After Ember Killian and Astoria Braveheart joined Helia Ashenborn in the Great Hall and took their seat at the long table, they waited for the servants to bring out the food from the kitchen.
Nevertheless, Ember and Helia could see that Astoria's mind was not with them.
"Are you still thinking about the Vaan Raphna and Vahn Cadieux, Headmaster Astoria?" Ember calmly inquired before her lips curved into a smile as she teased, "Your obsession with a single man makes you seem like a maiden in love."
"A maiden in love, huh?" Astoria cracked a wry smile and thoughtfully said, "Perhaps you are right, Marquis Ember. I've never been so fixated on a man before. But it's hard not to be."
"Not only did Teacher Raphna's notes contain spell revisions and optimizations, but he also explored witch cultivation, laying out a firm foundation of magic knowledge all the way to the High Witch rank."
