325 Everybody Has Their Own Problems (2/2)
At first, Roland thought that Yelia was scared of the noble, but then he realized that Yelia was more guilty than he was scared.
”Of course you didn't.” The young noble nodded and stared at Yelia for a while, before he said, ”It will be my father's birthday in four days. Are you coming?”
”I definitely will.”
The young noble looked better and left with his subordinate.
Though Roland was full of questions, he did not want to pry into someone else's affairs.
They slowly wandered to the Magic Tower, and Yelia spoke a moment later. ”The man just now is my wife's brother.”
Roland listened quietly.
After a second, Yelia continued, ”My wife is dead. I accidentally got her killed. So, Benny has always hated me. He was very close to his sister.”
”How did you get your wife killed?”
”It was ten years ago.” Yelia heaved a sigh. ”I was from a poor family. I became a magic apprentice because of my talent. Then, I met my wife Carmena. She was a sunny, gentle, ad kindhearted woman who treated me fairly despite my destitution and even accepted my proposal. We were happy after we were married, but an accident happened during an experiment ten years ago, and she died in the chaos. Even her body was never found.”
”I'm sorry to hear that.”
”It was indeed horrible,” Yelia said in a low voice. ”It took me ten years to walk out of that shadow, and Benny still hasn't yet.”
Roland estimated that Yelia couldn't have been responsible for the accident, or he wouldn't have freed himself from the trauma so quickly.
”So you never married again after the accident?” asked Roland.
”How do you know that?”
”I accidentally overheard your magic apprentices discussing it last night.”
Yelia said slowly, ”There are few women who are like Carmena. I've never met anyone similar to her other than Queen Andonara.”
Roland raised his eyebrow and understood a lot of things.
”Okay. Enough of that. Let's talk about magic models.”
Roland waved his hand and said, ”I, for one, believe that you should be more focused on defense against vampires. My fireball might seem impressive, but it couldn't have killed a lot of them. Most of them must've escaped.”
Yelia said with a smile, ”That's not a problem. Vampires have been active in Liguburg since a few years ago. I've been prepared. Although I'm not as good as you, I'll catch them any minute and cook them in the sunlight if they dare to come into the city.”
”Good to know that you're prepared.” Roland smiled. ”Regarding Spiritual Endowment, I still find it hard to understand how you leave your spiritual coordinates in the nodes.”
”It's very simple,” Yelia said. ”First, you separate your mind into pieces and remember the features of those pieces…”
They talked about magic while they walked to the Magic Tower.
In the woods ten kilometers to the east of Liguburg City, more than thirty swarms of bats arrived.
Those bats all turned into pale but charming vampires.
”I've smelled them. Their odor is getting more and more intense. They must be in Liguburg City,” Edmund, who had turned into a teenager, said coldly.
Vampires could recover from wounds as fast as trolls as long as they had enough virgin blood.