Episode 90 – Cover Story (2/2)

Instead of proceeding onwards, Rhur did an 180-degree turn, walking away in the same direction he came from

I’d rather take my chances and pay a visit to father

In a lavishly decorated rooed wo fingernails

The wo her eyes suddenly opened theh she couldn’t see through the walls ”Hmmm?”

Her baby blue eyes narrowed and her perfectly sculpted eyebrows furrowed Was thatRhur?

Her eyebrows stayed furrowed for several seconds, before they relaxed once again Well…whatever

She looked at her right hand which the servant had just finished with She adernails for several seconds before hu in satisfaction

Then she proceeded to flick her long black hair with pink highlights to the side in a dignified manner

Meanwhile, in Black Pearl Restaurant

”Alright, let’s get down to business” Elaru wiped the tears fro hard to concentrate on the issue at hand

Kiel clutched his stomach in the most discrete way he could and nodded his head sole around”

Although his facial expression was deathly serious, internally, he was sincerely hoping, praying even, for there to be no hing fits painful, as de of his sto fits were also totally ruining his ie of a cold and serious person

Kiel continued to nod his head repeatedly Indeed Elaru Wayvin is extreerous

”Close your eyes” Elaru exclaimed

Kiel’s nodding suddenly stilled, and he looked at her blankly ”What?”

”Close your eyes” She repeated Kiel’s eyebroitched ”Why?”

”I’ll explain the purpose of it later For now, just do as I say”

Kiel stared at her skeptically for a while, however, in the end, he let out a sigh and closed his eyes He had decided to make her his ally, so he should show so building

When he closed his eyes, Elaru pulled out a box, wrapped in foil, fro from her belt She placed the box in front of Kiel, careful not to touch the box as she removed the foil

A soft sound of cardboard paper let Kiel know that the box wasn’t the only thing that fell out of the foil Even though he had his eyes closed, through his hearing andon quite clearly

”Can I openno point in this entire endeavor

”Yes” Elaru agreed

Finally Kiel resisted the urge to roll his eyes and instead, opened them

The first thing he saas a s box in front of which there was a note

Kiel’s eyebrow rose as he picked up the note

On the note, there were only tords, written in an elegant, refined handwriting: ”Happy Birthday”

Kiel’s eyebroitched, and he looked at Elaru gobsmacked ”It’s not o

Elaru shrugged ”It’s a late birthday present”

Kiel stared at her speechlessly Couldn’t she just give hi? Why is there a need to call it a birthday present?

Elaru’s ive ht process doesn’t mean I’m insane”

”Please enlighten ht process” Kiel closed his eyes and rubbed his temples in exasperation

Elaru grinned widely ”Naturally, I a a cover story”

Kiel’s eyes suddenly snapped open, and he stared at Elaru with interest ”Oh?”

”What would happen when your fae suddenly has an abundance of mana and pure mana at that?” Elaru smirked ”Naturally, they will ask questions”

She paused, looking at Kielto tell them”

Kiel nodded ”I’ll tell them that my latent potential finally awakened which resulted in my sudden abundance of mana”

”Right” Elaru confir that can only be obtained through the Aetherneal bond or through awill act as a du artifact”

Elaru paused again

”When people notice you are in possession of a ”e because you are a noble They would think that your family bestowed the artifact onto you However, your fa questions Naot it”

Elaru motioned towards the box on the table ”So, to avoid you having to come up with a lie, which could be easily exposed I created a cover story that is true so you wouldn’t have to lie”

She grinned ”When they ask how you got the artifact, you’ll tell theift If they ask further, you’ll tell them you found it on the table when you opened your eyes And you can even show theave it to you, you can say that you didn’t ‘see’ who left you the ring and there was no name on the note”

Author Note

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This episode is dedicated to Fenixfire, thank you soAethernea! Itthe world and the ic coe pleasure in writing this berating It was soit, suddenly I thought that Venric was not so bad after all I even gave him a thumbs up