Chapter 16

“I’m giving you my seat as the Head of the household.”

Yeriel grew speechless. Her lips had stopped cursing me entirely. I found it adorable, the way she blinked in confusion, her mouth puffing as she tried to make sense of what I just said and reply to me at the same time.

“You…you’re lying!” Ariel spat the words out, barely managing to compose even that short sentence.

“Your manner of speaking still has no class or elegance to it.”

“…That’s a lie!”

“That’s a little better.”

“…See! That’s a lie as well!”

I shook my head at her reply. She still seemed unable to believe me.

“I don’t lie.”

“…”

Only then did her hands start to shake. Her eyes began roaming around the room, seemingly looking for something.

“Pen…I-I need a pen and paper…memorandum…write a memorandum right now.”

“You have no dignity.”

“See, that’s…”

“A lie? I’d have already cut off your finger before you could point it at me and say that. Would it not be better if I just take an oath?”

“…”

An oath was far more significant to a wizard than to ordinary people. Simply put, it was no different from applying a memory-based magic spell that would bind their souls to the promise they took. Breaking it would either result in their death or the loss of their power.

“Really…will you really?”

“Yes.”