A while later the girl stopped licking his fingers. She then licked her lips as she savored the flavor of Rant Valo's blood.
Rant Valo raised his finger and looked at it. He tried to find his wound but there wasn't any.
"It healed?"
"Yes, master."
The girl said with a smile on her face. She sat on the ground with her legs.
"Why did you have to lick my fingers?"
Rant Valo asked her with puzzlement on his face. He really didn't feel that it was part of any contract.
"It was part of the contract!"
The girl insisted.
"Really?"
Rant Valo looked at her doubtfully. He can't feel any contract whatsoever.
"Master, just be patient."
The girl said. She watched him patiently like a cat.
That was when Rant Valo suddenly felt something inside him. It flowed inside his body like a snake. A strange black mass of energy flowed inside his body.
"What the hell!"
Rant Valo shouted in panic. He can feel something crawling under his skin as it travels inside him.
The black mass of energy reached his head quickly. It hit the center of his soul without any stop. It then sank inside his soul slowly. Soon after, there was no trace left of the black mass of energy.
"Where did it go?"
Rant Valo felt up his face as he tried to sense it again, but no matter how much he looked, he never felt it again.
"-ter! Master!"
"Disciple!"
The girl was in front of him and was calling at him repeatedly. Floriana Sabina was shaking him repeatedly.
Unknowingly to Rant Valo, he fell unconscious when he felt the black mass of energy flow inside him.
"What happened..?"
Rant Valo said as he raised his body.
"Disciple! You're okay!"
Floriana Sabina rubbed Rant Valo's head in relief. She thought that the girl killed her disciple.
"Hmph! What the hell did you do to my disciple!?"
Floriana Sabina turned around and looked at her hostilely. She looked like a mother whose son was just bullied.
"Lil sis, my master is fine!"
The girl raised her hands in fear. She slowly backed away. She was afraid that Floriana Sabina would attack her suddenly.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Floriana Sabina stood up and a strong powerful pressure enveloped the whole area. The birds in the surrounding forest flew away in haste.
"Master… I think she's not lying."
Rant Valo stopped Floriana Sabina when he saw that she was about to lose control. Floriana Sabina looked back at him and there was still anger on her face.
"Why didn't this stupid ring work anyway!?"
Floriana Sabina tapped the ring on Rant Valo's finger and hit it. A green barrier surrounded Rant Valo when her finger hit the ring.
"It actually worked now??"
Floriana Sabina was fuming after seeing that the ring only worked right now when she was the one who attacked it. It was supposed to protect anyone from any fatal physical attacks. Why didn't it stop the girl earlier?
"Master, I can see a connection between me and that girl."
Rant Valo couldn't help but say when he saw that she was in her own world. Floriana Sabina heard his words and looked at the girl suspiciously.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, Master. I can feel like I can order her anytime I want to."
"You can?"
Floriana Sabina asked in surprise.
"Then order her to kill herself!"
Floriana Sabina said coldly. Rant Valo was taken aback by her words. The girl looked at them panicked.
"Please Master, No!"
The girl pleaded in a pitiful voice.
"I think I should name her first?"
Rant Valo said as he felt like there was something urging him to name the girl.
"What do you mean?"
Floriana Sabina asked him in puzzlement. Why does he need to name her?
"From now on, you are called Veia!"
Rant Valo shouted and then a majestic presence descended from the skies.
It was almighty and an all-encompassing kind of power. It locked onto Rant Valo and the girl. Darkness element mana gathered from the surroundings and a bridge formed between their hearts.
"Wh-what the!? This is the Heavenly Judge!"
Floriana Sabina exclaimed in shock. The Heavenly Judge is the all-encompassing power that attacks cultivators when they try to reach a higher stage.
When you are attacked by it, you were supposed to pass its challenge, and only then would it let you go. She couldn't understand how that same Heavenly Judge is now here.
"Mmmm Master!"
Veia squirmed in ecstasy. She felt her connection to Rant Valo's heart. She felt so close even though she was a distance from Rant Valo.
"I can feel power…"
Rant Valo murmured as he felt his connection to Veia. He felt like he could snuff out her soul with a thought. He wanted to try it as it gave him a powerful feeling but stopped when he realized that he may actually kill Veia.
A series of words then entered Rant Valo's head.
"As the master of Veia, you are obliged to feed her your blood as her food."
"As the servant of Rant Valo, the (!@*UU$#(%, your very being is his."
A cold and emotionless voice of a man rang out inside their heads.
"Who!?"
Rant Valo shouted in fear. It felt like the voice whispered directly into his ear. It was a very eerie feeling when there was no one around him.
"Did you hear the voice of the Heavenly Judge?"
Floriana Sabina asked as she guessed.
"Yes! It was cold and emotionless."
Rant Valo described what he heard to her in detail.
"It really is the Heavenly Judge!"
Floriana Sabina exclaimed. If it was the Heavenly Judge then there was definitely something wrong with this contract.
"What contract did you give him?"
Floriana Sabina asked as she looked at Veia. The pressure Floriana Sabina exerted earlier was already gone after it was canceled by the majestic presence that came from the Heavenly Judge.
"A Master-Slave Contract."
Veia answered truthfully.