151 First Contract

Her light brown hair shimmered in the sunlight like ripe barley.

It was closer to gold than brown, but it was hard to call it the same perfectly bright blonde as Cecilia's. Depending on the angle, it could easily seem like a different color.

“…….”

Her bun-style hair, with ends curled like a croissant, fluttered lightly in the wind. Ian tilted his head and stared down at her for a long moment.

‘She mentioned Walter. She’s a woman connected to Laplace.’

This was the second time he had come face-to-face with someone from Laplace. The first had been Eddie, and though it had been somewhat difficult, he had succeeded in cutting off the bastard’s head. He was still making good use of that head.

It wouldn’t matter much if one more were added here. Rather, since he hadn’t been able to gouge out Eddie’s eyes, if he captured her and extracted her eyeballs, he could even verify the proper effect of a dying eye.

Or he could put a leash around her neck through the Book of Contracts. The conditions were a little strict, but it wasn’t impossible. Using only the Circulator he had already summoned, he could easily bring someone like her to the brink of death.

‘For now, should I subdue her first and think about the rest later?’

Kill her or capture her. Either way, now that he had realized she was a magician from Laplace, he couldn’t just pretend he hadn’t seen her and let it go. First, it would be right to knock her out and then decide her fate...