Everyone had a time of youthful innocence and confusion.
Catherine had too, when she had been studying at the Imperial Public Magic Academy.
But the gap in reality had left Catherine of that time without the courage to take that step.
She had not even voiced her feelings, instead pouring all her energy into studying magic.
Later, Catherine emerged from the Regional Holy Tower Academy War with outstanding results. After advancing to Level 1, she had returned to the school where she had studied in the Bairen Empire and stayed there for several years.
But time had turned the old days upside down.
Even the youth Catherine had admired in her teens had become a pot-bellied nobleman in his forties, leaving the already Level-1 Catherine stunned and at a loss.
Now, several more decades had passed. That minor noble who had not even reached the Advanced Apprentice level had probably already been buried in the earth...
Ever since then, Catherine had never entertained any other thoughts. Now, she devoted herself wholly to exploring Truth Arcana.
That Magic Book which Catherine had yet to comprehend had, without her realizing it, become an obsession in her heart.
She had set herself the goal of deciphering it completely within the next one hundred and thirty years.
This period also happened to be the duration of the registered magician contract Catherine had signed with Ash Holy Tower.
To be honest, Catherine was increasingly beginning to suspect that the rumor that someone had taken a fancy to her and wanted to accept her as a disciple had been nothing more than a rumor.
There had been a reason why Catherine had been able to report to Ash Holy Tower only a few decades after the Regional Holy Tower Academy War ended.
Although her contract with