The Reincarnators
chapter 49: the fox contract (part 1)

"argg, my body..," said Kazuto who opened his eyes and saw the roof of his tent, his own body bandaged, especially in the abdomen and face because of his fight with the fox.

"by the way how about it," muttered Kazuto who then came out of his tent to see katia and ren preparing dinner.

"oh kazuto you're awake" said Katia, who ran to Kazuto, helping him to walk while ren gave him a warm drink to drink.

"this," said ren, who handed the drink over to Kazuto.

"thank you" said Kazuto who took the glass from ren's hand and drank it.

"do you believe, ?" ask Katia who is worried about her boyfriend's condition.

"i'm just a little tired, you don't have to worry" Kazuto said.

"yes, come on, by the way what have you been doing for these 3 days, ?" ask katia.

"oh, that, I trained my skills so that I could use my green model," said kazuto, before he could use green mode due to the magic that calmed him in the park on the mountain peak back then, therefore he went to a place that could calm him down and that place was a place where no one would want to enter, so that place was the perfect place to practice.

"by the way where is that fox, ?" kazuto asked katia and ren.

"he's in a katia tent, he still has some scars from the fight against you" said ren, who helped the kazuto walk to see the fox he defeated.

"she's okay, it's just that she received wounds that are just as bad as you," said Katia who opened her tent and showed the sleeping fox with some bandages on her body.

"eugh." said the fox who seemed to be about to wake up, and immediately opened his eyes and looked at kazuto as well as the others.

"so I did, I lost yes" said the fox who remembered defeat but in his tone there was no resentment, but a sense of relief and satisfaction.

"do you have to be okay, ?" asked the worried Kazuto, earlier when he used his last attack, he put in all the remaining magic he had in the attack, because he needed an attack strong enough to destroy the fox's attack and enough to defeat it.

"i'm fine, you passed the test, you deserve to be my contractor, please make a contract with me," said the fox, who stood up and prostrated to Kazuto, asking him to be his contractor.

"all right, we'll do the contract tomorrow, it's almost night and our bodies are still recovering," kazuto said that getting a nod from the fox who was rumbling because he did not eat anything for a full day.

"hahah, it seems like the fight was really draining your calm, we have enough food for everything, so let's eat," ren said that shows the results of his hunt is fish and some meat from the animals he hunted, then they ate the dish and returned to rest for tomorrow.

In the morning Kazuto woke up in his tent along with ren, because at this time his tent was occupied by katia, while the katia tent was occupied by foxes.

"it seems like it's time we made a contract" said the fox, who has recovered enough to walk on his own, as well as the kazuto.

"to make a contract with me you must first give me your blood to make the first contract, 1 drop of your blood is enough, then the next step is to give me a name," the word fox which at that time made kazuto, katia and ren forget another important fact, if they for 3 days did not know the name of the fox.

"wait, does that mean you don't have a name from the beginning, ?" ask Ren who doesn't know about it.

"yes, any magical creature that has not had a contract with anyone has no name, just like me," the fox said.

"so so," said kazuto, he himself did not pay attention to it because he had previously been too focused on the fox's challenge to make a contract with him, until he had forgotten about it.

"by the way can I ask you something," said Katia to the fox who immediately nodded her head.

"what race has the most contracts with magic creatures, ?" tanya katia, earlier when the coachman's uncle said that if the human race was the lowest to make a contract with a magic creature, she became curious about what race the magic creatures were interested in.

Of course he had already made a hypothesis as to what race had the most contracts, but it would be more if he confirmed it at the moment.

"the first race is the elf race, then the devil, the next the demi-human, and the last is the human" the fox said.

"so that is, wait for the demon race to also make a contract," said Ren who was surprised if the demon race was in second place.

"yes, most magical creatures are looking for people who have great power to make them as contractors, one of them is a wolf, a crow, and a lizard, they are the type of magic creatures who only think about the quality of their contractor, if their contractor is no longer useful then they will cancel their contract with their contractor and leave it, he said, because they are no longer useful" said the fox.

"and are you just like them, too, ?" asked Katia who was looking at the fox with a serious face, if indeed this fox would leave kazuto when he was in danger then katia would not hesitate to kill him right in this place while he was still in recovery, he didn't care if they gained a strong alliance even if it was only temporary, he didn't want someone who would stab their back when they were in desperate need.

"no, although there are some magic creatures that are like that but we are not like that, we fox clan are a loyal clan to their contractors, we have our own honor, he said, if you do not believe my words, then please pay attention from now on if I will devote myself to kazuto as long as I am alive," the fox said that made Katia retreat with her words, but even so she would still keep an eye on him, just in case the fox would betray them.

"alright, I trust you," said Kazuto who had made his decision.

"but kazut-" said Katia who tried to deny but ren stopped her

"let's go katia, leave her alone" said ren, honestly she was the same as katia after hearing the words of the fox, but even so he was sure that not all magic creatures had the nature of abandoning their contractors, just as it seemed.

"you just believe me, aren't you afraid that someday I'll love you, ?" ask the fox who does not understand why kazuto believes it that easily, despite having heard the story.

"you heard that kazuto, even he himself said that, how can we trust in the person who might stab us in the back one day" said Katia who pointed at the fox, who was looking at the fox, obviously not happy with kazuto's decision to believe it that easily.

"if he is what you're talking about like that katia, then why would he bother to use the blood contract" Kazuto said.