"Actually, it wasn't just one Second-Level Magician who returned."
"When Flack Magician returned, he also brought back a little one." Meili stepped forward and said to Saine.
"A little one?" Saine raised a brow.
"An eight-year-old female Black Wizard Apprentice. Flack Magician found her after breaking into the Black Magic Tower."
"When the entire Magic Tower was detonated, Flak only managed to save this little girl, who had been closest to him. But one of the child's arms was still crippled," Meili answered.
A rescued young Black Wizard Apprentice...
Hearing Meili's introduction, Saine could not help thinking of his own past.
It was not just him. Meili likely felt the same resonance, which was why she had told Saine this small matter.
This rescued female Black Wizard Apprentice had nothing to do with Saine.
Because of her young age, she would probably remain at Ash Holy Tower afterward, studying while being "observed."
Yet for some reason, upon hearing news of this female Black Wizard Apprentice, much of Saine's original irritation melted away.
Meili truly was a woman skilled at reading faces and sensing moods.
Though she had been by Saine's side for far less time than Serena and the other women, her understanding of Saine in certain respects even surpassed theirs.
Shaking his head and not dwelling on the matter for long, Saine then asked, "Well? Are you confident about the Regional Holy Tower Academy War twenty-one years from now?"
"If your final results are too poor, I'll punish you," Saine joked with his dean.
"How do you plan to punish me?" Meili asked with a smile. Ever since taking the potions Saine had given her, Meili's face had visibly become younger and more radiant.
Many apprentices at the Holy Tower Academy, and even Formal-Ranked Magicians and above, called Meili