To become a God, huh? That sounds like a nice dream but it is something I will probably never be able to achieve.

Hmm...? Why is it I feel disappointed?

"Wait there!" As I was half way through the door, she reacted and caught me by the arm. Her killing intent was no longer as fiery as it was before and instead burned calmly deep in her eyes.

"Like I said before, I don't trust you one bit , so don't think I won't kill you if you keep on trying to force me." My mood isn't that good right now so I don't feel like dealing with this damn nutcase. It would be better if she didn't force me 'erase' her existence.

"Fine. I won't force you to make a Soul Contract with me. However, you must at least form a Blood Contract with me." Her eyes shines with a unreadable light as she firmly held me in place.

"You're probably going to ask what the difference is. So I'll explain it. There are many kinds of Blood Contracts in the world which have different effects. The one that I'm proposing to you is called an 'Equals Bond'. It allows us to share the same innate 'Traits' brought forth by our souls. I'll let you go if you agree to it." She seems to have completely forgotten that embarrassing statement she made in excitement and is now talking more rationally than before.

Now that I look at her closely, is her expression always that scary by default? From what she said, she's the reincarnation of a sword, so it's probably the not that likely that her 'true face' has any proper experience dealing with other humans. Is that why she pretended to be mute after reincarnating into this household?

Even is she has an abnormal personality because of her past incarnation being a sword, I'm not inclined to help her understand human emotions, there's no benefit for me to waste my precious time of her.

I wasn't completely in the dark on what Blood Contacts were because there are many strong individuals on Sphera that make contracts with Beasts in order to obtain the benefit of physical prowess.

The other reason I didn't give in to my temptations and used the ability to switch my race to that of a Beast is because there was no benefit in doing so. Since I'll be able to gain the same power with less dangers in the future.

I'm actually tempted by her offer. Even though she's practically a psychopath with that strange disposition of hers. A Equals Bond will give me assurance that she wouldn't do anything unfavourable since both sides would had their very lives connected by it.

"What are your 'Traits' anyway?" I've already recorded her exceptional physical prowess and sword skills but don't have any information regarding how she gained such strong abilities.

"Oh~ Are you interested in my body perhaps? You naughty step-brother you~ I knew I was too beautifu-"

"Get to the point." I interrupt her. I have no interest in making small talk with this strange psychopath who oozes killing intent like an unsheathed sword.

"I have only one trait called Nephilim Body, the ability to have a Grey Origin that allows me to access the abilities of the human race and beast race. It's unlike that inferior trait of yours that can only choose one or the other." She smiles pleasantly while her eyes expressed some anger for my interruption. Has she fallen for me or something? Well, her sparing me instead of just killing me to steal my potential would make sense if that was the case, but I would feel scared if my prediction turned out to be the truth.

Putting that aside for now, it seems she no longer wants to harm my potential like before, which is quite good. She probably heard from Enigma about my abilities, which is quite odd, why was he willing to tell her but not me?

"What benefits do I get from forming an Equals Bond with you? The acquisition of more power doesn't really interest me considering my goals." I try to get more benefits despite how tempting the offer was.

"Who are you kidding? I already know of what kind of person you were in your past life. Even though I'm unable to communicate properly with other if I showed my true personality, I'm not completely inept in schemes, all my previous 'Wielders' came from Earth okay?" I really want to murder her for practically insulting everyone on Earth but doing so wouldn't give any benefits.

"I will 'guide' you and help you increase your strength despite the fact that you've already formed Skill Roots." Her words struck deeply. It's only recently while fighting Sylphy with full force did I notice the drawback of Skill Roots.

"Why were you so urgently trying to 'mature' anyway? It would have been better if you stuck with increasing your magic quality like I'm doing right now." She let go of my arm and walked side by side to me through the corridor.

"Forget it. This exchange is quite good for me. So just shut up and only say the things I want to hear." Seeing the dangerous sharpness in my eyes, a hint of joy arose in her eyes, which really disoriented me for a moment. Is she masochistic or something?

As expected for a person who practically lived with a God before I woke up and reincarnated, she didn't even have to through a ritual to connect our body's together with a Equals Bond, she merely cut a little wound on both our fingers before using her Mana to create diagrams on our backhands.

The complicated mixture of different Spell Circles on our hands glowed for a moment before they connected a red beam of Mana to each other.

I can feel my Colourless Origin being altered somewhat by the magical transformation happening to my body regardless of my will. The Skill Roots that were within it started to evolve little by little as time went by.

"The contract is set." It was a little anticlimactic how easy it was but I guess that's for the best. There's no need for something noisy to happen every time some major event passes.

"I'll tell you later on how you could increase your strength, my disciple~ It seems like there's we are going to have to talk about it later~" She laughs cutely while walking off. My heart loosens after she left. Hah... This girl should have been named Enigma! Even Enigma himself was easier to read!

"So how did your confession go?" After suddenly seeing me walk round the corner, the Young Miss calls out to me and asks. I didn't answer her because it brings me unpleasant memories thinking about the abomination.

"Looking at that face of yours, it seems it didn't go as well as I thought, which is quite good in my opinion."

"Why do you say that?" I ask curiously.

"Nothing really." She spoke softly.

"Just go to you parents now. They've been waiting in their room for a long time. All I needed to do was walk past the door to feel the heavy atmosphere that surrounded it." She continues by changing the subject masterfully. For the first time since she left, I smiled from the bottom of my heart, it seems this little noble girl is cute after all.