Chapter 831: Chapter 643: Pantomime Performance_2
"A Sanctuary Mage?" Ai Lin continued in astonishment, but this time it was genuine, because she hadn’t expected a mage of the Sanctuary to come looking for her so soon.
"Indeed, I am Sanctuary Mage Jenna. I am here to take you away from this place," the woman said.
The name Jenna was actually quite well-known, both in the Divine Auffa Empire and the Sanctuary itself. However, the fame didn’t come from her strength, even though Jenna was a Sanctuary Mage. She hadn’t participated in many famous battles, nor did she have any impressive feats of combat to show. But Jenna had one particularly renowned achievement: she had spent twenty years finding magic for rejuvenation. With this magic, an old mage could restore their body to its youngest and strongest state.
For many powerful old mages, their greatest fear was likely the limited time they had left. Jenna’s magic solved this problem directly, and every year she would travel around collecting huge sums of money to cast the spell for these old mages. The magic relied on the casters’ own mana to sustain and could last for a year, after which it would gradually wear off. But once these old mages experienced the strength and vigor of youth, how many of them were willing to face their old selves again? As a result, they were continuously willing to pay Jenna to cast the magic, becoming her largest source of terrifying income.
Now, Jenna had directly revealed her true name, hoping for Ai Lin’s admiring gaze.
However, Ai Lin, although aware of Jenna, was not filled with admiration for her. Ai Lin no longer worried about her age; after merging with the Dragon Clan, she had gained a lifespan of at least two thousand years, and after using Long Yi’s blood for evolution, several zeros were added to her lifespan.
Therefore, the so-called rejuvenation magic held no allure for Ai Lin.
"Greetings, Mage Jenna!"
Ai Lin’s greeting was polite, clearly out of respect for her elders, as the young-looking woman before her was actually over a hundred years old.
Jenna was somewhat taken aback because many mages who learned she was Jenna would become uncontrollably excited, after all, this was rejuvenation we’re talking about. Especially many female mages felt this way, thinking that even if they didn’t need it now, they might in the future, and being taught even just a little by Mage Jenna would be beneficial!
But Ai Lin was different.
Although Jenna felt some dissatisfaction, she didn’t show it, choosing to believe that Ai Lin was just a naive girl who hadn’t seen much of the world yet.
"Ai Lin, I see you have some talent. I would like to take you on as my student. Would you be willing?" Jenna maintained her superior demeanor as she spoke.
"Unwilling," Ai Lin said immediately.
"Very well, since you are willing, we can..." Jenna’s words were cut halfway when she suddenly paused. "What? Unwilling?"
"Yes, unwilling," Ai Lin confirmed seriously with a nod.
Jenna had never imagined that someone would refuse her! This was utterly bizarre—was this girl named Ai Lin a fool?
No, she couldn’t be a fool; she probably just didn’t recognize Jenna, right?
"Why are you unwilling?" Jenna asked kindly.
"Because I already have a teacher," Ai Lin said earnestly.
"You have a teacher? Who is it?" Jenna inquired.
"Her name is Yavenny," Ai Lin said, which was undoubtedly the Succubus disguised as an Elf, formally known as the Dragon Language Instructor at the Dragon Rider Academy.
"Yavenny? Never heard of her... What level of mage is she?" Jenna asked.
"I don’t know, but definitely very powerful, right?" Ai Lin had not actually faced Yavenny directly but according to Long Yi, Yavenny was disproportionately strong. A testament like that from Long Yi surely meant she was powerful.
Hearing Ai Lin speak like this, Jenna felt she had a measure of her. So Ai Lin’s so-called teacher Yavenny was probably just an ordinary Magic Instructor with limited power, even if Ai Lin herself was a One-Star Mage. And Yavenny likely didn’t even have a star ranking.
"No matter, let’s do this, you lead me to your teacher, and I will talk to her. She will surely agree," Jenna declared.
In this world, for a mage of Jenna’s status from the Sanctuary to seek a student, people would typically vie eagerly for the opportunity. Jenna had never imagined that this girl named Ai Lin would be so naively dismissive. But actually, she also found it somewhat endearing.
"However, I don’t know where my teacher is," said Ai Lin.
"Then where are you from?"
"Me? I don’t know," Ai Lin admitted.
Jenna finally realized something was off because she saw the hint of a smile forming at the corners of Ai Lin’s mouth.
"What are you smiling at, girl? Are you playing with me?" Jenna asked coldly.
"No, what I said is true. I just find it a bit amusing," Ai Lin said, her face the picture of innocence.
Funny? What’s funny?" Jenna’s expression turned grim. As a Sanctuary Mage and the possessor of rejuvenation magic, she was treated with the utmost respect wherever she went, and no one ever spoke to her with such a tone. If it weren’t for her desire not to cause any alarm in taking Ai Lin away, she probably would have resorted to force already; she just feared that doing so would immediately send the Three-tailed Red Devil Scorpion into battle mode. She herself might be fine, but a disgraceful escape was not what she wanted.
