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Chapter 13: The Magus
The sprawling hallways were nothing but a giant labyrinth in Lili’s eyes. Each corner they turned skewed her sense of direction. It turned haywire. She couldn’t even determine which was north or south anymore. What’s worse is that even though the magicites illuminated their path, she could feel that someone was watching them from the thinly veiled shadows.
Lili trudged forwards, keeping her eyes focused on the middle-aged lady named Loth. Death could only be the ending once she loses her way in this place. She was sure of it. She could feel that the deeper they go, the worse the feeling became.
She stared at the back of the middle-aged lady, thinking whether if she should ask a question.
“The castle itself is a maze,” said Loth as she started a conversation, breaking the suffocating silence of the eerie castle halls. Perhaps sensing the confusion of the young lady trailing behind her. “A spell to deal with thieves and trespass
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Lili gulped and gathered all the courage she could muster. The eerie pitch-black door creaked open. She marched despite her shaky limbs. With every step, the pressure also grew. She gasped but continued to tramp forwards.If this was the test from the magus, then she mustn't disappoint, both for her and the old headmistress's sake."Hoho? An exceptional mental strength," said an old wearing a long pitch-black robe. The skittering quill pen stopped as he watched the guest standing near the door. He had a well-combed beard, mirth flickered in those wizened unfathomable eyes."Not everyone could withstand my presence. And even though I'm holding it back, many still faint." The old man threw a curious stare, watching Lili in a scrutinizing light. "So you're the lass Anna has been hiding from me. Interesting. I never thought she'd hide nothing from me until today."The young lady shuddered in response. Though the old magus had a lax tone, she sensed the irrita
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Lili opened and closed her mouth as her brain shut down for a moment. She rubbed her ears, wondering if she heard it wrong. She felt muddled and confused. Her face slowly turned ashen white. Not only her but also the middle-aged lady and the guard who wore full-plated armor had a flabbergasted expression on their faces. Slack-jawed and floored after hearing the incredulous proposal coming from the mysterious noble.And then… there was silence.Lili had read a lot of romance novels about knights from the books in the orphanage’s attic. She even read a few ones with bizarre plots just like this one from an author named Ms. Carman. Still, she never thought that it’d actually happen to her in reality, especially when she’s not some princess like the main female character in those stories.‘This noble is probably playing with me.’ Lili shut her eyes, recollecting her thoughts. A stiff smile slipped out of her lips as she thought a
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