Bloodline of the Wizard-Chapter 404 - 191 Sunset Gathering, Grace’s Encounter_3

Ronan had always been curious about Grace’s experiences after leaving Hoddam, and upon learning that she was also planning to join the Genius Gathering, he couldn’t help but continue the conversation along that topic.

After inquiring, he found out that when Hoddam Academy suffered a catastrophic disaster, Grace was brought by her mother to a place near the edge of the Southern Continent.

The two joined a wizard organization similar to Hoddam Academy as Level 1 Wizards.

At first, life was stable, but Grace’s mother fell victim to a Second-tier Magic Beast while out gathering Magic Potion Materials and met with misfortune.

Having always lived under her mother’s protection, Grace suddenly lost her support.

Although she was also a Level 1 Official Wizard, being young and naive, she couldn’t stand up against those crafty older wizards with ulterior motives. The resources and wealth left by her mother were wastefully used up in just a few years. If it was just this, it wouldn’t be too bad, since growth comes at a cost.

Yet, as luck would have it, Grace was targeted by a Second-level Wizard.

This wasn’t because he liked her or anything, but rather because he saw her as naive and alone, and he wanted to capture her for Spell experiments.

Not wanting to be treated like a lab rat, Grace could only flee, encountering the people from the Life Court during her escape...

Beneath the bright sunshine, Ronan wrapped himself tightly in his gray Magic Robe, which hid all its pattern, and swiftly made his way through a not-so-busy market.

The market was of moderate size, located beside a not too large nor too small Green Water Lake, with a small flock of black ducks swimming about.

Large and small stalls were set up in the market, with those selling and those buying all being wizards like Ronan.

This was a special resource exchange method in the Wizard World, known as the "Sunset Gathering."

The Sunset Gathering didn’t mean that the gathering starts at sunset, but rather that this event usually begins at dawn and lasts until the sunset of the third day.

The Sunset Gathering is popular among Wandering Wizards, and occasionally academy-affiliated wizards also participate.

The Sunset Gathering usually follows a group of nomadic event-organizing wizards and moves from place to place, which makes it predictable. freёweɓnovel_com

However, due to the imminent commencement of the Battle of Heramus Genius Seat, a large number of Southern Wizards are converging towards the Ancient Fairy City, and many gatherings are spontaneously organized.

The closer to the Ancient Fairy City Ruins, the more such markets there are.

This gathering that Ronan is currently attending is already the fifth one he has encountered on his journey.

The scale of this gathering is small, with the strength of participating wizards generally being inferior, lacking the presence of Level 3 Wizards. Amongst them are just a few Second-level Wizards including Ronan, with the vast majority being Level 1 Wizards.

The low level of participating wizards’ strength also means that there’s a very small chance of coming across valuable items at the gathering.

Ronan chose to walk through this gathering not only to reminisce about his days as a Wandering Wizard in Hoddam but also to collect some materials listed on the Holy Blood Tree inventory given to him by Benny before leaving.

Surprisingly, despite the low grade of the Sunset Gathering, due to the large number of wizards from various places joining to exchange resources, after visiting five gatherings in a row, Ronan had already collected one-tenth of the materials on the list.

"...So you’re saying, the Life Court, as well as that Ash Witch Mollie we encountered at Mechanical Heart... both come from the Central region?"

While strolling around, Ronan quietly spoke to Mollie through the Communication Stone.

Their "online" chat had been ongoing for several days now, and if it had started simply due to their initial interaction and their common origin from Hoddam, their relationship had since become much closer and could genuinely be considered "friends."

Ronan and Grace resonated in certain aspects, such as both lacking "relatives" and sharing a similar "sense of loneliness."

Especially for Grace, who didn’t even have someone to converse with on equal terms, Ronan’s appearance filled this void, and she had a strong desire to confide in him.

"Yes, Sister Selena once inadvertently revealed to me that the Life Court is a real Royal Court, located in the Central region... They preside over a powerful Wizard Empire."

"Empress..."

Hearing this, Ronan was slightly startled and asked subconsciously, "Did she come here for Heramus’s Magic Control Inheritance too?"

"Probably."

Grace replied, "Sister Selena said that the competition for inheritance in the Central region was too fierce. Although the Heramus Inheritance in the Central region is more central and powerful, she wasn’t confident of acquiring it...

Therefore, she turned to the Southern region and ran into me right away..."

"Can’t compete with the Central geniuses, so she thought about bullying the Southern geniuses?"

Ronan shook his head. Although the idea was quite wise, his behavior...

Well, let’s not judge.

Ronan guessed that it also cost her a lot to move to the Southern region; otherwise, if all the Central geniuses did the same, the Southern geniuses would probably be riddled with holes...

Of course, the Heramus Inheritance left in the Southern region can’t compare with the Central region, and that’s probably a big reason why most Central geniuses look down upon it.

Even if Grace’s Sister Selena retreated to the second best, there was still someone called the Ash Witch eagerly following.

"Grace."

Ronan shifted the topic and said, "Life Court’s Princess Selena treats you so well, even willing to consider you as a sister.

Do you understand the real reason why?"

As a friend, Ronan felt it necessary to remind Grace.

In this world, there’s no such thing as free kindness; everything you receive has been priced by fate.

He was concerned that the naive and simple Grace would be deceived...

Although he could not for the life of him figure out what Grace possessed that could be worth deceiving by a princess of the Central Wizard Empire.

According to what Grace had previously narrated, that Selena indeed treated her uncommonly well, having spent on her resources enough to "buy" more than ten Graces.

There was a brief silence on the other end of the Communication Stone from Grace.

Ronan didn’t mind and his gaze swept over several stalls in front of him, eventually heading towards one of them.

Arriving at the stall, Ronan randomly pointed to an item and inquired with the stall owner, who was a Level 1 Wizard.

"What’s this?"

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