“Don’t help until they’ve completely restored it.”

The duke sternly instructed his servants. The servants swallowed dryly and turned their eyes to the garden visible through the window.

In the garden, two boys were hastily moving around.

Apart from the twins, only one gardener was allowed in the garden. He was directing the twins on the placement of the uprooted trees.

“Here? We just stick it in here?”

“Yes, yes! That’s correct!”

Using his magic, Dayban lifted a tree and plunged its roots into a dugup spot in the earth.

A thud resounded in the vicinity, and the ground slightly trembled.

“What’s next?”

“Ne, next is that fallen tree over there….”

Lifting and moving trees was Dayban’s job. Mikael was replanting the uprooted flowers and grass.

“Um, my lord.”

“What?”

“That flower doesn’t belong there….”

At the gardener’s cautious words, Mikael slightly raised an eyebrow. Intimidated by his gaze, the gardener clamped his mouth shut.

“Ah, never mind….”

After the gardener stepped back, Mikael squinted his eyes and looked at his brother, who was wasting magic by moving trees.

They both had to restore the garden exactly as it had been due to an accident involving bees. The deadline was just one day. Fail to do so and they’d have to write 100 letters of reflection.

Sitting idle was Dayban’s biggest pet peeve, so upon hearing this, he moved around faster than anyone to restore the garden.

Mikael, who already spent much of his time reading, didn’t particularly care about the letters. Thus, his actions were leisurely, which irked Dayban.

“Hey, aren’t you going to hurry up?!”

“You do your….”

At that moment, Mikael noticed a faint red hue mixed in one of Dayban’s eyes.

Mikael squinted his eyes upon seeing it.

After staring silently at Dayban for a moment, Mikael sighed deeply and rose from his spot.

Arguing with Dayban again would clearly result in another fight.

“You handle that side.”

Turning his back on Dayban, Mikael channeled a thin stream of magic into the uprooted flowers.

He quickly restored the broken flowers using magic. The speed was strikingly faster than when he had planted them by hand.

His gaze shifted to the broken trees Dayban was carrying.

Mikael released a bit more magic this time. A warm energy circulated around his hand before dispersing more broadly.

Then Mikael twitched his hand, as if feeling a sharp pain. He narrowed his brows and clenched and unclenched his fist repeatedly.

Dayban, who had just planted the last tree by its roots, approached Mikael.

“I’m done. What about you?”

“…I am too.”

Although not exactly as before, it was much better than the previous mess.

Mikael also confirmed most things were in order, dusted off his pants, and stood up.

Just then, an unusual energy emanated briefly from the mansion.

Dayban’s gaze immediately turned toward the mansion. He nudged Mikael, who was beside him.

“Did you feel that too?”

Mikael slightly shook his head. He had felt it, but it was only for an instant. Now, he felt nothing.

“I’m not so sure.”

“It was from that room.”

The room Dayban pointed to was where their new younger sibling stayed. Mikael didn’t deny it since he too had felt the energy coming from there.

“Let’s go.”

Unlike Mikael, who looked reluctant, Dayban’s eyes sparkled as if he had found prey.

In the original work, Elizer immediately formed a contract as soon as the divine beast approached him. There was no need to convince Elizer.

Because Elizer had no reason to refuse the contract with the divine beast. He rather needed that power.

After all, Elizer at that time was just a powerless child, so why wouldn’t he have made the contract without discerning its implications?
The circumstances were the same this time; the Divine Beast came to find me first.

I couldn’t help but wonder. Why was this Divine Beast so eager to form a contract with a human?

Moreover, another name for this Divine Beast was “Dragon,” which could shake the world with a flick of its tail and cause earthquakes that could dry up the sea with its roar. Then why did it appear before me, not in its true form, but as this small white snake?

Even in the original work, the Divine Beast didn’t reveal its true form initially. It gradually transformed into its true form as time passed.

‘Maybe it’s not that it didn’t show, but it couldn’t.’

The silver snake vehemently slammed its tail onto the table, expressing its discomfort. Having spent a few days with the silver snake, I could easily recognize its expression.

It was struggling to hide its embarrassment behind that irritated look.

“There’s no reason you’d make a contract just to save a kid like me.”

“There must be a reason you need to save someone, right?”

I’d made a random guess, and the Divine Beast’s mouth gaped open. Anyone could see that I’d hit the mark.

“Why? Why do you want to save people?”