After finishing teaching Leroy about magic, Kei prepares himself to go to bed.

  'What a productive day! One step at a time, they used to say. Now what I gotta do is continue teaching Leroy and work with Reiyo, while working for him I will continue honing my alchemy skills, I am sure he wouldn't notice if 1 or 2 materials were to "dissappear" but even if that happens I got an excuse.' The child finds himself happy for the good development he was having.

  'I gotta rest now. I don't think I slept well these last night.'

  The Child lays down on his bed and stares at the ceiling.

  'There's so much to do... and such little time... I need to finish all this stuff with Reiyo to start working to actually stop the Calamity. One step at a time, Kei... One step at a time...

  If I just had...'

  The Child looks at his hands and sighs.

  'It no use crying over what was never there. Even still, I got a few tricks up my sleeve. The sad thing is my city is pretty... normal in terms of what I can do here. No real person of interest, no interesting place, no good artifact to acquire... it can be considered a good thing, actually. Thanks to that, most of my stay here will be uneventful if I don't make it so.'

  The child closes his eyes and starts going to the realm of sleep.

  'Gotta sleep early...have to work...'

  The child sleeps.

  ~~~~~~~~~~

  In an empty void that appears all consuming... two voices are heard.

  "A Pact?"

  "Yes. As you have shown, you are worthy of such a thing. What is requested of you is simple. Save the descendant and protect them. In exchange, you will be able to enter the mighty treasury that we possess."

  "I thought your species would rather go extinct than let any other one access such things."

  "At last, that is the truth. However, due to the current circumstances, that is no longer the case. Even still, we will subject the individual worthy of our trust to a test. And you passes with as your species would say... "flying colors"."

  "I don't know if to be embarrassed or proud, to be honest... even still... thanks. Thanks for trusting humanity."

  "Don't misunderstand, Human. We don't trust your species. We trust you. And don't forget that if you ever were to betray that trust, you would suffer from an eternal punishment only reserved for the highest offenders."

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  "Shesh... okay, I understand. Even if that's the case, thank you for helping. I will follow my part of the Pact no matter what."

  "Mhhh... That's what is expected of you... time is running out human. Let's finish our talk."

  "You will have to guide me here. I never done a Pact before..."

  "The process is simple we will both bow on our souls our part of the Pact, and once we both recognize the legitimacy of such bow, then the Pact will take place. Are you ready, human?"

  "Ready as I would ever be,"

  "Then... I Mar'kayesnyx, Dragon of Knowledge, will provide you with access to our species treasury. In exchange, we request the salvation and protection of the one known as The Descendant."

  "I Kei, know as The Cursed human, will save and protect the one know as The Descendant from harm. In exchange, I request access to the Dragon species treasury."

  "I recognize the honesty of the human Kei and accept the Pact."

  "I recognize the honesty of the Dragon Mar'kayesnyx and accept the Pact."

  "And with this, the Pact is complete... check your wrist."

  "Wow... it appears and dissappears... crazy..."

  "Now human, you have gained access to the treasury our species possess. But don't forget our Pact."

  "Yeah, yeah, I know. You should trust me a little more."

  "As you may know, last time we dragons trusted a human, we were almost hunted to extinction. And we are not keen on repeating this mistake."

  "...I guess that's true too..."

  "Now leave human. Accomplish your part and return triumphant with the Descendant."

  "That I will. Goodbye Mar'kayesnyx."

  "Until the stars line up again, Human."

  ~~~~~~~~~~

  It's morning already. The birds are singing, and the bright sun lays its extreme rays unto the crowd bustling the streets.

  Meanwhile, a child prepares himself for the day.

  'At least it was not a nightmare... that was my first Pact ever made. My first Pact and it was with a dragon...haha... who would have thought.'

  The child lets out a little laugh and finishes preparing for the day.

  'Now that I think about it... would the Pact work now? Can I access the dragons treasury with it? Technically, the Pact hasn't been made yet, but traces of it are still there. Wait, would Mar'kayesnyx also have traces of the Pact?

  Ahhh, too many questions, so little answers...'

  The child leaves that thought for later and leaves for the store.

  'The Cursed human... what a stupid title...'