Episode 10 – Fury (1/2)
”No proble to the sah isn't an issue! And surely by the tih already!” Elaru grinned ”Just like I said, no disadvantage at all!”
An indeterminate amount of time passed in which neither of the if it weren't for the grass waving in the breeze
Kiel was fighting a battle within himself to calm down and not kill Elaru on the spot His attempts finally seemed to have borne fruit when he noticed an additional problem:
He was going to have to put up with her for three years?!
Caluarantee that what she is saying is the truth Maybe, they don't really need to be close at all That sort of thing is easy to test She did say that she doesn't know s she knows are actually misconceptions? And even if it were the truth, if she did indeed join the university with hi around her, they would be close enough even if they avoided each other Right?
”And what if one of us doesn't pass the entrance exahtly tre
”There's no way either of us would fail the exaraduate, we have three years to solve the problem of physical limitations That's plenty of time!”
Kiel was still silently fu ‘calm down’ inside his head had little effect She tricked him!
”You… you… ” His words dripped with veno to pluled to find an appropriate word for her It's not that he couldn't think of any, on the contrary, he thought of too many words – monster, demon, liar… countless insults easily rolled around his head
Elaru pouted ”Sorry?”
”Do you think apologizing half-heartedly is going to ritted teeth
”What will make it better then? Would you feel better if you hurt me? Do you want me to take responsibility for it?”
”In fact, yes Excellent idea!” Kiel's face contorted into an undisguised false smile
Elaru's grinning face experienced a sudden change, her expression turned serious, even a bit cold It surprised Kiel that she had a real poker face, it looked so si into a
”Alright Then, I should start taking responsibility by telling you the full truth, right?” She didn't wait for him to answer
”I ads And I'll even explain hoorks” She pointed her index finger upwards as if saying 'listen carefully'
”The best way to trick someone is to cause them to trick themselves Our minds constantly summarize the information we receive and extrapolate information to fill up the holes with context So when I say 'I am called Elaru', you process it as 'Her nah that is not what I said I could have ht have been so else Well, this is just an example, my name really is Elaru
This trick works best if the person you are trying to fool knows that it is undoubtedly the truth; such as, by you having signed an oath of truth In such a situation, they won't put asas they would have put otherwise Because they know the oath prevents lying, they will believe you and not question deeply what you say So if you want to trick the the truth, you would do it by hiding infor your state to deceive reaches the wrong conclusion by themselves If they reach a lie on their own, they will treat it as if it was the absolute truth And after all is said and done, you can always get out of it by telling the
You should make full use of this method in the future if questioned about Aetherneal Bond or anything related to it”
Kiel could feel sweat rolling down the side of his face This feht
She locked her eyes with his and said good-naturedly, with a straight face: ”Don't be ”
The frozen cal of his eyes He stared at her in disbelief ”As if that would actually work?! Do you take her and louder than he intended
Maybe he would have believed it was a y a second ago But since she did, her blatant iy er instantly fail The fury, like bubbling lava, h hisaround the clearing, instantly beca a tempest
Elaru looked straight into his livid eyes Neither his fury nor the tempest of mana seee Was she taunting hi about her own superiority? Was she warning him to not underestimate her? To not look down on her because of who she seems to be?
”Of course not I wouldn't have wanted to become bound to an idiot I've known about the Aetherneal Bond for years I have alanted to do it, but I've never found soer
Heritself fro it out No, her h She could feel the emotional turmoil in its entirety, but it could not affect her
”Since it is not so that can be undone, naturally you would want to choose a right mate to do it with Especially if you actually beco the words forcefully between his teeth
Elaru nodded ”I wanted to do it so bad, but I had no one to do it with But then… suddenly… you appeared, presented to me on a silver platter” She paused briefly ”No, you didn't appear Ourto do with luck It is uidance… ” She puckered her lips, thinking hard about so
”Cut the crap! I already told you that I don't believe in fate” Kiel was long past caring of who he was and who he tried to be The profanities that he usually never voiced rolled off of his tongue easily
Elaru ignored hi to hi to determine e met I still have no idea”
Kiel looked at her disbelievingly and said slowly, dragging out each word as if he was talking to an idiot ”We met because ere coincidentally in the same place at the same time That's what happens when two people are in the same place at the same time - they meet”
Elaru continued as if she didn't hear him ”But I a that I would suddenly get enlightened about it So since I can't stay here with you, I just have to take you with me”
Her eyes cleared, and she looked at hiain ”But how could I take you with ic? The only way is if you enrolled as well”
What did she think he was? An interesting specie turn of events? What divine guidance?! Why is she so desperate to believe in fate?Kiel felt a headache co The more she talked, the less he understood
”And how could I h to enroll?” Elaru smiled ”Aetherneal bond That's when it hit !” Her eyes glittered ”So I took a chance Both of us had little to lose I noticed that you were taking it too lightly I could have told you this from the start But if I did, you wouldn't have done it withhi tricked
”Of course, I would have said no! Who in their right mind would have said yes?!” Kiel felt the need to defend his point of view ”What happened to honesty, integrity and freedouilt?!” Kiel was about ready to explode Regardless of her answer, it wouldn't change how he felt So why did he even ask?
Elaru stared right through his eyes to his soul Her gaze wasn't , it was sole hirity with how you deceive the entire world every day?”
He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white He had no right to speak of such things
”What is the purpose of guilt? I live rets Sure, it would have been ideal if I didn't need to trick you But ould I let feelings cloud ical, the optiht ret it”
Kiel understood what she ic over e as irrelevant as feelings?
But even though rationally her actions h he would have done the sa end, it wasn't as easy to accept, forgive or dismiss
He wasn't even sure if the hate rocking his body ca every day Did he hate her, or did he hate himself?
The self-reflecting thoughts did nothing to stifle his fury, on the contrary, it was as though the e had surpassed that which he could express His face lost every trace of expression, replaced with bone-chilling apathy The more furious he became, the calmer he seemed
”I have nothing to do with you and your 'fate' We are completely separate! And it should stay that way Don't talk toest you do that” Kiel spoke his final words and turned around to leave It would be better if he left, before he did so her
”Ouch!” Elaru said in mock hurt her hand over her heart He could tell that she was rolling her eyes even though he couldn't see it ”My 'fate' is now your 'fate',to the fact that they were now soulbound
He could even hear her trying to stifle a giggle She found it a that her statement rhymed
How bloody insensitive!!
Kiel continued stalking off The plants see to stay out of his path If plants had legs, they would have run away like every other creature previously dwelling near the clearing