Aislin cast Nanalie a light glance. "Archmage Nicholson has no obligation to protect a self-righteous disciple."
Nanalie suddenly stood up and looked at her with great seriousness. "But he..."
"I won't say anything, but the reason I made such a huge sacrifice was all for your sake. This sort of thing should never have happened to a Mage." Aislin's tone was distant. "We worked together because we both knew the whole story and were willing to bear every consequence."
So, if nothing came of it after they communicated, it meant his idea had never been approved.
At that point, insisting on his own ideas and secretly investigating on his own... that kind of so-called devotion that was never acknowledged would only be seen as having something wrong with his head, or perhaps as an enemy trap.
Nanalie clenched her fists. "But why didn't anyone warn him?"
"How far could they have warned him?" Aislin said coldly. "Even his teacher and I knew about this, which proves Archmage Nicholson didn't do nothing or say nothing.
Nanalie, you understand how cruel this world is, don't you?
No one would throw themselves away for a student who refused to listen."
Nanalie lowered her eyes and quietly sat back down on the icy bench, though her expression grew even colder. "But... was it really his fault?"
"Your teacher truly was a good person. Unfortunately, he lived in the least suitable world." Aislin suddenly turned to look at her. "Ever since that incident, Archmage Nicholson had never accepted outside students again... especially children raised by their families to be innocent and naive.
To be honest, if his teacher hadn't worked with him and caused him quite a bit of trouble during that time, Archmage Nicholson would never have been able to get away unscathed.
So,