Fia re read the contract several times, she had nothing against it so she sign.
Contracts, the word "contract" receives different meanings after the seven apocalypses, with the advent of mana the [Soul link contract] was born as the name says the souls are linked, this contract allows you to have two contractants to share objects, experiences, emotions but there is a but the two who made the contract will also feel the same pain, this contract is mostly made in the context between spouses.
Then there is the [Magic Firmament] despite the name being different it remains a contract, this firmament is made in the workplace to avoid any betrayal or even digression of the rules, the contract is one-way or it means that whoever does not respect the contract suffers the pain, it is called magical because it is a magic contract that cannot be dissolved if both parties do not agree. And if one party refuses and the other attacks him in that case it is certain death this because the two counter-actors cannot hurt each other.
Then there is the commercial one which are practically simple words written on paper in this Fia had a commercial one in her hand.
Taking the old dwarf's fountain pen, Fia noticed some details, first of all to the touch, the pen was covered with a not very hard rubber perhaps to make writing easier, the second is that it was light almost not felt in the hand.
Fia signed the commercial contract, and showed her signature to the dwarf then the dwarf took out a notebook, that notebook where various names were written, he took the fountain pen from Fia.
The dwarf's brown eyes were focused on the sheet of paper and in a low voice he said: "Show me Fia Redwood's signature."
At that moment he left the pen which began to write completely by itself and wrote the signature. The signature written with the pen was identical to that of the contract so it was not falsified.
What the old dwarf had done was a similar divination based on dowsing, this became a practice done in commercial contracts to avoid possible scams.
How it worked was simple, special pens had a small magic crystal inside them, this crystal deciphered the mana waves into letters. When a person falsified or pretended to be another person the pen would eventually identify if there were problems.
If there are no problems, the person who proposed the contract will take a notebook that contains the various signatures but the "slots" are empty.
The pen will be placed close to but not touching the sheet and will start to "exchange" information, the sheet of which the paper is made is a magic sheet that is connected to a large library where all the signatures are, the pen will "call" the signature of the specific person and with a simple magic command it will copy the official signature and from there it will be able to understand if it is correct or not. (This thing is also used in various magic shows at the circus but with figures.)
Seeing that the signature was correct, the dwarf turned, rolled up the sheet, approached the oven where the materials are melted and threw it in.
In mid-air the sheet opened and when it ended up in the fire the yellowish corners began to burn slowly until they became black as coal.
The flames slowly devoured the yellowish paper until it became completely black.
What the old dwarf did was a sign of approval of the commercial contract of the weapons type, normally a commercial or mutual contract is destroyed when the contract has been fulfilled.
But for the contracts of the weapons type it is burned immediately because if it is not burned then it cannot be acted upon.
The dwarf without hesitation took large iron tongs attached to the part and took the handle which had a hole, put the blade in the fire and when it became red hot the dwarf took the core and destroyed it on a special table.
He took the destroyed fragments of the core which were of a transparent color and slowly placed the incandescent blade on them. As soon as the fragment touched the blade it automatically joined this meant that it was compatible.
The core had destroyed itself into 20 shards which were all assimilated, the blade immediately after placing the last shard began to shine and cooled instantly.
In dwarf satisfied look the dagger took it and put it on the counter in front of Fia.
'Seriously?' Fia thinks seeing the dagger. The blade previously white of the dagger became a light blue almost white, the shape had changed instead of being straight the tip was slightly curved as if it were a miniature katana.
Without hesitation Fia analyzes it she was anxious to see her new weapon.
[Name: Cas the dagger of the water
Grade: C+
Memory: 100 cuts of the sea.
Description: a blade abandoned by the God of the Sea In a lost ancient time of which nothing is remembered]
'A memory?!' She think to see the description and see the weapon memory window the memory.
The memories were nothing more than an effect of the rank up, it is said that memories are nothing more than the past form of weapons or even hidden characteristics of a weapon and they were rare.
[Memory name: 100 cuts of the sea.
Description: It is said that a blade in a lost time with 100 cuts separated the seas, lakes and rivers, this attack is the simulation of that move.]
Fia was surprised shortly after a shock was felt, the ship had left.
"Emh, to all the crew sorry for the lack of advance notice but we are about to return to the hunters' association" The talking speaker activated and the captain's voice was heard.
Fia paid the old dwarf took the dagger and went out satisfied.