#130Chapter 130 129 Master-Disciple ContractAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 130: 129. Master-Disciple Contract
Although there was a slight unexpected turn of events, the apprenticeship ceremony was ultimately completed smoothly.
It was called a ceremony, but in reality, it was just the two parties signing a master-disciple contract witnessed by Dragon Mom.
The Witch World, after all, is still a world of spellcasters. When the King of Gods first created the eight major magic systems, he referenced many spellcaster civilizations, which is why many of the current traditions in the Witch World bear the shadow of traditional mage and wizard cultures.
For example, this master-disciple contract: it is said that in the past, mages or wizards would form master-disciple contracts when recruiting apprentices. However, those contracts were more like deeds of sale, turning the apprentice into the teacher's private property. The contracts imposed a heap of obligations on the apprentices but placed very few restrictions on the teachers.
There was no other way; after all, in most mage and wizard civilizations, apprentices had to beg their teachers for a chance to learn, and teachers generally treated apprentices as free servants, only teaching them a trick or two when they were in a good mood.
However, the master-disciple contracts in the Witch World are much fairer. The Witches transformed the old contracts into equal contracts, which impose constraints and requirements on both the master and the disciple. However, these requirements are often quite lenient, usually just things like the disciple needing to respect and honor the teacher, and the teacher needing to do their best to instruct the disciple.
Well, there's no helping it. After all, the Witches are naturally fond of freedom. Under normal circumstances, they don't like to be burdened with too many restrictions, but important events like apprenticeship still require a sense of ritual.
They value the process of forming the contract, but they don't care as much about the content of the contract itself.
As a result, contract culture is very common in Witch society. Basically, as long as it's a serious matter, the Witches like to sign a contract whenever they have a chance. However, if you look closely at the content of those contracts, you'll find that they generally only have the bare minimum of constraints.
Well, basically, it's just to the extent of repaying money and returning favors.
Anyway, the Witches only like simple and straightforward contracts. If it gets too complicated, they might ignore you because they're too lazy to think.
And if you want to go a step further and extort a Demoness using a contract...
Well, the demons in the Abyss who are now working for the Demon Lord and are constantly on 007 schedules have a lot to say about that.
Of course, generally speaking, a Demoness's apprenticeship ceremony, in addition to signing a contract, would also decide whether to hold a lively celebration based on personal preference. Logically, given the status of Noe Rose and Euphilia, Dorothy's apprenticeship ceremony should have been very grand.
But now, the Spider Teacher couldn't wait. She was afraid that if they dragged it out any longer, something else might go wrong. Moreover, Dorothy herself wasn't very fond of lively events, so the two decided to keep everything simple.
Noe Rose immediately pulled out a magnificent pure gold contract from her pocket.
As mentioned before, contracts are a manifestation of ritual for the Witches. Therefore, it's only natural that the more advanced the contract, the more ritualistic it appears.
As a result, ordinary parchment contracts could no longer satisfy these individuals' growing need to show off. Eventually, the contract books in the Witch World inexplicably started to "inner roll," introducing various "skins," such as dragon skin contracts, angel documents, demon contracts, and so on.
Even the ink used to write contracts started to "roll" in competition. In short, it was all about how to make it as high-end as possible.
Dorothy took the seemingly ordinary golden contract from the Spider Teacher's hand and examined it carefully, her hands trembling slightly.
Hmm, this contract felt like a normal golden contract, both in weight and texture.
Although gold is indeed precious and the main currency of the Witch World, a pure gold contract is somewhat inadequate compared to truly high-end contracts.
Dorothy had originally thought that the Spider Teacher seemed to be someone who rejected the "inner roll" and valued practicality more.
After all, gold itself is an excellent material for storing magic, so golden contracts have always been very effective, making them a relatively cost-effective type among various contracts.
However, when she flipped the contract to the back, she saw an elegant signature in the corner of the unremarkable golden document—Asthimoss.
Damn, the Demon Lord's personal signature.
Otaku Witch looked up at the Spider Teacher, who had a calm expression, and had to admit that she had truly pulled off a show-off this time.
The signature of a powerful Demoness is not like those limited edition celebrity signatures from her previous life, which are just gimmicks. The signatures of these powerful figures contain their flowing power, especially when signed on something like a contract.
In other words, this contract was witnessed by the Witch King.
The effectiveness of a contract is generally tied to the witness. If someone violates the contract, the witness is obligated to uphold its validity.
Currently, most contracts sold on the market in the Witch World have a Great Witch as a witness, while only a few high-end contracts have an Apex Witch as a witness. As for contracts witnessed by the Witch King...
It can only be said that such an item is priceless but unavailable.
Contracts of this level are usually used for alliances between powerful Witch Territories. Using such an item for a small apprenticeship ceremony now seems like overkill.
However, Dorothy looked up at her mother, Euphilia, and quickly understood.
Alright, her own status was indeed not enough to alarm the Witch King, but considering her mother Euphilia's position, her apprenticeship was indeed equivalent to an alliance between two powerful Witches, which barely qualified for the use of this contract.
At that moment, she no longer hesitated, and directly forced out a drop of blood onto the golden contract. The crimson blood quickly transformed, becoming her own exclusive mark—a Little Witch riding a broom.
Subsequently, the Spider Teacher also dripped a drop of blood, and a spider-like mark, manipulating silk threads, appeared on the contract.
Finally, the contract spontaneously combusted, and the dark flames eventually formed a classic horned demon mark. The horned demon, which was originally just a mark, suddenly opened its eyes and looked at everyone present.
It was originally just a casual glance, but when its gaze swept over Dorothy, the horned demon's eyes visibly paused, and then its gaze shifted upwards. When it saw the hat on Dorothy's head, the horned demon's eyes widened directly.
"The contract is complete."
However, the horned demon quickly returned to normal, and an exceptionally majestic voice sounded in Dorothy's ear.
The Demon Lord is experiencing an unexpected event...
My relatives are still visiting for New Year's, so I squeezed in a chapter. Wuwuwu, is my perfect attendance bonus in danger today?
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