When I traveled through time and became a player, I just wanted to commit suicide

The blood-red fingerprint was pressed slightly harder on the signature, and with a flash of light, the contract was established.

The next moment, Elsa watched the man take the collar off her neck with his own hands.

The visible shackles had disappeared, but the invisible shackles had locked her soul, imprisoning her for ten years.

The Divine Punishment Contract is basically the highest level contract, and most extraordinary people will be concerned about the cost of violating the Divine Punishment Contract.

Because if you go too far, divine punishment will really come.

Rumor has it that there was a transcendent who was far above the Emerald rank and blatantly violated the Divine Punishment Contract, and even massacred the contractor and his relatives and friends, and tore up the contract in the worst way, as if he did not take the word "Divine Punishment" seriously.

And just a few days later, the divine punishment arrived as expected. The thunder that seemed to be able to penetrate the earth descended and crushed the top-level extraordinary being into charred ashes like crushing an ant. Not even his soul could escape.

Since then, everyone who has signed a divine punishment contract must consider whether they have the ability to withstand divine punishment.

In comparison, the slave seals that can only restrain the gold rank and below are not worthy of being seen by the real high-level officials, except for bullying the middle and low-level officials.

What really restrains people is not the slave mark, but the concept of enslaving others and the social environment that advocates exploitation. The slave mark is just an accomplice and a means.

Even if there are no slave marks, there will be things like slave collars and slave contracts, and there is no essential difference between them.

The divine punishment contract that Elsa signed was not the highest level one, but the lowest level one.

If the God of Contracts really paid attention to the completion of the contract, Elsa's contract would at most be the type that the true God would occasionally look at, and it could not compare to those contracts that received special attention.

Of course, even just this one glance is not something a small gold-level transcendent can bear.

Li Shanren's use of this level of contract on her was like using an anti-aircraft cannon to kill a mosquito.

No matter how cheap such a contract is, it will cost at least one thousand gold luxos. As a disposable item, the price is quite exaggerated.

But he is rich now and can do whatever he wants!

However, think about it from another perspective. He used one thousand gold luxos to tie a transcendent who could break through to the Emerald Level at any time to his side and have him work for him for ten years. The average hiring price was one hundred gold luxos per year, so he made a huge profit.

Leaving Elsa alone in the room, Li Shanren put away the contract and went downstairs.

He has now moved into Alice's house. After arresting Erza last night, when he returned to the stolen goods warehouse, Subaru Natsuki and others had disappeared.

Only the pool of blood left there seemed to be telling something.

Li Shanren suddenly felt something was wrong.

He asked Lutier to sense Subaru Laiyue's breath and track him.

The "perception" attribute of the Headless Knight Lutier seems to be much higher than that of Li Shanren, so her reconnaissance range is very large, and currently nothing within a radius of ten miles can escape her perception.

In comparison, Li Shanren, who has only 15 points of perception, can only detect the space of about meters around him. If he encounters a too thick wall or a magic array with a shielding effect, the perception range will be further shortened.

With the help of Lutier, Li Shanren quickly caught up with Emilia and others who took Subaru Natsuki away.

However, he did not contact those people.

After observing from afar that Subaru Natsuki was temporarily out of danger, Li Shanren thought about it and let those people take Subaru Natsuki away.

It would be troublesome to have contact with a candidate for governor. If seen by someone with ulterior motives, even if he does not want to be involved in the election turmoil, related events may affect him.

Even if I want to look for Subaru Natsuki, I should try a more secretive method.

Besides, he is not that boy's babysitter. As long as the other party's death does not affect his affairs, Li Shanren does not want to interfere too much with Lai Yue Subaru.

After confirming the whereabouts of Subaru Natsuki, Li Shanren brought Elsa, who was still in corpse state, back to the hotel, and then took Alice out and went to her home, where he re-enacted the scene of recognizing the old butler.

This time, time won't go back.

Li Shanren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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"One, two, three, four..."

On the sunny grass, Subaru Natsuki was wearing light blue striped pajamas and exercising his body in the same posture as radio gymnastics.

His bloodstained sportswear was taken away by two lovely maids to be mended and cleaned, although they were disgusted by them calling it "dirty gray rags" and "blood-stained rat skin rags"...

Not far from him, Emilia imitated him, stretching her arms forward and upward, trying to stretch her back.

