The body hovering in front of Queen Primordium changed again.
This ti, it showed a woman with grey hair and- woah!
Her clothing was very… tight and revealing, which was quite unusual. After all, nearly every Mage wore robes of so kind most of the ti.
Sure, there were so Mages with slightly more revealing robes, but it wasn't as crazy as this!
The woman in front of Shang probably only had a quarter of her body covered with black and tight leather.
Sure, on Earth, it wasn't exactly uncommon to see soone like that walking around during the sumr, just with a different fabric.
But here, it was very different.
Mages were much more conservative.
"Emilia, the Heartdevil Queen," Queen Primordium said in a neutral voice.
"She is a bit more powerful than Jonathan, but not by much. However, she and Jonathan couldn't be further apart in terms of value."
'Value?' Shang thought.
"While Jonathan contributed incomparably much to the Lightning Manor, Emilia basically contributed even less than the average Thunder."
"She doesn't like training and ditating, and she also doesn't like work. Because of that, her power increases only very slowly, and the Logistics Departnt essentially runs on its own. She is officially the leader of the Logistics Departnt, but in reality, her Thunders are running it as a collective."
"According to her, there is more to life than just training and working. True, that statent is valid, but I don't think it's that valid when it's coming from soone that only works for less than a decade every century."
"Essentially, she's lazy and constantly annoyed," Queen Primordium said. "You can try to get her as your teacher, but I wouldn't expect much."
"How did she beco a King?" Shang asked.
Becoming a Mage King ant training brutally for thousands of years, which didn't seem very fitting for soone like her.
"She wasn't always like this," Queen Primordium said. "Or maybe she was. Either way, she told in one of our many confrontations that she didn't work her ass off to get that position just so she could work even more."
"She worked her entire life, and now that she achieved her goal, she doesn't want to work anymore. At least, that's what she keeps telling everyone," Queen Primordium said.
Shang nodded. It sounded a bit unbelievable, but amongst so many people in the world, there were bound to be so unbelievable stories.
"That's all seven Mage Kings in the Lightning Manor. Kiran, Sarah, Jonathan, Amarius, Wester, Emilia, and ."
"Are you interested in taking on any of them as your teacher?" she asked.
Shang thought back to the seven Mage Kings.
Kiran, the Catastrophe King, was definitely the most fitting. He was essentially perfect for Shang.
However, he was just too busy.
Sarah, the Starlight Queen, was an option.
Jonathan, the Myriad King, wasn't an option. He was already very old, and his philosophy clashed with Shang's.
Amarius, the Dawnlight King, was also an option.
Wester, the Custodian, was theoretically an option, but Shang felt like the less ti he spent in his presence, the better.
Emilia, the Heartdevil Queen, was not an option. She was essentially the perfect opposite of Shang.
Vana, Queen Primordium, was an option, but Shang wasn't planning on dedicating ti to learning Space, Ti, and Gravity, which were Queen Primordium's specialties.
Queen Primordium would probably be a good teacher, but her specialties didn't fit Shang.
This ant that only Sarah, the Starlight Queen, and Amarius, the Dawnlight King, were left.
Well, the Starlight Queen might put a lot of work into creating a good plan for Shang, but she also didn't fit Shang's Affinities. In a way, she was like Queen Primordium.
So, that ant the Dawnlight King would beco Shang's teacher?
Shang thought about it, but he wasn't quite sure.
The way Queen Primordium had described him made him seem soft.
It was like he was too bright.
Shang wasn't suspecting the Dawnlight King of being so kind of evil psycho in disguise. Shang just thought that the Dawnlight King felt too bright to be around.
"Could you please describe the Dawnlight King's personality?" Shang asked.
pαпdα-ňᴏνê|·сóМ "Amarius is very social and charismatic," Queen Primordium said. "He constantly talks with others, trains with others, works with others, and so on. It's almost like he thinks that any mont when he isn't in the presence of soone else is a wasted mont."
"He is almost universally liked. He is honest, approachable, understanding, and so on. He is essentially a pleasure to be around for anyone," Queen Primordium explained.
Shang nodded. "I'm more concerned about his reservations," he said. "You have heard how I train. I'm not sure if soone like that would be fine with doing sothing like that."
"Well," Queen Primordium answered, "Amarius is very understanding. He would probably talk to you, ask you a couple of tis if you are sure, and then reluctantly allow you to go through with it while he's wearing a worried expression."
"He respects your autonomy, but he would also try to support and help you as much as possible."
"He also has this peculiar ability to make people open up to him. Amarius just seems very trustworthy, and talking with him about your worries helps a lot. I talked with him more than once about my worries."
"He isn't soone that uses the knowledge he gains about other lives for his own gain. He genuinely just wants to help other people. That is his entire reason."
Shang furrowed his brows in thought.
Amarius was essentially perfect.
Was he too perfect?
If anyone else gave soone that many complints, Shang would be suspicious.
However, Queen Primordium was not just so naïve village girl.
When Queen Primordium said sothing like that, it was probably true.
The image of Jerald shot through Shang's mind.
Before Jerald had lost his son, Mattheo, he had been very similar.
Shang thought about his decision for a long ti.
Amarius was essentially perfect.
But should he?
Should he really?
It took Shang over 30 seconds to make his decision.
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