"Li Si is here!"
Hearing the messenger's report, Bi Weisi froze for a moment before speaking in surprise.
Naturally, he knew Li Si. They could even be considered fairly well acquainted.
Their first meeting had been atop McGuire's Tomb of Death, when Li Si had come to take Tiya back to Can Guang City.
Not long afterward, he heard that Li Si had been accepted as a disciple by the kingdom's pillar, the Legendary Mage Flame of Judgement. He had been quite astonished by that.
That was a Legendary existence. It had been ages since anyone had heard of that person taking on a disciple. Yet Li Si had somehow earned his favor. Clearly, he was no ordinary person.
So when Li Si later came to see him, Bi Weisi had not made any excuses and directly met with Li Si, who had already become a Silver Mage.
He had not expected Li Si to bring him an even more explosive piece of news: clues concerning the Blood Sacrifice Upheaval.
After that came a series of major events—the Sacred Festival ennoblements, stopping assassins, and more.
As one of King Morton Fies's absolute confidants, Bi Weisi knew more than most.
For example, the entanglement between Second Prince Ya Tean and Li Si, as well as the mysterious Legendary Assassin behind Li Si.
Whether it was Li Si's own ability and talent or the backing behind him, either was enough for Bi Weisi to take Li Si extremely seriously.
What was more, Bi Weisi vaguely knew that King Morton intended to betroth Princess Tiya to Li Si, and little Tiya did not seem to mind.
In a sense, Bi Weisi already regarded Li Si as one of his own juniors.
However, after last year's Sacred Festival, Li Si—the kingdom's rising Marquis Kane—had