Chapter 537 Maid of Darkness

Chapter 537 Maid of Darkness
The candlelight in the secret room flickered slightly, and Xie Lin stared at Jiadeer quietly, his eyes as deep as the night. After a moment, he slowly spoke, his voice calm but with an irresistible pressure.

"make a deal."

Jiadel's eyelashes trembled, she knew what these two words meant.

This means that she gave up her talent and freedom, successfully bid farewell to her miserable past, and exchanged it for a brand new life.

"I will provide you with opportunities and resources to conduct magic research, so that you will have conditions far beyond what you have had before. But the corresponding price is..." Xie Lin's eyes turned and fell sharply on her, "You must be willing to sign the contract and serve me as your master from now on."

Jiadel's indifferent face darkened. She was not stupid. She knew very well that this contract meant the end of her freedom. She would become the slave of the young man in front of her and would obey him absolutely from then on and be at his disposal.

She did not respond immediately, but remained silent for a moment, as if weighing the pros and cons. Xie Ling did not urge her, but just looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, waiting for her final decision.

Jiadel pursed her lips tightly. She knew that she actually had no choice.

Once upon a time, she thought she could gain a foothold in the magic world with her talent, but the reality was extremely cruel. No matter how impressive the diploma from Beauxbatons was, it could not change her background, nor could it give her real opportunities.

She once lingered in front of the Paris Potion Masters Guild for a long time, wanting to apply for an assistant position, but was impatiently driven away by the doorman because she was wearing a faded old coat and looked like a worthless "pauper girl".

She also tried to apply for an apprenticeship at the Alchemy Institute, but she couldn't even get in. Those wizards of noble birth didn't even look at her, and some even sneered: "Lestrange? What qualifications do you have to inherit this family name?"

A fallen nobleman suffers more malice in society than ordinary people.

Finally, she was forced to work as a tailor in a third-rate wizard clothing store, sewing gorgeous wizard robes for customers day after day, and occasionally studying alchemical runes in a shabby little room at night with the remaining weak light. Her hands were calloused from long-term cutting of cloth and drawing of engraved patterns, and her salary was so meager that she couldn't even afford basic potions.

She's had enough.

If there really is destiny in this world, she thought, her life might have been predetermined long ago.

Jiadel took a deep breath and nodded slowly: "I accept."

Xie Ling smiled slightly, as if he had already anticipated her answer.

"very good."

He stood up from his chair and walked towards Jiadel calmly. He stretched out his wand from his sleeve. As he uttered the profound and difficult spell, the Demon Servant Contract emerged from the void, and an ancient and majestic aura suddenly descended into the secret room.

Jiadaier opened her eyes wide, unable to maintain her indifferent expression any longer. She could feel the powerful force in the contract. This was definitely not an ordinary contract. Once signed, there would be no chance of turning back. A sense of fear suddenly grew from the bottom of her heart. She could feel her heart beating hard. Reason told her to turn back. What was waiting for her ahead was most likely an abyss that she could not imagine.

but--

There was no way out for her.

There was no way she could go back to the dirty and smelly Paris sewer, sleeping on the cold and hard floor day and night, enduring the bites of insects, and worrying about attacks from snakes, insects, rats, ants and all kinds of unknown creatures.

She gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and firmly touched the contract scroll floating in the air, reciting her own demon oath according to the ancient words on it.

The moment the oath ended, the contract rune shook violently and moved like a living thing. The black light wrapped around her wrist like a wriggling tentacle, quickly climbing up, winding all the way up, sliding over her slender arm, climbing to her shoulder, and finally condensing into a cold chain on the side of her snow-white neck, tightly wrapping around her throat.

The contract takes effect.

Gardel's breathing stagnated slightly, the chains emitted a cold luster, and slowly tightened as if they had life. She could feel the invisible restraint, as if it could tighten at any time and make her surrender like suffocation.

Her chest rose and fell slightly, and her breathing began to become rapid.

"Relax." Xie Lin's voice was a little lazy. He stretched out his hand and gently lifted Jiadel's chin with his fingertips, forcing her to meet his gaze. His fingertips slowly slid down her trembling jaw until they stopped on the chain-shaped demon mark. As if sensing the master's will, the restless chain stopped squirming and slowly loosened.

