To magicians above Level 4, many troublesome matters in this world were not really matters at all.
If they sent another Third-Level Great Magician to recruit her, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance they would be shown the door.
The other side belonged to a Level 6 Holy Tower. Why should they give you any face?
But to Saine, it was merely a little more "troublesome." 🅆
His Ash Holy Tower had always maintained secret contact with the Bairen Empire. He had dealt with the military in particular quite often.
Saine did not even need to show himself. If he gave a word to those familiar Holy Towers with whom he often cooperated, the matter would probably be settled.
The question now was whether that little girl named Catherine was worth Saine doing all this for.
When he heard that the girl was called Catherine, Saine's first reaction was, How could it be such a coincidence?
The language and writing of the Wizard World were extremely complex. The name Catherine was probably just a homophone.
Yet Saine had never forgotten that his mother was also named Catherine.
Abducted to the City of Mozhsuobula as a child, Saine's memories of his mother had already faded to the utmost limit.
Even when he later returned to the underground world, he had not seen his mother one last time. All he saw was a grave covered in white petals.
A large part of why Saine had been so deeply attached to Lina was that, during his youth, Lina had played both the role of a girlfriend and that of an elder sister.
The traces of maternal care Lina possessed, along with the considerable strength she had possessed back then, had been the only harbor Saine could rely on at the start