Episode 43 – Catch the Cube (2/2)
Elaru didn’t disappoint “Are we allowed to touch the cube?”
Deora stared at her and blinked a few times
What?
Just…
What?
“Why would you want to touch the cube?” Deora finally responded,his hate towards Elaru
“Soht find it easier to weave if the cube was in their hands” Elaru shrugged
Deora’suproariously Zerel looked at Elaru with interest He didn’t believe she was stupid or asked questions without a purpose in h her intention at all
Deora looked at Elaru, scorn written all over his face Aren’t you grasping at straws here? The reason why the cube is set up to float in the air, slowly rotating is toto turn the cube yourself Stupid!
If one had to ht not be synced with their control of their mana The rotation of the cube currently had a constant velocity However, her body wouldn’t have such precise control of rotation
Deora’s eyes suddenly started glittering He had found a way to get back at her for the fiasco from the previous test If you want to o ahead!
Deora picked up the cube easily Although the cube looked large and heavy, it actually had a zero gravity field set up around it, which is why it continued to float, and why it rotated with a constant velocity When he took it between his hands, it stilled
He looked towards Elaru, as ostracized by al close to her Arion tooto draw Deora’s fury towards himself
Deora’s mouth curled into a s the cube towards Elaru “Sure! Go ahead!”
Not only would he “generously” give her the cube so she could touch it as she asked, but he would take the opportunity to throw the cube straight at her face He hoped she got a broken nose or a black eye when hit by the cube
The cube was made out of mythril which was an incredibly hard material, almost ietting daed here would be Elaru
If she dared complain that he had hostile motives towards her and hit her with the cube on purpose, he would just innocently clai her the cube as she asked That he didn’t do anything wrong And besides, everyone had signed an agree that Muni held no responsibility for their injuries
She couldn’t do anything to hi as he didn’t hurt her too badly and claimed innocence, no one could touch him Not even headmaster Eruan would bother with it
This would be so refreshi+ng and enjoyable Deora watched Elaru with excite to see her miserable appearance His throas quick and unexpected, she couldn’t catch it
Elaru’s eyes didn’t even have the chance to widen before she reflexively reacted Her hands ht the cube
Deora’s face darkened, revealing a pout of dissatisfaction Darn it! What fast reflexes!
However, Elaru’s face, instead of revealing relief or pride turned completely stoic
Even Zerel, who caught a brief flash of panic pass through her eyes, attributed it to the sudden “attack”
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Elaru was used to people shooting stuff at her – usually daggers, arrows, and fireballs How could she possibly reveal panic because of a fastcube?
The probleht unprepared She didn’t e to move her mana away from the cube as it entered her dense e armor
The denseher aura hit the cube like an avalanche
Cold sweat covered her back instantly when she realized her own bad luck
Her eyes darted towards Deora who seelittered with interest Neither realized what just happened
Without further ado she flicked her badge towards Zerel, bypassing Deora co her best to contain her urgency
Zerel effortlessly caught her exa at it “Of course” Deora wanted to protest, angry that she colass
She wasted no ti mana around the cube so fast it looked like her life depended on it Her expressionless face revealed no clue about howinside
Exa speed test!
Deora didn’t knohether to huff because she hurt his pride, or laugh because she was racing through an accuracy test
As they watched Elaru rush with the test, people around her started revealingexpressions
Who are you trying to impress?
Are you trying to weave it fast to use the speed as the excuse for not having a high score?
Idiot!
Haha! I’ll eat the entire cube if you e to reach 10 points with such speed!
Arion was the only one aard splattered over his face He stared at Elaru, with a soleht
What is she doing?
He was an excellent judge of character And his instincts told him that Elaru was in no way stupid
Does she actually have the ability to weave flawlessly while retaining such speed?
Elaru conored all the scorn and employed her full concentration and ability on the task at handFaster! Faster!! Faster!!!
She chanted inside her head, sweat dripping down her forehead Speed had no effect on the score of this test However, because of her mistake…or rather…Deora’s mistake, she had no choice but to hurry
Soon the spell was co up
Without waiting for it to finish, she accelerated towards Deora and pushed the cube into his hands As if the cube was on fire and would hurt her if she continued touching it
Deora looked at her dulowing spiral
The spreading of light seemed so slow Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Elaru repeated inside her head, yet her urgency never showed on her face
3…5…8
The exa the result suspenseful at all It would stop clih score with that speed The girl clearly had no idea what she was doing
Elaru clenched her fists quietly
10…13
When the spiral reached 14, the room was in an uproar