The name of this class was Planar Studies, and the moment Li heard its name, he understood why the two of them were sworn rivals.
This man taught Planar Studies, while Velia's Foundations of Magic was also taught with planes as its foundation. Setting everything else aside, that alone made it seem like he was stealing her livelihood. Still, putting that aside, Li was quite curious about what exactly this man would teach.
The class was still held in the same classroom, but this man was completely different from Velia. If Velia was someone who paid absolutely no attention to her appearance, then this man cared far too much about his.
He was a tall, powerfully built man, a full two meters in height, with an exceptionally good physique.
But his one flaw was that he was too particular. Dressed in a white suit, with every strand of hair meticulously combed and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, he gave off an extremely affected impression.
However, Li quickly realized that this man was not someone to be underestimated. Just as Velia could not be underestimated because of how slovenly she looked, the things this man taught left Li stunned.
When Velia taught Foundations of Magic, she began with Planar Studies.
But when this man taught Planar Studies, he began with Magic.
The two of them were like two utterly different heretics, competing against each other over something.
Simply put, Velia taught from the large to the small. She viewed the entire world as the highest point, while humanity itself was incomparably insignificant. This man, however, explained everything with humanity at the center. The first thing he described was how humans should become stronger.
Only later did Li learn that this man's status within the temple was second only to the twelve