Keirin stared into my eyes, I didn't look away because looking away meant defeat and I wasn't prepared to lose unless it was on my own terms.
- Stubborn leech, if you surprise me with your talent, I will let you choose two books for free instead of one talent book. Agree? Keirin asked, still irritated, pulling the knife out of the ring.
- Yes, I agree, but I recommend that you get a chair so as not to fall and offer to seal the oath on blood and my blood. - Answering her question, I looked at her knife.
- With your blood? Didn't you ask me to give you this oath to keep your secret? Keirin looked at me in surprise.
- Yes, but the oath will become strong enough only if the blood of the one who swears not to divulge the secret and the one to whom the oath is given is mixed. - I said in a calm voice, and seeing how her face was changing, I confirmed my speculation that she had a way to destroy the oath.
An oath on the blood of an elf meant that she sheds her life and strength to protect this or that information that she possesses, if she wanted to break it, then magic exploded the body before any information leaked out of her mouth or in writing. But like any oath, options were found to avoid the situation of the death of someone who is ready to tell someone else's secret, so they developed a double blood oath. The one who swears, sheds blood and sheds the blood of the one to whom they swore, and thus a magical connection was created between these two, and as soon as the one who took the oath decides to reveal the secret, then the one who was given the oath will feel it and will already know that his secret is known to someone else.
- Whoever your teacher is, I want to get to know him personally. - Keirin said with anger in her voice, which made her beautiful face icy.
- My teacher is long dead, unless of course you can use resurrection magic and you can't get it. When I answered her I tried to hide the laughter in my voice, the information received about the blood oath was not from a teacher in the castle but from a book in the Cray Empire.
- So he was lucky, I suggest that I start a lot of things besides helping the leech, like you, look for books. - Keirin said irritably, running the knife across her palm, waiting until the blood began to accumulate where the cut was, she redid the knife to me, making an incision on my arm, I returned the blade to her and our hands joined, I felt the warmth of her hand, coughing, she began the first stage of the oath.
- I am Keirin'Len, the second princess of the elven kingdom, and I swear an oath to the half-elf against the fact that I will keep his secret until my death, if I break the oath, let magic punish me. - Keirin said in a serious voice, looking at me the last stage depended on me and I had to be honest otherwise the blood spell might not work, sighing, I began to pronounce my part of the oath and Keirin's eyes widened more and more from my every word.
- I am Aluric, seventh prince of the Cray Empire, and I accept the oath from Keirin'Len, the second princess of the elf kingdom. - I said, for the first time since I became a half-elf, someone knew my real name besides the dean at the academy, I felt a certain lightness and looked at Keirin, who looked at me incredulously and then at our palms joined together.
- Little leech, it's very dangerous to lie during the blood oath, you'll die in a couple of seconds, so tell your talent don't take it to the grave. - Keirin said laughing and in a cheerful voice, she looked at our hands, expecting that the chains would not appear that would connect my oath and hers.
- If I die now, then my talent will remain a secret and this is the best parting gift to you Princess Keirin. - I said mockingly without taking my eyes off her, unlike her, I knew that I was not lying and had not violated the blood oath.
- Don't you dare address me as a princess if you don't want to die a painful death. - Keirin said angrily looking at our hands, expecting that the chains would not appear, but I decided to ignore her remark.
And starting to look around us, there was no one from the outside, it might seem that a couple in love is standing under a large tree, shaking hands. A couple of seconds passed but the chains did not begin to appear already I was wary of Keirin, the chains did not appear for one reason that someone had not finished introducing himself completely.
- Have you fully provided all the information about yourself? - Thoughtfully looking at her, I asked.
- Yes, leech, all the information I said is true, unlike you, who hopes to impersonate a prince. Keirin said in a mocking tone.
I wanted to tell her that this is true, but then I thought. Could the blood oath fail because I didn't fully introduce myself? But how can you change your self-image and try to say everything from the very beginning, but will it not destroy the oath? Oversaturation of the oath can lead to breaking it and thus Keirin will be free and I will be threatened.
- Perhaps you are right, how can I add information about myself? Need to tell full information about yourself from the very beginning? I asked Keirin since I didn't know what to do.
- Little leech, give me your hand here, I'll run my knife hand over it and then you over mine, and we'll make the oath defense even stronger, that's the only way. - Keirin said irritably, this whole situation made her very angry, not only did she reveal that she was a princess, but this little leech deceived and did not tell the whole truth about herself.
