Isekai Creations
Vol. 03 Chapters. 46: The Agreement

Seyla suddenly talked about her past to me. He said he shared a body with my ancestors, and everything he had planned from the beginning. I'm honestly confused. I'm confused as to what Seyla wants from me?

"It's nice to meet you, my name is Layha Namsaka. I've been asleep in a vacuum for a long time, are you my descendant?" still with the same body, but a different soul. The aura that was once terrible, was fading into an aura that calmed the heart, I remember this aura. This is the aura my father and mother always gave me when I was a child.

"Aa-h-i... I'm zdh... Zerily!" shit, I'm nervous.

"Haha, just think of me as Archela, Zerlicia. There's nothing to be afraid of, let's make friends in our own way?" layha said to myself.

"God... Why do you look sad? Even though I know the scenery out there makes me feel more pity, however, I don't think you're feeling sad because of what's happening outside, am I wrong?"

"I...Mom..." Damn, I unknowingly said it. But really, I miss him a lot. Even though she was just my stepmother, I loved her as much as I loved my real mother. My birth mother bet my life when she gave birth to me, and my stepmother bet my life so I can live to this point. They were both really the kind of mothers I cared about the most, though, I had no idea how my real mother looked like.

"You miss your mother? Hahaha, it's okay, you can think of me as your mother. Just don't wet the bed."

"Who will wet the bed?! You think I'm a baby?!"

"Wah-wah, Zerlicia, it's not good to yell at someone older than you. Even though I don't care about it however, what if you accidentally yell at your future husband? What's gonna happen?"

"....."

"Good, it's okay, I understand that you've been through something difficult. You can think of me as your mother."

"really?"

"Yes, it's just, can you please raise my husband? I'm sure he's in this palace and waiting for me. There's no way he's gonna get far from this place."

"Huh?"

I had no idea what he meant but, because of his words, I ordered Wayra and the others to browse through the various corners of the palace in search of a statue that looked like a human. At least that's what he wants.

"Nothing."

"Not underground either."

"We've searched many places and yet, we didn't find anything."

That was how he said, it did hurt for me when I couldn't help my ancestors but, I'm sure, his heart must have hurt more than mine.

"Zerlicia, can you come along for a minute?"

"Hmm?" whither? She opened the teleportation portal, I didn't know where it was going but, sure enough, from the look on her face, I'm sure she must have found a possibility where her husband was.

"I guessed it. This place, I'm sure he's here" Layha said after we set foot on the other side of the teleportation portal.

"Zerlicia, you search on the right I'll search on the left. If you find anything, please call me."

"All right."

He was completely different from Seyla. I crumbled with his gentle demeanor, so I continued to follow his orders. Just try Seyla softer to me like what my ancestors did to me. However, whatever the power, from the beginning the two of them were different.

I better find him well.

After circling around in various places, I still have not found any signs of life, there is a statue however, it is a statue of a woman. It was impossible for a gentle ancestor like himself, to stray from the right path.

So I passed the statue of the woman and resumed my search.

"Mother, where are you?"

When I had searched the entire place on the right side, I then headed to the place where Layha was.

"It's weird."

"Huh?"

I heard a voice in the third alley I found on the left side. I think he was there.

"Mother?"

"Zerlicia!? How's this?!" with great astonishment, I was surprised by what happened at the place.

I saw, a man who was starting to escape from his stone curse but, slowly, he started to age by himself. Right now, he had reached a point where he looked like a corpse.

"He...?"

"Ashn!"

My fear really happened, what the hell. Didn't Seyla say that heroes like Azn can't die but what I'm seeing is not a dream.

Slowly, Azn's body begins to erode in Layha's arms. Until he turns to ashes completely, Layha continues to attempt to use healing magic on him however....

All of that is pointless.

"No way.." slowly, this tough woman I just met, began to shed a drop of tears until her cries were no longer contained.

"....." I can't speak in front of him. All I could do was stare at Layha with a look of pity.

"ARCHELA!!!"

He shouted loudly calling for the name of Archela. In the story that Archela tells, she promises to reunite Layha with Azn again but.... what does Layha get?

It is true that they were reunited, but Azn was gone.

<"That's out of my control.">

"Huh?! What do you mean?! You promised to meet Azn once more. But..... Why!!!?"

<"You know? I used to order Azn to hide somewhere. However, I did not expect that he would choose to sculpt with his own magic.">

"Huh?! You're gonna tell me you're...."

<"I surrender to you, Layha. This is completely out of my control, Azn became like this because he did a stupid act by making himself into a statue. It would certainly make the flow of mana in him become unstable moreover, he had become a statue before. It's only making things worse.">

"Then, then...."

<"I really don't know! Zerlicia did you hear?">

He called me?!

"Yes?"

