Chapter 7

“W-where are you going?”

“I don’t have time to play around with you, I need to get out of here, since I can’t use the secret warp point here, I will just have to make it to the end of these lands and go the long way.”

She showed a sad look for a moment and then instantly brightened up.

“I-I know, Feng said something about you coming here to find a familiar.”

“Yeah so?”

“Well, what about me?”

She reached her arms out toward me as if expecting me to embrace her after her suggestion.

“Y-you’re not really what I’m after, I don’t really have use for the powers of an illusionist or a witch, unless you can make potions that cure ailments and the like.”

“Oh? I can do that, plus I have so many other powers too. Before I met my master and became a witch, I was a well known healer, people even called me The Saintess. Until everyone turned their backs on me and branded me a witch for the miracles I performed. They even attempted to burn me at the stake.”

“R-really?”

“Yep, well they didn’t manage to do it, at the last second my master appeared and rescued me, he was so gallant, you know, you even look like him a little.”

“R-right, so, you can heal me during a fight and provide other support like options?”

“Yes, I used to heal the sick by giving them some of my blood to drink, but I think like my master, you will just need a combination of our demonic energies and a bit of bippity boppity boo.”

She was giving me a bright smile, who knew that a so called cursed witch could be this playful. I gave it some thought. I really didn’t want to go back out into that scorching heat, even for another second, plus if I accepted her as a familiar, I would have someone that met my requirements AND be able to leave here without having to go all the way to the end of that bastard’s burial site. She was beginning to show a concerned face, it was actually really surreal to see such a look on her face.

“O-OK, I will take you as my familiar, but…”

“Hooray!”

She did a twirl and it looked like she was beginning to get lost in her own world. How old was she again?

“Would you let me finish first!?”

“Oh, what is it...Master.”

She paused before she said the last part, placed her hands on her face and blushed, I was beginning to regret my decision already…

“*sigh* There are some ground rules that I need to go over with you first.”

“Oh? Such as?”

“Don’t eat too much of my demonic energy, don’t come out without me evoking you, don’t release bloodlust without my permission and finally, never hide your appearance with that other form again, you are my familiar, if others can’t accept the way you look, then they have to answer to me.”

“M-master…”

She was looking at me with upturned teary eyes, If she didn’t cause me so much trouble I’d find it endearing.

“Oh and don’t call me mas…”

“We need to seal the contract master!”

“Huh? Oh right, how do you do that, With old man Bahamut and Shiko it kinda just happened when they began devouring my demonic…”

“You must kiss me master.”

“W-what!? No way that's the only way that we can do it.”

“Teehee, relax, you can do it on my forehead or my cheek.”

“I-is that so, well, let’s get this over with…”

I walked toward her and lent in to kiss her forehead, the second I did however, she moved her head up, wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me on the lips. A few seconds after our lips touched I pulled away, I looked in her direction but she vanished seconds after I pulled away. I felt my demonic energy surge and felt that the contract had been sealed. I evoked her and she came out in shadow form with a mischievous grin on her face.

“Master, your realm is a lot different to Master Lucifer’s, It’s dark but I can feel warmth and not the kind caused by eternal flames hehe. I think I will build myself a cottage in here.”

“D-don’t touch any of my trees!”

“Silly Master, I don’t mean build it using those!”

“Wahahahahahaha, looks like you got yourself a pretty mischievous one this time foolish boy.”

“Oh? Bahamut, long time, I didn’t notice you there.”

“Wahahahaha, you’ve grown a lot bigger these past years little witch girl and I don’t mean in height.”

I felt the witch fire bloodlust at the old man, so much for my rules...

“Muahahahah, keep your putrid eyes to yourself old fool, or I shall turn you into a goat! M-my body is only for master to indulge in. Oh? Master, we have not fully introduced ourselves.”

It seems this girl had two sides to her...

“I am Kuro, You’ve met Bahamut and my other familiar is Shiko, she’s shy around strangers so she is probably hiding behind the old man.”

“Oh? What a peculiar weapon, it is almost sentient, I sense something is lurking within it.”

“Yes, well we should rea…”

“I am unsure whether you caught my name master. I am Morgana Le Fay, Cursed Witch of…”

“Yes, yes, I caught that Morgana, come on show me to the warp point.”

“Ah, for master to use my name so casually like that, I-I…”

“Just show me the way Morgana!”

“Ah-ahhhhh”

Why am I always stuck with the crazy ones...I waited for Morgana to come back to planet earth and finally made her show me the way to the warp point.

She led me deep within the ruins and just when I though we reached the end, she used some of my demonic energy to break her spell and reveal a secret door off to the right of the ruins. I entered the room and spotted the warp point I was after. I thanked Morgana, which made her overheat, stood on the warp point and hoped that I could finally put this whole incident behind me for good.