Jiadel gasped for air, her face full of fear, her body trembling. However, even though the suffocating feeling had disappeared, she could still feel the chill on her neck, as if reminding her that the boy in front of her was her master from now on.

Xie Lin's hand slowly stroked her cheek. Jia Daier only felt a warm feeling coming from Xie Lin's palm, with a power that made people relax unconsciously. The fear in her heart was gradually replaced by another strange emotion. When her eyes met Xie Lin's snake-shaped pupils flashing red, a strange feeling slowly grew in her heart. She herself did not even notice that the resistance and fear in her heart were being swallowed up bit by bit.

"Let go of your fear and forget your past..." Xie Lin's gentle voice sounded in Jiadel's ears, "Your smart brain does not need to be filled with unnecessary pain. Your new life is waiting for you, as long as you fully accept your new identity... the identity of a demon servant..."

Jiadel stared at him in a daze, as if a shackle in her mind had been quietly unlocked.

Yes, why should she resist?

She had lived so hard, but was still cruelly teased by fate.

Now, a brand new identity and life lies before her. Instead of immersing herself in the past, it is better to completely forget the past and embrace the new identity.

Xie Lin smiled slightly and whispered, "From today on, you are my demon servant. My position in your heart is above everything else. My will must be conveyed and my orders must be obeyed. As long as you show absolute loyalty to me, you will get everything you have been thinking about day and night."

Jiadel's breathing became steady, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Xie Lin had changed. It was full of unreserved obedience and awe. She knew that she had let go of all her guard and accepted the fact that she had become a "demon servant" from the bottom of her heart.

From now on, the only meaning of her life is to serve her Lord, Shaylin Malfoy.

She knelt on the ground obediently, and said in a firm and extremely pious voice: "Magic Servant Jiadel, I pay my respects to my Lord." "Very good," Xie Lin withdrew his hand, sat back in the high-backed chair, and folded his fingers. "Since you have surrendered to me, then I have to make arrangements for you next-"

"Master, please give me your orders. Jiadel is willing to die for me."

Xie Lin said slowly: "The first thing is - after you leave here, go find Selwyn and ask him to help you gain a foothold in the Lestrange family as soon as possible and support you to become the nominal head of the family. After you complete this task, you can lead the Lestrange family to surrender to me and become my vassal family."

"Master, please rest assured. Jiadel will definitely do this!"

"On weekdays, you manage the Lestrange family for me. This should not be difficult for you," Sherin sneered. "After all, there are not many people left in the Lestrange family who need to be managed. But you must make sure that you can hold on to power tightly. It is best to cultivate a few loyal confidants. In this way, when the two guys in Azkaban come out, they will not be able to easily take your position."

Jiadel's expression remained unchanged, but there was a ripple in her heart.

She knew who Sherin was talking about. The Lestrange brothers and Bellatrix were both notorious figures. She could not believe that she, who was born in a lowly branch family, would now be on equal footing with them and even compete with them for power and profit.

"If you don't understand something, ask Selwyn." Sherin continued, "He is well versed in the art of government and you can learn a lot from him."

"Yes." Gardel nodded slightly, with a fighting spirit she had never had before in her eyes. She had found a new direction in her life. She was no longer the poor creature wandering in the underground sewers of Paris, but the head of the Lestrange family and the magic servant of Sherin.

Xie Lin looked at her, his lips slightly raised, a meaningful smile appeared in his eyes: "In fact, a family head doesn't have much practical work to handle personally. The rest of the time, you can come to my place."

Jiadaier was slightly startled: "Master, what do you mean...?"

Xie Ling said calmly: "Since you like research and experiments, I will let you be my laboratory assistant and assist me in managing my private laboratory." The laboratory he was talking about was the dark laboratory hidden in the space of the suitcase, which was used to conduct various dangerous and cruel experiments. It was previously managed by Sharf.

But Sharfu is the shadow leader of the Dragon Head Group of the Sleeping Dragon Society, and she also has to help Sherin manage Ella's Hut, as well as the treasure house and library where Sherin collects black magic items and books. In fact, she has long been overwhelmed with her responsibilities, and now is the perfect time to transfer the responsibility of managing the dark laboratory to Jiadel, a natural user of black magic.

