"Just call me Mara. You're already a level-3 apprentice like me. I don't dare to call you sir." Mara quickly waved his hands and showed a bitter expression. "Judging by your progress, it won't be long before I have to call you sir."
Angor was surprised. He called Mara "sir" subconsciously, but he forgot that he was no longer the mortal he was three years ago.
"I was just lucky to meet a good teacher." Angor did not know how to answer. Again, he could only blame his achievements on luck.
"Luck?" Mara laughed at himself.
In two years, he went from a mortal to a level-3 apprentice. From an ignorant teenager to a future master alchemist in the south. He had even come into contact with the mysterious realm.
If all these achievements could be explained by luck alone, then he should not pursue the path of wizardry.
Breaking a barrier could be attributed to luck. Winning a battle could be attributed to luck. Crafting a tiered item by accident could also be attributed to luck.
However, accumulating mana before breaking a barrier could not be attributed to luck. Accumulating experience before a battle could not be attributed to luck. Accumulating knowledge before alchemy could not be attributed to luck.
Luck could only last for a while. The most important thing for a wizard was to accumulate knowledge and experience. Angor's achievements at such a young age were due to his talent and luck. But more importantly, it could only be due to hard work.
Mara did not believe Angor's nonsense.
Still, he agreed with Angor. "Maybe it's luck."
Mara lowered his voice and stopped arguing. His job was to build a good relationship with Angor. He could not say anything that might lead to a dispute.
Even though he still hated Angor a little.
Two years ago, on Devil's Water, he did not teach Angor the channeling method right away due to some selfish reasons, which led to Angor being taken away by Phantom Master Sunders at Barbie's Restaurant.
Angor was taken from White Coral Floating Island Academy to Brute Cavern right in front of Heroline.
Since that day, he had offended Heroline, and his status in the White Coral Floating Island Academy had plummeted.
However, Heroline did not try to suppress him. She only told Mara about what happened at Barbie's Restaurant, and Mara was ostracized.
"Everyone has their own selfish reasons. But since you taught your grandson the channeling method, why don't you teach him as well? Besides, how valuable is the Triangle Channeling Method? "
Mo Luo was scolded like this for an entire year.
Angor was only a talented mortal, and there were many talented people like him in the academy. No matter how talented he was, there was no telling whether he could achieve anything in the end. White Coral Floating Island Academy was far away from Brute Cavern, so they could not get any news about Angor.
However, the harsh reprimand from the previous year had already caused him to be marginalized. Even though he was already a rank 3 acolyte, he received very little resources.
Since then, Mara had been holding a grudge against Angor.
Mara thought that as time passed, everyone would forget about Angor, and he would be treated better.
Such a situation did happen for a while, but in less than half a year, the matter of the purification garden was exposed.
Heroline was the one who told him about the purification garden.
Half a month ago, when Mara was practicing a new cantrip, someone told him that Heroline wanted to see him. Confused, he went to see Heroline with an uneasy heart.
Heroline's reprimand caused Mara's situation, but she did not side with anyone. The gap between her and Mara was too big, and she did not have to deliberately go against Mara.
Therefore, Mara did not hate Heroline. He hated himself and Angor more.
Heroline suddenly asked him to see her, which made him a little nervous. The only thing he knew about Heroline was the incident at Barbie's Restaurant. Wasn't that already over? Why did Heroline want to see him again?
When he came to Heroline's office and read Truth's Sky, Golden Age, Wizard Secrets, and other magazines, he realized that Angor had already become a target in the eyes of wizards in such a short time.
A handsome young man was easy to be photographed, and he had a lot of gimmick. As a result, almost every gossip magazine had his face on its cover.
It was only a hand-drawn version, but the confident face slowly overlapped with the Angor in Mara's memory.
It was at this moment that Heroline revealed her purpose for coming here.
"You pushed such a genius to Brute Cavern, so you have to take responsibility and bring him back." Of course, Heroline did not mean that Angor would betray Brute Cavern. She wanted Angor to stand on the side of White Coral Floating Island Academy to some extent.
"You should be well aware of how much help a future Master Alchemist can bring to our academy. Otherwise, I'll punish you for your selfishness. And your grandson who learned Triangle Channeling and betrayed Candy House will also be punished. "
When Alan went to Candy House, Heroline had tacitly agreed to it. Alan had a talent for Gourmet Studies, but no one in White Coral Floating Island Academy could teach Gourmet Spells. Therefore, Heroline let him go so as not to waste a talented Gourmet Student's time.
But now that Heroline was acting in a business-like manner, Mara didn't know what to do.
