Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 51 - Those with ability don't need luck

In the previous Episode:

Elaru leaves Kiel to attend to her own matters. Kiel has a conflict with a blonde noble who has a bone to pick with Kiel's older brother Rhur. Venric Rroda asks Lawrence to purchase a report on Kiel & Elaru's movemements.

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(Meanwhile, Rroda mainhouse)

A vein pulsed on Venric's forehead, his face pale and contorted into a scary grimace. In his shaking hands, he held a stack of papers. The trembling caused the papers to rustle, the soft sound piercing through the otherwise deathly quiet room.

His tea was slowly cooling off to the side, seemingly forgotten. Yet it wasn't that he no longer wished to drink it, in fact, his mouth was uncomfortably dry. It was simply that he didn't dare to sip it. For what he was reading was so mind-boggling that he would surely end up either choking on the tea or spewing it all over his papers.

The slowly accumulating anger could no longer be suppressed, it reached the upper limits of Venric's tolerance erupting in one swell swoop.

Venric grabbed the first thing that came under his hand and threw it to the wall in a temper tantrum. That thing ended up being the luxurious teacup.

The force of his throw was so large that it created a loud boom when the teacup met the wall. The chandelier and the shelves shook from the impact.

Yet, there was no sound of shattered porcelain. There was only a hole in the wall, housing the teacup which was stuck inside, unable to fall to the ground. If one looked at it closely, the teacup didn't have a single nick or crack. The gems were still as luxurious and eye-catching as ever. Even the dust and debris of the broken wall seemed to just slide past the glossy teacup.

"Over my dead body!!" Venric growled out, crumpling and tearing at the papers.

Those papers, those blasted papers, were the report on today's activities of Kiel Rroda and Elaru Wayvin.

The report clearly stated that both had arrived and participated in the exams. It even divulged their results.

Unexpectedly, both had achieved perfect scores.

Venric was only mildly surprised when it came to his grandson's scores. It might appear that he ignored Kiel's existence, but actually, he kept close tabs on the boy. Any potential liability had to be closely monitored.

Consequently, he was aware that the boy had been working hard and showed considerable talent and ability when it came to using magic. It was quite a pity that he was a mere non-mage. The fates were even crueler than Venric himself.

Therefore, while he did feel surprised that the boy's ability reached full points, he wasn't overly shocked. What shocked him was that the redhead showed an ability not any lesser than the boy. In fact, the report spoke of her ability quite highly.

Allegedly, it was so high that the instruments broke while trying to measure it.

This had never happened before in the history of Ashar University exams.

The more he learned of Elaru Wayvin, the more he understood just how little he knew.

The more he learned, the more he realized just how much he had underestimated her.

The more he learned...the warier he became.

However, what caused him to reach his current rare state of distress was what followed after.