A Coincidence?

Soon, it was the day of the birthday banquet. Since Ian was going to use a teleportation portal to go there, he was in no hurry. After Rob finished his lecture for the day, he gave Ian a stack of paper before he left.

"Hm? What's this?"

Ian picked them up as he asked.

"The duke has asked me to give them to you. These contain a list of the important figures that'll be attending todays party and some detail about them."

"Is that so? Okay. Tell father I said thanks. You can leave now."

Ian placed them on the table and turned to look at Ash. He was sitting on the sofa with a children's book in his hand. He was frowning deeply as if he were facing a severe problem.

"Hey. I told you to ask for my help if there was something you couldn't understand."

Ian walked up to him and sat beside him. He was teaching Ash how to read and write after discovering he had a great memory and sharp brain. Just in two days, he managed to memorise the alphabet and could recognize simple words.

"Mm. This