"Oh! The Supreme Mage is here."
"So this is the Supreme Mage himself? He's so handsome."
"The two beauties he brought along are gorgeous too, one grown-up and one little."
Xu Yue's arrival seemed to ignite the atmosphere at once. Several of the men and women stood up.
This surprised both Haibara and Miyano Akemi. They had not expected him to be so popular. It seemed he was quite well-liked in this chatroom.
You really couldn't tell that this police officer was someone who got along so well with people online.
"Hehe, Supreme Mage, you're the number one in technical skill among us. I thought you'd be some veteran middle-aged magician, maybe even a famous magician of today. I never expected you to be so young. Let me introduce myself—I'm Hyono Rino. My online name is Vanishing Barney."
Another tall, thin man walked up to Xu Yue and introduced himself with some excitement.
The others gradually stood as well.
Tanaka Kikue and Kuroda Naoko were the only two women present earlier. There was Ara Yoshizawa, the owner of the villa; Sukama Haruhiro, the somewhat introverted handyman Ara had invited; and a fat man named Doi Tower Takaki.
These were everyone who had arrived so far.
Xu Yue responded to each of them in turn. When Doi Tower Takaki introduced himself last, Xu Yue reached out, shook his greasy hand, and said with a smile,
"Mr. Doi Tower, aside from me, your magic skills should be the strongest here. We'll have to exchange pointers properly."
Xu Yue's attitude of "everyone here besides you is trash" should have come across as arrogant and unpleasant, yet when it came from him, none of the others felt the slightest bit offended.
At most, they felt dissatisfied with Doi Tower. No one had any objection