The lights in the sky had surprised everyone, even myself. Someone had made a contract with an extremely powerful beast, so powerful Mother Nature acknowledged it. This wasn't good for us.

And then I realised. That light was coming from that garden.

At first, I had thought maybe a contract with an old dragon but even with that, it was still a situation we can adapt to. This isn't.

A Zodiac forming a contract means certain catastrophe and change in the world, even the fairies will be wary.

In my mind, only one person could accomplish such a feat. That little girl, Amaryllis. She was abnormal to this world—powerful, intelligent and devastatingly adorable. Even I could admit it, that little red face of her was very attractive.

And no, it is not paedophilia. I'm well aware of her physical age and will wait until legal age before expressing any sexual interest. I'm not interested in an underdeveloped body, but I know she'll look delicious when she grows up.

The boys—all members of Amaryllis' new class—had tagged along with me. All seemed rather good-looking, surely going to cause many heartbreaks. And surprisingly, two of them seemed rather obsessive over what happened after they heard me whisper her name.

Isn't she only twelve, how has she already grown a harem?

Too bad it won't last a long time.

As we marched along, the people who had come out to see the light show were now disappearing. Many still hadn't checked their houses and thought that it would be better than to find out what caused those brilliant lights.

I felt it as we got closer. The garden was overflowing with life and energy, even more so than usual.

So this is what happens when a Zodiac truly awakens. We had not yet entered the garden premises yet but I knew those boys were somewhat struggling along, this was much too hard for their bodies to stand. Even if it had remained as the same condensation before the contract was formed, they would have struggled endlessly.

It made sense why that girl could enter though, such power at this age. Truly reasonable to call her the most blessed throughout the realm.

As we neared the pure white gazebo where Aries always lay, the boys were practically falling over. Sighing, I formed a barrier over them, protecting their frail selves from the unexplainable pressure produced by the small structure.

Standing at the entrance, I spotted it immediately.

A cute, toddler-sized girl lay on the poofy wool of Aries.

My eyes squinted. Was that really Amaryllis? Her hair had grown longer and turned a candy pink while her size had certainly diminished. Even her outfit changed...

Is that the legendary contracted form?

But it seemed so cute... Shouldn't it be more ferocious?

Turning around, I saw the shocked expressions on the boys' faces. That mixed with awe at the adorable little girl peacefully sleeping against the sheep.

My voice was softer than normal as I spoke to the Zodiac. "Aries, we need to take her away—of course, you are free to join us. Amaryllis is still a student of my school and has to attend classes. If you don't allow her to go, she may miss crucial developments. If you don't mind, could you also please decrease your aura? It's affecting everyone." Calculating black eyes stared into mine and the small ram hesitantly nodded before his aura mostly disappeared.

Sighing, I quickly moved towards the pink-haired girl and her sheep, picking them both up. A small hiccup was heard from Amaryllis and everyone froze, afraid she would wake up. Instead, she just fell back into a deep slumber.

I let out a sigh of relief, walking away. The harem—I mean group—of boys followed me like lost sheep. Sheep, get it?

~~*~~

When I once again awoke from my sleep, I realised that we were no longer in the gazebo. This was my room.

But it seemed different... Bigger somehow. Looking down at the sheep next to me, I also felt that it had grown in size.

That is when I saw it, pink hair. Shocked, I then looked at my hands, noticing that they were much smaller than before.

What? What happened? Why was my hair pink? How come I've shrunk? My mana hasn't depleted to below 30% so why was it doing this? All these questions ran through my mind, none were answered.

Looking at the fluffy bundle of wool on my bed, he opened a black eye lazily.

"That's your contracted form for me, rather cute, isn't it? By the way, my name is Aries." He spoke... The sheep spoke. I feel like I should be more surprised but after living in this world for twelve years, I really wasn't.

I was about to say something before the sheep once again spoke.

"By the way, school starts in ten minutes. Headmaster Dusquarr said to just bring your own clothes as they don't have the appropriate clothing size." I frowned. Did they really expect me to have toddler clothing with me? Sure I could just make it but that takes quite a bit of mana. Luckily it was only toddler-sized as the larger it is, the more mana it costs.

With a wave of my hand, a golden light covered my body. Strange, it didn't usually do this.

I had once seen some of the guards wearing a similar uniform back at home so I based it off of that. Aries clapped (?) his hooves together, saying a few words of appreciation towards my fashion sense before reminding me of the time.

All of a sudden, multiple hair brushes flew towards me, untangling the silky smooth pink and pulling it into a sleep design completed with a matching bow.

The sleek silver, red and black sword that Father had gifted me for my eighth birthday appeared in front of me. Tucking it into the built-in sheath, I grabbed Aries before sprinting out the door.

And maybe to get to the other side of the school on time, I used some teleportation.

Only a bit though...

The bell rang as I burst in and many of my classmates—and the teacher—turned to stare at me.

Why was there blood running down people's faces?

~~*~~