Binding System

'What?! He really became a unique magician?!'

Gracie widened her eyes for a second when she saw Ace's body suddenly emitting white light.

None of the mages who came to her orphanage managed to become unique magicians until now, so she was stunned when goddess Teressa granted Ace's wish.

'Wait!'

Her surprised face turned into a smirk.

'Even though this is beyond my expectations, but this is still good for me. If information about him becoming a unique magician after visiting my orphanage spread across the Luvrela region, won't many mages come to my orphanage? Then doesn't that mean I will get a lot of money later?'

She really loved money, so she always took advantage of the situation to get money.

"Scarlett, his body is emitting white light." Layla was also surprised when she saw his body suddenly gleaming.

Scarlett shifted her gaze from Ace to Gracie. "Mrs Gracie, do you know what is going on?"

Gracie smiled softly before finally answering, "Goddess Teressa has granted his wish. He is a unique magician now."

Scarlett and Layla were happy for Ace.

Previously, they thought he would not become a unique magician because the chances of him becoming one were so slim.

They just did not expect a miracle to happen to him.

Ace slowly opened his eyes.

'Nothing has changed in my body, but the system is telling me that I'm a unique magician now.'

He still felt like his body was the same as before.

'Well, I don't really care about it. All that matter is that I'm a unique magician now.'

He stopped pretending to pray to goddess Teressa because he had achieved his goal.

When Gracie saw Ace walking toward them, she smiled and spoke, "Congratulation on becoming a unique magician."

"Thank you." Ace showed his soft smile.

"Ace, congratu-" Layla stopped her words halfway when a young lady suddenly entered goddess Teressa's altar.

The young lady ran to them with a panicked face. "Gracie, he came again. He came again."

Gracie was not surprised because this was a part of her plan. "Aimee, we are in goddess Teressa's altar now. Control yourself."

"I'm sorry." Aimee apologized instantly. "But the situation is dire now. He came to our orphanage again. He came again."

"He?" Gracie pretended as if she did not know the person Aimee was talking about.

"Delan. Delan came to our orphanage again. He said he would destroy our orphanage if we did not return the loan money today." Aimee's acting was flawless because she had been helping Gracie since two years ago.

Yes, she was Gracie's servant!

She decided to become Gracie's servant because Gracie was the head caretaker. She also got money from Gracie, so she decided to become her loyal servant.

Gracie turned her head to look at Ace and the others. "Please excuse me. I have something to deal with now."

She did not ask for their help because she believed Ace and the others would follow her.

And what she had guessed was right because Layla and the others followed her to the front yard.

"Leave!"

"Leave our orphanage, bad people!"

"Leave! You are not welcomed here."

One by one, the orphans shouted at Delan and his underlings.

Of course, this was also a part of Gracie's plan. And actually, Delan was Austyn. He used magic to change his appearance and voice.

"Tch! They are so annoying!" Austyn's words came from his heart when he said this because he really disliked them.

When he was having sex with Gracie in the past, these orphans disturbed them. Not once or twice, but four times.

That was why he hated them to the bone. If they were of no use to him and Gracie, he would have killed them long ago.

"Should I beat them now?" one of Austyn's underlings uttered.

Yes, Austyn was a delinquent and had twenty underlings. However, all of his underlings were weak because they were only awakeners at Novice rank.

Austyn looked at one of the caretakers and uttered, "Hey, call Gracie now. Otherwise, I will beat up one orphan every two minutes."

"I'm here. Don't hurt the children." Actually, Gracie pretended to care about the safety of the children.

Austyn shifted his gaze from the caretaker to Gracie. "Oh, you are finally here?"

"I will return the money loan now, so don't hurt the kids." After saying that, she took out 20 gold coins from her money bag.

Of course, it was the money she received from Ace a few minutes ago.

'He is from a rich family. Ask me for more money.'

She gave him a sign to ask for more money.

"I have paid off my loan, so please leave my orphanage now." Gracie uttered.

Austyn knew what she had in mind because they had done this many times. "This is just enough to pay off the loan. You have to pay the interest too, you know? Did you forget it?"

