Chapter 428: 61 Eternal notes_2
“You want power, so I want half of the power.”
“You want wealth, I want to receive half of the wealth.”
“You want strength, you want to beco the most powerful person in the history of Holy Sound, then I want you to work for .”
Hewinia said, “What if I want none of these.”
“That’s fine,” Ivan’s body leaned in a bit more, “if you truly are that unique, gathering everything yet in the end you only ask the Lord for a single apple, then I also want half of that apple, including the seed. Carefully, fairly cutting it in half… do you understand what I an?”
Hewinia hadn’t even had ti to respond when she saw Ivan retreat back and then casually continued.
“Of course, if in the end you beco afraid, not wanting to continue collecting Seven Notes, choosing to live on as Hewinia, that’s also fine. After all, the Lawrence family has already offered a decent compensation for you, and I would very much welco you to beco my true daughter, or…” he paused, “wife.”
Ivan’s words plunged Hewinia into a brief silence.
Honestly, she was sowhat surprised.
Surprised at how thoroughly Ivan had considered everything.
According to what he had said, no matter how Hewinia chose, he would benefit from it.
If she desired to compete for the Lord’s wish, then he would share in the Lord’s wish, and if she didn’t compete, he would receive the basic compensation of Golden Note.
And although called basic compensation, what the Lawrence family offered was certainly not small, especially having already compromised Tupac and Orenna, they would inevitably offer more facing Hewinia.
But if Hewinia was no longer Hewinia, then what Ivan could receive would truly be just the “basic compensation” bestowed by the great family.
“Your idea is indeed very good,” Hewinia slightly nodded, “there’s just one problem, which is, even if I agree, how can you ensure that I would keep my promise?”
She lowered her head, looking again at the bag of cookies in front of her.
“With this?”
“Uh… Forget about that bag of cookies,” Ivan said with a smile, “that was indeed what I initially intended to use to control you, but since you’ve already figured it out, then it’s ti to bring out a new thod.”
Ivan took a golden apple out of his pocket and placed it on the table.
Hewinia looked sowhat surprised at the golden apple.
Utilizing Bai Wei’s eyes, she could see the faint golden glow rippling from the apple.
The power contained within the golden glow seed as if it did not belong to this world.
This was not a product of Holy Sound.
Hewinia made her judgnt.
“What is this?” Hewinia asked.
“A Contract seed,” Ivan pulled out a dagger, split the apple in half right there, and then showed the divided side to Hewinia. She then realized that the key point of the apple was the seed, also split in half, from which golden light spread out so intensely it was almost blinding, “Just like its literal aning, the contract made by the two individuals who consu this seed’s halves is unbreakable.”
“What happens if it is violated?”
“Quite simple,” Ivan said indifferently, “it will rapidly grow through the lies and disloyalty of the Oath Taker, and take root within the body of the Oath Taker, then… it will burst through the soil, growing into a new tree and producing new fruit.”
“…Unstoppable?”
“There’s only one being in all of Holy Sound who can stop it.”
“…Holy Sound Master?”
“Yes,” Ivan said with a smile, “if it cos to the end and you use the Lord’s wish to terminate it, then our contract naturally ends as well, but by then…”
The Lord’s wish would also lose its aning.
Hewinia automatically completed Ivan’s sentence.
She once again looked at the seed and asked, “Where did this co from?”
“An ancient organization, believers in loyalty and contracts,” Ivan explained, “It is said their power is not lesser than that of the Eight Great Churches, but they have always stayed partially hidden, rarely exposed to the secular world. And their main business in the secular world involves acting as witnesses and executors of contracts, primarily serving rchants traveling worldwide, as rchants’ most important trait is honesty.”
Ivan did not explain further to Hewinia, after all, it wasn’t the ti for a lecture.
So he first placed half of the seed into his mouth, then looked back at Hewinia.
“How about it?” he asked with a smile, “Shall we form this oath?”
Hewinia paused for a mont, then still extended her hand.
“Good.”
Ivan watched as Hewinia swallowed the seed, and he could not help but chuckle.
“My… dear daughter.”
…
“I thought you would talk for a while longer.” Phinis watched Ivan and Hewinia walking out, saying, “Is that it?”
“Just so scattered instructions from her mother,” Ivan said calmly, “after all, we mustn’t delay important matters. Mr. Phinis, I leave Hewinia in your care.”
“Of course,” Phinis replied with a smile, “Please be assured, no matter the outco of this festival, the promises made by the Lawrence family will be fulfilled.”
“I naturally won’t worry about that.” Ivan nodded slightly, “Then I shall take my leave.”
He waved his hand and a servant of the Hailuo family ran over with a birdcage and handed it to Hewinia.
Inside the cage was a snow-white owl.
“If you need anything, contact with this owl,” Ivan said, “Even if it’s just to write more often to your family, your mother misses you.”
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