Episode 139 – To See The Light (1/2)
Episode 139 – To see the Light
Previously:
Friday, the last day of Muni entrance exa exa ability, but rather, to test for a special talent that can only be revealed through the process of spell replicating Kiel is tasked to spell replicate several artifacts, including Clay Mines Unfortunately, an accident happens while testing his Clay Mines and an explosion occurs
For just as the box was activated…
BOOM!
The ground shook and Kiel alments of the box flew everywhere like snowflakes
The hourglass on the table crashed on the floor, spilling sand on the carpet
The professors rolled on the floor, their faces black, their hair all over the place
White,the furniture and the floor
As Kiel stared at the chaos, his mouth dropped open, his pupils dilated and his mind stalled
…fu! Don’t tell me Elaru passed her bad luck onto ht
Luckily, the silver box was absorbed ot injured After several seconds of dizziness, even the old grandot up to her feet by herself
The professors shared incredulous looks coupled by sour faces and collectively glanced back at Kiel
Kiel gulped inaudibly The professors disliked hi their time… and now… he just hoped they wouldn’t expel him from the exam He wasn’t even at fault here Elaru caused so much more trouble and she was still fine Surely, he would be fine
The old lady, although the frailest, was the first to recover frohed aardly and made the scattered papers fly into her hand Her action seeether over her shoulders anxiously, hoping that the papers were alright, praying that they wouldn’t need to redo the test
In fact, they were so worried about redoing the test that they didn’t even take the time to tidy up their sorry appearance They looked over the papers with black faces and hair standing up like it was a tiwi nest
The grand faces of the exaot da inappropriate, someone erected a sound isolation barrier around the examiners Just in ti solared at the first one Granny was frowning, as the rest erupted into an insult-spewing clalances from time to time
Kiel’s back was already drenched with cold sweat, they wouldn’t take their irritation out on hi by their black faces… they were cursing him for sure!
Kiel anxiously concentrated on their expressions, hoping he’d be able to lip read what they were saying He couldn’t just silently wait for their verdict! If he wanted a chance to defend hi hi ones!
Unfortunately, the little words that heatteh for hio off… theoretical li… i… ability… ”
The ued, the more shaken they seemed to be
“…already… 3… not talented… personal… not willing… going to expel…”
Kiel’s blood chilled, beco colder and colder with each word
Finally, just as Kiel was about to becorand that lared at each and every one of the else Her look was so intiaze
And thus, the matter seemed to be temporarily settled
The sound barrier was removed, and all pairs of eyes looked towards Kiel He could al holes into him They looked at hi board, like they were a pack of hungry lupaxes staring at a littleback in fright
The grand She reached into her robe and pulled out a s herself fro for the duration of the exam, but the recent explosion was too much for her to handle She needed her pipe to relieve the stress
Her deep inhale broke the dense veil of silence covering the room
After several seconds of stillness, her closed eyes snapped open and she reached into her robe once again, this ti out a small jewelry box
She flicked her hand and an e towards Kiel’s desk
“This is the last test we have for you” Grandma declared sole towards Kiel as well
Suppressing his fingers frorabbed the pen with one hand and the box with another
“Your task is to sense the enchantment on this artifact and draw out its spell pattern as accurately as you can”
The soleazes of the exa Kiel felt as if so onto his chest
“Do your best” The grandma wished him luck, as if this task was his last attempt to redeem himself The last atte expelled fro up for this special exareen
Slowly, he opened up the little box to reveal a s or a pendant
Kiel closed his eyes, sed down his saliva, and concentrated on sensing the enchantment
And then…
He almost snapped the pen in half
For he realized that no matter how hard he concentrated…
The enchantment on this little bead remained blurry
It was so intricate, so sood enough to see it Lines were too thin, packed tightly together blending with one another into blurs of various densities of mana
He felt like a person who had taken off their prescription glasses, squinting with all his idly, his back drenched with cold sweat, his black hair sticking to his forehead, his already fair face turning even whiter
His fingers almost dropped the jewelry box He was forced to put it down and hide his tre seconds stretched, every next er than the previous
Kiel felt the eyes of the exa for hi
Yet, he couldn’t pick up that pen
Not because his fingers were shaking too much to write But because he couldn’t see
He just couldn’t see it!
His heart thu like a drum inside his head
He had no way out
They never left hiin with
Such an intricate enchantes would be able to accurately sense so this small He doubted that even they, themselves, would be able to draw it out