Chapter 1465: Farke
Farke was a Rank One mage from the Divine Tower of Ashes.
He hailed from the Alveroth Empire—not as some unfortunate child abducted by black mages, but as an exchange student sent to the Divine Tower of Ashes since his initiate days.
Still, his background was far from privileged. He was the son of commoners from the Magic Empire, admitted into one of the empire’s public magic academies only because his magical aptitude met the requirements.
Children from noble families typically attended private academies or prestigious divine tower academies.
Only those without status or connections, like Farke, were sent to public academies.
Farke happened to enroll at the right time. Just a year later, a policy change sent him to the Divine Tower of Ashes as an exchange student.
Once there, Farke threw himself into his studies. His consistent performance and diligence paid off. After competing in the Regional Inter-Divine Tower Academy War and ranking 16th in his tower, he successfully advanced to Rank One.
Upon becoming a full-fledged mage, Farke signed a long-term contract with the Divine Tower of Ashes. This was an inevitable step for most mages trained there.
The tower offered countless resources and opportunities to initiates of humble origins, but those gifts came with obligations.
The principle of equivalent exchange had been drilled into them since their very first lesson.
Farke held no resentment toward the Divine Tower of Ashes. If anything, he was deeply grateful, like most freshly advanced full-fledged mages from the tower.
He even moved his family from the distant Alveroth Empire to settle in Ashenreach.