Cursed Spiritual Eyes

The possibilities that he would not be able to awaken were also taken into account.

His older sister, Sursa, also went through the awakening ceremony when she turned 16. But like most people, she was unlucky and couldn't wake up.

People like her who weren't lucky enough to wake up didn't have a cross inserted. They had a chance to go through the awakening ceremony again and try in a year. There were three attempts in total, including the first time. After the third time, the person who failed to awaken was prohibited from further attempts to awaken. Already in the third attempt, the pressure and load on the human soul increased and there was a risk of damage to the soul, thereby reducing life expectancy.

The fear of death and shortening life expectancy holds back repeated attempts to awaken after the second attempt. Not to mention the fourth attempt, which, if it fails, leads to certain death.

But there are people who, despite the dangers of soul damage and death, do not give up trying. After all, one of the main reasons to become beast tamers is the opportunity to extend their lifespan and live a longer life than non–awakened people.

Who wouldn't want to prolong their life and live longer?

Besides the second and third chances to try to awaken and become a beast tamer, there was another way. The path that can only be chosen after the first attempt will awaken, after the second even this path will be closed due to the strain on the soul.

This alternative path is the conclusion of a contract between a person who has failed to awaken with the beast lord.

Yes, this path is the path where a person enters into a contract with a beast, not just a simple beast lord, but a high–ranking beast lord, thereby becoming a so-called Contractor.

A contractor is a person who has signed a contract with a beast lord or his offspring under his auspices. Unlike beast tamers, Contractors can only make one contract with one beast.

The terms of the contract, unlike the beast tamers, are that it is set by the beast lord, not the human. A person only decides whether to conclude a contract on these terms or not.

The conditions can be different, it all depends on the lord of the beasts himself. He can enter into a servant's contract, where a person literally becomes his servant, loyal subject, or slave.

Being subordinate to the lord of the beast, an intelligent beast, is not well welcomed by humans, but it is not forbidden. Calls to become a Contractor are not welcome and are not openly advertised.

No matter how good it sounds, there are many evil and dangerous beasts and people in the world.

The governments of all countries and associations have approved the conclusion of contracts with the beast lords who are in friendly relations with humanity, or are part of this country.

In Anon's family, it turned out that in addition to his father Adam, the beast tamer, there is a connection with one of the beast lords included in this group of friendly beast lords.

Anon's mother, Sarah, is a Contractor for one of the offspring of the beast lord from the Fox Empire of the Beast continent. With the support of this beast lord, Anon's older sister Sursa, after an unsuccessful awakening, immediately chose the opportunity to sign a contract with one of her offspring, becoming a Contractor.

Not only Sursa, but Adam, with the support of his wife's connections, signed the fire fox into his third contract. While Anon's older sister and his mother are both Contractors for the offspring of the ice fox

From the moment their children were born, Anon's parents wanted their children to follow in their footsteps. Therefore, if the beast tamer's awakening failed, they agreed that in the future, if they wanted to, they could at least become Contractors.

To carry out this plan, they agreed with the beasts lord and got the offspring of the consenting lords of the Fox Empire for their children as companions.

For the eldest daughter, Sarah got the offspring of the same Ice Fox as herself. For her husband and her youngest daughter, she surprisingly got the offspring of a fiery fox, and not the very lord of the beasts who favored her. And for Anon himself, it turned out that another beast lord unexpectedly volunteered, agreeing to give up her offspring, namely the lightning fox of rank 7.

All the foxes who have agreed to arrange an agreement with the Anon family are all Rank 7 beast lords.

Before reaching rank 7, beast lords cannot enter into contracts on their own terms. They can only become the companions of the beast tamers.

Upon reaching rank 7, they will be able to enter into a contract with people on their own terms. Thus, creating the so-called Contractors. All Contractors, without exception, are closely related to one of the Rank 7 beast lords.

There are not as many people around the world who have signed a direct contract with the beast lords of rank 7 and above as many people think.

The whole truth is that there aren't many beast lords of rank 7 and above in the world.

The beast lords themselves cannot make contracts with anyone they want, and they are even more limited by the number of contracts they sign. Otherwise, the beast lords tamed all the unawakened humans, making them their subordinates, dependent on them.

Because of these limitations, the offspring of the beast lords are involved. Upon reaching rank 7, the beast lord gains close communication and full control over his offspring, thereby opening up the possibility of concluding a contract between humans and his offspring who have not reached rank 7 on their own terms.

Anon and his twin sister Anna met their companions when they turned 10 years old. Anon still remembers that very day as if it was yesterday when he first met her. A small white fox with purple eyes, with purple fur on its paws, on the tips of its tail, and wow. She looked so adorable and looked at him with big purple eyes.

Unlike her, his sister's fiery fox was completely fiery red in color, with red glowing eyes. The older sister's ice fox was white in color with blue spots on its legs and tail tips. All the foxes were different in character. Icy was serene and proud. The Fiery fox had a short temper and a willful personality. Lightning was more playful and could not sit in one place for a long time.

Anon couldn't hide his wide smile as he looked at the fox cub in front of him, he couldn't choose a suitable name for her for a long time. It was inappropriate to call her just a Foxy. After much thought, he simply gave her the nickname Susu. The little fox liked the nickname.

The human and the fox got along with each other right away. From that moment on, they became almost inseparable. It was only when Anon went to school that she stayed at home. The rest of the time, Susu hardly left his side and followed him everywhere.

Only Susu's existence didn't completely break Anon after he got used to calling himself the cursed one.

The strangest thing is that even after this happened to him, Susu, unlike the others, was not affected by this curse. She was still as active and clingy to Anon.

After a while, Anon began to notice that other people and his family began to treat Susu the same way they treated him. All of them consistently began to ignore the existence of Susu.

Anon had a suspicion that this was some kind of disease and Susu could have been infected with it. What set Susu apart from everyone else was that she followed him everywhere and did not leave his side, she even slept in the same bed with him. Apart from her, no one else was different from the rest. And Anon couldn't confirm his suspicions. After all, he would have to be with someone all the time to do that. To be a shadow both day and night of someone that categorically Anon could not do it.

Just the fact that he wasn't alone in this whole situation helped Anon keep his composure a lot. Even after his family kind of "abandoned" him, there was still someone with him. Anon was only 13 years old at the time. And the fact that his family had suddenly become a stranger to him hit him hard.

When Anon turned 15, the family completely fell apart. Sursa went to college and moved to another city. Anon's father is on the road as always, and his younger sister enrolled in a private school for children of beast tamers in another city, and Sarah followed her.

Thus, leaving Anon alone in their former home. No one was worried about him, which school he would go to or not. And Anon didn't have much choice already. He has already stopped trying to demand anything from his parents. He just went with the flow and enrolled in a high school not far from his home.