"Captain!"
"Captain!"
The two guards hurriedly turned around at the sound.
The newcomer was a tall, middle-aged wizard. He waved a hand, not blaming the two guards for slacking off. He merely swept them with a sharp gaze and reminded them gravely, "Several Legendary Wizards personally stepped in to suppress them. Those Demons and Monsters in Black Prison can no longer stir up much trouble, and things should quiet down for a while... But that is no reason for you to let your guard down! Keep yourselves on edge! If the inspectors see you looking so absent-minded, I needn't tell you the consequences, right?"
"Understood, Captain!"
The short, stout guard snapped to attention and, like a true dwarf, clenched his fist and heavily pounded his chest, producing a dull thud.
The tall, thin guard, however, seemed to still be caught up in his earlier emotions. He turned his head and swiftly glanced once more at the fascinating dusky-yellow glow outside the window, then sighed softly. "--The dean of Edge Academy, huh."
The short, stout wizard scratched his head. "--That legendary dean of Edge Academy... the one who graduated only two years ago... advanced to Legend, then took charge of a new academy? Everyone says in private that he is... the headmaster's last disciple..."
"And Councilor Qingqiu Su's fiancé," the tall, thin guard muttered.
"--Who else could command such a grand display!"
The middle-aged captain could not help raising his head again. With complicated, indescribable emotions, he glanced at the four-colored rainbow light dividing the heavens. As though recalling something, he looked at the newcomer in his squad. "Hmm, he may be a 'legend' to us, but he should be 'reality' to you, right? Thinking about it, when that dean was studying at First University, you should have been in your