Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3521

"She says she doesn’t want to wait. She wants to grow up now." Kamila translated the different inflections of no for the rest of the family.

"Kids can’t wait to get older while adults don’t want to." Raaz sighed. "Youth truly is wasted on the young. Come to Grampa, Valeron."

"It’s a story as old as time." Elina chuckled as the boy rushed to her husband and Elysia glared at him. "Anyway, I’m more worried about you, sweetie. Be careful out there."

"Don’t worry, Mom." Lith replied. "I’m not going to Kandria and there is no plague this time. On top of that, I’m not just a rogue Awakened kid anymore. If I can’t deal with whoever is pulling the strings in Kophar, I have plenty of people I can call for help."

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Two days later, Lith, Solus, and Menadion walked through the Warp Gate in Kophar.

The Royals had gifted the First Ruler of the Flames a deep violet Magus robe in the hope of rekindling her past love for the Kingdom and appealing to her pride.

"I must say, we make quite an impression dressed like this." She pointed at Lith’s gold and white robe and Solus’ deep green robe.

The sudden appearance of two Magi in the local branch of the Association was enough to make most apprentices faint on the spot. Older mages stuttered, their mouth disconnected from their brains from the fear of saying something inappropriate.

"You do, Magus Menadion. Great Mage Verhen. I’m Major Amia Yerna, at your service." She gave them the salute the moment the group emerged from the dimensional corridor.

"At ease, kid." Menadion offered Yerna her hand which the major shook under the envious gazes of the mages.

"Nice to meet you, Major." Solus shook Yerna’s hand as well. "What’s our first move?"

"Nice to meet you too, Great Mage Verhen. I’d start by taking off those robes." She replied. "They draw too much attention."

"I know, but since our names are in the log, anyone with access to it would have spread the news of our arrival even if we didn’t wear them." Lith shrugged. "Still, I’ll follow your suggestion."

The Voidwalker armor absorbed the robes and shapeshifted into civilian clothes.

"True. We can only hope the clerks follow protocol and keep their mouths shut." Yerna threw a stern look at the people in the hall. "Please, follow me. There’s a stagecoach waiting for us."

As soon as the wooden door of the Association’s branch closed behind them, Yerna’s lips curled up in a smile.

"You haven’t changed one bit since the last time we met, White. You are still as sly as I remembered you."

There was no right to privacy inside the Mage Association.

Any call departing from the local branch would be tracked and listened to. Even if the mages of the current shift maintained the information blackout as ordered, any access to the Warp Gate log would trigger a flag in the system.

It was a ruse Lith had suggested to smoke out potential informants inside the Association.

"Please, it’s nothing much." Lith dismissed her praise with a sweep of his hand. "I just provided you with shock and awe. If there are spies and they keep their cool we won’t gain anything from this."

"Still, it was worth a shot." Amia Yerna was a woman in her late forties with chestnut-brown hair with a few grey strands and hazel eyes.