"Delan, didn't you say the total with interest was 20 gold coins? Why are you asking for more money now?" Gracie pretended to be angry.

"It was last month." Austyn responded, "It's different now. Give me another 10 gold coins, then your debt will be cleared."

Layla gritted her teeth and clenched her fist. She still did not realize that everything was a part of Gracie's plan.

Unlike Layla, Ace could control himself. Of course, he was unhappy with Austyn's actions, but he decided to observe the situation first.

'Why do I feel like something is off? Is it just my feeling?'

Everything was too coincidental, to the point he could not help but feel like something was off.

He decided to observe the situation again because goddess Teressa did not say anything.

"Delan, this is not the deal we agreed on three months ago." Like before, Gracie pretended to be angry.

"But the deal was that you had to pay back the money with interest two weeks ago." Delan spoke and paused for a second before he continued, "Let me ask you a question now. Did you keep your promise?"

He then continued, "No. You failed to return the loan. You paid off the loan today, so it's normal for the loan interest to change. What?! You don't want to pay the interest?"

"How can you change the loan interest as you please? It violates our agreement." Gracie was breathless with anger.

'Good job, Austyn!'

She added in her mind.

"Tch! So, you don't want to pay the interest, huh?" after saying that, Austyn looked at his underlings. "Beat her up!"

"No! Don't hurt her!" the orphans tried to protect Gracie when Austyn's underlings wanted to beat her up.

Gracie was pleased.

'Good!'

She would have beaten them up if they did not follow her plan.

"Why did you stop?" Delan shouted. "Beat up the children too if they dare to protect her."

"As you wish, my lord. Hehe." Delan's underlings laughed evilly. "Let's beat them up first."

At this moment, Ace wanted to beat up Delan and his underlings. Even though he was not a saint, but he disliked it when someone beat up orphans.

Before Ace could beat Delan and his underlings, Gracie shouted, "Stop! Alright, I will give you another 10 gold coins, but don't hurt the children."

Austyn grinned happily after Gracie gave him another 10 gold coins. "You made the right decision. Everything would have ended smoothly if you had followed my words from the start."

"You got the money, so leave now!" Gracie said as she pointed her right index finger at the exit.

"Everyone, let's leave now!" Austyn turned around and walked toward the exit. "Gracie, come to me again if you need money. Haha."

Gracie squatted down and checked the condition of the children. "Are you guys alright? Did he hurt you earlier?"

"We are fine." The kids responded in unison.

Gracie then looked at the remaining money in her money bag. "I'm sorry. Previously, I wanted to call a healing mage to treat your wounds, but it seems the money is only enough to heal ten people now."

She looked at the orphans with a sad look. She was really good at her acting, to the point everything was flawless.

If she lived in Ace's previous life, she would have become a top actress in China.

Layla walked closer to Gracie and inquired, "How much will the treatment cost?"

"He asked for one gold coin per child." Gracie lied to Layla.

'Got you!'

She added in her mind.

Layla retrieved 20 gold coins from her space ring and gave it to Gracie. "Use this money to make up for the shortfall."

Gracie was actually surprised, but she did not show it on her face. Previously, she thought Ace was the one who would give her the money, but she was wrong.

Of course, she did not care about it because all that matters was that she got more money now.

"Thank you." Gracie thanked Layla. "I hope goddess Teressa will protect you forever."

'I'm a knight, so I don't need it.'

Layla responded in her head.

Gracie then looked at the orphans. "Hurry up and thank them."

The orphans bowed their heads slightly. "Thank you, big sisters and big brother."

Ace, Layla and Scarlett left the orphanage shortly after that.

However, Ace kept thinking about what had happened in the orphanage.

'Suspicious!'

He touched his chin, and he walked.

"What are you thinking about, Ace?" Scarlett asked curiously.

"Don't you think something is off? I sud-" before he had finished his words, Layla grabbed his right hand and dragged him away.

"Let's return to the hotel now." Layla uttered, "I want to take a bath immediately."

Like Layla, Scarlett also did the same thing. She grabbed his other hand and dragged him to their hotel.

Ace could only twitch his lips.

'Why do you guys like to drag me like this?'