Xu Yi had many important things to do on this trip to Anvilmar City, but the most important was clearly his meeting with His Majesty the King.
There were no Mages' Guild examinations to attend the next day, so Xu Yi canceled all his other arrangements and declined invitations from Elwin, Rooney, and Cooper, settling down at the office to prepare.
After breakfast, Xu Yi spent a rare moment staring into space before his thoughts naturally turned to his meeting with Parmes Allen the previous evening.
When he first met Anko Allen while registering at the Mages' Guild, Xu Yi had regarded him as nothing more than a magically gifted child whose talent had made him far too arrogant. But after learning during a casual conversation with Viscount Leslie that the boy was actually the son of Parmes Allen, the current president of the Lampari Kingdom's Mages' Guild, Xu Yi began to form a plan.
When he encountered the boy during yesterday's examination, Xu Yi deliberately provoked him, laid a trap for him to walk into, and then injured him without holding back. His real purpose was to secure a suitable reason to visit Parmes Allen.
Given Xu Yi's current standing, even with Great Mage Camilla's personal recommendation, he could never have simply requested an audience with the high-ranking president of the Mages' Guild.
Yet after injuring the man's son, he had instead gained precisely that opportunity.
Upon hearing that Xu Yi wished to see him, Parmes Allen received him without hesitation.
He had intended to teach Xu Yi a stern lesson and vent his son's anger for him. But the moment Xu Yi entered, he offered an utterly sincere apology. On top of that, the gifts he carried were exceptionally valuable, worth more than three hundred gold coins in