Looking at the goblins, I was excited because I could get 4 magic stones, so I thought I would collect them all soon.

Suddenly, an old thought came to mind. A spirit and a boy who went on a trip together in the same village, a fateful encounter and even a contract.

‘The world will surely be delighted…’

After hurting his leg, Sain became a little scared. There was a time when he was a bit scary after leaving the village, but there was a time when I cried and said I didn’t like such a person and ran away.

The next day, Wandering around the inn, is Sein looking for me? Sain, who found me, ran to me in a hurry, and he hugged me while crying that he would never do that again.

Hearing that he would swear to take care of me like a family member, no, like a lover, I thought from then on that I wanted to sign a contract with him.

But Sein had no mana. As it turned out, humans said that in order to use mana, they had to learn by collecting a lot of money to barely collect mana.

Regarding contracts that can be made without mana, I was heartbroken because I hadn’t heard or learned anything from any spirit. Then, bad people dragged Sein and took him somewhere. It was a group of human beings called the upper ranks, but even there, the three people were ignored while doing chores.

Then, a new tall man came, and Sein told me at night that he seemed to be a fairly strong and kind person, and that he would teach me how to collect mana if I could see him better.
He’s not such a nice-looking person- I said it, but the public didn’t even listen, so I didn’t say more out of frustration.

Then, the next day, Sae-in stuck to the human and stayed with him, but he was as nice as Se-in said, but he was very nice to Se-in. Maybe that’s why Sein clung to that human even more, and thanks to that, there was no time to talk to me or spend time with me.

Nasty human being!

Still, thanks to that nasty human being, he found out that if he extracted mana from the magic stone from the goblin, he could make a contract with Sein.

So I told Sain where there were a lot of goblins that I had found while sneaking around. Then he made the three people jump for joy. Hehe Is it that good to sign a contract with me-? I wanted to

But he took the humans and met the goblins too, but something went wrong. A huge goblin and a very strong goblin appeared and attacked us relentlessly. The nasty human continued to help Sein, but it seemed like he couldn’t fight properly because of the extremely strong goblin.

In the end, the nasty human shouted at Sein to use the magic stone. Ah, I wanted to use it when I signed a contract with Sein! However, it was a very serious situation, so I eventually pulled out mana and fought somehow. Pretty smart for a nasty human being!

I thought everything was over, but it wasn’t. I heard a loud scream and looked around and saw that Sein was seriously injured, crying and in pain. I was so sad that I couldn’t do anything about it.

While he was stomping his feet and looking only at Sein, who was in pain, Cassano, a nasty human being, snapped at something and then blocked Sein’s mouth and gave him something like treatment. Isn’t that too extreme? But maybe he did it right, Sae-in’s expression got better than before.

I felt sorry for Sae-in, who looked at the floor and apologized in a sad voice, so I decided to give him some comfort.

[Sain… You don’t have to apologize! You’re a colleague!]

In fact, she couldn’t do anything for Sae-in, who was in pain, so she felt so sorry for just watching. So anyway, only Sae-in can hear me, so I just talked to Sae-in to comfort him, but that was not the case.

“No, I have to apologize. It happened like this.”

Cassano could hear my voice. I never thought I’d ever be able to hear my own voice. I was so embarrassed and I was listening to it again, but I was a little ashamed that I had said such a thing, so I unknowingly made a loud noise.

[What?! Bad human! Sein is seriously injured!]

Actually, there’s nothing bad about it, but it’s Cassano who kept helping me… I felt a bit nasty about Cassano, who helped Sein a lot when I couldn’t do anything. What should I do if I think that Sein is a useless spirit? Then I… I kept answering with a bad attitude because of those bad thoughts.

But Cassano was kind to me as well. He didn’t get angry, he just calmly listened to my story and answered me calmly. It was completely different from the people I’ve seen by Sein’s side!

Thanks to that, I was excited and talked about this and that without even realizing it. Cassano listened to my story with a smile, and even after listening, he would ask me if I had any questions, so the story continued without stopping.

However, Sein’s screams were heard. Oh right! It was a secret between us. When I stopped talking and looked at Sein, Sein glared at me with his eyebrows furrowed as if he were angry. The cold eyes made me feel like tears would come out without my knowledge. It was just so sad.

