Return of the Runebound Professor: A Progression Fantasy Epic by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Seven

It was nearly a minute before Noah finally got control of himself again. Lee had backed all the way out of the bathroom and had her back pressed against the wall. The hair on her body stuck up unnaturally, like she was a hedgehog.

Noah wiped the hysterical mirth from his eyes and shook his head, straightening up and letting out a slow sigh, barely pushing down the urge to start laughing again.

The demon didn’t somehow bind me to this body. I’m not cursed, and the power doesn’t even belong to someone else anymore. It’s all my Master Rune.

“Sorry about that. You just gave me the answer to something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I grew up in a place with very little information about runes.” Noah looked into the mirror and grimaced. His small fit had made his eyes completely red. “Oh well.”

Lee watched him through narrow eyes.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that? I was just laughing.”

“It was… unsettling,” Lee replied. “You didn’t smell right.”

“Smell? You were sniffing me while I was laughing? And you have the audacity to be judgmental?”

“Most humans are prey. You already smelled off,” Lee said, pressing her lips together as she searched for the right words. “A mixture of confidence and vulnerability. It didn’t make sense.”

Noah shook his head. “Never mind. I already promised not to poke too deeply into your passings as long as you keep your end of the deal up. You might want to get control of your hair, though. You look like a pencil.”

Lee flicked her head to the side, and her hair, which had still been standing straight up, pointed at the ceiling, flopped down around her shoulders. She fluffed it out. “Hair is always difficult to make properly.”

“Noted. Maybe we’ll get you a hat,” Noah said. He headed over to his desk and grabbed his notes, arranging them before him as he sat down. Noah picked up his quill and quickly started to write, filling in the gaps he’d left behind.

“What’s that?” Lee asked.

“Notes.”

“You write in code? You didn’t strike me as the type.”

Noah paused to dip his quill in the ink well. He glanced up at Lee. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Lee didn’t respond. Noah shook his head and went back to writing. He’d never quite gotten used to rushing his work after coming out of the afterlife, so he was still writing by the time the sun started to rise.

“How much longer are you going to do that?” Lee asked with a groan. “Come on. I’m bored.”

Noah set his quill back in its spot and blew on the papers before laying them out on his desk to let them properly dry. He stretched his arms over his head and yawned. “I’m done. We’re going to need to make a stop before we go shopping.”

“Oh?”

“There’s someone I need to introduce you to. Before I start passing you off as a teacher, I’m going to need to make sure that doesn’t somehow get me into trouble.

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