My Endless Life.

Chapter 107 Contract Ceremony
Nothingness, coldness.

Everything went dark before Li Qi's eyes.

He could see nothing, feel nothing.

It was as if I had entered into eternal silence.

Are you dead?

Am I really dead this time? Is there no chance of reincarnation?
Because he had always entered a new life as soon as he closed his eyes and opened them again, Li Qi had never experienced the feeling of being in darkness.

I can't feel anything, my body, my life, my magic...even my superpowers seem to be unable to be activated.

Li Qi just had a feeling that he was wandering somewhere, as if he was floating in a river.

Drifting towards an unknown direction.

This went on for an unknown amount of time before Li Qi finally felt the rhythm of life.

He felt as if he had passed through somewhere and taken something away, and then his consciousness fell into endless silence and darkness again.

This time, he completely fainted.

.........

Early morning, Rubino City.

In the Asahi Welfare Home, Ronnie, who was only fifteen years old, got up from the bed and opened the curtains.

The sunlight poured in from the window, shining into the small house, and also making Ronnie's short golden hair sparkle.

Ronnie squinted his eyes and basked in the sunlight, then turned around and began to shake the beds of the other companions in the room.

"Hey! Rumi, Emma! Get up, get up!"

The boys and girls, who were about Ronnie's age, opened their eyes.

The brown-haired boy named Rumi rubbed his eyes, glanced at Ronnie who was running around excitedly, and turned over in bed without saying a word.

But the girl with long black hair named Emma was very angry and grabbed the pillow on the bed and threw it at Ronnie:

"What time is it now! Stupid Ronnie!"

Ronnie raised his hand and grabbed the pillow, then said to Emma with a smile:
"It's already five in the morning. The contract ceremony is at seven, so we still have two hours."

"Two hours..." Rumi muttered in bed: "...Then I'll sleep for another half an hour."

"Don't sleep! This is a contract ceremony! What if you're late?"

Ronnie ran over to Rumi and swung his friend around again.

The contract ceremony is a special ceremony that everyone in this world will go through once when they reach adulthood.

The content of the ceremony is very simple. In a small venue, four levels of relics and treasures will be placed from low to high.

The contractor will establish a contract with the lost treasures. If the connection is successful, he will be able to use the treasures in the ruins and become a glorious fog explorer.

But if the contract fails, then you can only be an ordinary person.

Unable to leave the city-state and explore the fog area, they can only live in the city for the rest of their lives.

Ronnie's dream is to become a fog explorer, and to become the best one among them, so he attaches great importance to today's contract ceremony.

He did not ask for a particularly good relic treasure. As long as he could contract a third-level or even fourth-level treasure, he would be satisfied.

However, having said that, if possible, it is of course better to contract a higher-level treasure.

Although the relic treasures can be replaced later, the treasure of the first contract is related to one's own potential.

If he really contracted the lowest level 4 relic, wouldn't that mean that Ronnie's potential is very poor...

With such a nervous and expectant mood, Ronnie and his friends completed the morning training and had lunch before finally waiting for the long-awaited contract ceremony.

The age for signing a contract with a relic treasure is generally between fourteen and seventeen years old.

I heard that in larger cities, there is a very uniform standard for this age, which seems to be around sixteen.

But in Rubino, a small town near the foggy area, the contract ceremony was very casual.

Taking the Asahi Welfare Home as an example, once every three years, all children aged between fourteen and seventeen can sign a contract.

Ronnie heard from the teachers at the welfare home that this was probably due to limited resources, which led to the allocation.

He didn't understand much about these things, but as long as he could conclude the contract, he didn't need to care too much.

There are a total of thirteen children who have signed contracts with the relics at the Asahi Welfare Home today.

The oldest was nearly seventeen, and the youngest seemed to have just turned fourteen.

Among them is Ronnie, who is fifteen years old.

Although there were only thirteen children, there were twenty relics and treasures on the scene.

Among them, there are three level 2 relics, eight level 3 relics, and the remaining nine are level 4 relics.

Ronnie's eyes were on the three second-level relics at the scene.

Most of the third and fourth level relics are mass-produced relics that can be made by humans. Only the relics from level 2 and above are truly unique and precious treasures excavated from the fog area.

Although Ronnie always thought that he would be satisfied if he could get a third or even fourth level relic, he also had the fantasy of being recognized by a second level relic.

He was also fantasizing about this now, looking at the three second-level relics.

Relics come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and the higher the level of the relic treasure, the stranger its appearance is likely to be.

The three second-level relics now presented in front of Ronnie are like this.

An oval-shaped, scale-like object.

A necklace that looks like jewelry.

There is also a black container that looks like a bottle.

The three level 2 relics are all different, and are very different from the uniformly produced level 3 and level 4 relics.

The teachers in charge of the review at the welfare home seemed to have no intention of introducing these relics and treasures to the children.

After making sure that everyone was present, the welfare home's teacher, a Mist Explorer at the Remnant Mist level, directly announced the start of the contract ceremony.

"First one, An!"

Sorting by the first letter of everyone's name, the first one is a sixteen-year-old girl named Ann.

She walked forward with excitement and some nervousness on her face.

The teacher said to her:
"Touch the second-level relics first, then the third and fourth levels."

"Yes."

An said tremblingly, then walked to the side of the second-level relic and placed his hands on the second-level relics one by one.

no response.

Seeing this, Ronnie felt a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.

