CH 58.2

Such Great Talent (2)

Anna didn’t expect “retribution” to come so quickly, and couldn’t help but laugh.

It was just that she knew what Abel was doing, but the demon didn’t know that she had been testing his bottom line, and she had even tested out a safe area.

Anna suddenly said to Abel: “You really want a friend, right?”

Abel was stunned for a moment, then said disdainfully, “I don’t need friends.”

“It’s good to have friends, especially like-minded friends. You can make progress together, share your emotions, joy, sadness, pain, achievements… With someone to share with, good emotions can be doubled, and bad emotions can be dissolved. Have you been alone outside for a long time? Don’t you really want a friend who can stay with you through thick and thin?”

Abel fell silent because of Anna’s words, but in the end he said very firmly: “I don’t need friends.”

“Then suit yourself. I was going to say, if you want, I can be your friend.” Anna shrugged and finally said solemnly, “Okay, you are not allowed to talk anymore, I’m going to meditate.”

After Anna finished speaking, she was finally able to enter a state of meditation, and Abel didn’t say a word.

After meditating for three hours, and her mental strength recovered and even increased, Anna felt much more comfortable. After washing up, she climbed into the bed, extinguished the candlelight and prepared to go to bed.

Just when Anna was about to fall asleep, she heard Abel say, “Are you really willing to be my friend?”

Anna murmured in her heart, I’ve even become plastic friends with the demon. Having you as a friend won’t be one too many.

She just turned over, responded with a casual hum, and slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Anna got up in good spirits. This time, she went and bought enough food for Abel to eat for a day, unbound him and left.

At the Mage Association, Anna went to the library first. Today, she planned to continue reading other books.

She was already familiar with the books that Leon had listed for her, and she wanted to continue her studies so that she could store more knowledge to guide the cultivation of spells, potions, etc.

After knowing the basics thanks to Leon’ book list, Anna already had a sense of direction regarding what to read later. Based on her years of experience in reading books, whether a book was good or not could be roughly judged by reading the preface and the table of contents based on her years of experience in reading books.

Today Natalie still arrived earlier than Anna. She was still working hard to read through Leon’s book list, which would not only be beneficial to her theory exam, but also to her practical exam, so she was very studious.

In the past, she only passed the theory exam, but this time she had ambition and confidence, and wanted to pass with flying colors! Anna said that her goal should be a little higher than her own level, and right now, she had no problem scoring an intermediate score. Naturally, her goal was to score an outstanding score.

The other figure was not there.

“Was he assassinated by the York family?” Anna said thoughtfully.

“Ah?” Natalie was startled and looked at Anna in horror.

Anna smiled and said, “I was just joking. He probably is still recovering his mental power.”

It was impossible for the demon to be assassinated. The highest level here was a four-star mage. If he really was assassinated, she would look down on him. If he was forced to show his true form, it would surely cause a sensation, right? It was so peaceful now; clearly nothing had happened.

Anna hadn’t experienced what it was like to be mentally depleted yet, but based on her rich bystander experiences, it must be very uncomfortable, and she didn’t want to experience it just yet.

Anna read all morning, took notes after finishing a new book, checked Natalie’s homework, and then the two went to lunch together.

It was only then that Natalie had the opportunity to ask the question she had been holding back from yesterday until today.

“Anna, are you and Mage Raymond…” Although Natalie took the initiative to ask, she was a little embarrassed and didn’t finish the question completely.

“Yes and no,” Anna said. “We’re starting as friends. As for the next steps, we will talk about it later.”

Natalie looked at Anna enviously and said, “I really want to be as unbridled as you.”

“Being unbridled can be because of your character or your strength. I’m afraid your character will be hard to change, so rely on your strength to be unbridled.” Anna smiled, “Practice your spell diligently in the afternoon. I told you about your problem-areas yesterday; you have to correct them today. I will do a random inspection at the end.”

“Yes ma’am!” Natalie said with a grin.

When the two finished their lunch and were ready to do their own business separately, Natalie said in anticipation, “Anna, tomorrow is my fifteenth birthday. Tomorrow night, my family will hold a birthday banquet for me. Would you be willing to come?”

Anna was surprised: “Of course I am! You should have told me earlier so that I could prepare a gift for you.”

Natalie hurriedly said, “Don’t prepare a gift for me… If you insist on giving me a present, can you give me a copy of your reading notes and spell experience?”

Anna received Natalie’s kindness in her heart. Her study notes and spell practice experience would gradually be shared with Natalie; there was no need to prepare a special copy. Natalie said this because she didn’t want to burden Anna with more money problems, especially because personal gifts exchanged between mages were actually very expensive. This way, she wouldn’t be ashamed to give her gift in front of Natalie’s family.

“Okay.” Anna smiled, “Cultivate well in the afternoon, don’t be lazy, and record any problems truthfully.”

“Got it, Teacher Anna!” Natalie shouted jokingly and ran away.

Anna went to the service desk in the affairs hall to wait.