The conversation between Zeke and Jennifer came to an abrupt end as none of them knew what to say. She thoughtfully looked at him as she kept holding his hands, wanting to enjoy this moment of peace and warmth as long as possible. Although she was his mother, she couldn’t dictate what he should or should not do. Forcing him to accompany her to the Witch Association would only worsen their relationship and possibly ruin her chances of actually being a genuine mother to him. “What about you, mother? Will you be returning?” “Miss Kleya will be staying for a bit longer in the Empire. I’m going to stay with her until she returns.” Jennifer was the Army Commander of the Witch Association. Regardless of her personal feelings, she couldn’t abandon her post and be with her son around the clock. Nevertheless, she wasn’t going to remain idle and do nothing either. She was planning to talk to the Witch Queen in hopes of convincing her to finally make a move and put an end to this bloody war

“You’re here! Good!”Despite her beauty, Elena was quite the fierce and stubborn woman. Her mastery in Magic and many achievements throughout the years were the main focus of her fame. Her attractive appearance wasn’t the main focus, so to speak. Still, there were many foolish people that tried to court her and ended up getting beaten. She was the head of the Whitefront Family, however, the lack of a husband by her side was what made many of her clan members try to wrestle her status away. Unfortunately for them, they were brought under heel by her absolute prowess.Now, such a woman barged into the room and was giving Zeke a rather menacing look.“Is there something you want?” Zeke stood up and faced the Archmagus.He could sense the monstrous quantity of Aether flowing through her body, but he also noticed that her movements were somewhat stiff, probably due to the serious wounds she sustained in Three Finger Mountains.“I’ve heard that the Emperor asked you to join us… but I’m not

Zeke’s right eye was inside of an exquisite box inside of a glass pedestal. The Archmage approached it, used the talisman again to make the glass vanish, and then retrieved it.“Just so you know, we’ve conducted no tests whatsoever. Your eye is in a very good shape.”Zeke didn’t question her statement and merely accepted the box. He didn’t hesitate to open it and peek at the eyeball resting with it. It looked pretty disgusting with coagulated blood around it. The tiny blood vessels were abnormally thick and imbued with an outrageous amount of Aether, surprisingly.Zeke didn’t know how he was going to literally put his eye back into its socket, but he felt relieved that it was finally back to its rightful owner.Just as he was about to touch it, he heard hurried steps coming towards them. Elena furrowed her brow and exited the Vault.“What is the meaning of this?!”One of the elders, a relatively tall one with a dishevelled beard and eyes as small as beans, was angrily shouting with a

“You are leaving so soon?”Emperor Ascalon, ruler of the Empire, sat on his throne and gazed at the black-haired youth.Zeke Orland came to meet the Emperor for the last time before his departure.Jennifer had departed two days ago and it was also time for him to return to the Nezulian Republic.Sulong was also present, but he behaved awkwardly as he knelt on the ground and kept his head lowered. Despite his earlier claims, he looked quite nervous as soon as he entered the Throne Hall.Archmage Elena Whitefort, who had surprisingly become his bickering partner, was laughing from the side. She was fully enjoying his pitiful sight and sweaty bald head.“Yes, Your Majesty. I have rested for long enough. Thank you for your generous hospitality.”“...”The Emperor frowned and after a momentary silence, he asked,“Have you thought about my proposal? You will be a great boon to the Empire. As the Emperor, I will make sure that you will be given the highest possible status. Those are just the

It has been a week since Zeke departed from the Serey Zhan Empire. So far, they encountered no attacks, either from beasts or bandits.As they got closer and closer to the territory of the Nezulian Republic, the devastation caused by the war became apparent.The carriage they used was neither too slow nor too fast, so they were expected to reach their destination in two more weeks, approximately.Sulong explained a couple of things about the Lightning Flame Company and how it had risen. Cecilia Eroa mostly maintained silence. After her brief argument with Zeke, she didn’t join their conversation and would simply sleep or absentmindedly look at the terrains they passed.However, considering this was a carriage that clearly belonged to the Empire, it wasn’t so unexpected for their path to be obstructed by agents from the Republic.In fact, Zeke still didn’t know what their response to his recent ‘feats’ would be. They probably think that he had joined hands with the Emperor and was com