He was disappointed that he didn't get to see the scene where other people signed contracts with the second-level relic. Fortunately, the second-level relic was still there and he still had a chance.

The way to sign a contract with a relic is very simple. Just put your hand on it and resonate with it with your heart. If the relic responds, it means the contract is successful.

If the relic does not respond, the contract fails.

A very simple way to distinguish.

After An touched the second-level relic and saw no reaction, he went on to touch the third-level relic. The first few relics he brought out from the foggy area had no reaction.

It was not until the very end, when she touched one of the standard third-level relics, that there was finally a reaction.

The third-level relic, which was the same as the dagger, lit up.

"An! The contract was successful, and the contracted relic treasure is a level three sharp dagger!"

clap clap clap-

There was applause all around.

Ronnie was also clapping hard, and there was a bit more envy in his eyes when he looked at Ann.

The successful signing of the contract means that An may become a fog explorer in the future, a great fog explorer!
That had always been Ronnie's dream.

Now that he saw the success of the contract, Ronnie seemed to have seen the realization of his dream.

"Next, Emma!"

After Ann, it was Ronnie's roommate, Emma.

The black-haired girl, who was the same age as Ronnie, glanced at him as she passed by him.

Ronnie made a gesture of encouragement to her, and the girl withdrew her gaze and placed her hand on the second-level relic in the same way as before.

There was no reaction from the necklace-like thing, and there was no reaction from the bottle-like thing either.

But when Emma put her hand on the scale-like thing, the scales suddenly released a dazzling light!
"Emma! The contract for the second-level relic 'Dragon Scale' was successful!!"

The teacher's eyes widened upon seeing this, and then he shouted excitedly.

He had reason to be excited.

There are very few people who can contract a second-level relic, and they are rare in the entire kingdom.

It can even be said that as long as one can obtain a second-level relic, it is basically certain that one will at least be a heavy fog level fog explorer in the future!

Emma was recognized as a second-level relic, which made Ronnie very happy.

Unlike Ann, Emma is one of Ronnie's best friends. When she was recognized as a second-level relic, Ronnie did not feel jealous but was happy for her from the bottom of his heart.

After getting the second-level relic, Emma walked back to the crowd with her head held high, looking extremely proud.

The applause around became even louder, and most people looked at Emma with envy and jealousy.

After Emma, ​​the contract ceremonies for the others became more normal.

Most of them are level four, and occasionally there are a few who can sign a contract with level three, which is already very good.

Until another child from the orphanage came forward.

"Next one, Li Qi!"

Ronnie heard a name that sounded familiar.

He looked toward the crowd.

He saw a brown-haired boy of about the same height and age as him, walking out of the crowd with an expressionless face and coming to the relics.

Ronnie knew the boy.

His name is Li Qi, and he also grew up in an orphanage.

But he was a loner and had no friends around him. Ronnie once tried to make friends with him, but he pushed him away coldly.

Emma was very angry at the time and said that people like him deserved to have no friends.

In the orphanage, children who are left alone are easily bullied, but for some reason, this child named Li Qi has never been bullied.

It is said that there was once an older child in the orphanage who disliked him and wanted to bully him, but a few days later the older child was adopted and left the orphanage.

Ronnie heard that before leaving, the older boy seemed to be beaten up by Li Qi...or something.

Although it's just a legend.

Anyway, no matter what, this kid named Li Qi is a very mysterious existence in the welfare home. Even after living with him for so long, Ronnie still doesn't know what he likes or dislikes.

He didn't even remember the other person's voice.

Li Qi walked out of the crowd, and the other children gave him distant and disliked looks.

Of course, Ronnie is not the only one who was rejected by Li Qi as a friend.

Everyone has expressed kindness to him, but he pushes everyone away equally.

Naturally, no one would like such a child.

"Can he get the relic recognition?"

"He doesn't like making friends with people, so he probably doesn't want to make friends with relics..."

"Damn you, I hope the contract fails!"

The children discussed.

Ronnie frowned, the same frown as his teacher.

Even if Li Qi is not liked by others, but... you can't curse him like this, right... ?
Thinking of this, under the gaze of everyone, Li Qi had already placed his hand on the second-level relic.

But no one expected that as soon as he put his hand on the relic, it began to light up.

It was a light even brighter and more gorgeous than the one Emma had touched the relic before!

"Li... Li Qi! The contract for the second-level relic 'Mist Bottle' was successful! Congratulations!!"

Another second-level relic was taken away, and it was the unpopular Li Qi. Most of the children present showed dissatisfied expressions of "how could this happen?"

Even the applause became more and more pitter-patter, not as crisp as before.

The only person who was really clapping seriously was Ronnie. He happily applauded Li Qi. After all, in his opinion, no matter who it was, as long as they could obtain the recognition of the second-level relic and become a Mist Explorer, they deserved congratulations!

Although he was somewhat jealous that his level 2 relic was taken away by someone who was not his friend.

But more of it was happiness, happiness for Li Qi.

But Ronnie's happiness only lasted until he touched the relic.

Just as Ronnie had 'expected', he really only contracted a fourth-level relic.

"Um... well, Ronnie's fourth-level relic... well..."

The teacher said, and glanced at the relic list, and then said something that made Ronnie want to cry: "…The contract of the fourth-level relic 'Unknown Relic' was successful! Congratulations!"

There are clearly two Level 2 relic holders, but when it comes to me, there’s not even a name for the relic! ?

(End of this chapter)