Episode 117 – Elaru’S Practical Exam (1/2)
Episode 117 – Elaru’s Practical Exam
Previously:
Kiel’s practical exaht Mageheart tells him that he will see his score two days from now When he exits the roo for him Kiel subtly extracts infor out that he died a heroic death 18 years ago which had a great impact on the Arite family, especially Rine Arite as close to Zor Elaru adis and that its original creator was Zor Arite, however, she refuses to reveal how her father got his hands on the artifact
◈ The Purge headquarters, Ashar ◈
Nelaira Helyot stared at the iteray hair fell around her headappearance even when she was trying to look amiable
Although, she certainly wasn’t trying to look aht now
”What is this?” She picked up a pink crayon and stared at Nalen Talath with a baffled expression
In response to her shock, he smiled a smile that ly sweet voice ”It’s a crayon”
You don’t say! Nelaira gawked at hied to sn all the witty re me…crayons?”
”Because you asked for a tool hich you can draw and write, of course” Nalen Talath responded in a tone that suggested that the ansas obvious
”I asked for a pen or a pencil bloody meep, even quills would do! Why in the na me crayons?” Nelaira’s voice broke midway
”Pens, pencils, and quills all have sharp tips and can be dangerous if used (in)correctly The dae you can do with crayons, however, is quite li that one plus one equaled two
Nelaira rolled her eyes exasperatedly ”What could I do? Poke a hole through layers of solid metal?”
”Better be safe than sorry” Nalen Talath shrugged, which looked odd, considering that he still had his hands clasped behind his back
”Are you worried I would co at the slits that were Nalen’s eyes He, however, just wordlessly smiled
”I assure you, if I really wanted to commit suicide, I could still do it, even with crayons” Nelaira spoke grudgingly, her forehead creased in a frown
”Do you want me to take away the crayons too?” Nalen still continued to sn of a threat
However, Nelaira knew better As a Purger, she had a keen sense of danger, and no matter how close to her deathbed she was, her h to pick up on it
Her face darkened, and she changed the topic, for the ti next to the box of crayons ”What is that?”
”It’s a romance novel you asked for” Nalen resu to a child who had trouble understanding what he thought to be obvious
Nelaira looked at the cover, her lips pressed tightly together Is he testingme such novels? If I didn’t complain…would that be suspicious?
She fidgeted slightly, before : ”This isn’t romance, it is erotica…”
Nalen’s lips curled into a smirk ”My mistake I don’t knoay around romance fiction If you don’t want it, I’ll just take it away”
Nelaira flipped a few pages and frowned ”…and it is about a lesbian couple…”
Gods only knohere he ed to find such a book Lesbian fiction is very scarce
”Is there a proble not seeing any issues
The htly twitched before she let out an incredulous, hoarse reply ”I aay”
”Thank you for sharing”
Nelaira glared at hiht me what I asked for next time…”
”No promises” Nalen Talah turned on his heels and leisurely oodbyes
Nelaira continued to glare at his back until the doors of her room slammed shut, and the sound of Nalen’s footsteps disappeared down the corridor
Even after she was left alone in her cell, she still didn’t allow herself to sle s she had worked hard to achieve
After Kiel had returned from his practical exam, several hours passed before it was time for Elaru to take hers
In the meantime, Elaru had mentioned what practical exam she had chosen
Unlike Kiel, who had applied for the Battle Royale, Elaru had applied for ”Apprehend and rescue” exa to her, she could have applied for several different exaet full points in each, however, the reason why she applied for this one, in particular, was because she wanted to showcase the range and keenness of her mana sense
Or rather, she wanted to use her Aethernea of Sight to create an impression that she had a very keen s that normal people wouldn’t be able to, she could use her ”keen mana sense” as an explanation for it
By outright clai to hide it, she would be less suspicious People would take this reasonable explanation as truth and wouldn’t bother prying deeper into it She was basically hiding in plain sight
Thus, when the time of her exam arrived, she made her way towards 6th floor
Kiel politely wished her good luck but didn’t send her off
The rooeon looked exactly the same as the roog-shaped chairs The only difference between theraved on the door
When Elaru opened the door with the number six, aited for her on the other side was an alure with the most flawless face she had ever seen
What followed the flawless face was just as flawless voice: ”Welcome back, Elaria”
As she heard the softly spoken sentence, Elaru’s emotionless face was broken by an involuntary twitch of her mouth
She had not expected such a strange greeting After all, this was her first tieon, and she had never seen, let alone talked to the white haired female before
But even so, when she intended to argue she realized she had no grounds on which to argue She couldn’t say that she hadn’t been here before, nor could she claier
After a brief hesitation, Elaru settled for saying: ”Don’t call me that”
The white-haired fe: ”Is that not your name?”
Elaru opened her ain Then she opened her ain