As mentioned before, Heavenly Strike is an ultimate skill of trump card nature for the Flügel race.
Once released, the Flügel will regress to their juvenile period, and even with the help of a treatment room, it would take several years to recover to normal.
And now, Jibril, defeated by the Holy Sword of the Stars, has regressed to her loli state.
Her disheveled appearance, damaged clothing, combined with that juvenile body, quite resembled a crime scene.
"Ugh..."
Thanks to Artoria's restraint, Jibril only shook her head and wobbled as she climbed out of the crater.
After looking down at her small body, she raised her head to look at Ryuga and his group.
"Did... did I lose?"
Her voice carried confusion and difficulty accepting reality.
[Tohsaka Rin: "That's right! You lost, and lost miserably, without even seeing Ryuga-sama take action!"]
With such a good opportunity, Tohsaka Rin naturally chose to kick her while she was down.
This is what you get for being so arrogant before, finally hitting an iron plate, right?
She originally thought that with Jibril's arrogant personality, she would never easily admit her defeat.
However, unexpectedly, after just two seconds of recollection, the young Jibril immediately nodded and acknowledged this fact.
"That's right, I indeed lost, lost to this sword."
She cast a curious gaze at the Holy Sword of the Stars in Artoria's hand.
"Um... could you let me take a look?"
She made a very presumptuous request.
Facing this enemy, Artoria naturally wouldn't agree.
"No way!"
If the Holy Sword of the Stars were taken away, wouldn't that be dangerous?
"Eh... stingy."
Jibril grumbled dissatisfied, then spread her hands, facing Ryuga with a completely giving-up attitude.
"According to our previous agreement, I am now your property, no matter how you use me, I won't have the slightest complaint."
After saying this, she swayed and lifted her tattered skirt hem, bowing slightly to everyone.
"My name is Jibril, please call me by this name."
Seeing the previously crazy girl suddenly acting so obedient and docile, everyone felt surprised.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Suddenly so obedient, is this a trap?"]
[Kanae: "Hard to imagine her arrogant appearance when challenging before."]
[Erica: "What exactly are the Flügel? Their attitude switches so fast I can't keep up."]
Even Ryuga was slightly surprised.
Looking at the petite loli before him, he spoke.
"You're not going to renege on the deal?"
According to his knowledge, the Flügel weren't exactly a race that must strictly adhere to honesty.
Although Flügel rarely lie, when facing bets with their own lives at stake, being flexible with standards would be natural.
Facing Ryuga's question, Jibril proudly puffed out her small chest.
"Of course I thought about reneging! I was even planning to run away just now!"
As an invited member, she could interrupt the crossing and return to her own world at any time.
If so, she wouldn't need to worry about the constraints of defeat.
[Tohsaka Rin: "It's clearly something shameful, why does she say it so righteously?"]
Tohsaka Rin was shocked by Jibril's thick skin.
Is this something that can be said?
[Kanae: "Speaking of which, this is also a kind of honesty, right?"]
[Madoka: "So, why didn't you run away?"]
Ryuga asked the same question.
And Jibril's answer was—
"I thought about it simply. If I ran away, you would probably block me, and I'd never be able to visit other different worlds again, nor see new powers, right?"
"In that case, I could only watch you chat and traverse worlds... How could I endure that!"
The reason she gave was unexpectedly realistic.
[Tohsaka Rin: "To be honest, indeed."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "If you really ran away, we definitely wouldn't want to interact with you anymore, and would actively warn newcomers."]
The chat group is ultimately a place for making friends, and those types who want to dominate everyone from the start would be unconsciously excluded by everyone.
"So this is the result of weighing pros and cons?"
Ryuga looked at Jibril.
He could roughly guess the reason why she would rather become someone's property than give up contact with otherworldly powers.
"You could say that!"
Jibril nodded.
"Besides, if Artosh-sama knew that I clearly lost but didn't fulfill my loser's obligations, he would expel me from the Flügel. In that case, I might as well honor the agreement."