Jiadel was still kneeling on the ground, but when she looked up at Xielin, her eyes were full of excitement and desire. She blurted out "Yes" almost without thinking.

Xie Lin's arrangement was very much to her liking. When she was studying, her favorite thing to do was to study magic and conduct experiments. However, she had never had such an opportunity. She had imagined that if she could enter a professional laboratory, she could display her talents. Now, she finally got her wish.

Xie Lin chuckled, seeming satisfied with her reaction: "This is not an easy job. In my laboratory, there are not only various dangerous experiments, but also many artificially bred dark creatures. If you can't adapt, you will become part of the experiment."

Jiadel looked calm and seemed unmoved.

——This is much better than her previous life. At least here, she has resources, opportunities, and a stage to display her talents, instead of living in a shabby room in the slums and fantasizing that her alchemy will be recognized by the world one day.

Xie Lin looked at her and continued, "In addition, as the head of the Lestrange family, you should master the family's inherited magic. In the past, the Lestrange family was famous for dark magic. I will teach you all their family magic."

There was finally a glimmer of change in Jiadel's eyes.

The magic heritage of the Lestrange family - she had heard her father mention it before, it was a kind of power that was feared by the world, but extremely powerful. But she was born in a branch, and she didn't even have the qualifications to learn this magic.

And now, she finally has such an opportunity.

"This is not just for yourself," Sherin said calmly, with a slight smile on his face. "When you have learned enough and truly mastered Lestrange's secret magic, you will also serve as my prison officer, managing the 'Panlong Dungeon' for me, and be responsible for interrogating, torturing, and bringing prisoners to surrender."

Jiadel paused for a moment, then looked up at Xie Lin: "Prison officer?"

"That's right." Xie Lin said in a steady tone, "This is an extremely important position. I will only give it to my most trusted subordinates. Most of the prisoners imprisoned in Panlong Dungeon are valuable - perhaps they can be persuaded to surrender, or perhaps they can provide intelligence. What you have to do is to make sure they speak."

Jiadaier was silent for a moment, then whispered: "I understand. The master's orders are above everything else. As long as the master wants, Jiadaier will definitely do it and will definitely satisfy the master."

She is not a bloodthirsty person, but she is not afraid of the power of darkness. She knows what she wants very well, and she knows the power of the boy in front of her. Only Xie Lin can give her everything she desires.

Therefore, what she needed was not meaningless pity and mercy, but a means to prove her loyalty and value, so that she could gain more attention from Schelling and even become his indispensable assistant.

Xie Lin stared at her. Jia Deer had never received any training in brain occlusion. Every true thought in her heart, every ups and downs of her emotions, seemed to be stripped of all covers and exposed under Xie Lin's deep and abyssal prying eyes.

He could feel that her mind and will had been completely conquered by him, and her body and mind had completely surrendered to him from the inside out, and there was no longer any possibility of resistance or betrayal.

An imperceptible hesitation flashed across his pupils, but his expression was still majestic and indifferent, and his voice was without any emotion: "Since you are so obedient, I will grant you the title of 'Maid of Darkness'. From now on, you will not be bound by the Malfoy clan rules and family rules, and you will only obey me." After saying that, he stretched out his right hand and gently pointed in the direction of Gardel.

Instantly, a mysterious power descended upon her, pouring into her limbs and bones like a tide. Jiadel's body trembled, and then she felt the warm energy flowing through her, dispelling the fatigue and hidden illness accumulated in the past, and even the scars left by the past quietly disappeared, as if her whole person was completely cleansed and transformed.

She was stunned for a moment, then the corners of her mouth rose slightly unconsciously, and an indescribable sense of joy rose in her heart, as if becoming Xie Ling's maid was an unparalleled gift.

"Okay," Xie Lin stood up and waved his hand casually, "Go find Selwyn, finish the first task as soon as possible, and then report back to me."

Jiadel lowered her head and responded respectfully: "Yes."

She turned slowly and walked towards the door of the secret room with firm steps.

The candlelight shone on her slender back. Her faded old school gown seemed to be finally stripped off in the interweaving of light and shadow. A completely different life was about to greet her.

[“The Maid of Darkness” Gardel Lestrange obtained it! ]