“Yes, that’s correct,” Frances said curtly. 0

Never answer all of the other party’s questions and leave more to be said. Her rhetorical strategy worked, and Gordon’s eyebrows shot up.2

Ever since he joined the Council and rose to his current position, there had never been anyone who could push him around. With the exception of two or three, everyone in the Council was busy bowing to him. As for the explorers, well, there was nothing more to say.0

Yet Frances was making him behave as if he’d forgotten how much power he had.0

The old mage’s eyes were naturally drawn to the person behind her. Is she acting this arrogant because she has the Chief Elder to help her? 0

Russell didn’t look away and met his eyes, tilting his head as if to say, What are you looking at?4

Though Gordon was technically one Class above him, Russell was almost there. But he had more battle experience than Gordon, so in a real fight, the councilor would probably lose. Besides, he had spent most of his life as a politician, not a mage. 0

His thoughts shifted back to himself. No. That girl cannot be so foolish. Njord’s daughter rose to the top again by crawling her way up from the very bottom after losing her father. In that case,...0