Episode 26 – Coincidence or Fate? (1/2)

As far as her eyes could see, he wasn’t wearing any artifacts or objects of value But if he wasn’t in possession of an Aetherneal artifact, ould the pendant be pointing towards him? Is he a wielder of an Aethernea?

As far as she knew, there existed 5 different Aetherneal gifts (Excluding Aetherneal bond which she speculated to be another Aetherneal gift, however, she was unable to confirm it)

Impossible She concluded Out of the five, four would have allowed him to detect her presence in different ways Yet he was still clueless about it And the last one would have given hi by the state of his fists, he didn’t possess

No surprise there, Aethernea wielders don’t grow on trees

After eli an Aethernea wielder, she concentrated on other options Did the pendant consider him a threat to her?

She watched the boy get pissed about so and furiously beat a tree into a pulp She covered her le The boy seeerous? Him?

Alright, alright I shouldn’t dismiss the possibility so easily Who am I to question the proper function of an Aetherneal artifact?

She continued observing him as he practiced his martial arts

He didn’t have a specific martial arts style His style was for he developed while trying to make sense of a basic hand to hand coood teacher nor battle experience However, froe of the basics, she could tell he had talent

He has a good sense for uide him

The ti him

The blazing sunlight rained down from the clear sky The tiwi hid in the shadows of the trees and chirped a relaxing melody

The body of the boy soon got drenched with sweat His clothes stuck to hiht danced on the clearing, listen like pearls

Elaru sighed inwardly I wish I had so to take a while

After calic

And as he did so, he seemed to turn into someone else

While practicing , but now…the glittering light of ic, it was as if every pore of his body exuded elegance and beauty His ic was flawless, intricate and pretty

To Elaru, who could see

This person…is incredible Elaru’s eyes glittered Why haven’t I heard about a younger generation genius of a Rroda family?

Soon she got her answer She had thought it to be strange from the start, but her suspicions were confirmed after a while of observation

This guy’s uy…is he a non-e?

Suddenly everything made sense Why he was here alone, in the middle of nowhere Why she had never heard of hiuide him and teach him martial arts

He was a non-race of the Rroda family It would be considered merciful if they didn’t disown him

They deliberately kept hiht even be someone’s bastard child

nobles were very picky ho they h status or ability It would be ale The only explanation would be if the noble had an affair with soic ability

What bad luck To be born into a Rroda fae

Elaru shook her head, yet what she felt at this moment wasn’t pity, but a sense of comradery

◈ Thursday, 23rd of August 1449 AW ◈

(8 days later)

For eight days, Elaru had stalked Kiel Rroda hoping to find out the reason why they ed to find out was that the pendant was definitely reacting to Kiel Rroda himself and not an artifact on his body

She confir a bath

Of course, she didn’t peek on him

She had her Aethernea of Sight, there was no need to see him with her actual eyes

Her !

It was always active, there wasn’t anything she could do about it She couldn’t not see him

Ok, fine, she would have peeked even if she had a choice to not peek

But it was purely to confir to him Really

Aheed to find out so much about Kiel Rroda that he felt like an old friend However, no ht she knew, she couldn’t find anything that would warrant such a reaction from her pendant

Currently, Elaru was sitting on top of a large canyon pillar Just out of pendant’s range If she ca and shaking again

She was lost in thought, co the distance She could see hiht next to her Aethernea of Sight, besides giving herit even better than the excellent sight of an argel

All of this see of a coincidence

I ael to become my soulmate And you just happen to need this bond just as badly as me

No, it isn’t just the bond that you need You need an elibu with a large enough mana pool It is…as if…you need me specifically…