Episode 95 – Practical Exam Start (1/2)
Episode 95 – Practical Exam Start
Previously:
Kiel and Elaru talk about important stuff inside the Black Pearl restaurant
“Can you repeat that? I didn’t quite catch it?” Kiel finally squeezed out
“I said…” Elaru stared right into his eyes “Let’s talk about sex”
Silence descended on the rooobsmacked and dumbfounded expression that consisted of a stiff, pale face, wide eyes and tightly pressed lips Cold sas pouring down the side of his facehim look quite ht face?! What is with this air of soleht eyebrow started violently twitching He had to cough a few et his voice back “You…want to…” Kiel sed down the saliva “…to talk about…” I can’t believe I’ this… “… sexual intercourse?”
“Well, not the intercourse part specifically…” Elaru stated blandly
Thank the Gods! Kiel let out a breath he didn’t knoas holding, but Elaru’s next words et stuck inside his throat: “What I want to talk about isbabies”
I don’t… I don’t even…what? Kiel stared at Elaru speechlessly I… I can’t even… begin to fathoh her head…
His entire body stood completely petrified, as if he had turned into a statue
Perhaps if it was a few days earlier, he would have just gotten up and walked away But today, his mind turned completely blank And then countless questionany sense of rational thought
Elaru’s hand twitched as if it wanted to try poking Kiel again However, this tie
“To create an offspring, both the mother and the father need to provide their seed of inheritance When their two seeds meet, if they are compatible, they will combine into a seed of life”
When sheof two people as one, Kiel finally woke up from his stupor and his face fell “Stop I kno children are ave him a wise look as if she was an ancient scholar “Patience, youngfun of me because I haven’t had… intiers on top of his eyebrow to forcefully stop the uncontrollable twitching “Mageling? Did you just nored his question and continued “The seed of life is then nourished inside theon the species, until it grows into a fully functional body”
Kiel covered his face with his hand I can’t believe we are having this conversation…
“The seed of life eventually gives birth to the consciousness – the e and is the source of thoughts and feelings The mind is the essence of what runt of displeasure, however, Elaru continued to ignore hiains self-awareness, it creates a projection of consciousness – the Mind The Mind is simply an extension of the consciousness, a way for the consciousness to perceive the energy of the world If the consciousness is the sun than the Mind is the light eainst her forehead “The lump of flesh inside our heads does not contain our consciousness Our fleshly body which grows out of the seed of life is only a vessel, an interface our mind uses to perceive and interact with the physical world Similar to how the soul tendrils act as the conduit for e between our bodies and our transcendent h He had no idea where this conversation was going, but at least it didn’t see in an inappropriate direction
Since that was the case, he ht as well just let her say what she intended to say, even though none of the things said so far were new to hiht in school but even the people who didn’t go to school knew it, for it was a large part of culture and religion
Halneans believed that the seed of life produced a spark of consciousness which had the ability to coin felt its existence, it would pull the new and weak spark inside a timeless dreain
It is believed that this dreain If the consciousness failed the trial, the spark would be extinguished and the seed of life would die Otherwise, the creature would be bestoith a soul as its reward
It is said that those who gained larger, better souls, had passed the trial with flying colors, while those who got miserable, small souls were those who barely passed the trial
This is why, even froious point of view, those blessed with an abundance of in, while non-es were the discarded children, looked down upon by the society
The Origin was absolute Everything cain Even the Gods thein
“Now, the purpose of this babytalk is this – just like the soul tendrils can snap, the connection between your body and mind can also be severed” Elaru continued “Unlike how the separation of the soul and the body causes dae to the body, the separation of the mind and the body harms neither of the two If your mind left your body, your body would enter a state similar to a coma”
“Let’s talk about sex?!” Kiel made an air quotation marks “Would it have killed you if you just said you wanted to talk about this froers at Elaru
Elaru tilted her head to the side cutely and giggled musically “Ah, but then I wouldn’t have been able to see you acting all cute and eritted teeth, barely restraining hi the redhead by the neck “In ay am I cute?! It was a completely appropriate response to an inappropriate topic of conversation!”
“Ok, ok, I’ todirected her way
“I can tell you aren’t sorry at all!”
“Err…” Before the situation could degrade further, Elaru dropped a bomb that totally shi+fted the conversation onto another track “Tomorrow’s practical exam will temporarily separate your mind and body”
Kiel’s eyes widened, and he stared at Elaru “What?”
She stood silent for a while, deliberating her next words “Have you ever heard about the Replica Dungeon?”