Ignoring her caustic words towards me, I extended my hand to her and she slashed at her with a knife, handing me the blade, I ran the knife over her hand. The knife fell to the ground stained with our blood and we joined hands with her.
- Now, little leech, listen, if you screw us up this time, nothing saves the death of one of us. Keirin spoke in a serious voice and began to say her part of the oath.
While she said her part of the oath, I thought about how to say my part of the oath and not allow me to be stuck here with her for the rest of one of my lives.
- I am the exiled seventh prince Alurik from the Empire of Cray and now a half-elf and chosen by the goddess of chaos Ges, I accept an oath from the standing elf in front of me. - Having said my part of the oath without taking my eyes off Keirin's face, whose face became blank after I repeated the same oath, only I had a number of changes in my words.
- You're an idiot, I can't believe I.. - Without finishing cursing me, Keirin looked down at our hands, which began to be covered with a chain, but after the chains wrapped around our hands, a strange thing happened.
I looked at our hands wrapped in a black chain and did not understand what to do next according to that book, this was enough and the blood oath was supposed to become active and the chains would collapse around Keirin's neck, magic began to seep through the chains at first I did not recognize it but then I remembered from whom I felt her and my eyes widened in disbelief I looked up at Keirin who had a blank face.
As the power of chaos filled the chains, it crossed over to Keirin's side, becoming more intense until it grabbed both of her arms. At that moment, someone else's consciousness appeared in my head, but without having time to check it, it disappeared. Who entered my head, I did not know, but the unpleasant sensation did not leave me, that something or someone was watching me. The chains began to tighten and the power of chaos continued to rage on Keirin's side, penetrating her magic and body. Keirin's face was as white as chalk, making it seem like she was dead, but her heaving chest said she was alive. The power of chaos, suppressing her magic, continued its way from her arms to her neck, reaching her chaos magic formed a magic circle around Keirin's neck. The magic circle disappeared and a small magic chain appeared on the left side of her neck, which could only be seen by looking at her neck.
- Little pi..- Trying to say another insult to me, Keirin grabbed her neck at the place where the chain was and tried to pull it away, but the chain became part of her neck so she could only squeeze the skin.
- It hurts what you did to me you kill… - Trying to insult me, the pain filled her neck again, causing her to kneel.
Looking at her, I tried to find the reason for what happened to her, could it be my fault? I didn't know, I took all the information about the oath from the book.
- Calm down, Keirin, and stop insulting me, let's think about what could have gone wrong during the blood oath. He spoke trying to keep a calm tone in his voice.
Hearing my voice, Keirin's face changed to blank without emotion, she stood up and stared with a blank expression. After a couple of seconds, her face began to change, which appeared fear, distrust and anger.
- What did you just do to me? Keirin screamed while looking at me with an evil look as she stepped back.
- Nothing, I asked you to calm down to understand this whole situation, I did not expect anything like that. - I answered her trying to show that I myself do not know what happened during the blood oath.
- You're either joking or stupid if you don't understand what you've done. Keirin hissed angrily her eyes could burn me if she could send fire through her eyes.
- Tell me what do you think you did? Explain please. - Spreading my arms to the side, showing her that I have no malicious intent.
- So you're stupid, you, or rather your power has changed the basis of the blood oath. Keirin continued to speak in an angry voice, resting her hand on the tree.
- Changed the basis of the oath? But is it possible? - I asked, not understanding what she meant, taking slow steps towards her while continuing to look into her eyes.
- No, it's impossible under normal circumstances, but since you're a cursed swordsman, your goddess has changed the basis of becoming your servant instead of not revealing your secret. - Looking at me with an evil look, she began to think how to escape, but any attempt to harm me made her, if not die, she would feel severe pain.
- Ges? But why should she interfere with our oath with you, I do not understand. I said trying to calm her down.
- She is the goddess of chaos, she may not have a clear reason that you or I can understand, but she does. Keirin growled, looking around like a hunted beast, her arrogance gone.
- Think Keirin, if I knew about her plan then why am I not ordering you anything other than to calm you down? - Continuing to approach her asked her.
- Hide her plans and make me believe in you and follow you. - Keirin said, looking at me with apprehension, expecting that I would order something to her.
- How can I prove that I didn't mean anything? - I asked standing in front of her looking into her beautiful eyes.
Keirin thought, she knew little about the agreement between the servant and the master, but she was told by her mother that there can be no secrets between the master and the servant. The servant, with the master's permission, could watch his thoughts without the master having to speak orders to the servant. But at that moment, as she can see his thoughts, so he can see all her thoughts.