Hearing Delian speak, the other girls raised their heads and exchanged glances. Delian did not seem to care and soon turned her gaze toward the girl beside her in a red mage's robe.
"Then, Annie, you go first."
"Huh? Me? Me?"
At Delian's words, Annie instinctively shrank back. As the representative of the Evocation System, Annie did not look anything like the violent evocation mages people imagined. She was small and slender, with curly brown hair and a pair of large black-framed glasses, looking quiet and fragile.
Though this girl seemed awkward with words and did not know how to dress herself as well as the others, she was one of the highest-ranked members of the delegation—a seventh-circle mage, a true high-level mage.
"That's right. I heard from my mentor that the Evocation System originally intended to send Rosalia. Why were you substituted for her?"
The Rosalia Delian mentioned was the darling of the Evocation System. Everyone had their own circles, and since the girls present were similar in age, strength, and looks, they all knew one another. They were also quite familiar with Rosalia's situation. Like Annie, she was a seventh-circle mage, but in terms of appearance, Rosalia was an exceptionally striking beauty. Compared to her, Annie looked even more like an ugly duckling.
"Th-this... um..."
Annie clearly hesitated. Under Delian's curious stare, she stammered for a while before finally speaking.
"Um... well... I'm not sure either... My mentor said it was a choice made by Mr. Fang Zheng..."
"Hm? What do you mean?"
"It's like this... According to my mentor, when the delegation was being formed, the White Tower council drew up a list and handed it to Mr. Fang Zheng. When the list was returned, Rosalia's name had been crossed out. That's why I joined as a