Episode 48 – Ring Crafting (1/2)

Kiel’s eyes widened, realizing what she was doing She intended to craft the ring herself!

Elaru stretched out her other hand towards hiht hand”

If she had requested his hand in any other situation, Kiel would have snorted and ignored her But this time was different This time, Kiel understood the reason behind her actions

With a slight frown, but no reluctance, he offered her his right hand She took it into her own s his palm upwards

Soothing warmth spread from her flesh onto Kiel’s Her actions seeile piece of crystal that with a single wrong touch would shatter

At a nor But when the silky surface of her palainst the back of his own hand, when her velvety fingers caers, his state ofbut normal

A strange sensation came over him The touch was extremely comfortable, even pleasant, yet at the saely… erotic

When that word entered his aze elsewhere, trying to find so else to distract himself with

Yet, the hands were a the most sensitive places on the body; no nore her touch, he was unable to focus his thoughts elsewhere

Theon the back of his hand near the wrist, seeers to move just a bit doards Just a bit down and they would come in contact with it

While Kiel was trying to understand the strange behavior of his -shaped er When it reached the base of the finger, she tightened it until it fit perfectly, then loosened it a bit so that it didn’t touch his skin When she esti and placed his hand down on the table

The sudden loss of warmth jolted Kiel awake fro his thoughts His eyes rose up to see Elaru picking up her needles from the table

“So to your touch” Kiel’s voice came out huskier than intended

Elaru’s actions paused, and she stared at hiether, trying not to show that she found the current subject unsettling Her throat suddenly dried up, and she grabbed a glass of honeymead to take a sip

Kiel inspected his mark of the bond and abruptly his eyebrows furrowed “Look! The rown a bit”

Still wearing a poker face, Elaru looked down at the black rew a bit”

Kiel’s eyes lit up This is excellent news! The distance they could be apart frorow too! “Quick!” Kiel extended his hand towards Elaru

“Touch it If it grew like this just because you held row further if you touch it directly”

Elaru’s eyes widened into saucers, without any warning, she spat out the honeyrip on the needles loosened and they slipped out, their fall creating a

She quickly covered heronly her eyes visible, which see up

Kiel’s hand stood frozen in the air, his eyebroitching, honey down the side of his faceWhat’s with that reaction!?

Sluggishly, he wiped the spit off of his face in disgust, shooting a chilling glare in Elaru’s direction “Can’t you, for once, behave like a proper lady?”

She looked at hied expression She opened herseveral tiainst it and covered her eyes with the palht face?!

After wiping off the honeymead and spit with a napkin, Kiel went to wash his face in the bathroo the entire time Granted, he was annoyed, and not o, he couldn’t be too angry at her

After washi+ng his face, Kiel looked at his own reflection The crystal clear droplets of water were sliding down the sides of his face, parts of his hair were also wet, sticking out as if he had used hair gel

Hiswhat happened As he reached the part with Elaru spitting her honeymead in his face, he froze in horror Suddenly, he felt dizzy, as if someone had just hit him with a heavy ha his face with his hand

But even his long sli his usually pale cheeks

Why is it that you never realize your own inappropriateness but when I say soht away?! Are you actually just pretending to be stupid in that area??

He stood there petrified for a ti reached his ears Followed by that irritating to the mind yet pleasant to the ear voice “Iceblock? You ok? Are you taking a dump?”

“Iceblock?”

“No…”

“Then why are you still in there?”

“Huh?”

“I hate you so much…”

“Huh???”

When Kiel returned to sit at the table, both of them decided to pretend like the previous situation never happened Truthfully, Kiel wanted to bring up the , but he felt too embarrassed to do so

He wore a cold, emotionlessbefore he had interrupted her

She picked up the needles she had dropped and cast a Morph spell on each one Her spells were incredibly dense, so dense that Kiel’s eyes widened in disbelief

If he could see ht, eclipsing everything else