Ye Chuqi's identity offered advantages others didn't have, but more than that, he felt what she wanted to accomplish went far beyond a single empire or continent.
"Senior Sister!" Joshua sidled up to Ye Chuqi. Of everyone there, he had spent the least time with her and seen her the least. He had even needed an Advanced Contract Scroll to stay by her side. But he knew everything he had achieved was thanks to her.
Ye Chuqi had guided his studies and training, helping his strength grow by leaps and bounds. He was still a student in the Advanced Class at the Imperial Capital Academy, yet he had become one of the Mage Academy's finest. Even his Guiding Teacher might not have matched him: Joshua could cast small spells instantly, handle large ones with ease, and held several times the mana reserves of an ordinary person.
He was a little monster, just like Ye Chuqi had been back then.
Ye Chuqi had heard all this, of course. But Joshua was so well-behaved that she often overlooked him. Seeing him now, she still pictured the frail young lord who had been shorter than her. He remained slender, but now stood a head taller.
And he was two years younger than her.
Ye Chuqi ruffled Joshua's pure gold hair. Looking at the ring of golden light around his pupils, she smiled. "I heard you took a class of students into the Lost Forest recently and came back with quite a haul?"
Mages rarely went out to gain experience without a Martial Fighter to guard them. Before becoming a Grand Mage, or even a Magic Grandmaster, they were utterly vulnerable. Joshua was different. Officially, he was a High-Rank Mage, well within the normal range for an outstanding Advanced Class student at the Mage