Seven or eight minutes later, under the slogan of Subaru Natsuki, Emilia completed a whole set of radio gymnastics in a slightly clumsy manner.

"I feel my body getting warm and the blood is flowing all over my body. It's magical."

The silver-haired girl looked at her palm in surprise.

"Hehe, right. Doing some simple exercise in the morning can keep you in a good mood for the whole day." Subaru Natsuki said with a smile.

Although he never did morning exercises seriously when he was in school, he just did it to get by...

"By the way, where did Subaru come from? He looks exotic, his clothing style is also strange, and he knows some special knowledge." Emilia asked curiously.

"Ah... As for me, to be honest, I'm a traveler from the far east." Subaru Natsuki coughed dryly and spoke in a deep voice.

"Is that your companion as well?"

"He... probably is too."

Subaru Natsuki stroked his chin and said uncertainly.

The senior was not from the same country as him. Although he could understand what the senior said due to an unknown translation mechanism, judging from the senior's mouth shape, he was not speaking the same language as him.

The predecessor is most likely from the West, and judging from his temperament, he may belong to that great Eastern country with a long history.

After all, it was hard for him to imagine that his senior was from Korea. In his impression, most Korean people were stingy and selfish, with an inexplicable arrogance amidst their inferiority complex, and were sometimes quite impulsive and irritable.

As for the senior's name... that couldn't be used as a criterion for judgment. After all, the senior only told him a pseudonym called "Claude".

This kind of name is so fake that you can tell at a glance... Unless the predecessor is an overseas Chinese who has made a living overseas, he would not give himself such a name.

"At least judging by your looks, you must be from the same place."

Suddenly, a slightly childish voice sounded, and at the same time, the green crystal hanging on Emilia's chest emitted a faint glow, and then a large fairy that looked like a cat condensed its body on the shoulder of the silver-haired girl.

"Oh! He shows up! The guy who went to sleep yesterday!" Subaru Natsuki shouted exaggeratedly.

"Ahaha... I heard everything from Leah. I didn't expect that I didn't stop it at that time... Thank you for standing up and protecting Leah." Parker touched his head embarrassedly, and his long cat tail swayed slightly.

Even though she was the one being protected, Emilia still blamed Subaru Natsuki: "You actually stood up for someone you just met for the first time, Subaru, you were too impulsive at that time. If I hadn't brought you back in time, you might have really died."

"It was indeed a bit impulsive..." Natsuki Subaru sighed, "But you are wrong about one thing. This is not the first time we have met, so it is natural for me to stand up for you. Now we are even."

"Eh? Have I seen Subaru somewhere? I have no impression of him at all." Emilia was slightly stunned when she heard that.

Subaru Natsuki remembered his senior's warning and said with a wry smile: "You don't have to remember. It's enough for me to remember."

Death and return is his biggest secret. As his predecessor said, if it is exposed casually, it will probably bring him endless troubles.

"You talk so strangely..." Emilia said.

"But Leah, Subaru didn't lie. Maybe we really have met each other somewhere before." Parker said thoughtfully.

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"What happened to that sister?"

In the living room, Alice, who was sitting on the sofa, asked Li Shanren.

She had no idea who Elsa was, she just thought she was a beautiful sister who was badly injured.

"It's okay now."

Li Shanren smiled faintly and sat beside her.

"Is she dangerous?" Alice asked, remembering Li Shanren's previous warning.

"Yes, it's very dangerous." Li Shanren nodded and touched Alice's hair, "But for us, she is safe now."

Under the constraints of the contract, Elsa was forbidden to harm Li Shanren and his relatives and friends in any way, whether directly or indirectly, physically, mentally, or by maliciously instilling bad thoughts, etc.

Once these behaviors are committed, even if there are just signs of them, the contract will automatically impose severe punishment as a warning.

After repeated violations, the contract will automatically become invalid, and then divine punishment will come, with no possibility of begging for mercy.

When divine punishment comes, no matter what kind of protection she has or the cursed doll, it will be completely destroyed.

Although the true gods of this world do not walk on the continent, everyone is very secretive when talking about them.

The ashes of this world cannot be integrated into the Soul Summoning Bell, otherwise it would be a wonderful thing to burn Elsa and throw her into the Soul Summoning Bell.

