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After Merri finished telling her story, Saine also mentioned his own experiences.

Upon hearing that Saine had found his family, a sincere smile appeared in Merri's eyes.

When she later heard that Sain had joined the Azure Source Tower and had been accepted as a disciple by the Tower Master of the Azure Source Tower with the first place in the Regional Academy War, Meili's eyes turned to shock.

"Clang!"

"Ouch!" A clear cry of pain came from next door.

It turned out to be Anji, Merri's junior sister, who had been sitting suspiciously nearby, eavesdropping the whole time.

However, he was so engrossed in listening that he fell off the high stool.

Merri's junior sister, Anji, is only thirteen years old. She is a lively and lovely little girl.

The reason she was taken in as a disciple by Menglu, Level-1 Magician of the Dawn Holy Tower, seems to be due to her family connections.

They were also the only Second Apprentice of Menglu, the renowned apothecary of Dawn Holy Tower.

Although Merri was the fifth disciple of the Master Menglu, her four senior brothers and sisters had all passed away.

She's practically the Eldest Senior Sister now, with a little brat always following her around.

Despite her youthful appearance, Master Menglu was actually Mage from the same era as Midiqi, and is now over 500 years old.

Master Menglu was a master in the field of pharmacology, but her teaching skills were really lacking.

None of the four apprentices he had taken in before were able to advance a level.

Currently, Merri Master Menglu has high hopes for her only disciple. If even Merri can't break through to the next level, Master Menglu probably won't accept disciples so easily in the future.

"Senior sister, you'll definitely become Formal Magician! I remember you had a bottle of Water of Lorraine in your lab, right? That was a reward the Holy Tower gave you during the Regional Academy War." The little girl named Anji said furtively, her eyes darting around.

Rolling her eyes in annoyance, Merri hugged Anji into her arms.

Anji came to Dawn Holy Tower when she was eight years old and has been living with Merri for five years.

Master Menglu was busy with her experiments and of course had no time to take care of this little brat.

Therefore, most of the time, it was Merri who took care of her, acting as both a mentor and an older sister.

Merri is in her forties this year. Like Serena, she is a gentle and traditional woman.

Although little Anji seems mischievous, Saine can see the genuine love and care that Merri has for Anji in her eyes.

"Hey, are you really the disciple of the Holy Tower Master? No wonder you became Formal Magician at such a young age!" Anji sat in Merri, staring wide-eyed at Saine without any shyness.

Saine had no particular feelings towards children; he neither liked nor disliked them.

Anji glanced at the other person with a relatively calm look, then gripped Merri's clothes behind him with a hint of fear.

"You despicable man, don't even think about taking my senior sister away!" Anji said in a childish yet somewhat annoyed tone. The little girl's outrageous words almost made Saine choke on his bitter coffee.

Even Merri, who was rolling her eyes, was amused by the situation. She grabbed Anji's left ear and twisted it.

It had been almost thirty years since they last met, Saine felt that his friendship with Merri was still intact.

However, there was always some distance and unfamiliarity between the two.

If time allows, these feelings of unfamiliarity will likely dissipate quickly, given their existing emotional connection.

Unfortunately, Saine wouldn't stay long at Dawn Holy Tower; after meeting with Merri, he would soon continue his journey. →

It's uncertain whether the two will have much interaction in the future, because Saine is Holy Tower Magician, while Merri is Holy Tower Magician.

"Hey! Tell me more about your story in the Poison Fire Green Flame World!"

"Last time I went home, although my grandfather told me about his experiences in Alien Plane, I felt that his story was not as good as yours."

"Also, that woman isn't your Alien Plane find, is she? She's clearly not human from the Wizard World," Anji said, pointing to the female Construct Master Yuli sitting not far away.

Merri's junior sister has a very outgoing personality.

During Saine and Merri's conversation, the little girl would often unconsciously interrupt them.

And what is unusual about her age is her vision and knowledge.

Despite being only a low-level apprentice, she was able to recognize the identity of Merri, an alien being from Alien Plane.

