"You're doing it again."
Lyra, who was beside Ian, saw Yela blushing and imdiately knew what had happened. So she rolled her eyes annoyingly and admonished Ian for being such a scumbag.
He already had two beautiful girls in his arms, and yet he was flirting with another girl right in front of them?
If not for her extre love for him, she would have smacked the shit out of him.
'If my sister were here, she would have brought him in line.'
Lyra thought, rembering Sylvia, who was in another realm, completely out of touch. After months of separation, she began to miss her a little.
As for Aurora, she just snuggled close to Ian with no intention of admonishing him, as she was also the second one in Ian's life.
Well, she still didn't know Ian had already scored Lyra's sister.
If she knew she was the third one, what would her reaction be?
At least, Ian had no intention of finding it out yet.
"What are you thinking? I was just smiling out of politeness. Aren't you a little too suspicious?"
Ian laughed a little hearing her words and caressed Lyra's back, soothing her mood. Although he was a scumbag, he wasn't that much of a scum to flirt with other girls in front of them.
In fact, although Yela thought he was teasing her, Ian was really just smiling at her out of politeness.
After all, from her appearance, he already knew who she was.
She was soone with whom he wanted to have close contact, as he had tons of things from Ignisia Tower to sell.
And who but a daughter of a rchant was a good candidate for such a deal, trading rare wares for the mana crystal he so desperately sought?
Not to ntion, he needed the soul-related treasures urgently to increase his soul power so that he could control the Arcane Grotto that was gathering dust in his pocket.
"Hmph... it better be."
Lyra relaxed a little hearing Ian's words but still harumphed, not believing him completely.
Didn't this guy look at Aurora like this, too, before? Now, look where she was?
How could she still believe in his character?
"This girl..."
Ian, of course, noticed her distrust, making him feel speechless.
But it was him in the wrong, so he just touched his nose a little awkwardly and didn't promise further as he himself wasn't sure of his character anymore.
"Oi, you numbskull, didn't you hear what I say? Are you acting deaf on purpose?"
And of course, there was another person who saw Ian's supposed teasing smile and Yela's blushing look. Moreover, he was also the one who was completely ignored by an apprentice in front of the crowd.
"This low-born from that barren place... do they really think that just because of a few decent qualifications, they can act like they rule this place?"
How could Zane, who had a bad temper to start with, tolerate such disgrace?
So, he imdiately flared up and shouted in an angry voice, causing the whole place to beco instantly silent.
And as if he realized his only loud shout didn't seem to have a strong deterrent force against Ian, he waved his hand with the staff, amplifying his aura of a First Ring Wizard realm directly in the direction of Ian.
Suddenly, with the movent of his arm, the dense mana around him began to ricochet a little violently as if signaling the impending chaos.
"Hey, what happened?"
The chosen youngsters from the Gravethrone Continent who were marveling at the floating stairs conjured up by the Silver Gull were once again stunned by such a drastic change.
But after the incident at the Abyssal Node a month ago, they were already sohow tad, so although one of the youngsters asked soone beside him, he just whispered and didn't disturb or cause chaos.
Just then, he was busy looking around at everything and didn't notice the episode between Ian and Zane.
"Hmm? Oh, what else? That rude guy is going to get beaten badly. Hehe... serves him right. Honestly, he is just too annoying. Don't you think?"
And the person who was asked, Henry, seed to have suddenly found a friend to talk to, imdiately whispered back, detailing all the processes of confrontation in gusto.
Even when Carl disappeared, he hadn't forgotten his usual trash-talking skills.
"Oh... so that's what happened? Isn't he the one who is at the top on the test? I think there was another one, but I don't know where he went."
The crowd imdiately began to discuss while curiously gawking at the spectacle that was about to unfold.
"But... why do you think that rude wizard will be beaten up? Isn't this the other way around?"
Then, the youngster rembered Henry's earlier boast and asked curiously, garnering a few of his friend's attention in the process.
