Episode 131 – Past And The Future (1/2)
Episode 131 – Past and the Future
Previously:
Elaruher practical exam in which she subdued a faround and this time Elaru does respond She reveals that her father and her had spent the last 18 years searching for so She says that she is specifically interested in topics concerning the Gods, the soul and Aetherneal ic Kiel offers to help her search for he is interested in information about Aetherneal bond Kiel reveals that his father and Rhur’s mother have no affection for each other
“My father accidentally e to boot, and somehow, they fell in love” Kiel’s face contorted, as if he had sed so sour “Opposites attract and all that nonsense… anyway,birth to et the vile taste of love off his tongue before continuing “To keep us safe fro a mistress and a bastard child,as he could”
“I lived a normal life of a normal child in a normal house in Ashar until it burned down” Kiel spoke as if he was talking about the weather
“My mother, whose body had always been frail due to her mana deficiency, didn’t survive the ordeal With a lack of a mother, and any form of maternal relatives, my father didn’t have anyone else to leave me with and thus my existence was revealed to the Rroda fae
“It was a matter of time anyway After all, I have the unique hair and eye color of a Rroda Thus, although it pained grandfather greatly, he had no choice but to bestow Rroda forsneer “Well, it was either that or to ht crossed his mind, I’m sure”
A frown and a sneer battled for dohtto find a good word to describe it with In the end, he settled for: “… educated” But judging by the tone of his voice, ‘torture’ ht have been a more appropriate word
The sneer won and practically radiated off Kiel’s voice as he spoke: “To the horror of e likeas well as the fire gets along ater Thus, at the end, they duh to take care of myself”
Kiel’s expression subconsciously returned to a neutral mask, yet not even his reflexive repression of e into his voice as he spat out: “There you have it Not nearly as interesting as your life story”
Elaru seemed to have picked up that there was itated just by re any questions She stayed silent in thought for several seconds before speaking up in hera bastard child isn’t so you should necessarily be asha That’s so to be proud of if you ask me Even if it was out of wedlock”
Love, huh? Kiel wasn’t quite sure he believed in such a thing His father was certainly not a loving person He would be more inclined to believe that the whole affair was his father’s infatuation with soood dose of lust
And even if it truly was love, there was no way to prove it nor would anyone care about it How can he ith his head held high knowing that he was an illegitimate child? That his father cheated on his ith athat shouldn’t have happened A disgrace
They would think that the Rroda fa hi him to take on their faiving him his current social status
Yet, no one would ever know that he hadn’t had a single day of true happiness since the hth the shroud of darkness
“I think you are better off than those that were sired out of obligation An environ Just look at your brother” Elaru winked at Kiel
Feeling her war her cute mannerisms, Kiel couldn’t help but let out a husky chuckle: “You al about him to be pitied He is the future heir of the Rroda fa he ever wanted”
“I doubt that’s truly the case…” Elarufar into the distance as if she could see Rhur sos can be quite difficult to discern from the surface Perhaps he is even more miserable than you”
Kiel’s eyebroitched in annoyance Neverto tolerate her frankness, but… was she actually… defending Rhur? “You are thinking too much He is quite happy with his life Very self-satisfied He believes hi on top of the world”
“Yeah, but did you know?” Elaru smiled a smile too sad to be called a such “The view from the top is very lonely”
“I can’t believe you are taking his side! I warned you this would happen People around hi hi and burning, threating to devour hi his side As a fellow bastard, I’reener on the other side”
And, just like that, a tepid strea coh Kiel’s limbs He looked at her with unconcealed surprise “Your parents aren’t married either?”
“They wanted to marry, of course, but… eh… outside interference didn’t let that happen” Elaru shrugged, oddly nonchalant about it
“Let uess, your ured that since Elaru spent her childhood with her father, it was probably the party with the lower social status
“Uh… no, that wasn’t quite what happened” Elaru scratched her head aardly