Prologue
That day was undoubtedly a special day.
"Anyone, please, please help me."
The first voice of a spirit contractor I'd heard since becoming the Spirit King.
After reincarnating and living for hundreds of years, no spirit contractor had ever summoned me, the Spirit King.
Was it a spirit's instinct? Or had the memories of my past life made me feel lonely without even realizing it?
She hadn't called my name directly, but with an excited heart, I responded to the call as if bewitched.
"Did you summon me?"
"Eh, um...."
That was when I formed my first official contract in my life—no, my spirit life.
She was so cute back then...
I snapped out of my reverie and returned to reality.
Of course, it wasn't that my contractor had undergone some awful transformation or anything.
She'd grown from a doll-like little girl into a stunningly beautiful woman, just as you'd expect from the heroine of a romance fantasy novel.
But still....
Sigh. She's at it again...
My contractor stared at me, her face scrunched up in a frown.
"Please marry me!"
"I'm a spirit and you're a human...."
"So what?"
She kept trying to bridge the gap between our species.
How the hell had things turned out like this?