Episode 26 – Coincidence or Fate? (2/2)
Elaru furrowed her eyebrows
The coincidence doesn’t stop there…Our situation…is different…yet quite similar…as if ere two sides of the same coin…
Is this truly a coincidence?
Her eyes narrowed Tsk…tsk…knowing the person who gave this toto do with fate…
Fate… Elaru rubbed her chin in thought Am I connected to him by fate?
And if that is the case, is the fate connecting us the one I yearn for or the one I a? Or is it a bad thing? Should I be fighting against this fate, or embrace it?
The crystal in her hands changed colors beautifully depending on the angle one looked at it Her face revealed a soft sme to stay away?”
She had toout She needed to return to Ashar to take the Muni exams
My involvees tends to always be a matter of life and death That time, I almost died so he could live This time, will it be the same? Will I die so you could live the life you alanted? Or will you be the one to forfeit your life for mine?
This time, her smile was not directed towards the pendant “Call of life or call of death, it matters not Those that are not truly alive need not fear death”
She grinned widely When has Elaru Wayvin ever been afraid of a gaive it up! If I can’t stay here with you, then I just have to take you with me
But…her destination was Muni and the only way for him to follow her there is if he had qualifications to enter on his own However…
A non-e can’t pass the entrance exams
Elaru continued passing the crystal between her fingers This ga Aetherneal bond is unavoidable…Is this what you want ether?
To be bound to him for the rest of my life…
The thought didn’t cause her reluctance or apprehension at all I need a soul out of time to find one I don’t even have an another candidate in mind
Elaru searched her e she had ever met or heard about She considered each one of the
Kiel Rroda…isn’t a bad choice at all In fact, he is the best choice out of all of them
She chuckled musically
I wouldn’tmy soulmate
I wouldn’t mind it at all
Her heated gaze almost bore holes into the boy Kiel Rroda I pick you
The boy must have felt her stare because he turned around and returned it with his own chilling gaze He was doing that aze
A while back, after covertly tailing hie about hi and reveal herself out in the open She hadit She was sure that he would notice her soon, and after a while, he would even recognize that she was looking at him specifically
If he had so to hide, he would feel under pressure, and it would increase the chance of a slip-up It could help her unveil the secret behind the reaction of her pendant
If he didn’t have anything to hide and didn’t change his behavior, then there was a large chance that she would need to interact with hi in an all-argel town, he ht feel uncomfortable around elibu So if she wanted to interact with hiet used to her
He ht even approach her on his own – that would be ideal If he approached her instead of her catching hiilant
She could have chosen to head into town and monitor hi with other people And her pendant wouldn’t be on the fritz the entire time
An entire week had passed, and he still showed no signs of being under pressure or any intention of co over
A whole week! If her clothes didn’t cover her entire body, she would have been roasted by the blazing sun Thankfully, they were rade meep wool, which had special heat isolation properties, that kept both the heat and the cold outside,them appropriate for all seasons
What a stubborn guy Elaru chuckled If you won’t couess I’ll have to come to you
She looked down to the crystal in her hands And you,into a platinu like a lupax in heat
◈Saturday, 25th of August 1449 AW ◈
( Present )
In the room located in the attic of Hot Pot, Elaru stood in front of the bed on top of which a sleeping figure could be seen She was holding her pendant deep in thought
The pendant was lifeless, it neither glowed nor shook
She reht before they established their Aetherneal bond Yet, after the deed, it turned deathly still, no different from a mundane rock
It hadn’t shown any signs of life ever since
Did it decide to stop wiggling because there was no e? Was the pendant telling her tomore to say?
Or did Aetherneal bond seal her fate so that not even the pendant could do anything to change it?
Elaru shook her head, dispersing the thoughts, and looked up at a wooden pendulue cabinet
He should regain consciousness soon I have no time to waste