Cassano soothed me in the quiet alley. It’s because Se-in is seriously injured and it’s very difficult. He told me not to get hurt too much and told me in a calm voice. He said that if I help him get better quickly, Sae-in will thank me enough.

I felt that the emotions that had been flooded with sadness subsided after hearing Cassano’s story. The feeling of being kindly comforted made me feel like an adult.

So Sain and I apologized to each other and the three of us put our heads together and talked about how to fix Sain’s leg. In fact, as long as I made a contract, I was able to treat him sufficiently with the treatment water I could make.

When I told Sein about the treatment water, Sein was surprised as if he had heard it for the first time and asked me to make it for him. I’ve talked about it before… Putting the regret behind me and saying that it’s useless if it’s not a contracted treatment, Sae-in desperately only brought up the topic of the contract.

I wanted to sign a contract with Sein too, but right after he was injured, Sein was afraid of something. He kept talking about the contract, and it must have been because he was sick, but I kept thinking about the bottom of his heart.

For now, leaving Sein behind, I used the mana left after fighting the very strong goblin to detect nearby magic stones.

Looking at the number, it was far short of the number of magic stones needed to contract with Sein. If Sein had even a little bit of mana, he would be able to make a contract even if he didn’t have a few mana stones using the contract law he learned from another spirit.

Cassano took out a magic stone from his pocket and showed it to me, but it still wasn’t enough. However, I was a bit surprised at the number because there were more than I expected. He thought it was a grown-up thing to take out and show without hesitation, even though it was his own.

I wondered if there was a way, but Cassano called us and said there was a way. He made him grab his fingers and let his mana flow. I felt the mana running through his hands, feeling fulfilled and aware of what he was trying to say to me.

It was clear that if I combined all the magic stones and collected a little more, it would be much faster to sign a contract with Cassano. But… That would definitely be the correct answer, but I wanted to sign a contract with Sein from the first time I met him.

The people of the world were in danger, but, even so, I had never thought of making a contract with anyone other than the people of the world. So he thought a lot, but when he opened his mouth to refuse, he heard Sae-in’s screams.

Sein screamed loudly that he couldn’t do it. If I had seen Sae-in like that before coming here, I would have been impressed that he wanted to sign a contract with me.

Sein’s angry face overlapped with Sein’s angry face and said no, it was scary. I had the same idea though. So he told Cassano he couldn’t do that. Cassano’s face looked as calm as he knew it would be.

So he somehow told me another way. Every time he brought up such a thing as finding magic stones or finding an exit, Cassano answered calmly and explained why it was difficult to do so. He honestly knew in his head that signing him was the answer. But maybe there’s another way, right? He asked if I could catch the goblins, and Cassano looked at me and asked how I was going to catch the goblins.

It was so mean that I could feel his meanness when I knew that he had asked while knowing what kind of answer would come back. You’re kidding me! He got angry and sprayed water on his face. Bread exploded, he laughed haha ​​and wiped his face as he approached Sein.

It’s grown-up, I kept thinking that way. When he looked at Sein, it was clear that he was displeased with him even though he was persuading him. It could only be seen in my eyes, who had been together for a long time, but it was clear that the public’s attitude could be seen in his eyes as well.

While waiting for the two of them to finish their story, I kept thinking. He’s right, but if he really cares about Se-in, wouldn’t it be right to quickly sign a contract to heal Se-in’s leg without any trouble?

However, in order to sign a contract with Sein, he gave up the pond and left together. I, who used to be a spirit of the pond, became a spirit of water and lost a lot of my power.

However, I kept thinking of Sein’s childhood when he had dreams and talked a lot to me with his eyes shining. I thought that I wanted to take care of this child, that I wanted to help the people who were sad because there was nothing.

He thought that life without anything had taken away Sein’s leisure. So I thought it would be okay if I watched it all the time, and Sein, who I thought was ferocious in reality, became calm, but I guess that was my idea.

I thought a lot while watching Se-in who kept replying to him with dissatisfied eyes.

I closed my eyes and kept repeating it in my head. I came out because I wanted to sign a contract with Sein, and the reason I came out was to sign a contract with Sein for the sake of Sein no matter what…