Episode 11 Part 2 - Setting off

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Due to popular request, from now on, whenever I first mention a foreign word, I will include a pronunciation guide in the [brackets]. I also went back to all of the previous chapters and added a pronunciation to the foreign words when they are first mentioned.  

But for all of you that have already read the previous chapters, you don't have to go back to check it out, here is a summary:

Aethernea [eh-thur-nee-ah]
Mana [mah-nah]
Elibu [el-ee-boo]
Argel [Argh-el]
Halnea [Hal-ne-ah]

Kiel Rroda [kee-yel roh-da]
Elaru Wayvin [el-ah-roo wey-win]  
Nelaira [ne- lah-ee-rah]
Sanarra Arten [sa-nah-rah awr-ten]
Piala [pee-yuh-la]  

Beyd [bey-d]
Ashar [ash-ahr]
Zerean [ ze-ree-ahn ] ruins
Eleasia [el-ee-zhee-ah] 

Meep [me-ee-p]
Lupax [loo-paks]
Wyrm [wahy-rm]
Xium [zahy-uhm]

Previously on Aethernea

Elaru claims that the bond doesn't influence their feelings about each other. Kiel gets mad at Elaru for calling him pretty. Elaru figures out how to communicate telepathically with Kiel. The two arrive at the Rroda mansion - Kiel's home. Kiel needs to pack and prepare to leave for Ashar.

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Dneth [de-neh], born and raised in Beyd as a servant in the Rroda mansion, had never left Beyd in all 63 years of her life.

She had been in charge of house chores even before master Kiel first arrived at the mansion, more than a decade ago. And in all of those years, master Kiel had never given her such a huge surprise as on this day.

She didn't expect master Kiel to come home in the early afternoon. It was a regular working day, so he was supposed to be out questing until evening.

If he came home early, it wouldn't have given her such a shock. It wasn't hard to accept; it happened from time to time.

What she did have trouble accepting was that he didn't return home alone.

Though he had many friends, master Kiel had never brought a friend home with him. Dneth felt as if master Kiel never truly thought of this mansion as his home in the first place. 

Dneth wasn't sure if master Kiel was able to recognize the fact, but she always thought that he was very lonely. The fact that he didn't want to have an emotional connection to this place, didn't mean he didn't need one. 

It was because she knew how master Kiel was purposefully distancing himself from everything, that she was so shocked to see master Kiel return with a guest. And what shocked her even more, was the gender of the guest.

Although master Kiel was very popular with the ladies, there had never been a lady to catch his eye. So naturally, he had never brought a lady home before.

Until now.

The fourth surprise, that made Dneth almost knock down the vase from the table she was standing next to, was the appearance of the girl. She was an elibu! Dneth had only ever seen pictures of elibu in books. She had never seen one in person, or from this close up.

Dneth had to urge herself, repeatedly, to look away from the girl. It was impolite to stare. But how could she not stare? The girl was an exotic beauty with lush curves, messy red hair, and intricate markings on the left side of her body.

Several noble ladies had visited this mansion before. They were beautiful too, but using the same word to describe this girl seemed like sacrilege.

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