"You… you're still at the Peak of the Origin Plane, there's no way I'm letting you go," Old man said when he sensed Grey's cultivation stage.
"Hmm, understandable. But it's not going to hinder me much. I don't think even you can stop me if I want to leave. Did you sense me coming in?" Grey said while taking a seat.
Old man Gerald paused, not sure of what to say. The anxiety Grey caused him actually made him forget to ask how Grey miraculously appeared in his office. And given his strength, he should've at least sensed Grey when he was coming.
'A freakish Teacher begets an even freakier student,' He concluded internally.
"Will you be going to the ceremony?" Grey asked.
"Yeah," Old man Gerald nodded.
"Great, I assure you, it'll be fun," Grey chuckled as he stood up.
"Can you not go? I don't think I can help you if you're surrounded," Old man Gerald couldn't help but beg.
"Haha, it's alright, so long as a Sage Plane Elementalist doesn't appear, I'm good," Grey laughed.
Unlike the Aurora Continent where he had to be worried about meeting Sage Plane Elementalists since they were pretty much everywhere, he didn't have such fears here.
"What?" Old man Gerald cleaned his ears properly, he felt like he wasn't hearing clearly.
First Grey said he wanted to stop the wedding between the Fifth Prince and Sasha Reiss, now he said he wasn't scared of anyone below the Sage Plane.
What was arrogance? This was!
In Old man Gerald's over eight hundred years of living, he had not seen anyone more arrogant. Grey was still in the Origin Plane for crying out loud.
Old man Gerald sat on his chair, trying to figure out how it was possible for an Origin Plane Elementalist to be so confident in the presence of multiple Peak Overlord Plane Elementalists.
"Alright, I'll be leaving now. I just wanted to check on you," Grey said.
He turned around to leave before halting his step, "Oh, did you find out anything about my parents?"
"Unfortunately, no. We've been searching since you asked me to, but there has been no news of them. I'm sorry to say that they might be dead or trapped somewhere," Old man Gerald replied sadly.
"Hmm, thank you for your help," Grey nodded before disappearing.
Hearing this news further increased his belief that they were not in the Azure Continent.
'Looks like they are from the Aurora Continent. And to think they hid it from him,' He thought to himself.
With Grey gone, old man Gerald was left alone in his office.
"Even Chris hasn't been seen or heard from in well over a year now. A strange bunch, they just go around disappearing as if it's nothing," He muttered while trying to take a deep breath.
Grey's appearance has somewhat spoilt his easy lifestyle. To be honest, he was happy Grey was alive and seemed powerful given how he could come and go as he pleases.
One has to know that there were at least Three Peak Overlord Plane Elementalists in this mansion, adding him makes it four, and none of them noticed how Grey came and went. Although Grey was standing before him, he still almost didn't notice him.
He stood up and prepared to head to the Mayor's manor for the wedding ceremony.
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Frost City.
The city was bustling with activity, and the cause for this was that the Fifth Prince of the Qilin Empire was getting married to the daughter of the empire's somewhat outcast family, Sasha Reiss.
Everyone is fully aware of the Emperor's desire to capture Alice and her friends, this has placed the Reiss family in a difficult position. They had not been able to provide Alice nor say anything about her whereabouts either.
The Fifth Prince is said to take a liking to Sasha the first day he came to Frost City and after speaking about it to her father, Donald Reiss immediately agreed to it, to his greatest surprise. Originally, he planned to bring the issue to his father if Donald had refused, but since he agreed so readily, he didn't make a fuss about it.
The news of him wanting to get married to Sasha was soon sent back to his father, and they approved of it. Now, the day of the wedding was finally here, and he would be getting married to the lady he fell in love with at first sight.
The wedding would be taking place in the Mayor's manor. It was the best place to hold the ceremony. The Fifth Prince is known for always enjoying watching battles, so according to his wishes, there would be battles taking place on the platforms that would be created as a form of entertainment after they had tied the knot between himself and his new bride.
A huge reward will be given to the winners of the battle, so most of the youths in the city were rushing there.
Officials from the top Academies will also be present there. A few people who were unfortunate and didn't get into an Academy while they were younger might be able to obtain a role in these Academies if they performed well.
….
The Mayor's manor.
It was already filled to the brim with people, all waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin.
The Reiss family were already present, with a few being absent, Donald and Sasha amongst those absent.
Some of the officials from the Academies were already here. Due to the Emperor taking charge of all the Academies, there wasn't any conflict between them anymore. Of course the rivalry was still there, but compared to the time when they were actively trying to kill each other, things were better now.
The Instructors from the Starlight, Royal, and Lunar Academy could be seen all sitting in the same area. The students who attended the ceremony were the same.
There were a few individuals from the Starlight and Lunar Academy who still hated the other Academy, but they couldn't fight publicly like before, so they were keeping themselves in check.
At the front seat of the students from the Starlight Academy, a familiar figure could be seen sitting quietly.. It was none other than Jonas.
