"Thank you, Link."
Jasmine closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and suppressed the tumultuous emotions brewing in her heart.
In a fleeting moment, she remembered leaving the Quete Archipelago, arriving at the academy, indulging in social entertainment, changing her mindset, following and learning, conducting research experiments, improving her grades, working part-time, and witnessing today's events.
It was as if she were a newly forged sword, subjected to raging flames and uncountable strikes. Once quenched in water, the sword instantly took shape,
Jasmine had suddenly matured quite a lot.
Opening her eyes, the former self - cunning, a tea enthusiast, and codependent noble young lady was gone. In front of Link, she was now a truly suitable wizard's apprentice.
Rational, self-serving, and relentlessly climbing upward.
Whether in pursuit of knowledge, truth, and power, or authority and status.
"Wow!"
Wizard Serene looked back at her and expressed her admiration.
