Although Hilbert had been somewhat prepared, he was still astonished by Aislin's complete lack of action... He had even had time to teach Russell and Carpenter an entire set of Mage Tower-exclusive spell arrays before the lady in red finally sauntered into her own hall.
By then, Rommel had already returned to his room to contemplate life.
If not for the thought that there would be more excitement in a few days, raising this enormous screen would truly have been a waste.
Hill glanced at Delifus and Aislin, who had begun exchanging pleasantries... then heard Aislin ask with remarkable calm and utter disregard, "Have you gotten uglier again?" The sort of thing that absolutely should not have been said.
Delifus's already somewhat twisted face visibly began to sprout vein-like ridges after he heard those words.
Though he did not know what exactly he had eaten, he certainly knew that growing stronger meant growing uglier.
And after suffering severe injuries, if he wanted to recover quickly, he had to sacrifice his face.
Given the arrogance Delifus displayed, he had definitely been injured quite a few times.
Yet Delifus clearly showed a fondness for beautiful women.
Pete back then, and later that female Ninth-Circle Mage, had both been exceptionally capable and even more exceptionally beautiful.
In truth, everyone understood that even knowing those gifted female Mages would inevitably leave him once they reached a certain level of power—and might even come to hate him for some of his actions—Delifus still insisted on taking such beauties into his arms rather than lowering his standards like other Archmages who loved beauty. It was absolutely inseparable from the fact that he only grew uglier with time.
Thus, even figures of Rosero's status in Sia Tower would not casually bring up this matter before Delifus.
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