In the other man's eyes, Tonyson seemed to see himself in the mirror that afternoon so many years ago.
That was the day that changed the course of his life. Before then, he had been nothing more than a baron's son, an ordinary person whose life would amount to no more than that, however hard he worked. But Soxia's arrival that noon had revealed that he could become an Elementalist. That very day, he had shut himself in his room and spent the entire afternoon staring at himself in the mirror. It was an afternoon etched deeply into his memory.
Now, as Zeng Mu stood before him with that familiar look from years past, Tonyson truly felt that this fellow was every bit as outstanding as his teacher and Nair had said. He was indeed no ordinary person-perhaps even an exceptional genius like Tonyson himself, for his progress was so rapid that even Tonyson found it astonishing. His only objection had been that the other man had merely lucked into becoming an Elementalist through an Elemental Source.
He didn't get lucky. He belongs on this path, he told himself deep down, abandoning his earlier prejudice.
As Zeng Mu stared into his eyes, he too murmured inwardly, A true genius, and the proudest person I've ever met. Suddenly, he felt that the obnoxious fellows he had known at the Element Academy amounted to very little compared with the man before him.
"Cousin, let's go take a look over there," Yenaier said beside Tonyson. She slipped her arm through his and headed toward a flower stand inside the hall without waiting for his answer.
After Zeng Mu and Ma Linya watched the pair leave, Soxia chuckled beside them. "Nameless, that's just how the boy is. Please don't take it personally."
Zeng Mu