I Have No Health

of rough leather gloves scraped past my arms.

For some reason, my skin felt quite tingly.

“Is the spirit sealed in here?”

“Yes, the Spirit of the Wind, named Sona.”

‘Sona? Isn’t that Caesar’s spirit?’

Opposedly, Caesar was both a psychic and a swordsman.

Summoning a spirit depends purely on nature’s affinity, but making a contract with a spirit and becoming friends was only possible with good communication between the two.

However, he stomped it all down with his talent.

The spirit, who got overwhelmed by his lack of gaze, signed a contract with him.
Caesar’s overwhelming talent made everything possible.

So, he was pretty good at dealing with spirits, even with a dry personality.

“Why are you giving this to me? I don’t know how to handle spirits.”

Even if a spirit was sealed in its contractor’s choices, it basically didn’t listen to anyone other than the caster.

Sometimes, they’d help out if they’re really fond of the person, but most of the time, it’s the other way around.

“Spirits don’t listen to anything other than the contractor’s words.”

“They will listen.
You have a high wind affinity.”

“Me?”

“Mhm.”

‘This is the first time I’ve heard that.
Perhaps…?’

The fact I didn’t read this in the novel, it was definitely the first time I’ve heard of it. 

But I don’t know if Nineina was like this previously as well.

Caesar spoke casually, inattentive to my tilted head.

“This must be the first time you’ve heard of the Spirit Temple.
It’s only natural if you don’t have someone to teach you and you haven’t been able to enlighten yourself.”

“Ah………”

An excellent elemental could read the affinity of others to some extent.

There’s a Spirit Temple who travels all over the country looking for disciples.

It was because of you.

“Then why are you giving me the spirit that has already been sealed? If I have a high affinity, isn’t it only fair to try to sign a contract on my own?”

“It’s a shortcut.” 

“So why?”

“……”

He made a slight frown.
It didn’t seem like something that couldn’t be said, it seemed closer to the side that it’s troublesome to explain.

“Hey, your annoyed face is so blatant!”

It was so ridiculous, I burst into laughter.

The bracelet jingled quiveringly on Nineina’s laughing body.

“If there are any reasons why signing a contract of my own bothers you, please explain to me.
I need to know.”

Haa… He sighed and lifted his indifferent eyes.

“You’re going to die.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m saying that if you try to sign a contract with the state of your body, you’ll die whether you succeed or fail.
It takes a lot of strength to summon a spirit.”

“Aha.”

Living with death next to me, I wasn’t afraid to say that I was going to die.

Now that I know the reason, I feel better.

His indifferent gaze scanned my face once again.
It was terrifying, it’s like he had received the eyes of a reaper.

“I didn’t want to explain because I was afraid you might..”

“What?”

I asked him back since I didn’t hear him properly, but he only stared at me with cold eyes.

But it was only for a moment.
it quickly returned to its place.

(QC/N: ‘place’ in this case means original purpose/indifference.) 

“Now I’ll be showing you how to use it.”

I wanted to ask him a few more questions, but I held them in.

He looked very tired and troubled by the current situation.

“…All right.”

“Just call the spirit by it’s name.”

“It’s name? That’s all?”

Not showing any curiosity, his face turned cold again.

“You’re going to have to tell me eventually, just let me know.
Don’t be so rude until the end.”

 “……….Basically, I’ve given it an order to protect you, so if you call it’s name, it’ll come out with a shield.”

“Aha.
Are you saying it’s going to put up a barrier? Isn’t it hard to keep summoning the spirit? As you know,  I’m as fragile as glass-”

“I provide the mana needed for the spirit to materialize.”

“Huh? I’m so sorry… But if I summon it for a long time, won’t you be in danger….”

“Are you going to die? Are you getting taken away by the spirit? It seems to me that a 30-minutes summon would suffice.”

“No.
I’ll use your mana well, thank you.”

I immediately shook my head with a straight face.
Who are you worried about with your glass body?

“Now…….I’ll engrave a mark on the lady.”

I spoke after a slight pause.

“A mark?”

“…It allows Sona to recognize you.”

“Ah, I see.
How do I engrave it?”

It was only natural for me to wonder what would happen to my body so I asked, but his face crumpled up.

“Physical contact is required.
Bare skin to bare skin.”