Chapter 63: Furnaces and Grand Mages
The Mage Tower stood within the Mage Academy, and the Mage Academy had been built over the most important place in the city: the underground fire veins.
The moment Ryan entered the Mage Academy, he felt warmth spread through his entire body. In the midst of Fierce Winter, he actually felt as though he had stepped into the blazing heat of summer.
Shaken, Ryan followed the information Moriarty had previously given him and found a noblewoman who was also a mage—the disciple of a Grand Mage.
"Miss Olive."
Ryan performed a noble's greeting, and the woman across from him returned it in kind.
"Viscount Whitman."
Strictly speaking, she held the Noble Title of Baron, while Ryan was still using the title of Viscount Whitman. But circumstances were different now; after all, she had a Grand Mage as her teacher.
"Mr. Moriarty explained the purpose of your visit in his letter. It's just that I don't know when my teacher will be willing to meet you."
Olive said this, but Ryan did not appear overly anxious. He still had three days, after all.
"I've always longed to visit the Mage Academy. I spoke quite a bit with Mage Luna before, and now I've finally seen it for myself."
As Ryan spoke, he greedily breathed in the air here. When Olive heard him mention Mage Luna, her eyes lit up as well.
"Viscount Whitman actually met Mage Luna? Has Mage Luna successfully advanced?"
To the Mage Academy, Mage Luna was a legend. She had never relied on anyone, yet she had surpassed countless others and become an Archmage. Even the three Grand Mages had said that if it had been fifty years ago, Mage Luna would almost certainly have become a Saint Domain Mage. If it