Chapter 217: Ice Castle

Krista Dragoon twitched her mouth slightly when she felt like Eleanor was purposely toying with her.

'Some receptionist you are.' Krista Dragoon cursed inwardly as she left in anger.

Leila Dragoon saw the situation and bid farewell to the rest before chasing after Krista Dragoon.

Meanwhile, Angela also stood up to leave the dining room and head upstairs. She didn't dare to bother Zen since he mentioned studying some spell so she could only reluctantly go to the room next to his.

The dining room only has Eleanor and Evie who are calmly sipping some of her brewed tea.

"You sure enjoyed yourself today," Evie said calmly as she stared at Eleanor's blissful expression.

"I sure did Madam Evie. I must first thank you for allowing me to embrace him fully." Eleanor exclaimed happily and continued.

"However, I wasn't fully satisfied yet because his cultivation is too low at the moment and his stamina was far lacking compared to back then."

Eleanor licked her lips in a devious manner, almost like she had just violated a beauty.

Evie chuckled softly at Eleanor's words and wondered inwardly. 'Maybe I should let myself loose for once.'

Evie then smiled bitterly as she couldn't be like Eleanor and not care for any consequences.

Eleanor saw her complicated emotion and decided to stop herself from talking any further about her love session.

"I'm sorry Madam Evie… I shouldn't have gone overboard with my words," Eleanor quickly apologized for her action.

"It's fine, Eleanor. It's normal for you to be this happy given the fact that you've waited for 10,000 years already," Evie shook her head with a brief smile.

Afterward, she stood up with her cup of tea and left the room as she headed upstairs to her office.

Meanwhile, Eleanor smacked her head lightly and stomped the floor. 

"Damn it, how could I lose my mind and irk Madam Evie's wound." Eleanor cursed herself as she sighed when she saw Madam Evie enter inside her office.

Although Evie seemed normal on the surface, only she knew how much pain Evie is enduring.

'If only Zen can recover his memories already,' Eleanor clenched her fist tightly as she wanted to tell Zen the truth.

However, she didn't dare to actually do it because Evie wouldn't forgive her if she did something like that.

Hence, Eleanor could only heave a soft sigh as she cleaned the dining room before heading back to her own room for a rest.

Meanwhile, in the room, Zen was sitting in a lotus position as he imagined the scene of him using the Ice Castle against his enemies.

"No, this method doesn't bring out the full potential of the spell," Zen mumbled softly when he rejected another method of his.

"What are you trying to achieve Zen?" Cecilia sent a mental transmission and asked softly.

"I'm trying to increase my power with the Ice Castle but it's not working as I wanted it to be," Zen replied quickly as he tried to reimagine another scenario.

Cecilia was in disbelief to see him actually trying hard to cultivate for once without needing her reminder or insistence.

'What got him so motivated to study hard now? Usually, he would always brush his achievement with 'luck' and have never even tried to learn anything until the last minute or when it's needed.' 

Cecilia exclaimed inwardly as she was confused at his action. Unable to hold her curiosity any longer, she decided to ask him for an answer.

"Why are you suddenly studying so hard?" Cecilia asked, causing Zen to stop his imagination and enter inside the mysterious space.

Zen stared deeply into Cecilia's eyes and Cecilia blush a little from his intense staring for no reason.

Cecilia stumbled backward as she stuttered, "W-Why are you staring me so deeply for?"

Zen continued to stare a while before advancing toward her, scaring Cecilia slightly.

Afterward, Zen tried to hold her by the waist but unfortunately, his hand simply passed through her body.

Cecilia smiled bitterly at his action and wondered if he wanted to tell her something from this.

"Are you sad that my body is transparent and can't let you get the feeling of conquering me?" Cecilia teased slightly to ease the tension.

Zen shook his head as his eyes remained crystal clear. "Although I doubt many are able to beat me in the mage tournament given my powerful skills, there are still many variables ahead."

And he continued, "I want to make sure that I am guaranteed to win the mage tournament, and to do that, I must study all the spells that will help me achieve victory. Ice Castle is one of the best areas of effect spell I've known so I want to master it."

Cecilia raised her eyebrow slightly. "It's just a mage tournament and you seemed too serious about it now when you initially held a disgusted look at this event."

Zen turned solemn as he touched Cecilia's hand since he could feel some physical contact there.

Afterward, he stared at her and opened his mouth. "The mage tournament was irrelevant to me previously because I thought it was a bunch of clowns trying to entertain themselves. However, that changed when I realized the reward is a Bodhisattvas Heart that can reforge your body."

And he continued, "There is no way I'm going to be careless and lose that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Zen was completely serious as he placed Cecilia's hand in his heart, allowing her to feel his heart beating rapidly.

"Do you feel my heart beating so quickly? It's not because of excitement but I'm afraid… afraid of losing the chance in reforging a physical body for you."

Cecilia trembled when she felt his resolve and motivation were due to her. Her hand started shaking in his chest as she held her emotion back from tearing up.

"Hmph, no wonder people keep calling you a fool when facing a woman," Cecilia sneered as she kicked him out of the mysterious space yet her face became extremely red with an inexplicable smile.