Since that day, Mara began to pay attention to Angor's information.
The more he learned, the more shocked he became. Alchemy talent, Mystery Domain, fighting wizard-level monsters in the purification garden, defeating Poseidon's disciple, riding a griffin … All kinds of information dazzled Mara's eyes.
Heroline did not tell Mara what to do, but Mara knew she was waiting for Angor's response.
But how could someone like Angor, who was going to stir up a new generation of wizards in the southern wizarding region, be persuaded by someone as useless as him?
Mara spent half a month worrying about this. Then Heroline sent him another message, saying that something happened in Sleepless City and asking him to go with her.
He thought he would have to find a way to meet Angor in Brute Cavern after everything was over.
But he did not expect Heroline to ask him to wait for Professor Anglo to finish his analysis and go to the magic hut with him.
At the time, he did not understand why Heroline made such arrangements. He only realized it when he arrived at the magic hut.
So this was where Angor was.
…
And so, Mara met Angor again. No matter who it was, this was an unguarded reunion.
Mara did not know how to establish a good relationship with Angor.
Angor, on the other hand, was worried about something else. He promised Mara that once he became a level-2 apprentice, he would go to Mara and explore a ruin together.
It was because of this promise that Mara had given Jon the magic scroll that contained the Ice Coffin of Healing.
Back then, Mo Luo had given him a time limit of ten years.
Of course, he did not forget his promise. However, he still had a ten-year time limit. He would return to the Old Earth first, solve Jon's problem, settle down for a while, and learn what he needed to learn. Then, he could go find Mara.
However, he had never expected to encounter Mo Luo in such an unprepared manner.
He was now a level-3 apprentice, and he had to keep his promise.
He wondered how long it would take him to go to the ruin, whether it would delay Jon's plan, and how to explain to Mara why he did not contact him when he became a level-2 apprentice.
Mara suddenly spoke before Angor could think of an explanation, "It's only been two years since we met at Devil's Sea, and your achievements have spread across the entire southern region."
"I didn't think I'd bring back a little monster like you when I visited my family at the Old Earth," Mara chuckled.
Angor was still troubled by the "promise". Mara's joking tone eased his awkwardness a little.
"I didn't expect to see you here either. I was thinking of finding a time to visit you so that I can fulfill my promise." Angor considered and decided not to avoid the topic.
Mara didn't want to talk about the promise he made to Angor, but Mara didn't want to.
Since he wanted to establish a good relationship with Angor, it was better to owe him a favor. According to his investigations, the ruins might be the laboratory of an ancient Magus. However, he did not know how many useful things there were in there.
Instead of thinking about things he could not see, he might as well take advantage of the favor and get closer to Angor first.
"About exploring the ruin … We can put that aside for now. There are some objective reasons." Mara glossed over it vaguely before continuing, "Besides, the five-year agreement between you and your mentor is almost up. Why don't you deal with this matter first … Oh right, I've done some research over the past two years. I might be able to help you solve your mentor's problem."
Mara changed the topic from the promise to Jon. It seemed he wanted to talk about how to cure Jon as well.
Angor sighed in relief since he did not have to worry about the "promise" for now. However, he did not want to talk about Jon's "illness" with Mara. He already got the rune card, and he did not want to cause trouble again.
Still, Angor could not refuse Mara's "kindness". He pursed his lips and listened for a while. Then, he changed the topic. "Mara, did you come here alone? Did Aleen not come? "
Mara shook his head. "It's complicated here. Not many apprentices came here. Aleen is still a level-1 apprentice. She's still studying in the academy. "
Mara talked about Aleen's journey in the past two years. He looked calm on the surface, but he was thinking about something else in his mind. For example, the boy suddenly asked about "Aleen". Was he interested in Aleen?
Mara knew that Aleen always liked Angor because of his good looks. However, when Mara was bullied in the academy, Aleen began to dislike Angor for some reason.
If Mara explained to Aleen why and told her about Angor's achievements, maybe she would fall in love with Angor again?
What if they became a couple in the end? Wouldn't Heroline's request be easily fulfilled?
With this thought, Mara became excited and began to talk about Aleen's good points even more.
At first, Angor did not think much of it. They were friends, after all, and he cared about Aleen's current situation. However, as Mara kept talking about "Aleen is single", "Aleen misses you", etc., Angor began to understand Mara's thoughts.
Angor treated Aleen as a friend in the past. Now, he did not.
So, he had to interrupt Mara. But he was the one who started the topic. If he wanted to interrupt, he had to find a better topic.
So, he thought about Alan.
There was no way Mara would force him and Alan to be a couple, right?
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