Episode 130 – Life Story (1/2)
Episode 130 – Life Story
Previously:
Elaruher practical exam in which she subdued a familiar crew of ex-pirates
Elaru finally finished her self-satisfied narration of how she passed her practical exam and turned to face Kiel’s unamused deadpan expression
It wasn’t that he found her retelling boring, no, on the contrary, it was rather huh when he compared it to his own 30implications…
“Why is it that you are familiar with a crew of pirates?” Kiel uncere her a penetrating look
Episode 130 – Life Story
“That… is an interesting question” Elaru grinned “Would you believea pirate shi+p by ?”
“Did you?” Kiel raised an eyebrow questioningly
“Yes” She responded with a straight face
“Then yes, yes, I would,” Kiel responded with a face just as straight as hers
Elaru was the first to discard the solemnity in favor of a chuckle “Only because you can tell I’ about you would surprise rinned sheepishly
Kiel sighed and rubbed his temples Elaru was… a special kind of trouble maker She didn’t actively search for trouble, but one way or another ended up in it
He had a nagging feeling that she’d bring that trouble to his doorstep too And the worst thing about it is that he had no idea what kind of trouble to expect He was left in the dark with no idea about what she was up to; no idea of her background and goals
Kiel sighed again, with a mix of frustration and helplessness “Do you ever intend to let me into your closed off little world?”
Silence descended, slicing the cheerful mood like a sharp knife Almost palpable tension rose in the air
Kiel stared at Elaru’s poker face for a while, before he got tired of waiting for a response
She wouldn’t give hiaze towards the fluffy white clouds above the about herself That secretive nature of hers would probably not change anytiht be a bit similar to him after all… at least in their tendency to keep people at bay
At first glance, one would peg her as an extre and sociable person She was charis, and cheerful – a personNot only did sheti her a powerful ally
But when everything was said and done, did she truly have any close friends? Did she ever foret truly close to her? To understand her?
She hid it quite well, but she was just as unwilling to let people get close to her as he was
Elaru gave Kiel’s ilance, and unbeknownst to him, a flash of sadness briefly touched her face
“Papa, Wade and I…we’ve spent last 18 years searching for so”
Kiel’s head jerked towards Elaru so fast that it is a wonder how his neck didn’t snap He stared at her ide eyes but didn’t dare to even breathe too loudly let alone speak, afraid that anything he said or did would
“We’ve been to every corner of the Lands under the shi+eld, and e failed to find it within the shi+eld, we resorted to going to the forbidden zone to continue the search”
Elaru sighed softly “Whenever the search turned too dangerous to bring two snot nosed brats along, papa would leave us to one of our uncles and aunts, or later on, leave us to fend for ourselves as a part of our training”
What kind of training would require two children to roa just an excuse? Kiel sed down the protest, not wanting to interrupt
Elaru’s eyes grew distant, looking towards the horizon Her mental voice also became soft and airy “We’ve spent a lot of ti a few months here and there in D’Arca and Zelaih, and the re all over”
HerKiel couldn’t see “I’ve s Even if I died right now, my life wouldn’t have been a waste”Contrary to her proud words, her s it sad, or perhaps melancholic, would be more appropriate
“I’ic and other e But if you asked me what I specialize in…” Elaru paused to think before responding “I guess… what I’”
She sreat at stealth, cos I’ve also spent considerable effort trying to gain a deeper level of understanding towards how , ”
She fell silent for a moment, but she didn’t seem to be quite done, so Kiel held in all questions that were brewing inside his head
“As for what I enjoy doing the most or hope to becoht about the future I’ve always been concentrating on the present”
Another pause gave her soed I like novelty Exploring, adventuring, discovering new things…” She er part ofwhile for her to continue
She didn’t
Don’t tellwith the eted unco rapidly
Finally, he couldn’t hold it in any for?”
For a moment, many complicated emotions flashed on Elaru’s face Kiel suspected she wouldn’t answer, but after a e fate”
Kiel didn’t believe in fate to begin with, so receiving such an ansould be inherently irritating; the fact that this answer shed no light on the matter only served to increase Kiel’s frustration
People could call anything as fate, having an arrangedthe street every day to buy bread could be called fate It was as if she didn’t answer at all