Sovereign of the Ashes

While Sein was experiencing a strong sense of fulfillment and tremendous growth, Leena and Grimm were growing just as quickly.

Grimm, who had been right on the edge of a breakthrough, finally reached demigodhood in his third year of traveling with Sein.

Throughout that time, Sein had offered plenty of guidance.

Now that Sein stood at a higher level and possessed broader insight, and with both of them specializing in the pyro element, they had a lot of common ground to explore.

While Sein could not solve every bottleneck or clear up every doubt Grimm had, their ongoing discussions helped Grimm progress far more quickly than he could have managed on his own.

As always, Grimm remained as introverted as ever.

At one point, Sein suggested, “You know, those academic salons organized by mages are actually pretty fun. You should give them a try sometime.”

“Even the Alveroth Empire hosts public lectures at its academies quite often. I’ve attended a few, and they were honestly good,” he added.

Sein used to think of himself as reserved, but Grimm was on another level. Perhaps this was just a common trait or quirk among gifted mages.

Grimm nodded. He had to admit that talking to other mages and sharing ideas did offer a different kind of experience compared to working through things alone.

However, his social circle was too small, and most of his close contacts were those within his faction.

His senior, Vlad, was kind to him, but Rank Four mages were usually busy, especially those like Vlad who lacked strong backing and had to manage the early stages of running their own divine tower.