Mages of absolute neutrality certainly existed.
Hill had seen one himself.
But people like that would never choose to live somewhere beyond their control... A three-way balance of power like the Black Mystery Tower's was not impossible, but the one holding the decisive advantage would invariably be that seemingly neutral mage.
Balance mattered, but what mattered most was having that balance in your own hands.
A mage whose first reaction to a possible war between the other two sides was to hide somewhere else, rather than find a way to bring the situation under his control, could not possibly be absolutely neutral.
Draculus, president of the Telashir Mage Association, had left an impression on Hill that he would truly never forget.
That was why Wester's awkward behavior had drawn his attention to Kament Tower.
He acted as though he were upholding his supposed neutrality, but Hill, who understood alignment judgments very well, could clearly see the traces of Hell.
This was what devils did best... They looked innocent and blameless, when in reality, they were doing nothing but speaking on the devils' behalf.
No wonder the Black Mystery Tower had handed over the Astral Visitor so readily. Hill had thought these mages must have taken a bullet to the brain... Even if handing the visitor over was unavoidable, studying the visitor themselves for a while first would have been the normal choice for mages!
Yet after entering the Black Mystery Tower himself, he had discovered that the masters of this Mage Tower were actually quite normal. They showed no signs of having been thoroughly brainwashed.
But if one of the three tower masters was a lackey of Sia Tower, handing over the Astral Visitor immediately after acquiring the visitor would instead have been the wisest course.
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