Episode 65 – A Heart Condition (2/2)

Kiel froze and stared at her dumbfounded

She didn’t let hi When she realized he had no intention of coive hi

Kiel’s heart skipped a beat, and he dodged her like a startled lunar, his eyebroitching “Don’t you dare get that red stain on me too!”

Her honest s s you if there was no stain?”

“Of course not!” Kiel refuted right away, his eyebrow violently twitching Elaru’s keen eyes didn’tover his cheeks

Her grin only greider as she lunged towards hi its prey

Kiel reacted quickly, raising his hand towards her head She slarabbed her head with the soles of his fingers as if she was an airbalt ball His sliers kept her at an arms distance, unable to come closer

Since his arer than hers, all she could do was flail about futilely

Through the cracks between his fingers, he could see her giving hied look A muffled pout reached his ears “You’re so mean!”

Seeing such a strange look on her usually s face made the sides of Kiel’s mouth twitch into a smirk

For a e to pet her head like she was a child or a baby anie creature, but he had to admit, she was sometimes quite cute

But then she would ruin it by doing soe

“ELARU!!!!”

Luckily there were not many people left in the White Quarters So, no one witnessed the disgraceful exchange between the two Kiel couldn’t caline! This incident could have caused all his hard work in o up in smoke!

Elaru was dangerous Very, very dangerous He was slowly getting used to being hierous A slip up in public was just a matter of time

Kiel repeatedly clenched and unclenched his fists the entire way towards the building where he was supposed to be taking the written exam

He needed to distance himself from her Pretend not to know her He couldn’t let this continue

This painful, suffocating feeling in his chest had to disappear

He resolutely decided that as soon as they entered Muni, he would break his ties with her He would pretend not to know her They would only communicate in secret, mostly telepathically From a safe distance

Now that he hadmore that he needed to worry about It was the best decision he could ht

So why is it that the painful feeling didn’t dissipate at all Not only didn’t it disappear, it see more painful by the minute

Kiel’s pupils shrunk and a chill went down his spine It can’t be! Can it?! Could it be that I…?!?

That I developed a heart condition??

Is it because Aetherneal bond put a strain on our bodies?! The negative aftereffects could include daans!

Darn it!

He knew so so powerful had to have bad side-effects!

Kiel swore and cursed for some time inside his head His resolve to find out rew by the minute After all, now it had become a matter of life and death

For all he knew, one day, his heart ht fail in his sleep and he wouldn’t even kno and why he died

Just as he was collecting his thoughts and noting down the changes so he could discuss it later with Elaru, he suddenly stopped in his tracks

These changes al about how to deal with the troublesome redhead!

He resisted the urge to face-palm himself and chuckled wryly

Why did his mind travel down to the worst-case scenario when there was a simpler solution? What heart condition?

For a suy, sometimes he was just too dense

He shook his head So, that’s how it is It’s not a heart condition

It’s just stress

He should just take so effects

Kiel nodded in satisfaction Problem solved

The last exae and understanding of ic The exam was filled with multiple-choice questions they had to answer so to prevent the leakage of exam questions, all examinees would take the exam at the same time Which meant that all 5642 examinees had to be fitted into classrooms and supervised

Luckily, Muni provided all exan, that specified they would not be allowed to cheat in any way Therefore, since they couldn’t cheat, supervising the exam became much easier

Providing that many arcane contracts was, naturally, very expensive Muni wouldn’t have opted to do it if they had any other choice How could they ensure fairness and lack of cheating in a rooel whose eyes can see the hairs on a caterpillar 20 m away?

After realizing how s they would need to enchant and provide, that wouldn’t even solve the issue of cheat sheets, they figured that those arcane contracts were much cheaper than the alternative