Mirror Heart Initiation, School Conference, Head of the Logistics Department
Back home.
Ian looked at Chris beside him.
"Where is Lord Qiansi?"
"Father has already returned to the family to prepare for the School Conference in three days—the one Lady Vilo announced while you were away," Chris said.
"Mm."
Ian nodded.
The School Conference was not attended solely by the School's upper ranks and various departments; it also included every Wizard family under its command.
The last one had been held ten years ago.
The Academy's current overall structure had been established then.
Thus, the convening of this conference carried great significance for all Wizards and family Wizards alike.
All that remained was to wait three days.
Ian took a deep breath and glanced at Chris beside him. After so long apart, it was only natural for them to catch up.
The look in Chris's eyes as she gazed at Ian seemed almost to drip with silk.
There was no need to say more.
The next day.
Chris left.
Yet countless Wizards came to visit Ian. Wizards and families he had heard of and those he had never heard of all sent invitations.
Ian rejected every one of them.
It was not that he would not meet them; the time simply had not yet come.
Ian could foresee that once he became the Head of the Logistics Department, there would inevitably be another wave.
He had no desire to spend vast amounts of time on such matters.
Rumors even began circulating outside that Ian was excessively arrogant, but Ian ignored them all.
Even so.
Over those brief three days, Ian received a scattered total of two or three thousand Magic Stones.
That made him look forward even more to the School Conference three days later.
In the blink of an