"I have a feeling that Head Sage Yue has his eyes on Azar," Mana muttered.
Raven, who had cheered up after the double milkshake treat, became morose again. Mana felt guilty, but unfortunately, there was no other way but to discuss this before they actually went to meet the man in the evening.
"I'll try to put him off as much as I can," Raven said. "I don't want him to meet either you or Azar." Deep down, Raven feared the Moon Temple immensely. With just a word, they had ruined his life, branding him as a 'cursed child'. If he hadn't met Jules and then Mana…his miserable existence would have dragged on as usual, probably until he died or lost his mind, whichever came earlier.
Mana poked him in the middle of his forehead, pulling him from his gloomy thoughts. "Are you crazy?" she scolded. "There's no way I'm going to let you meet that horrible man by yourself."
"But he's my father…"
