Episode 115 – Zor Arite (2/2)
Kiel didn’t respond right away, torn bethether he should tell the truth or avoid answering In the end, he decided that he ht as well answer truthfully
“Zor Arite” Kiel spoke slowly, looking at Elaru froht he saw her momentarily freeze but her expression soon turned half-shocked half-empathetic Arion, on the other hand, sucked in a breath and exclaimed “bloody meep! That is some horrific luck!”
Tell me about it Kiel suppressed an eye roll and insteadin the corridor The three of theenius, you know? One of the best e ever had! He explored more uncharted areas of the forbidden zone in his 22 years of life than everyone else had in the last century” Arion continued to chatter “Not only was he an aenius warlock and a sealer Such a pity that he died”
“Indeed” Kiel agreed, and this tilanced at Arion, his irritation towards hi, but he was just a person he needed right now
For he needed infor as if he lamented the fact that the fates were so cruel to take away such a young and outstanding individual as Zor Arite Then he added nonchalantly: “It really makes me wonder how such a person could have died…”
Arion’s chocolate eyes beamed in pleasure that he knew the answer “Apparently, on one of his expeditions, his battalion ran into an extreerous Tainted unlike any other seen to date It was so vicious, so powerful, that none of the Purge stood a chance against it Zor Arite took it upon hi his hed sadly “They say it was an earth-shattering battle Zor did his best to last until his men retreated, but he… couldn’t do the same He had a Beacon, of course, could have teleported to the city, but he chose to die before putting innocents in danger The monstrosity had bitten into his shoulder, you see, if he had teleported, he would be bringing it back to the city with hied to finish off the monstrosity eventually, after a strenuous battle, but at that point, he had no strength left to activate a Beacon It was tragic, really, he ended up bleeding to death before the Purgeclose attention to Arion, but instead, his attention was on Elaru Her face was an ehts either She seemed to be familiar with the story for she showed no surprise
However, she didn’t show much other emotion either One would expect her to have soer, or sadness? But there was nothing It was as if she was doing her best not to show a reaction
“At least they recovered his body It would be such an injustice for such a greathoith all the plots and treachery of the nobles, he would never believe a person dead unless he saw their body
“Yeah, thankfully they recovered it There was a big funeral and everything The entire Purge asse speeches, everyone was crying The cerehts They scattered his ashes into the wind to forever watch over Halnea After the funeral, the Purge even erected a monument in his memory in front of their headquarters” Arion talked excitedly as if he had been present, his face bea about a funeral
“My mom told me all about it” Arion added under his breath “She says it was the biggest event of the decade Everyone attended You know, it is rare for aIf all nobles didn’t make an appearance, it would be considered rude”
Kiel sighed again with feigned sadness and pity “How did the Arite fael branch must have hit them hard”
It was almost eerie how Elaru didn’t join the conversation at all Kiel had never seen her so silent Or so…solemn?
Arion didn’t seem to notice the lack of Elaru’s almost omnipresent smile, nor her peculiar behavior “How could they take it? They did their best to recover froo so well You see, Rine Arite was very close to Zor She was simply devastated when he died!”
Kiel’s heart jumped at the mention of Rine’s name That was the person Zor had asked him about! “What happened?” Kiel al into his voice
“Well, she was supposed to succeed her father, Meilin, as the head of the elibu branch of the Arite family, but Zor’s death hit her hard, and she hasn’t been the same ever since Has been cooped up within the Arite lean anything fro that her fists were clenched so tightly that her tanned knuckles turned white
So, she was agitated! Now if only he could figure out why…
Arion, completely oblivious to the tension, shook his head sadly and continued “Well, Rine recovered eventually Married her older brother, Councilh she still doesn’t leave the mainhouse, she often appears on those fancy dress parties Arites throw every year”
Usually, awould be a hot topic causing ossip However, the situation was completely different when it came to the Arite fa topic would be if one of them married an outsider
It was because, out of all families, Arites were thetheir divine bloodline inherited from their God ancestors They laid the ranted them abilities above everyone else
This was exactly the reason why their unique hair and eye colors never spread outside of the Arite family And it was also why all Arites had sily beautiful appearance, high intelligence, and high ic ability
Arites never married into other families, however, extremely rarely, they would allow their members to marry an outsider into the Arite faenes that would ieniuses of incredible inherent talent or wielders of an Aethernea, would be allowed into the family
Arites selectively bred to create thepossible
It was a harsh practice that left no freedom for the Arite members to choose who to marry or have children with Yet, it was undoubtedly very effective – a prime reason why Arites stood above everyone else to this very day It also created a strange cohesion inside the Arite fa them the most united noble fa up in the next episode:
Arion blinked confusedly “Your guesses are too darn accurate!”
“Where did you get such a powerful artifact?” Kiel asked nonchalantly as if he was just ” Kiel al very curious happened earlier in the exae eyes looked at Kiel so eht?”
Kiel’s eyes narrowed suspiciously “Aren’t you worried the Arite fa one of their artifacts?”
Yes, that was it He was just being cautious Kiel was quick to conclude that his sudden interest in Elaru’s matters surely didn’t imply that he had interest in her Cause that certainly wasn’t the case
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