Reckless Fool? Arrogant Wretch?

It had been said before that on the Akasha Continent, those who could become Sword Saints before the age of thirty were exceedingly rare.

Take the Ginas Kingdom, for example. Aside from Riezel, none of the current six Sword Saints had become Sword Saints before turning thirty, including the Old Sword Saint whose reputation had been exaggerated to mythical proportions and Floren of the Borley Family.

That was precisely why Albert Borley, who had a chance of becoming a Sword Saint at the age of twenty-seven and might enter the realm of Sword Saints before thirty, was considered an extraordinarily gifted genius by everyone.

It was under such circumstances that seventeen-year-old Sword Saint Riezel caused a sensation across the entire continent the moment he appeared. Countless people remembered his name and regarded him as the most outstanding genius in Akasha Continent history.

Thus, in this world, the Sword Saint-level figures Riezel encountered were basically senior figures over thirty, often around forty. Only that woman known as the "Ice Maiden," who had briefly appeared in the Ancient Ruins of Reinayl, was under thirty—perhaps not even twenty-five.

Yet now, a young man and woman around the same age as the "Ice Maiden," seemingly only two or three years older than her, had appeared. One displayed strength comparable to a veteran Sword Saint, while the other wielded Combat Class Magic even more skillfully than Master Nibod. How could that not pique Riezel's interest?

Their age and strength practically told Riezel outright that their origins were anything but ordinary, as was their inheritance. Otherwise, they could never have attained such Combat power at that age.

"Are they people from the Ice Maiden's side?"

"No, they don't seem to be."

"If so, then they should be..."

Riezel instantly formed a guess regarding the identities of