Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 34 - Sneaking About

He sighed in resignation. Look at the bright side. After a few days, I'll be living in Muni dormitory, and things like this won't have a chance to happen. Then I can go to sleep and wake up in tranquility.

After a few seconds of pondering how he could resolve the issue, he decided to use the air stream to gently lift her up. His eyes glittered as he cast Acceleration on the air around him. He could have done something similar using Morph, but Morph wasn't really intended for creating uniform movement of particles, so naturally it would be much easier to do it with Acceleration.

He proceeded to control the movement of air particles, directing them to pass over them, in between the crevices, faster and faster.

Surprisingly, it was more difficult than he thought it would be. It was as if it became more difficult with every second. Still, he persevered and finally succeeded in pushing Elaru's body a bit upwards. In that split second in which their bodies separated, he accelerated sideways from under her.

He didn't even get a chance to breathe out in relief before Elaru smacked facedown onto the blanket. She had lost the support of his body, and his air control seemed to fail completely for no apparent reason.

As soon as her body touched the floor, she jumped up like a frightened lunar, with its hair raised, hissing and puffing: "The heck?!"

Startled awake, she looked around herself in a daze until her eyes found Kiel who was still lying on his back, a few meters away. "What happened?"

Kiel plastered a completely emotionless expression on his face and responded in the most honest tone he could muster. "You suddenly jumped up screaming bloody murder. Did you have a nightmare?"

She frowned and scratched her head. "I don't remember having a nightmare..."

"It is possible you don't remember anything because you woke up too abruptly?"

Elaru shrugged and started stretching her limbs. "Well...whatever."

Kiel let out an inward sigh of relief and jumped up on his feet. Disaster averted. God bless my quick wits!

As he stood on his feet, something felt strange. His body...felt lighter? He flexed his muscles a bit. Was it just his imagination, or did he have more control over his body?

His eyes brightened. Was this because of that pill I consumed yesterday?

That would be the only explanation since he didn't exercise his body yesterday nor did he perform mana tempering.

The previously sour mood got replaced by delight. He was in a perfect condition to take the exams. He just needed to tidy himself up to look like a proper noble.

He made his way to the stream and washed his face. Then he tidied his clothes. He even spent a few minutes checking himself out in the small mirror before being satisfied.

He was looking quite dashing, just like always.

Cold, yet sexy eyes. The soft rebellious hair framing his flawless pale face. The long black eyelashes and soft lips.

Wait...why does it sound like a description of a girl?!

He frowned and quickly returned the mirror into his backpack. His eyes turning towards Elaru who was patiently waiting for him. Besides running her hands through her hair, doing a quick cleansing and drinking some water, she didn't tidy herself up at all.

Even so, she looked like her usual beautiful self. She was bursting with vigor, her aura so animated and alive Kiel felt like it was directly pouring energy into him.