บท 162: Divulgence

Vanessa added, "And that was when I met her". She slowly pivoted her head towards the punished Claire, her gaze fixated and fierce. At first, I thought that she needed help, so I offered my assistance by enlisting her as one of my workers. Little did I know, she would soon betray me in the most savage of ways, viciously stealing my blood and using a mysterious artefact to shapeshift into me and coerce me into a binding contract".

I asked. "A slave contract". My tone was laced with doubt.

"No, it was a trader's contract - a binding agreement that can only be established between two or more parties" Vanessa explained. "Despite it being just a Tier One trader's contract, it is sold for a hefty sum of 5,000 gold coins. The deal stipulated that I was forbidden from revealing her identity to anyone and was obligated to comply with any command she issued".