My Endless Life

Nothingness, cold.

There was darkness in front of Li Qi's eyes.

He could not see anything, nor could he feel anything.

It was as if he had entered into an eternal silence.

Was he dead?

Was he really dead this time? Was there no chance of reincarnation?

Because he had always come to a new life as soon as he closed his eyes, Li Qi had never experienced this feeling of being in darkness.

He could not feel anything, his body, his life, his magic... even his superpowers seemed to be unable to be activated.

Li Qi only felt as if he was wandering somewhere, as if he was floating in the river.

Floating in an unknown direction.

This lasted for an unknown period of time before Li Qi finally felt the rhythm of life.

He felt as if he had passed through a certain place and taken something away, and then his consciousness fell into endless silence and darkness again.

This time, he completely "fainted".

………

Early morning, Rubino City.

In the Asahi Welfare Home, Ronnie, who was only fifteen years old, got up from the bed and opened the curtains.

The sun shone through the window, shining into the small room, and also shining Ronnie's short golden hair.

Ronnie squinted his eyes and bathed in the sun, then turned around and began to shake the beds of other companions in the room.

"Hey! Rumi, Emma! Get up, get up!"

The boys and girls who were about the same age as Ronnie opened their eyes.

The brown-haired boy named Rumi rubbed his eyes, glanced at Ronnie who was running around excitedly, and turned over in bed without saying a word.

On the contrary, the black-haired girl named Emma, ​​in a very bad temper, grabbed the pillow on the bed and threw it at Ronnie:

"What time is it now! Stupid Ronnie!"

Ronnie raised his hand and grabbed the pillow, and said to Emma with a smile:

"It's already five o'clock in the morning, the contract ceremony is at seven o'clock, and we still have two hours."

"Two hours..." Rumi muttered on the bed: "...Then I'll sleep for another half an hour."

"Don't sleep! This is a contract ceremony! What if you are late!"

Ronnie ran to Rumi and swung his little friend.

The contract ceremony is a special ceremony that everyone in this world will experience once when they become adults.

The content of the ceremony is very simple. In a small venue, four levels of relics treasures from low to high will be placed.

The contractor will make a contract connection with the lost treasures. If the connection is successful, he can use the relics treasures and become a glorious fog explorer.

But if the contract fails, he can only be an ordinary person.

Unable to leave the city-state to explore the fog zone, he can only live in the city for the rest of his life.

Ronnie's dream is to become a fog explorer, and to become the best fog explorer among them, so he attaches great importance to today's contract ceremony.

He doesn't ask for a good relic treasure to contract, as long as he can contract a third-level or even fourth-level treasure, he will be satisfied.

However, if possible, it is better to contract a high-level treasure.

Although the relic treasure can be replaced later, the first treasure contracted is related to one's potential.

If the lowest-level fourth-level relic is really contracted, doesn't it mean that Ronnie's potential is very poor...

With such trepidation and some expectation, Ronnie and his friends completed the morning training, ate lunch in the morning, and finally waited for the long-awaited contract ceremony.

The age of concluding a contract with a relic treasure is generally between fourteen and seventeen years old.

It is said that in larger cities, this age will have a very uniform standard, which seems to be sixteen years old.

But in Rubino, a small town near the foggy area, the contract ceremony is very casual.

Take the Asahi Welfare Home as an example. Every three years, all children aged 14 and above and 17 and below can sign a contract.

Ronnie heard from the teachers of the welfare home that it seemed that this was because of limited resources, so they were allocated in this way.

He didn't understand much about these, but it was fine as long as he could sign a contract, and he didn't need to care so much.

There were 13 children in the Asahi Welfare Home who signed contracts with relics today.

The oldest was nearly 17 years old, and the youngest seemed to have just turned 14.

Ronnie was among them, and he was 15 years old this year.

Although there were only 13 children, there were 20 relics and treasures on the scene.

Among them, there were three second-level relics, eight third-level relics, and the remaining nine were fourth-level relics.

Ronnie's eyes were on the three second-level relics on the scene.

Most of the relics of level 3 and 4 are mass-produced relics that humans can make. Only relics of level 2 and above are truly unique and precious treasures excavated from the fog area.

Although Ronnie always thinks that he would be satisfied if he could get a level 3 or even level 4 relic, he also has the fantasy of being recognized by a level 2 relic.

He is now fantasizing about this and looking at the three level 2 relics.

Relics are all strange and the higher the level of the relic treasure, the more likely it is to be strange.

The three level 2 relics that are now presented in front of Ronnie are like this.

An oval-shaped thing that looks like scales.

A necklace that looks like jewelry.

There is also a black container that looks like a bottle.

The three level 2 relics are all different, and they are very different from the uniformly made level 3 and 4 relics.

The teachers in charge of the review at the welfare home did not seem to have the intention of introducing these relics and treasures to the children.

After confirming that everyone was present, the teacher of the welfare home, a fog explorer at the level of residual fog, directly announced the start of this contract ceremony.

"First, An!"

According to the initials of everyone's name, the first one was a sixteen-year-old girl named An.

She walked forward with excitement and some nervousness.

The teacher said to her:

"Touch the second-level relic first, and then touch the third and fourth levels."

"Yes."

An said tremblingly, then walked to the side of the second-level relic and put her hands on the second-level relics one by one.

No reaction.

Seeing this, Ronnie was a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.

