Episode 7 – l Bond (1/2)

It didn't take then shape yet it was sier spell was supposed to look like and she was able to reproduce it on her first try She said that she'd seen it before but had never perforht to her

The oath of truth had expired and Elaru didn't sign it again However, Kiel didn't think that she was lying about it He was pleased with herfor his partner to be a skilled e

Kiel was able to pick up the spell just as quickly He didn't want to be outperforer spell wasn't hard to reproduce However, the difficulty was not in the trigger spell itself, it was in the tier to start the ic reaction, but she had to confirm it with her own spell before the contract could activate Their spellcasting needed to be in sync for the trigger spell to work

Kiel thought that Elaru would tell hi and she would copy hi, prideful and independent, so ways of others Still, he didn't co to other people's pace anyway It was better this way

Therefore, Kiel spent a while casting and recasting, under the watchful eye of Elaru, trying to get a feel for the spell so he could reproduce it with consistency Elaru watched him with an unreadable expression, she see all her attention on his spellcasting Like she was trying to absorb its every twitch and

Kiel took a few short breaks to drink and eat the bagel he stored in his pouch thisHowever, Elaru never even once stopped to rest, drink or eat He was even ht in front of her He ate tantalizingly slowly trying to teel so that the warwith the earthy smell of the forest

He expected her to glare at him and call him insensitive, or, at least, ask hi her no) However, she paid no attention to it She continued to stare at hi It was as if she was an apparatus running on mana who needed no nutrition from worldly substances

The sun was high in the sky by the time they were ready to attempt it for real

Kiel was eager to get it over with, his water had run out half an hour ago If Elaru wasn't such a freak, she ht have noticed his thirst and transmuted hiic He thought about asking her, but his pride got in the way Kiel didn't like asking for help He was just fine on his own

Soon enough, the fateful moment arrived They were ready to attempt it for real

They faced each other, holding each other's gaze Elaru nodded, Kiel nodded back They needed no words to convey the er spell around their right hands

Kiel couldn't see it, but he could feel the spells dancing around their ar closer and closer to one another It was a delicate, beautiful dance

The spells were in perfect sync

Kiel was both ied to copy hi someone else's spell so flawlessly took an enorood as his own, if not better

The spell was brief and nothing spectacular It reached its cliht at the end, their palms touched briefly and the spells collided with one another

When two spells collide, one of three things happens:

1) they interfere with one another potentially canceling each other out

2) they resonate with each other increasing effects of both

3) they do not affect each other at all

Naturally, two identical spells in perfect sync could only resonate with each other enhancing the effects of both

Kiel had expected their resonance, yet it still took him by surprise when it happened

As the two spells collided, time seemed to stop

A wave of absolute power and energy exploded spreading fro through their cells like a hurricane

The two spells abruptly changed shape on their own and ed into one

Kiel could see it clearly, even though he couldn't see ht pheno brand reaching out to Elaru Wrapping around her and pulling with tiny strings of light

As the spell touched herin all kinds of colors – the sa with The tiny tentacles of the brand latched the them dance across her skin TheyFlickering and glittering in ht colors

Elaru's skin started glowing subtly with hard to define radiance