After Lina and Fei'er left, Saine suddenly felt that the space around him had become far emptier and quieter.
An atmosphere called "loneliness" gradually lingered around Saine.
But for magicians, tasting loneliness, growing accustomed to loneliness, and immersing themselves in loneliness were everyday occurrences.
After a brief sigh of sentiment, Saine threw himself into his many experimental studies.
Two years later.
Azure Source Holy Tower Academy district.
Having just finished teaching, Saine greeted Irene, who was emerging from another classroom at the same time.
The cruel and intense Plane War had cost Azure Source Holy Tower quite a few of its elite magicians.
In order to restore the Holy Tower's vitality as quickly as possible, and likewise to cultivate the next generation of outstanding magicians as soon as possible.
Even Second-Level Magicians like Saine were under a hard requirement to teach certain academy courses.
Compared with the cohort when Saine had first arrived at Azure Source Holy Tower, the most recent intake, recruited last year, had nearly twice as many apprentices as his cohort had.
Azure Source Holy Tower had also temporarily changed its ten-year recruitment cycle, shortening it to once every five years.
One of the benefits brought by the many native magicians of Green Source Land joining Azure Source Holy Tower was that the Holy Tower's apprentice recruitment work had become far smoother.
Watching batches of young apprentices stream toward the cafeteria or library within the Holy Tower Academy, Saine seemed to see the glorious sight of Azure Source Holy Tower rising again several centuries from now.
"Where are we going next? Back to the laboratory first... or..." Irene walked up to Saine and asked familiarly.
The two communicated through Mental Strength. The Magic Apprentices passing by in an endless stream around them all secretly stole glances