"Yeah, do you know sothing about that guy? He seed quite powerful when fighting with Borris before. But in front of a wizard, shouldn't he be at a disadvantage?"
Gossip is a natural part of human nature, and n are no exception.
So, almost imdiately, another person leaned in, curious, and asked Henry if he had any exciting or intriguing details to share.
After all, after they left the Abyssal Node, there was a rumor going around that it was Ian who saved the day, although they had no idea how and from what he saved them.
Although most of them didn't believe in such a baseless rumor, it did pique the interest of these youngsters who were curious about everything.
"Umm... I just know... from my gut feelings?"
Henry saw more and more apprentices gathered around him, causing him to feel a little awkward and imdiately deflate from his initial enthusiasm.
"Hey, co on. Why are you getting shy now?"
"Yeah, tell us what you know. I heard that girl next to him is your sister. You must know sothing."
But how could the curiosity of these guys be satiated with such a half-ass answer? They imdiately began to ask Henry to spill everything out, causing him to feel speechless.
"Okay, okay... hey, don't push . Do you want to draw that wizard's attention?"
The crowd was riled up and pestered Henry, causing him to almost be pushed out.
Fortunately, they stopped after hearing that Wizard Zane might pay attention to them. They didn't want to be in bad luck like Ian.
"Like I said, it is really my gut feeling. It is kind of an ability of mine, you know. That guy gives the creeps every ti I see him."
After finally getting the crowd silent, Henry whispered back, exposing his little secret.
He seed visibly anxious, as if he had just revealed a deep secret—one that was never ant to co to light.
"Yeah, you—with those ager qualifications—sohow have a knack for sizing up others who are more powerful than you."
However, his so-called secret didn't get the reaction he had hoped for. Instead, Prince Ray, who was standing to the side, rely rolled his eyes and continued,
"Why not just go ahead and claim you're an official wizard too? I might actually believe you then," he said, his tone laced with strong sarcasm.
"Haha, this guy seems kind of delusional."
"I knew he was like that. What gut feeling and bullshit? He is supporting that guy because he stole his sister sohow."
"Hey, did he give you sothing in return for capturing your sister?"
And with Ray's sarcasm, it seed the crowd found an outlet; they began to laugh at Henry, causing him to twitch his mouth in annoyance.
"Screw you fuckers. Whether you believe it or not, do I care? You can see for yourself in a minute."
Henry cursed and pointed at the front where Ian finally arrived near Zane, Yela, and Ron, leisurely as always, not affected by the so-called aura of a First Ring Wizard.
He could already see Zane fuming with anger because of Ian's calm deanor from afar. He was just this close to using a spell.
'Heh, quick, attack him. I also want to see if he really is that capable, if my gut is correct.'
In fact, just now, Henry didn't lie to the crowd as he did have a talent from birth, Foresight.
Unfortunately, this talent only allowed him to gauge the danger level of soone he saw and make so predictions about his own life's danger, and it was not useful for anything else.
Still, he had been able to save his life countless tis, and each ti, the intuition given by this talent was right.
Wasn't that the case one month ago, too?
'That guy is getting more and more dangerous.'
And what Henry felt from Ian the mont they t in Everbright City was extre danger. Whenever he was near Ian, his talent issued frantic warnings so strong that he had a hard ti even standing close to him.
It was just too bizarre, as if he were standing next to a colossal beast.
You know, he didn't feel that way even when he was too close to Ron.
That's why he never appeared around Ian if possible, even when he was a brother-in-law of Ian now.
"Who is this guy? Why is he so annoying? Did nobody teach him manners before?"
And by this ti, Ian finally arrived near Ron, casually strolling up to him with a curious glint in his eyes, and asked the old man.
Like he said, although he knew Yela, he had no idea who this annoying guy was.
As for his being a First Ring Wizard at such a young age? Co on, this was Clavora, not Gravethrone, Such occurrences would only increase, and not decrease.
Ian already anticipated such.
But the idea that this plot seed to be similar to what Carl would encounter in the novel irked him a little.
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