"You saw my statue on the right side, didn't you?"

"...." - ".That statue, huh?

"Right, what's up?"

<"Look..... I want you to awaken my body with the combined strength of the two of you, "> he said.

"Suckers. What else are you planning?! I already knew this would happen to me, which is why I rejected the matchmaking you did before! Argh!" Layha had completely lost her wits.

<"I told you....">

<"Layha...">

"Shut up!"

<"Lay—">

"Say!!!"

"If I hadn't agreed with you in the first place, I wouldn't have felt this right twice in my life! If only I.... Goddamn it!!!! I'm...." Layha began to craze, he ran to the nearest wall to hit his head repeatedly on the wall.

However, no matter how much blood he expended, in the end, he could not catch up with Azn who had gone far away from him.

Honestly, I feel sorry for him. I think Archela has also gone too far with him but, I'm afraid. I'm so scared if I'm on the wrong side. If I interfere, I don't know what the world will be after Layha's rampage.

All I could do was to restrain and calm Layha with words.

<"I, will pay for it.">

"What can you do, asshole?! Azn has become dust, how do you revive her?!"

<"I can't....">

"Shut up!"

<"Listen!! This is the opposite! Once you and Zerlicia release me from the union, I will fully obey you.">

"Liar!"

<"I'm serious!! My body can change as I wish. Whether it be a child or an adult, I will obey! You've never felt what it's like to babysit, have you?! Then you can tell me to....">

"Zerily,"

"Yes?" why am I being carried around?!

"Teach me on how to put a slave seal so that Archela doesn't run away from me."

"..... Alright."

<"..... There are no regrets. Do as you please, Zerlcia.">

In short, I taught Layha about how to give a slave seal to someone. Then, after Layha had mastered it completely, Layha and I then went to the right side that I had passed.

We were both standing in front of the statue that I had just passed by.

<"Gather your strength so that we can awaken my body,"> said Archela.

"Dissolvent."

Layha did not reply to Archela as she had done earlier. He immediately stuck his hand forward. I stretched out my hand to help Layha free Archela's petrified body.

Slowly but surely, the statue began to crack and then looked a beautiful white skin... Although a demon, the white skin of Archela really made me confused. Is it true that in the stone statue is the actual body of Archela?

When the entire body of Archela had made it out of the rocks, suddenly, Layha who was standing beside me, immediately knelt helplessly.

I gave her first aid by giving her healing magic. Yet....

"Archela, must, be controlled!" that's how they say.

Although her body grew older in a matter of seconds, Layha did not care about her at all and instead told me to do something about Archela.

Layha told me to take control of Archela. So, suddenly I did a ritual of slavery to Archela who almost opened her eyes.

"Damn."

But it's not as easy as I thought. On the other hand I must rush to settle my affairs with Archela so that Layha or my ancestors can be helped however.... In front of me, Archela had fully risen.

I retreated to where Layha was kneeling back there. From what I saw, Layha's body began to age in a matter of seconds, I wasn't sure how long she could last but, clearly, I had to do something about the Archela that was in front of me immediately.

I kept trying to perform the ritual of slavery even though the results were futile.

"Hahaha, a helpless human wriggled on the ground. Very sweet," Archela said with her real body.

"Babyshey!!!"

"Huh, come on, don't grumble like that, my dear Zerlicia."

"You?!"

"Hahaha, this is the most beautiful sight I've seen in years."

"...."

"Alright well, I can't lose you both so, I'll keep my word."

With his body, Archela stuck out her hand towards Layha who started to wrinkle in front there. Her body started to dry up, and if we were to do something too late to her, I'm sure Layha would have fared just like Azn.

"Already, Zerlicia. And, as I promised...."

Archela closed both eyes then before long, Archela's body began to shrink. He looked like a 12-year-old.

"If it's smaller than this, I can lose a lot of my power. So, this is the limit I hope you are happy, Lay—" when Layha returned to her normal, Layha immediately pounced on Archela who was in front of her with a cruel look. "Wait for what are you?!! Can you make your own child your slave?! Layha?!"

Layha immediately made a slave contract to Archela. I don't know how he could have made a slave seal on Archela's body but clearly, it worked.

"What's this?! Why can't I bring out all my strength? I was in my real body!" shouted Archela who had become a child.

"Enhanced slave seals. Now I have complete control over you!" layha said arrogantly and then raised the tiny Archela and threw her body like she was playing with a baby.

He really....

"Do you want to, Zerlicia?"

"Ah, no. I already got it when I was a kid."

"... it's a pity. Let's go!"

"... Yeah." yeah."

"Wait, don't carry me! I'm this...."

Shortly after Archela complained, Archela's body then began to shrink like she had just turned 9 years old.

"Dammit!!!"

"What?! Want to get smaller?"

".... Forget that..."