Both of them were around 50m apart. Medusa was the first one to make a move. She opened her mouth and a purpulish white energy ball started forming inside her mouth.
Seeing this, Elise who was in a defensive pose...who was supposing it to be a physical fight, unconsciously spoke aloud.
"woh woh, This world has magic?!"
Medusa who was not that far away from him, heard it and she also unconsciously stopped using her magic, with that the energy ball also dissipated.
Elise who was still in daze, again thought aloud~
"So I am in a fantasy world with what...swords and magic?"
"...uhh..." Medusa, who didn't know what she was hearing and looking at the expression of the boy in front of her, didn't know how to respond to that.
After a few seconds of awkward silence between the two parties...Medusa was the one to broke the silence.
"If you don't mind, can I peek in your memories? It will help me understanding better what you are saying or more like believing what I am hearing"
'Although I generally don't need any permission to peek inside someone's memories but you are pretty strong even though I don't want to admit it and I can't do it without your permission' She added but didn't say it out loud.
Elise came back to his senses after hearing what she said and even though it was weird to let someone peek inside your memories because there were some embarrassing things that you don't even want to remember yourself, he had no other choice.
He was alone in this world with no prior knowledge of the body itself, which he was using. so he reluctantly agreed with her.
A purpulish white hue envolped his body which was obviously produced by medusa and soon his vission got a little hazy.
After what it seem like a long time, Medusa muttered wuth a dazzled look.
"I can't believe it, so you are actually from another world?? I mean it's not that uncommon, I have seen summoned beings with the help of rituals done by several mages. But this is even my first time to see actual soul traveling from one to another world."
"..." Elise was silent. He was waiting for her to absorb the information she just got.
"And there are some memories, I can't even access. This is also my first time with something like that..." She spoke again but this in a little better sounding shape.
"Hey, why do you even want to access all of my memories anyways. Stop it's enough!" Now, Elise was remembering his past moments that he desperately wanna forget.
Medusa who was still accessing his memories got to see what he was thinking and sub consciously a smile formed on her snake face which obviously Elise didn't notice.
"I am not gonna lie, after knowing some things about you and seeing you aura...why don't we make a deal?" Medusa said after pondering for almost a minute.
"uh...What deal?" Elise spoke, who still haven't recovered from his past memories.
"Living for thousands of years gets boring time to time and it's rare when I find something interesting. And calling you interesting is an understatement. So, here's the deal."
"..." Elise was having a weird feeling about this.
"Why don't we form a contract ritual with each other. It will form an alliance between us...in which, I'll give you information about this world of whatever I know of course and you will let me have access to your memories once in a while...how's it?" Medusa asked with her tail wandering here and there in excitement.
Elise, who had already shared his memories a few moments ago with her, didn't find this deal that bad but he wasn't sure about this ritual...so, he asked her more about the details.
"Well, it's like a legal contract signed by both parties from what I have seen in your world, it's just that in this world...it is maintained by heavens through magic instead of law in your world. And according to how strong one is compared to the other party, each party with gets its benefits"
"..."
"You don't need to worry...as per your aura you and I should be about same in terms of strength. It should form a fair contract between us. so, how about it?" Medusa explained and then asked him again. At this point she was getting impatient.
Elise was again in thought and after thinking for a few seconds...he didn't find anything wrong with it so he agreed.