Episode 138 – Bad Luck (1/2)
Episode 138 – Bad Luck
Previously:
It’s Friday, the last day of Muni entrance exams It is time for the last exam of the day – Special exam Kiel shot hi exa ability, but rather, to test for a special talent that can only be revealed through the process of spell replicating He is tasked to spell replicate several cogwheels and then given an intricate enchant enchanting the stars, he is given real Clay Mines to enchant
On the other hand, Elaru is confronted by three old geezers who are acting high and e, accidentally provoking the views
Episode 138 – Bad Luck
After the three old uing), they brought out several more artifacts for Elaru to break, each one trickier than the last
They stared with their ly little effort
“Is that all?” Only when her question fell did they regain their senses They shared a look and then abruptly their bodies shook hat seehtenment
With utrin, however, their excited aura gave their true feelings away Still, they continued posturing They cleared their throats and with an air of the wise, older generation they informed Elaru they needed to privately discuss her perforroup of bandits, set up a sound isolation barrier, and turned their backs to Elaru to conceal their crafty grins Seeing their hunched backs and heads alether, even an idiot would be able to tell that they were up to no good, let alone Elaru who had spent theup scoundrels
Briefly, she pondered whether it would be worth the effort to concentrate her Aethernea of Sight on their ainst it They didn’t seem evil, merely a bit mischievous, like oversized children And they didn’t have any enmity with her, on the contrary, they seemed to be very satisfied with her abilities They were probably thinking about which hard to break artifact to bring out next
Meanwhile, under the sound barrier…
“Quick! Where is the list of things headmaster asked us to break by the end of this week?” Mustache slapped his tighs
“I’ve got it right here” Eyebrows hurriedly searched his pockets and pulled out a folded piece of paper
Beard snatched the paper right out of his hands, wet his thuue, and quickly unfolded it
The three pressed their heads tightly together reading down the long list for several seconds
“Are you thinking what I’?” Mustache was first to speak up
“Hehe, if you are thinking that we’ll be hard-pressed to finish all this by Monday then yes” Beard chuckled coyly
“Indeed, indeed, iood for our old bones” Eyebrows added with enthusiasm that created a sharp contrast with the severity of his words
“Might cause hair loss too” Beard was better at controlling his facial expression thus he nodded gravely Unfortunately, the lightness of his voice didn’t match the heaviness of his face
The three shared a knowing look and looked back at the pretty redhead Theto the eyes she was They turned back, their eyes unconsciously squinting
“I’ll supervise the young lass and cross things off the list…” Eyebrows screamed dibs for the easiest task The other two looked at hiruntled but in the end, let it pass, they were in too good of a o search the cabinets,” Mustache added with eyes squinted into a clear s ether like a merchant who just made a lucrative business deal
And so, what followed next was bringing out one artifact after another Shelves, closets, and pockets, everything that could be overturned and e in front of Elaru
More enchantments she broke, thean artifact she couldn’t break Their faces went through several different phases: shock, adlee, curiosity
In the end, Mustache could barely sit still, rubbing his hands greedily Meanwhile, Eyebrows couldn’t hide the blissful look on his face as he continued crossing out items from his list with incredible satisfaction Just as Elaru emptied the pile in front of her, Beard came back to the roo Elaru break one artifact after another with glittering eyes
At so as if they were three cheerleaders supporting their favorite airbalt teanity couldn’t even be scrapped off the floor Therefore, they decided to thicken their skin and go even further – they kindly asked her if she was running out of mana, and whether they should visit the alche potion
Elaru’s eyebroitched at their feigned worry as she once again squeezed a polite “No, thank you”
Even if she did run out of mana, she’d rather stop this exa potion It’s not like these few rely points would be the difference between success and failure of her exams And mana potions squeezed out mana that had seeped deep into the flesh and bones to nourish theed e to one’s body Mana potions were soh Mostly as a life-saving truies actually wanted her to take one just to continue spell breaking?!
Luckily, the three oldwasn’t an activity with a large mana consumption, so they didn’t actually insist on it
After all, unlike spell casting, spell breaking didn’t directly consu naturally with tie caused by the repeated collision with solidified e to have a large amount of ible ale spell breaking attehly unlikely to happen Fainting due to ue was a much more realistic scenario
Fortunately, or perhaps, unfortunately, Elaru’sand breaking, all the while longingly looking at the clock on the wall, hoping that it would tick just a bit faster
If only tiic wasn’t far beyond her capabilities…
When the final item was crossed off frolee to stop One after the other, they ran towards their personal studies and brought back everything they could find (“Eh, eh, how about this one?”, “Oh, oh! I found another one!”, “Ooooh! I lost this one ages ago”)
And then they would once again watch and cheer on, gazing at the redhead with gentle eyes as if they were looking at their long-lost kin Lovable, so lovable! The little lass was saving the?
Coupled with the increasingly disturbing looks and the never decreasing pile of itees of her patience As politely, yet as lanced at the clock and co out of tie to break all of these”