Speaking, she glanced at Artoria, then at Ryuga.
"Furthermore, I'm very interested in your views on power and the strong! If you could fulfill one small request of mine, I would wholeheartedly obey your commands! No matter what you want me to do!"
Speaking to the end, she deliberately raised her head, her large eyes sparkling with anticipation, clearly having something to ask for.
For such obvious tactics, Ryuga naturally wouldn't take the bait.
"Although I don't know what your so-called request is, since you've already chosen to honor the agreement and become my property, you should naturally obey my commands. What temptation does the bargaining chip you're offering now have?"
Faced with Ryuga's calm counter-question, Jibril, whose cute act failed, didn't give up.
"Even if obeying commands, there's still a difference between active and passive, right? Aren't you worried that I might resist your commands later? I might cause trouble!"
She blinked, her gaze sly.
"No problem."
Ryuga shook his head.
"Ah?"
This time it was Jibril who was confused.
"You can try to resist my commands, provided you can do it."
Ryuga added.
Seeing Jibril still somewhat puzzled, he spoke again.
"Jibril, sit down."
"Hm? Eh... ah!"
Jibril was slightly stunned. Before she could react, her body had already sat down on its own.
Suddenly sitting duck-style on the ground, she looked completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
"What's going on? What happened? My body completely won't listen to me?!"
After a moment of surprise, she immediately turned her gaze to Ryuga.
"What did you do?"
"I possess divinity related to contracts."
Ryuga explained simply.
"The agreement you made with me is equivalent to signing a contract. Once the contract takes effect, it cannot be violated."
The Wild Boar incarnation symbolizes Verethragna's aspect of maintaining contracts. Ryuga extracted this authority through mythological techniques and combined it with the Command Spell system.
So, anyone who signs a contract with Ryuga, even just a verbal agreement, would be bound by Mithra's divinity.
Now, even though Jibril only verbally confirmed becoming Ryuga's property, under the contract divinity's effect, she had actually become Ryuga's subordinate and couldn't refuse his commands.
Of course, the contract's binding isn't absolute. As long as one is willing to pay the price, there's still the possibility of breaking free.
However, for Jibril in her loli state, this is completely impossible.
Now she only has the power equivalent to a Heretic God level.
"So regardless of whether I'm willing to honor the agreement, the outcome was actually decided from the very beginning?"
Only now did Jibril realize this.
"Mm, you should be glad you made the right choice and don't have to bear the punishment for breaking your word."
Ryuga nodded.
Since the other party had delivered herself to his door, how could he let Jibril have the possibility of easily leaving?
"...Fine!"
Realizing she had no possibility of resistance and no bargaining chips, Jibril immediately became dejected.
"Jibril-chan has failed completely."
This time it's over. Not only did she trap herself, but she completely became a prisoner.
With her previous arrogant attitude, her current master probably wouldn't tell her what she wanted to know.
Just as she was completely giving up on negotiation, Ryuga suddenly asked.
"What was the request you wanted to mention earlier?"
"I wanted to ask you to demonstrate what true power is... I provoked you specifically for this question. If you want to hear the specific reasons, I can tell you everything."
Jibril said dejectedly with drooping wings.
Originally, she wanted to explore Ryuga's power by observing him in action.
Who knew the other party hadn't even acted before she lost.
She couldn't blame the opponent for being too strong, only herself for being too weak.
"Just this?"
Hearing Jibril's words, Ryuga asked back.
"Just this... hm? Ryuga-sama, do you mean?!"
Jibril casually nodded, only realizing something was wrong halfway through. She widened her eyes looking at Ryuga, even her form of address became more affectionate.
"As my property, you have no qualifications to negotiate with me."
Ryuga began.
"However, I don't mind occasionally fulfilling my subordinate's wishes."
Speaking, he slightly raised his hand.
Massive cursed power torrents gathered in Ryuga's hand, finally forming the very familiar spear of light.
To be continued...
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