Chapter 1032 - Am’s Feelings
Chapter 1032 Am’s Feelings
While Fügen and Keoghan whispered to each other, a young adept standing near their side was staring into space.
The young adept stood there in a daze, as if the name repeatedly mentioned by the two adepts had touched on some memories of his. His face was full of confusion and frustration. Who knew what he was thinking about?
“Am…Am.” Adept Fügen had to call his name twice before he snapped back to reality.
“Oh, Lord Fügen, you called for me? I was thinking about something a little too hard there.” The young Adept Am smiled and hurriedly bowed before Adept Fügen.
“It’s nothing much. I just wanted to remind you of something. I heard that Meryl, the girl who advanced alongside you, has also arrived at Kerslin Castle. There’s a possibility that you will run into them there. You must be mentally prepared. Dammit! Even that girl’s advanced to Second Grade. What’s going on with this world.”
Am’s body trembled when he heard this, and he quickly lowered his head and acknowledged Fügen’s advice.
Adept Keoghan and Adept Fügen’s gaze lingered on him for a moment before moving away, but there was a trace of pity and cautiousness in the depths of their eyes.
He no longer wanted to dwell on the rights and wrongs of his choice in the past.
All he wanted to do now was see his former teacher and his old companions with his own two eyes. As for why he wanted to see them, what he would do after seeing them, Am had absolutely no clue.
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Five days later, the flying ship finally arrived at Kerslin Castle.
As the dense crowd of people walked down the flying ship, the first thing that came into view was a massive and beautiful plaza. The plaza was tiled with moonwhite stone that glowed brilliantly in the warm sun. If this were nighttime, then after having absorbed an entire day’s worth of light elementium, the moonwhite stone would emanate a soft and faint light, making the place even more beautiful and unreal.
An incomparable giant statue stood at the center of the plaza. It was in the liking of an old adept dressed in an adept’s robe, standing at over a hundred meters tall. The statue of the adept was carved out of a large stone. Every single detail, from the eyes and the brows to the skin and the robe itself, was life-like and realistic. It was the peak of craftsmanship.
Anyone would have thought that this was a living adept at first look, an adept carefully assessing every outsider that came to Kerslin Castle.
“This is Adept Csanad, first Chairman of the Zhentarim Association.” Adept Keoghan lifted his head to look at the statue and lamented.
Of course, Keoghan and Am knew that Adept Fügen wasn’t lamenting the deeds and accomplishments of this Chairman Csanad, but his regrets. Regardless of how talented Chairman Csanad was, he had never managed to cross the threshold of Fourth Grade to become a Great Adept.
As such, he was fated never to achieve immortality, dying of old age in Kerslin Castle at 1,173 years of age.
However, this was Kerslin Castle. If Adept Fügen were to express this lamentation of his out loud, it would be considered offensive to the Association. He could only express his feelings through a simple sentence like that.
“The fire dragon adept. It’s the fire dragon adept…”
Suddenly, a commotion spread out amongst the adepts who were enjoying the scenery of Kerslin Castle. Gasps and cries rang out throughout the plaza.
Fire Dragon Adept Meryl?
Adept Keoghan and the two others were stunned for a moment. They quickly turned their heads in the direction where the voices were coming from.
Two young and spirited female adepts walked side by side near a stone arch on the west side of the plaza. They were greeting a group of adepts that had just walked down from a flying ship.
Over the past decade, as the Crimson Clan was subtly acknowledged as a Fourth Grade force, more and more adept clans became willing to form alliances with them. In particular, small and mid-sized clans that lacked in power were ready to lean towards a rising group like the Crimson Clan in hopes of borrowing their strength to fend off advances by their enemies.
As such, as one of the authority figures of the Crimson Clan, Meryl had to maintain intimate connections with the allies of the clan, even if she was thousands of kilometers away from headquarters.
Now was such a case. A few allies of the Crimson Clan had come to Kerslin Castle in support of them today. Thus, Meryl had come here to welcome them.
Apart from the clan allies, Meryl and Emelia also greeted the other adepts that stepped forward to greet them. When the two pretty female adepts stood side by side, it was truly a very refreshing sight to take in.
Meryl would not have been considered a top beauty in the past. At the very best, she had been a gentle and demure woman.
However, nourished by the fire dragon’s bloodline, Meryl’s figure had become increasingly slender and pretty. Her smooth skin radiated with an overwhelming energy aura, giving off a sense of tremendous power.
Worldly beauty had no value to adepts. Uncontested strength was the only beauty that they acknowledged!
Am looked upon the pretty, smiling figure in the distance through the crowd, his heart once again torn in two.