Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 15 - Good Night

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Without further ado:

Previously on Aethernea:

Kiel and Elaru leave their equipment in their room inside the inn and come down to have dinner. In their conversation, Kiel figures out that Elaru didn't go to school nor was she homeschooled.

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 "What better way to train your own mana weaving then to try to survive and eventually break out of prison which has an anti-mana-weaving artifact?"

Eeeh?! Kiel's face paled, and he blurted out. "Who would do that?! Isn't that too extreme?!"

His words brought her out of her strange mood, and she looked at him strangely. She pressed her lips into a thin line to keep her mouth shut.

Oh for the love of fate...she couldn't be talking about her own experiences...could she?

Kiel closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. What kind of...I don't even...what?

Elaru finally noticed that her speech didn't have the desired effect, and she coughed to attract Kiel's attention before waving it off and changing the subject. "My point is, I am a genius, according to papa."

Kiel's eyes flashed with cold light. "Do not change the subject!" He lowered his voice to be barely audible. "I thought you said you aren't a wanted criminal!"

She looked at him with a straight face. "I am not." He expected her to continue, but she didn't. When she noticed the chilling aura that started spreading from him, she decided to elaborate.

"Don't be silly." She rolled her eyes with mirth. "I wasn't arrested and thrown into prison."

Kiel let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. His lie sense wasn't tingling. Thank the gods! He noticed his lips were dry and took a sip of his honeymead.

"Papa smuggled me in."

The honeymead that just entered Kiel's mouth came out in a beautiful spray of shining liquid creating a colorful rainbow in the soft light of the tavern.

It spilled all over his meat and even dripped down the sides of the table to the floor. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand, doing his best to look like a dignified noble. But suppressing a coughing fit while choking wasn't easy. His lungs burned, his throat itched, his eyes teared from his attempts to keep a straight face and not choke on his own spit.

Yep. Her father is definitely the one to blame for her poor upbringing.

Kiel didn't know what was worse, the pain he was feeling, his dignity going down the drain, or that his spit didn't manage to reach Elaru and pull her down with him.