What was Saine doing when he was a junior apprentice?

It seems he's diligently studying the Minor Fireball.

This kind of knowledge about Alien Plane was definitely not something he could easily access at that time.

When faced with Anji's interruption, Saine chose to ignore it.

Unlike Master Midiqi, Saine didn't have an excessive amount of affection, nor did he find the other person particularly endearing.

Anji is indeed cute, but Saine doesn't really like her mischievous nature.

Faced with Saine's indifference, Anji puffed up his cheeks like a little bun.

Merri didn't have time to deal with this little brat right now, because she guessed that Saine wouldn't stay at Dawn Holy Tower for long, and she cherished the short time she had with Saine.

"Didn't you see Baus when we were in City of Mozhsuobula?" Saine asked.

Merri and Baus were Saine's only two friends during his apprenticeship in Black Wizard Apprentice.

Therefore, Saine is still very concerned about Baus's situation.

"No, I was in the East District at the time, Baus should still be at his magic shop."

"However, the district where that magic shop was located was the first area to be swallowed by the underground lava, and before that, there was a fairly fierce resistance battle there," Merri said, her face slightly pale.

Baus was also a friend of Merri's, and the thought that this fat man who was keen on making Black Gold through illegal means might lead to his demise weighed heavily on both Saine and Merri's hearts.

"Well..." Just as Saine was about to say something more.

A commotion came from Coffee Shop.

A group of magic apprentices walked into the Coffee Shop. These magic apprentices were all quite skilled, possessing the level of Advanced Apprentice and Quasi-Magician.

The leader was a male apprentice with dark skin and a scar on his face.

Upon seeing Merri and Saine sitting in a corner of the Coffee Shop, the rather burly, dark-faced apprentice revealed a hint of grief and indignation.

"This is going to be interesting," muttered Anji in Merri.

"Merri, why did you reject me and instead have a tryst with this guy!" The dark-faced apprentice asked sadly, raising his hand.

Inside the Dawn Holy Tower, Saine was maintaining the Aura Concealment Technique, as Saine felt it was better to keep a low profile since he was an outsider.

The dark-faced apprentice in front of him clearly did not possess the water molecule detection ability that the sea creatures that Saine had dissected had.

He didn't even know anything about Saine's True Details, and just thought that Saine was a Little White that Merri had found somewhere.

It has to be said that, because he has already been promoted to Level-1 Magician, Saine actually looks a little younger than Merri.

Time waits for no one, and in her forties, Merri had developed a few fine, almost imperceptible wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

But Saine gives the impression of being only in his early twenties.

Generally speaking, a magic apprentice of this age is at most an intermediate or Advanced Apprentice, and it's impossible for them to be higher than Advanced Apprentice.

When faced with the accusations from the black-faced apprentice, Merri remained unmoved, while Saine's expression remained unchanged throughout.

"This place... you didn't choose it on purpose, did you?" Saine asked Mental Strength.

As a magic apprentice, Merri naturally did not have the ability to transmit her thoughts through Mental Strength. However, having had two Formal Magician as her mentors, Merri was not too alarmed by the sudden appearance of Saine's voice in her mind.

Merri leaned close to Saine and whispered, "Just to help him out, this guy is so annoying."

"There are a few other annoying people in the Holy Tower Academy, but none of them are as annoying as him."

Merri's performance at this moment made Saine feel as if he had been transported back to decades ago.

At that time, the relationship between Saine and Merri was just as close and natural.

This feeling was something that Saine missed very much.

Without the antidote that Merri gave him, Saine would have collapsed somewhere in the Underground World long ago.

It was just a small favor, and Saine didn't refuse.

However, before he could make a move, the dark-faced apprentice let out a low, indignant roar.

The scene of Merri leaning so intimately against Saine and whispering to him was something Klie had longed for for years but could never have.

With Merri holding Anji in her arms, it looked like a harmonious family of three.

The dark-faced apprentice named Klie seemed particularly superfluous at this moment.