Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3639

"There would be no point in making any, since Kelia is going to leave them behind." Lith replied. "Her goal is to rush the third year and reach the fourth. Only then will her real life as an academy student start."

"I know, but I still think she needs company, and I mean someone her age." Solus said. "After losing Dusk, she shuts down the moment she stops working. At that point, pulling her out of her shell becomes very hard."

"Put yourself in her shoes." Kamila said. "If Lith lost you, the only people who could relate to him are Kelia and Acala. The words of anyone else would just sound like platitudes and wishful thinking."

"Point taken." Lith nodded. "What about you, Solus? Did you have fun in our absence?"

"I wish." Solus groaned. "The moment you left, everyone got back to their jobs, and I was as alone as I was bored. I spent all my free time in the Garden practicing with the Ears of Mom."

She used a quick mind link to explain everything the First Ruler of the Flames had taught her the previous day.

"Very interesting." Lith pondered. "But are you sure that with your cracked life force and mana core, you can afford such a strain in my absence?" _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

"I'm going to regret saying this." Solus took a deep breath. "There is no need to spend any mana or physical strain. The Ears don't manipulate or consume the world energy, they just allow you to follow its flow.

"The closest thing to this kind of training is listening to a symphony orchestra and trying to recognize which instruments play at any given time. It requires a lot of focus, and listening to the same thing over and over gives you a massive headache, but that's it.

"It's nothing I couldn't recover from with a bit of rest and silence."

"Which means we can alternate training. One uses the Ears while the other recovers, and we exchange our knowledge before handing over the artifact." Lith pointed out. "This will double our progress speed while we master the Ears!"

"And here comes the regret." Solus groaned. "Since I'm already doomed, we might as well ask for Mom's help. Our version of the Ears may be different from the original, but the basic principles are still the same."

"Excellent point, Solus, but let's talk about that later." Lith said. "I know you are obsessed with work, but I'd like to spend a bit of time with my family before disappearing into the tower again."

"Since when am I the one obsessed with work?" Solus snarled.

"I just spent two days of total relaxation. What have you been doing in my absence, and with the freedom to use the tower to go anywhere you wanted?" Lith asked.

Solus opened her mouth to reply and became red, realizing she hadn't even considered visiting her friends during the past two days. So, she shut up and Warped everyone to the dining hall where the rest of the family was waiting for them.

***

Gorgon Empire, Eclipsed Lands, underground city of Lightkeep.

Kalla the Wight was in the middle of her umpteenth experiment when her communication amulet lit up, conjuring the 3D hologram of a beautiful woman.

"Not now, Nyka!" Kalla grunted. "I'm on the precipice of a decisive breakthrough in my research."

"Good for you." After weeks of silent isolation in the dark, the woman's voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard to Kalla's ears, and the light from her hologram blinded the Wight. "Listen, I'm-"

"I said not now!" Kalla hung up the call. "Gods that damned thing bothers me every five minutes."