Chapter 56: Imperial Magic Tower (4)
TL/Editor: Rungir
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The room was filled with a heavy silence.
Finally, Zion broke it, his sleepy yet calm gaze meeting Ahmad's. "What matters isn't who I am," he began, his eyes lighting up with determination, "but that I am Zion Agnes in front of you and that I've survived in the Imperial Palace until now."
Ahmad could sense a strong resilience in Zion's eyes, a strength so powerful that it reminded him of Emperor Urdios in his prime. It was an intensity that made him question, 'Did Zion really change?'
Ahmad knew what Zion had been through in the Imperial Palace. Discarded by his own family before he turned ten, exiled to the Palace of Chimseong, treated as an embarrassment, and surviving countless murder attempts and contempt.
'Has he survived in the Imperial Palace?' Ahmad thought. Such changes are rare but do happen. Either when someone's life hangs by a thread or when destiny takes a twist. Perhaps, in Zion's case, it was the former.
'Did the Agnes bloodline awaken late in him?' Ahmad pondered, a shadow of sadness briefly crossing his eyes. The Imperial Palace must have been a cruel place for Zion to endure to the point of changing his nature just to survive.