Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1671

Village of Lutia.

Soon the kids felt reassured rather than intimidated by the familiar environment and they started to challenge each other with feats that their respective steeds had to perform.

The magical beasts rolled their eyes but they were also happy to see their human friends back to their old selves.

Lith was bored out of his skull and green with envy. Rena and Senton were really happy together, but all of their lovey-dovey routines reminded Lith of his condition as single.

'Back when I was a Ranger, I would have met with Kami after a big mission. I would have told her everything and she would have worried about me while I showed her the hologram of the fight as if its outcome had yet to be determined.

'I wonder what she is doing.' He inwardly sighed as the couple planned to go on a vacation alone and leave the children with their grandparents.

Having an Awakened in the family made them feel confident already but a Guardian that could bring them to their kids at any moment really took a burden off their chest.

"Hello, Professor Vastor. How are you doing?" Less than ten minutes had passed and Lith was already sick and tired of being the third wheel.

He had taken out his communication amulet to break the isolation with the excuse of getting updated about the situation in the north.

"I'm green with envy!" Vastor replied.

'That makes the two of us.' Lith thought.

"I wish I was already back home like you but things got complicated. There's no rebellion here but winter lasted too long. Food, wood, coal, you name it, they lack it. People are this close to rioting and it makes my work much more difficult."

"What are you doing exactly?" Lith asked.

"Classified, especially on a non-secure line. Let's just say that someone exploited the situation for their own ends." Vastor replied.

'Either someone experimented with Forbidden Magic and tried to disguise their victims among those of the winter or the Undead Courts stole the corpses to raise soldiers to fill the ranks of their army. Whatever it is, it's not good.' Lith thought.

"I can't believe that Manohar and I are among the few Archmages that have yet to complete their mission. Maybe I'm getting old or maybe the idea of marrying again threw me off my game.

"I never thought that Zinya would propose to me and now I'm scared to death at the idea of screwing things up again." Vastor would have gladly fought a Dragon as well instead of facing the terror of the unknown.

Lith was glad that the poor man had no idea that their conversation wasn't private. Rena, Senton, and even the kids had stopped their conversations to listen to Vastor's story.

"I'm sure that everything will be fine." Lith shushed Leria who wanted to chime in. "What were you saying about Manohar?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to burden you with my problems." Vastor said, thinking that Lith had changed to topic because he found it annoying. "Manohar's situation is similar to that you faced."

"Rebellious cities?"

"No, only nobles. The odd thing is that at the time of the crimes, the culprits have a rock-solid alibi, yet there's no doubt about their guilt." Vastor replied.

"Okay, you lost me." Lith said and Rena nodded.

"In name only. These lands don't belong to me and I don't meddle with the city's affairs. It would take me too much time." Lith said. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}