"Click..."
Amid the faint sound of a door opening, a Homunculus pushed open the double doors before them and silently stepped aside.
Outside the door, Fang Li walked straight in, entering a rather spacious hall.
In the hall, the girl seated in a wheelchair looked over from a small white table meant for afternoon tea, a serene and polite smile on her lovely face.
"Welcome, Mr. Fang Li."
The girl named Fiore greeted Fang Li.
Looking at the girl with that serene and courteous smile, Fang Li stepped forward and entered.
This appeared to be Fiore's private suite.
Though the area outside was a corridor of Mirenia Castle, from this point onward, it was Fiore's personal domain.
As Fang Li walked through it, he could see several doors within the hall.
Some led to Fiore's bedroom, while others led to workshops where she crafted Magic Crests and researched magecraft. The conditions were exceptionally good.
"Should I say it's only to be expected of Yggdmillennia's next Clan Leader?"
Fang Li came before Fiore and smiled at her.
"Your treatment is clearly different from that of the other Magi, isn't it?"
At those words, a faintly bitter smile appeared on Fiore's serene face.
"It isn't as exaggerated as you think, sir. Within Yggdmillennia, I am still a junior and far from mature." Fiore smiled as though troubled. "Besides, 'next Clan Leader' is merely a title with no end in sight. If Uncle wishes, he may be able to continue acting as Clan Leader indefinitely."
That was not mere politeness.
Darnic had debuted as a Magus during the Third Holy Grail War. Another sixty or seventy years had passed since then, meaning he had to be over a hundred years old, yet he still looked like a young man. If he could maintain