After studying the rules of the border, Li Shanren guessed that the reason for this situation is that the souls of people in this world will not attach to the ashes after death. It is unknown whether they dissipated automatically or went somewhere else.

The rules of death in this world are sound, and everyone has the right to die.

At the border, if nothing unexpected happens, the souls of the dead will be accepted into the golden tree, waiting to be reborn.

But some souls, if for various reasons, do not return to the Golden Tree, may attach themselves to their own ashes.

The essence of the soul-calling bell absorbing ashes is actually to absorb the soul, not the ashes themselves. If there is no soul attached, absorbing ashes is meaningless.

"what is her name?"

"You can ask her. It would be better if she tells you herself."

"Will she stay with us from now on?"

"Maybe. I need to think about it again." Li Shanren answered Alice's question patiently.

"By the way, Alice..." Li Shanren asked another question, "Have you ever found out what business your parents are in?"

"No... they never told me..."

Alice looked bewildered.

"Well... I don't know, that's good." Li Shanren nodded and quickly ended the topic, "I have to go out now, can you stay at home with Butler Sean?"

"Are you going out again?" Alice asked with concern.

"Well, I have to go investigate some things and will be back within today."

After saying that, Li Shanren stood up, straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, and walked out the door.

The little girl with silver-gray curly hair sat for a while, holding the hem of her skirt. Before Li Shanren pushed the door open and left, she suddenly stood up and asked, "Did Brother Li Sein find out anything about my parents? Can you tell me?"

Li Shanren paused for a moment, then held the door handle. "I'll tell you after I figure out everything, okay?"

After that, without waiting for Alice to reply, he pushed the door open and walked out.

In the front yard of the villa, the old housekeeper Sean was weeding. When he saw Li Shanren about to go out, he stopped what he was doing and asked, "Have you decided to go to that place?"

From last night till now, Sean's mind is still a little confused.

Suddenly, the young lady who had been missing for half a year was brought back by a young man, who also informed the master of the death of his wife and knew the situation at home in detail.

Sean once thought that the young man intended to use the young lady to embezzle the property left by the master and the lady, even though they had no other property except this property that could not pay the land tax.

But if it were put up for sale, it would probably fetch one or two thousand gold luxo.

After all, this is the royal capital, and it is close to the bustling central district.

This amount of money is enough to allow a middle-class family to leap into the wealthy class in one step.

But soon after the young man arrived, he quickly gave Sean some money and asked him to pay the outstanding land tax first.

Although the land tax is not high compared to the value of the property, it is still not affordable for ordinary people.

Land tax is generally calculated based on the estimated value of the land and its attachments. The tax is collected proportionally after taking the total value, and is basically 5%.

The more valuable the land and buildings, the more land tax will be charged.

If one day the owner of a house can no longer afford to pay the land tax, it means that he has fallen out of his class, and the wealth he originally occupied will become a piece of cake and be redistributed to other people who are capable of keeping the wealth.

In Sean's eyes, this young man who calls himself "Claude" might be the one who can help the young lady keep her wealth, and the young lady trusts him very much.

Therefore, when faced with the questions asked by "Claude", Sean basically answered honestly.

And it was during those questions that Sean realized that the young man wanted to investigate the cause of death of the master and the lady.

For Sean, this behavior was really risky.

The master and the mistress would not be assassinated for no reason. Sean only knew some clues about the conspiracy involved.

That might be... related to the "business dealings" between the master and the mistress.

In fact, Sean was not very willing to let the young lady be involved in the affairs of the master and the mistress. He hoped that Sir Claude could take the young lady away and never come back.

However, last night, when the two of them were sitting alone, he heard the young man whisper:

"If we don't find them, what will we do if they come looking for us one day? Avoiding the problem will not solve it. It will only let the problem ferment slowly when you can't see it and finally explode. So I have to solve the problem thoroughly before it appears."

Sean didn't know what the young man's confidence was in saying these things, but he couldn't refuse the other party's request, so he could only tell him what he knew.

"If you really want to investigate, you can go to the Topson Orphanage in the west of the city."

"What is that place?"

"That's where the master and the lady grew up. They were orphans there."

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I looked at houses for a few days. The cheap ones were dirty and messy, and the expensive ones were expensive. Sigh...

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