Chapter 439 - Leaving

One month later, Marsiel suddenly stood up, drawing both Alec and Katherine's attention to herself. Usually, whenever she did this, it meant that there was something that she wanted to excitedly show off to them.

This time, however, her tone was solemn.

"It's time," she said. Her voice was very calm. It was too different from her excited self when she spoke about seals and arrays. It was also different from the her who was indifferent when she looked at other living beings.

There was a faint tinge of loneliness and reluctance in her tone, but it was covered up well by her.

The ruins were about to close. 

The two of them had spent the entire time inside the pagoda, accompanying Marisel to learn more about the craft.

Alec was naturally like a fish in water in this place, but Katherine had to painstakingly learn all the basics.

Katherine was almost dying here. When had she ever cared about the precision of her handwriting, not mention practicing it over and over again until there wasn't a single stroke out of place?

But boring as it might be, she persevered after learning from the two that those who had the Awakening Magitype would soar in the skies after learning the art of arrays.

And Katherine, prideful down to her bones, would never give up.

Since both her teachers said it was useful, then she would learn it even if she died trying.

Marisel took both Katherine and Alec with her out of her pagoda and teleported to the end of the boundary.

Without giving them a chance to react, she threw both of them off the edge and waved goodbye at them, laughing at their indignant faces. She could see the plain indignance hidden behind Alec's smile, and the plainly indignant one on Katherine's face, and she laughed even harder.

"Goodbye dear students! Don't forget about me~" she called out teasingly as she watched them drop below.

The 'no fly' ban was lifted after they neared the ground, and the two naturally saved themselves from the plummet.

In front of a group of stunned people, the two of them slowly descended from the sky like gods. 

Katherine slammed onto the ground in a crouch, her eyes sharp and cool. She flicked her hair, and her long black hair fluttered from the surge of wind as the dust settled around her.

The ground cratered from where she landed, but she was without a single scratch on her.

Her deep red eyes and black hair caused a stir in the people as they realized that she was a Klein.

It was one of the most powerful landings that they had ever seen, and not to mention that it was cool as hell.

Unlike Katherine's flashy and direct entrance, Alec slowly controlled his descent and walked down like he was walking on stairs in the air. Until his foot touched the ground, the people were still wide-eyed in shock and awe.

Combined with the gentle smile on his face and his stunningly good looks, he sent many hearts fluttering then and there.

At this moment, he appeared otherworldly and untouchable, which was just how he liked it. If they all rushed at him… well, Alec had no scruples about kicking some people out of the way.

The two departed under the eyes of the stunned crowd, none of them reacting in time.

The crowd was originally looking for people to back them after they departed from the ruins, but Alec and Katherine's entrance stunned them so much that none of them could react in time.

By the time they started to react, the two were already far away.

It took a lot of words to describe it, but in actual fact, only a few seconds passed.

Leaving the crowd far behind, the two of them headed home.

Marsiel had sent Le Xuan and Ye Sha out long ago, and the two of them didn't know what they had encountered in the ruins, but seeing as the ruins were about to close, they should return on their own.

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The next day, Alec, Ye Sha, and his familiars all left Aeden and Annalise's house.

They'd already been inside the city for too long, and Alec felt like he was growing roots into the ground.

Now that he'd met Marsiel, he felt the urgent need to push himself even harder and faster. Not to mention, he should get used to using arrays and seals in direct combat. He had to redesign his entire style of combat and work out any kinks. 

Elysia was already out there training and he couldn't allow himself to fall behind her now. 

He felt the pressuring date of the calamity pressing closer, and even though Ye Sha didn't say anything, he could feel it coming closer at an alarming rate.

Ever since the appearance of the ruins, he knew that things were going to speed up even quicker now.

Aeden and Annalise stood by the door, seeing them off.

Once they left, the house would be very quiet again. They were left with Two and Three, who were learning from Aeden and Annalise about their different crafts, but it still wasn't the same.

Annalise's eyes were a little red. She felt like she wouldn't see her son for a time again.

Aeden quietly held her hand, and she calmed down.

She smiled at him, and he didn't smile back, but his eyes were full of affection.

Alec, who hadn't walked that far away, and turned back to say something, quietly turned back again.

Even when he was leaving, he still had to eat dog food…

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Katherine struggled with two leeches clinging onto her ankles as Le Xuan watched with schadenfreude at the side.

Le Xuan laughed silently, holding her hand up to her mouth. 'Hmph, didn't you show off that you got a boyfriend before me? Now, you're troubled by relationship problems!'

Katherine glowered and stared deeply into her eyes, her expression seemed to say, 'if you don't help me, I'll kill you!' which made Le Xuan shiver.

The girl reluctantly strode forward and tried to dislodge the two leeches.

"You should let go now. You don't want Katherine to hate you, right?"

Her words made them reluctantly let go.

Before Katherine could heave a sigh of relief, Regis and Gareth appeared, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

Regis' appearance made both Jae and Brian blanch as they respectfully kept their hands to themselves, acting as if they had never acted so disrespectfully towards Katherine.

Regis gave them a cold glance, which almost made them step back. But they stood strong, not wanting to appear weak in front of the one that they were trying to win over.

"Don't trouble cousin," Regis said.

Katherine's face fell and Regis turned his face away.

Beside him, Gareth rolled his eyes. "What he means, is don't get yourself into any trouble you can't get yourself out of."

Katherine looked towards Regis, who didn't refute, and she had a small smile on her face that was very different from her normal ones. "Okay."

Brian and Jae were dazzled.

When Katherine and Le Xuan left, Brian and Jae followed after like they were possessed, only to be pulled back by the back of their collars.

A voice that sounded like it came from hell flowed into their ears. "Where do you think you're going? You've only passed the first round of assessment…"

The two wanted to cry but had no tears.