"Master-Servant Contract... you want me to become Mio's servant?"
Shinryu Hayashi cast a cold glance and rejected it on the spot: "If I'm the master, I'll agree. But servant? Forget it."
Upon hearing that, Maria hurriedly responded, "Of course not, then Hayashi-nii, you'll be the master."
"Huh? We're really doing this? It feels kind of weird."
Hearing that she was going to be the servant, Mio Naruse still felt a bit uncomfortable.
Maria quickly comforted her: "Mio-sama, please don't take it too seriously. If we do this, you'll be able to sense each other's location, you know? Even though we're establishing a Master-Servant Contract, it's just a formality."
Under her nudging, Mio ended up agreeing in a daze.
Only the gagged and silenced Raynare was struggling like crazy on the spot.
"Mmph mmph mmph!!!"
I didn't agree to this!
Raynare screamed inwardly, but no one paid her any attention.
Hayashi's earlier strike had been heavy. She couldn't summon her light power to resist at all for the time being.
Before forming the contract, Hayashi first asked Maria to teach him the [Master-Servant Contract Magic].
He had to fully understand this magic to make sure Maria didn't sneak anything tricky into it.
Maria had no objection to Hayashi's cautious attitude whatsoever.
If he had agreed right away, that would've been even more suspicious.
While Hayashi was learning, Mio twisted the hem of her clothes anxiously with her fingers, her pale fingertips rubbing the fabric over and over again.
Those wine-red eyes kept sneaking glances at Hayashi from time to time.
"First he's my brother, now he's going to be my master... it's so embarrassing. No, this is all fake, just a formality."
Her small hands gently pressed against her heavy chest, trying to calm her pounding heart.
Even though it was deeply embarrassing and awkward, she couldn't help but feel a faint sense of anticipation.
If it were anyone else, she would've flat-out refused without hesitation.
But in front of Hayashi, her heart was in total disarray.
By this time, Hayashi had already finished learning Maria's [Master-Servant Contract Magic].
The magic wasn't particularly complicated—it had once been all the rage among demons.
But due to its extreme coerciveness, the servant side was often prone to sudden death.
After all, the moment any thought of rebellion surfaced, the punishment would activate.
Most of the punishments had instant death effects, designed to prevent servants from attacking their masters.
So those branded as servants essentially had no way out—most ended up choosing suicide.
With years of constant war and the dwindling number of pureblood demons, fewer and fewer demons used the Master-Servant Contract.
Eventually, it was replaced by evil chess pieces.
The Succubus race had modified the contract, weakening the punishment effect into a "curse."
But unfortunately, it was more of a self-indulgent creation of the succubi—no one really wanted such a useless thing, and the Succubus race never managed to spread it.
"Full-on perversion. As expected of the Succubus race."
Understanding this Master-Servant Contract Magic, Hayashi was very satisfied.
Once everything was ready, he stepped into the magic circle.
As he began chanting the incantation, the magic circle on the ground lit up.
The light flowing from it looked like ribbons, wrapping around Mio and Raynare's bodies.
The chain-like glow ultimately connected to Hayashi's hand.
Seeing Mio's nervous expression, Maria reminded her:
"Hayashi-nii, there will temporarily be a magic circle on the back of your hand. You two must kiss that circle before it disappears for the contract to be established."
Mio: "K-Kiss it?"
Raynare: "Mmph?"
Mio's face turned completely red as she shouted in shame and frustration, "Why are you only telling us this now?!"
"Don't worry about that, Mio-sama! The magic circle is disappearing!"
Maria anxiously shouted while shaking her, but Mio still hesitated, and Raynare twisted her body to retreat into a corner and began gathering light power.
There was no way the Master-Servant Contract could be completed like this!
As Raynare screamed joyfully inside, the magic circle on the back of Hayashi's hand vanished.
The next moment, a pink tattoo-like mark appeared on Mio and Raynare's necks.
The mark wrapped around their snowy white swan-like necks, condensing into a pink heart in the center.
An incredibly strange sensation instantly swept through their entire bodies.
"No way... s-so embarrassing..."
Mio's body suddenly trembled violently, collapsing onto the ground as she began to shiver slightly.
Beside her, Raynare also let out a flushed moan.
Seeing this, Hayashi tentatively reached out and gently touched Mio.
"Yaaah!"
In an instant, Mio let out a scream of delight and collapsed completely.
Watching the scene that looked like she was being electrocuted, Hayashi took a deep breath.
Maria's stuff was way too pure!
This Master-Servant Contract's power hit way harder than he expected!
Raynare managed to summon some light power and shattered the gag ball, barely speaking through clenched teeth:
"What's going on... ah... why is there a curse... wasn't the contract invalid... ah!"
As Raynare cried out, Maria guiltily turned her head away.
"The magic activates the moment the chant is complete. Not kissing the magic circle means you 'refused to pledge loyalty to your master.' This magic doesn't just link positions—it also helps maintain the subordinates' loyalty. If a subordinate betrays the master or has a guilty conscience, the punishment curse activates."
"When our Succubus race adopted this Master-Servant Contract, we did some tweaking. I just wanted to teach this fallen angel a little lesson... who knew Mio-sama would..."
Maria muttered softly, trying to deflect the blame.
Raynare and Mio's eyes instantly widened as they glared at Maria.
But with the curse reactivating, their eyes rolled back, and they couldn't even form words to scold her.
Maria looked panicked and grabbed Hayashi's hand: "If a subordinate disobeys the master, the curse gets stronger. If the master doesn't forgive them or they attack the master again, the spirit and body won't be able to endure the overwhelming curse and they'll lose consciousness—their brain nerves will burn out."
"In other words, if this continues, Mio-sama will be in heaven in both senses!"
"W-What should we do, Hayashi-nii?!"
Seeing the flustered Maria, Hayashi was speechless.
You're the one who laced the ritual with this stuff, and now you're saying you don't know what to do?
Looking at the two girls who had completely lost themselves in ecstasy and were still writhing, a surge of resolve rose in Hayashi's heart.
If not me, then who?!
Today, he would feed himself to the demons!
Of course, also to the angel—though it was a fallen one.
"Maria, back me up."
"No problem!"
Maria's expression lit up with excitement. Even the little succubus tail behind her popped out, swaying back and forth.
Though she was a succubus, she had no experience at all.
Now that she could witness such an exhilarating battle, how could she not be thrilled?
This kind of "bloodbath" was exactly her favorite!!!