When the old Level-2 magician was speaking with Catherine in the Sun Holy Tower library.
Neither of them knew that, besides the two of them, there were four others nearby.
Two of them were Saine and Meili.
Of the other two, one was the Level-5 Magician Tierci, while the other was Milady, the academy dean of Sun Holy Tower.
Saine had come all the way to Sun Holy Tower in the Bairen Empire this time to see why this disciple he had personally chosen was unwilling to come to Ash Holy Tower.
When he heard Catherine's conversation with the old Level-2 magician just now, Saine could not help falling silent.
Does she value the spirit of contracts...? It was probably more than that.
This little girl named Catherine placed tremendous importance on her own promises!
Looking at the little girl, Saine suddenly recalled the promise he had made to Lina when he had still been a magic apprentice—that he would definitely go to the Western Islands to find her—as well as his promise to his first mentor, Moxidu, that he would deliver his ashes to his homeland.
And Saine had indeed done so.
This kind of action was, in truth, an answer to one's own heart.
If Saine had feared the dangers of the journey back then and chosen to obediently remain a tower master's disciple at Azure Source Holy Tower.
He would never have met Tourmaline afterward, much less grown so quickly and fortunately obtained the inheritance of the Faceless Mask.
A person's encounters and fate could sometimes change because of their own choices.
Toward the little girl before him, Saine decided to respect her choice.
"Very well. Once Catherine has fulfilled her contract with the Bairen Empire and Sun Holy Tower, I'll come find her again."
"To resist