Chapter 59: Winter's substitute

　　 The icy blue ring on Sisterm's head is about the size of his head, so his headband is just right.
　　 In fact, it is awkward to have an ice headband on the head of a grasshopper, but a blue halo hovering over the head of a grasshopper is obviously more awkward than the headband.
　　 "There is a circle of light on my head. Is this telling me that I am a soul about to ascend to heaven?"
　　Sisterm shook his head vigorously, stopping his cranky thinking.
As he shook his head, Systrom found that the icy blue halo above his head was also swaying. When he stopped shaking his head, the ring was like a spring connected to his head, and it would sway for a while. It will stop completely.
　　 "What the is this?"
　　Sistem found that with the tentacles softer, he could touch the ring with the tentacles. The ice blue halo was very soft and felt very good, even more comfortable to touch than slime glue.
　　 But as long as his tentacles are slightly harder, the ring will be like nothingness, allowing his tentacles to pass through.
　　 So Systrom couldn't take the blue ring off his head at all.
　　……
　　Sistem constantly used [Psychic Transmission] to transmit spiritual messages to the ring above his head, trying to communicate with this ring.
　　 However, after a few minutes of continuing to deliver the spiritual message, Systrom did not make any substantial progress.
　　 It's not that the ring didn't respond to Sisterm, but that the ring was just like falling asleep, and it would only send dim and affectionate emotions to Sisterm.
　　 There was no way, Sisterm had to use the ability of [sense] to try to wrap the ring on his head with tentacles to check the structure of the ice blue ring.
　　 It was beyond Sisterm's expectation. As he used the [sense] ability on his tentacles, Sisterm actually detected something from this ring.
　　 This ring is obviously a peculiar life, and it also has the concept of level, but Systrom cannot be as precise as checking insects.
　　Sisterm found that the level of this ring was between 23 and 27, and the upper limit was between 120 and 150.
　　 Judging from the upper limit of the level, this ice-blue ring is obviously a life whose individual strength is significantly better than that of an insect.
　　 And as Sisterm used his tentacles to check and entangle continuously, the sequelae of Sisterm's tentacles also appeared on this ring.
　　Sistem found that the ring was trembling slightly, and the other party was in a deep sleep and showed signs of waking up.
　　 It didn't take long for the sleeping ring to finally wake up, and said unknown words to Sisterm. The language should be the same as that of the Frost Dragon. Sisterm could fully understand it.
　　 "A creature with frosty blood, what have you done to me?"
　　 The voice from the ring is not as rough as a dragon, but a gentle female voice, which sounds very comfortable.
　　Sistem quivered his cheeks twice in embarrassment. From the emotions sent by the circle, he felt the emotions similar to those of the insects he used to destroy with tentacles.
　　 I don't know if it's because this ring cannot mate. Systrom found that this ring is like Shava, unable to understand what that special emotion is.
　　 There was a silence for a while, and Systrom did not answer the words of the ring, but used [Telecom] to ask the Frost Circle back: "What are you? Why are you on my head?"
After Systrom was silent for a while, Yuanhuan's emotions seemed to have calmed down. Instead of uttering the unknown language again, she used Systrom's [spiritual connection] to reply to Systrom: "Strange mental abilities, creatures with blood of frost, I am Winter's substitute, the spirit of ice, you can call me Neris."
　　The fairy of ice?
　　Sistem was stunned for a while, then continued to ask: "Ice Elf? Well, Neris, why are you looking for me?"
　　 There are also little things like flower fairies and water fairies in the game world in the memory of Systrom's previous life.
　　 But shouldn't this kind of elves have small wings, a cute appearance and cuteness?
　　 How could it be a ball of light, and turned into an aperture on the head, becoming such a weird thing?
　　 But it’s okay...
　　 No matter how weird the appearance, Systrom did not feel the emotion that hurt him from the other's spiritual message, but faintly felt the emotion of being close to him.
　　 is not the ordinary kind of closeness, but like a relative, like a brother or sister among humans...
　　 "Contract."
　　 The Ice Spirit did not hesitate too much, and directly answered Systrom's question.
　　 Systrom showed a puzzled look and said: "The contract... the contract? What contract? Why did you choose me?"
The ice elves heard Sisterm’s doubts and explained to him:
There are nearly a thousand ice elves sleeping in the Lierte Forest, but there are not many descendants with frost blood in the forest. Your frost Although the blood is thin, it is pure, and it should make a contract with the ice spirit."
　　Sisterm's expression became weird.
　　 Descendant of Frost Blood?
　　 If the grasshopper had frost blood in its body, there would be no saying that the grasshopper after autumn will not be able to jump for a few days.
　　Sisterm remembered the yawn of the frost dragon and the new organs he had grown out of that cold breath.
　　 should be his newly acquired [frost cold breath] ability, which made the ice elves mistakenly believe that he is a creature with frost blood.
　　Sistem did not explain all this with the ice spirit. He thought for a while and said to the ice spirit: "Can I choose not to make a contract?"
　　The Ice Spirit replied, "Yes, as long as you tell me before the contract."
　　 "Huh!?" Sisterm heard a special meaning from the spiritual message sent by the ice elves, and he continued: "You mean..."
　　 "Yes, your contract with me is already in progress..." The Ice Spirit interrupted Systrom's spiritual message.
　　 "What!? I didn't agree to the contract at all!" Systrom's mental message contained a hint of irritation.
　　The Ice Spirit said: "But you didn't refuse either."
　　Sisterm was silent...
Refuse? How can he refuse?
　　 He has tried very hard to remove the aperture on his head, but he can't remove it at all.
　　 Sith recalled the [frosty breath] that he spit at the light sphere before the light sphere turned into an aperture. Perhaps the result was already doomed at that time.
Ugh……
　　 "What shall I do after contracting with you?" Sisterm asked the ice spirit.
　　 "Live, let the blood of Frost continue." The Ice Spirit replied.
　　 Hearing the spiritual message of the ice spirit, Systrom showed a surprised look. He really couldn't believe that the conditions of the contract were just like this.
　　 "That's it?" Systrom asked suspiciously.
　　 "It has rarely snowed in the Lierte Forest for hundreds of years, so I have been asleep." The Ice Spirit gave a specious answer to Systrom's words.
　　 Sisterm felt a kind of long vicissitudes and nostalgia from the words of the ice elves. Although the ice elves didn't say it, Sisterm understood what was hidden in the words of the ice elves.
　　 "You mean, your last contractor died hundreds of years ago, and you have been sleeping until now?"
"Ok."