Disappointed that he could not see the scene of other people signing a contract with the second-level relic, but fortunately, the second-level relic was still there, and he still had a chance.

The way to sign a contract with a relic is very simple, put your hand on it, and resonate with it with your heart.

If the relic reacts, it means the contract is successful.

If the relic does not react, it means the contract fails.

A very simple way to distinguish.

After An touched the second-level relic and saw no reaction, she then touched the third-level relic. The first few relic treasures brought out from the fog area had no reaction.

Until the end, she touched one of the standard third-level relics and finally got a reaction.

The third-level relic that looked like a dagger lit up.

"An! The contract is successful, and the relic treasure contracted is a third-level sharp blade dagger!"

Pa pa pa pa——

Applause rang out around.

Ronnie also clapped hard, and at the same time, he looked at An with a little more envy.

The successful signing of the contract means that An may become a fog explorer in the future, a great fog explorer!

That has always been Ronnie's dream.

Now that An's contract is successful, Ronnie seems to see the realization of his dream.

"Next, Emma!"

After An, it was Ronnie's roommate Emma.

The black-haired girl, who was the same age as Ronnie, glanced at him when she passed by him.

Ronnie made a gesture of encouragement to her, and the girl retracted her gaze and put her hand on the second-level relic in the same way as An just now.

The necklace-like thing didn't react, and the bottle-like thing didn't react either.

But when Emma put her hand on the scale-like thing, the scale suddenly released a dazzling light!

"Emma! The contract of the second-level relic 'Dragon Scale' was successful!!"

The teacher also widened his eyes when he saw this, and then shouted excitedly.

He had reason to be excited.

There are very few people who can contract a second-level relic, and they are rare in the entire kingdom.

It can even be said that as long as you can get a second-level relic, it is basically certain that you will at least be a heavy fog explorer in the future!

Emma was recognized by the second-level relic, which made Ronnie very happy.

Unlike An before, Emma is one of Ronnie's best friends. She was recognized by the second-level relic, and Ronnie would not have any jealousy, but would only feel happy for her from the bottom of his heart.

After getting the second-level relic, Emma raised her little head and walked back to the crowd, looking extremely proud.

The applause around became more enthusiastic, and most people looked at Emma with envy and jealousy.

After Emma, ​​the contract ceremony of others became more ordinary.

Most of them were level 4, and occasionally a few could sign a contract with level 3, which was already very good.

Until another child from the orphanage came forward.

"Next, Li Qi!"

Ronnie heard a familiar name.

He looked at the crowd.

He saw a brown-haired boy who was about the same height and age as him, walking out of the crowd expressionlessly and coming to the relics.

Ronnie knew this boy.

His name was Li Qi, and he was also a child who grew up in an orphanage.

But he was a loner and had no friends around him. Ronnie once tried to make friends with him, but he was pushed away coldly.

At that time, Emma was still very angry, saying that he deserved to have no friends.

In the orphanage, children who were alone were easily bullied, but for some reason, this child named Li Qi had never been bullied.

It is said that there was a big kid who was still in the orphanage who wanted to bully him, but a few days later, the big kid was adopted and left the orphanage.

Ronnie heard that before leaving, the big kid seemed to be beaten by Li Qi... or something.

Although it was just a legend.

Anyway, this kid named Li Qi was a very mysterious existence in the orphanage. Even though he had lived with him for so long, Ronnie didn't know what he liked or hated.

He didn't even remember his voice.

Li Qi walked out of the crowd, and the other children cast distant and disliked eyes at him.

This was also natural. Ronnie was not the only one who was rejected by Li Qi as a friend.

Everyone expressed goodwill to him, but he pushed everyone away equally.

Naturally, no one would like such a child.

"Can he be recognized by the relic?"

"He doesn't like making friends with people so much, so he probably doesn't want to make friends with the relic..."

"Disgusting, it's better that the contract fails!"

The children discussed.

Ronnie frowned, frowning like the teacher.

Even if Li Qi is not liked by others, you can't curse him like this, right?

Thinking of this, under the gaze of everyone, Li Qi had already placed his hand on the second-level relic.

But no one expected that as soon as he placed his hand on the relic, the relic lit up.

That was a brighter and more gorgeous light than when Emma touched the relic before!

"Li... Li Qi! The contract of the second-level relic 'Mist Bottle' was successful! Congratulations!!"

Another second-level relic was taken away, and it was still Li Qi who was not liked by others. Most of the children present showed a dissatisfied expression of "How could this happen".

Even the applause became patter, not as crisp as before.

The only person who really applauded seriously was Ronnie. He was very happy to applaud Li Qi. After all, in his opinion, no matter who it was, as long as he could get the recognition of the second-level relic and become a mist explorer, it was worth congratulating!

Although he was somewhat jealous that the second-level relic was taken away by someone who was not a friend.

But he was more happy, happy for Li Qi.

However, Ronnie's happiness only lasted until he touched the relic.

Just as Ronnie had 'expected', he really only contracted a fourth-level relic.

"Um... well, Ronnie contracted a fourth-level relic... well..."

The teacher said, and glanced at the relic list, and then said something that made Ronnie want to cry: "... The contract of the fourth-level relic 'Unnamed Relic' was successful! Congratulations!"

There were obviously two second-level relic holders, but when it came to me, there was not even a name for the relic! ?