Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 65 - A Heart Condition

Previously:

After the disaster in which Elaru broke a hole in a glass tank filled with a healing potion, she came out of the classroom and under the instruction of Deora asked for the next examinee to enter to take the exam. The examinees waiting in front of the classroom missunderstood and ran away in fright.

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Deora looked around and noticed a horde of people running out of the building. "What's happening? Why are people leaving in such a hurry? Is there a fire somewhere?" His frown deepened. "But I didn't start a fire this time."

After a few seconds, an additional head full of dark purple hair poked out into the hallway. After noticing that the hallways was completely devoid of all examinees, Zerel smiled happily. "Good news little Dei! It seems that our work is done for today."

Both Elaru and Deora stared at Zerel speechlessly.

After a few seconds of staring they snapped their head towards the railing in front of the classroom, where a brown-haired guy was clumsily climbing up. After his feet touched the ground, he let out a breath of relief and scratched his head in confusion. "The heck? What's with the panic? Some bastard even pushed me off the railing! If I wasn't an argel with the ability to Accelerate, I'd be a pancake!"

Zerel's face fell, and he sighed dejectedly. "Ah, it seems I spoke too soon. I guess we aren't done for today after all."

Arion looked at Elaru and then blinked a few times in confusion. "Elaru? What happened to you? You look like you've just walked out of a butchery."

Elaru opened her mouth to respond but no words came out. Luckily, Deora interrupted her and waved Arion over. "Come on! Are you here to take the exam or to pick up girls?"

That put an awkward end to the conversation and the two professors let the disheveled Arion enter the room.

As soon as Arion walked in, Deora glared daggers at Elaru threateningly behind his back. I'll remember this! Will never trust you again! He then "humph"-ed one final time before slamming the door shut.

As the door slammed shut, a sudden series of crashes was heard.

The three inside the room looked towards the shelf that was previously filled with glass jars. Apparently, each time the renegade cube created a crater it had jolted the jars closer to the edge of the shelf. But it wasn't until Deora slammed the door that they finally toppled over to the floor.

Deora stared at the broken glass with bloodshot eyes. The strange eyeballs that were previously inside the jars seemed to stare right back at him.

When Elaru heard a miserable scream erupt from inside the room, she didn't dare dally any longer and quickly made her escape by jumping off the railing, exactly where Arion had fallen off previously.

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While Elaru was gracefully falling off the railing, she saw Kiel sitting at a table, peacefully reading a book, completely undisturbed by the commotion around him.

When the people around the hall saw her approach them, for some reason they turned pale and ran away. It made Elaru finally realize why people were running away. That they probably mistook her potion stains for blood.

She rolled her eyes. What a bunch of cowards.

Fortunately, Kiel didn't show any sign of doing the same.

In fact, he only turned to look at her when he heard his name called in that soft and comfortable voice he was familiar with.

Kiel looked up, his icy blue orbs meeting Elaru's teal ones. His eyes proceeded to drop down to Elaru's shirt.