Though he had finally gained a sliver of freedom, Felis could not feel happy at all:
Sia Tower had not even waited half a year before coming to invite the Black Enigma Tower to relocate.
Why?
What were they in such a hurry for?
Or had the other side gotten hold of something they could use against the Black Mystery Tower?
Felis was no fool. When Rute had used such a covert method to place that Soul Legacy Spellbook in his hands, how could he fail to see whether the Black Mystery Tower was truly as eager to be absorbed by Sia Tower as the rumors claimed... Hah.
Felis even had the feeling that, compared with those who would inevitably follow Rute to Sia Tower, Russell included, he was the ember the Black Mystery Tower wanted to preserve.
He had spent the past six months studying that Inheritance Magic Book... It was perfectly normal that he had failed to understand even a single spell.
So he had begun following Russell's advice and studying the other Magic Books first... Only then had he discovered, to his astonishment, that all of them had been rewritten in Standard Runes.
Only afterward did he belatedly realize something... Why was this book, clearly left behind many years ago, written entirely in Standard Runes?
There were only two possibilities... One was that Standard Runes had existed in this world all along and circulated only among a select few.
That was certainly possible, but everyone had selfish desires. Who did not have someone they favored?
Even privately created spells could not be guaranteed never to spread, let alone something this significant.
The other possibility was that this book had actually developed a consciousness of its own.
To put it generously, the Hainalson family could be considered mage