When the dragon realised that aran is not just a weak cultivator, he wanted to know if there was anything he can get from him.
" Tell me one good reason not to kill you, boy. " The dragon asked aran. He was still holding him with his wings but still, there was no sign of aran trying to escape.
Even though the dragon would have killed him right when he saw him, he didn't know how to go back to the higher realm, since it was the first time he came to the lower realm so he had to be patient.
" When I saw you in the higher realm, you were living alone, far away from everyone else. What happened ?" Aran asked.
Although the dragon couldn't understand how aran could have seen through the higher realm, by that time he knew that aran isn't just some lower realm cultivator. Without the dragon saying anything, aran had guessed the reason. Before he could reply to that, aran continued to talk.
" Most dragons your age would have reached the final stage of basic cultivation and would have started the higher realm cultivation at this point, but you are still in the third stage. There is only one reason I can think of! " He said.
But hearing that made the dragon get angrier,
" That has nothing to do with this. The next time you will mention that, I will kill you! " The dragon said in an angry tone.
" I am sure It would have been the most painful moment of your life. Being hated by everyone because of your weakness. But what if I can help you get stronger? Stronger than everyone else? "
" Don't Joke About my Weakness! " The dragon was furious and started to squeeze aran between its wings.
Even though it was painful for aran he was so determined in what he was doing, that he didn't even care about that.
" Stop this. This is not a joke! Are you really going to ruin the greatest opportunity of your life just because you think lowly of humans?" He asked.
Since the dragon had seen many unexpected things from Aran, he started to feel like it might be true.
" How can a lowlife like you help me get stronger? " He asked.
" We can talk about that after you release me from your wings !"
Since the dragon was sure, aran is no threat to him, he just released him and moved back. As aran got out of his hold, he moved back and started to stretch his body. The dragon just looked at him thinking that he might have squeezed him a little hard.
After that aran took out a pill from his ring, which professor Gefrey refined for him and showed it to the Dragon.
As the dragon saw that, he moved his head close to the pill and started to sniff it and he felt a little unique about that pill, so he used his dragon vision to see what that is and as he saw through it he got shocked because the pill was full of cultivation energy.
He immediately took that pill from aran and started to look at it closely.
Aran learned about that pill from the book. It was a low-tier cultivation blasting pill for dragons. The pill recipe was very unique and also personally created by Elrich himself. There was three different pill detail in the book, such as low, mid and high-tier pills, but aran chose to make low-tier pills since he wanted to have the long-time benefit from the dragon.
" Where did you get this? " The dragon asked with surprise because he was ready to do anything for more pills like that. The dragon knew, with less than a hundred pills like that, he can easily break through to the final stage.
" It doesn't matter. I was thinking about giving those pills to you after making the contract with you, but now that I think about it, why would a great dragon like you make a contract with a lowlife like me? So just give it back! " Aran said.
The dragon started to think about what to do. He wasn't stupid. He knew exactly what aran was implying but the dragon always wanted to make a contract with a great cultivator and he would have already done that if he was stronger but he had to think about something else.
" What are you thinking just give it back, and of course, you can kill me and try to take every pill from me but I know that you are not stupid enough to think that I have all the pills right here with me, So why are you wasting your time? " Aran asked.
He knew that he will never get to make a contract with a usual dragon at his level, and that was the reason why he chose a dragon who is desperate to get stronger and ready to do anything for that. Since he was also in a similar situation like that he knew exactly what to do to make the dragon submit to him.
After thinking for a while, when the dragon realised that, he has no other choice, he finally came to a decision.
" I have a deal for you boy. I will make a contract with you but the contract will be temporary. You will give me a pill every time I help you with something, and the contract will end when I get to the final stage of my cultivation.
If you still want to stay as my contractor then you will have to break through to the higher realm by then, if you agree to this, then we can do this! " The dragon said.
He was sure that aran will never break through before he does. By making this contract, he wanted to get stronger as fast as he can and then find someone stronger to make a contract. So it seemed like the best plan for him.
" I will accept that deal !" Aran replied. He was also sure that he can break through before the dragon does and he has already decided to keep the dragon forever since dragons with lightning were very rare like lightning cultivators.
"So do you know the contract seal ?" the dragon asked.
" Yes I do"
Aran immediately turned around and summoned the book and leaned the seal from it. After that, he drew the contract-sealing formation on the floor and activated it using the remaining spirit stones and asked the dragon to touch the formation and accept it.
As both of them touched the formation and accepted it aran activated the formation and completed the contract.
According to the contract they had to mutually help each other. If one of them tries to hurt the other, then the seal will get activated and stop him from doing that.
" Eat that pill and you will get your next pill after your first mission, " Aran said and as the dragon took the pill he immediately broke through to the low tier of the fourth stage.
" It worked !" Dragon said and he was very cheerful. Looking at him, for aran, it seemed like seeing an entirely different person.
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After making the contract, aran knew that he can't just have the dragon as it is in the academy. So he had to make some changes.
" So, is it true that the dragons can transform ?" Aran asked.
"Of course, we can, it's a basic thing. See this " The dragon said and transformed into aran. He even transformed his wings into clothes. Looking at him it was an almost perfect transformation.
" Do you have a name ?" Aran asked.
" My name is Arrax !"
" Arrax? is that all ?"
" Yes that's all "
" The transformation is good, but you can't transform into me, if you want to be with me then you will have to transform into a pet! " Aran said. But Arrax wasn't okay with that plan.
" A pet, Do you know who I am? I have lived more years than you will ever live! Do you really think I will transform into your pet?"
" Well, that's the only way, don't you want to get stronger?"
Even though arrax didn't want to act as anyone's pet he thought that he will have to endure everything until he gets stronger and immediately transformed into a small black cat.
" You know how embarrassing is this to me?" Arrax asked after transforming.
" That looks great but how did you know how to transform into a cat? Are there cats in the higher realm ?" Aran asked.
He was actually thinking that he will have to think and choose a pet.
" I have seen a pet like this with a demon!" Arrax replied. Even though aran couldn't get how a cat would have survived in the higher realm, he didn't want to think a lot about that.
" Listen carefully, Don't transform back to dragon unless you have to fight someone and one more thing, change the shape of your hand as a little humans' " Aran said.
Since Arrax didn't like the cat's hands either he changed his hands into small human hands.
" Yeah, that's perfect " Aran replied. But looking at aran, arrax had a question that he wanted to ask from the beginning.
" What is that seal on your body and why is your mana feels different?" He asked. He knew that the contract with a dragon doesn't work unless the contractor is a demonic cultivator but aran didn't have any demonic mana in him.
" This is my disguise! you will understand it soon," Aran said with a smile.
" I am leaving from here. I can't directly take you, because there are many people outside, I can't explain to them how I got you from inside a seclusion room. So Stay here for a while, since we have contracted, I will draw a formation and send you the signal, use that signal to teleport there! " Aran said and opened the door and left.