Chapter 1503: Chapter 938: Maria’s Dream (Part 3)_2
After experiencing that night ten years ago, although the girl now somewhat understands the actions of the Life Church, she still cannot get over it in her heart...
Besides traveling nearby in her spare time, what Lady Feng does is teach magic to Maria.
In the following two months, the girl would meet with Feng outside Bonn Town each time, learning magic from her.
However, while Feng agreed to teach magic, she did not accept any payment.
"Miss Maria, I came here to teach you magic because someone entrusted me with it, and to fulfill a promise. Besides, it’s also my way of relaxing in my spare time, so... you don’t need to pay."
"Entrusted? Promise?"
Maria was curious and surprised. As far as she knew, neither she nor anyone she had known seemed to have had any interaction with an elf.
However, when she continued to inquire, Feng just smiled and said nothing more.
This made Maria even more curious. She pondered over and over again; her identity had long been "dead" with the empire’s demise, and those who knew she was still alive seemed to be only her teacher, who left without saying goodbye but leaving behind a letter, and the impoverished nobles who recognized her during her lone travels.
Those detestable nobles could never have had any interaction with such noble beings; the only possibility seemed to be her teacher.
"Maria, I’m leaving."
"Keep moving forward! Child, I hope one day you’ll find your true dreams."
"I also hope that one day, you can reexamine your past with a new perspective..."
"Let’s meet again when the time comes..."
The girl still remembers every word from the letter her teacher, the Legendary Mage Daniel, left her before he parted.
Could it be the teacher?
Maria speculated.
Although the teacher didn’t say where he was going in the letter, Maria vaguely guessed that her teacher should be trying to pursue that last tiny chance to become a Demigod.
But this departure, he never returned.
Only, if it were the teacher, how would he have known Lady Feng?
Maria was curious, but as Lady Feng never discussed this, she gradually put it out of her mind.
Having wandered for several years, the first thing she learned was to pick up things and also let them go.
Including her curiosity.
The days of learning magic were joyful for Maria.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and Maria’s healing magic became increasingly skilled.
Relying on her constantly improving healing magic, Maria also helped the villagers to cure their longstanding ailments.
The girl received immense gratitude from the villagers, and her fame spread far and wide.
Even villagers from other villages dozens of miles away came upon hearing of her, requesting treatment.
However, everything has its pros and cons. As her name spread, her identity somehow leaked, and those detestable nobles of the former empire were attracted again.
Just a few days ago, Feng found Maria again:
"Maria, your healing magic has reached the level of six rings. The rest can only be learned after you further break through your level."
"I’ll send you some follow-up magic books, your potential is great, I believe... one day you will become a powerful Legendary Mage."
Listening to Feng, Maria sensed a hint of farewell in her words:
"Lady Feng, are you leaving?"
"Of course, there’s no banquet that never ends. With meetings come farewells. The temple in Bonn Town is about to be completed, and your magic has reached a bottleneck. It’s time for me to leave here too."
The female elf smiled.
"Well... if I want to find you, where should I go?"
The girl asked.
"You can go to the east of the continent, the Elf Forest, but... it’ll be at least half a year before I return there."
"In the next half year, I plan to continue traveling the continent, to see the customs and cultures of various places, the East Seges Alliance, Aries Kingdom, and... the Maniya Republic."
Feng said with a smile.
Maniya Republic...
Upon hearing Feng’s words, the girl’s gaze became complicated.
Maniya...
That was once her hometown.
Also the place she fled from in disgrace.
Until now, she dared not return to that land.
Even when listening to scattered news from taverns in the street, she dared not inquire closely...
However, even Maria didn’t expect that before Lady Feng left Bonn Town, she herself planned to leave first.
Or rather, escape.
Escape the past, escape the nobles, escape the identity she had gradually been forgetting.
Thinking this, Maria looked at the smiling Feng again, feeling emotional.
And Feng’s gaze fell on her luggage, her eyes somewhat surprised:
"Maria, are you planning to leave here?"
"Yes, Lady Feng, something has happened, and I fear I must leave here before you do."
Maria said with a bitter smile.
Feng raised her eyebrows and asked:
"Is it because of those impoverished nobles who wandered into the area a few days ago?"
Maria was stunned for a moment, then fell into silence.
Feng sighed lightly, asking:
"Do you have any plans next? Have you thought of where to go?"
Maria smiled and said:
"The world is so big, I can go anywhere."
"So there’s no destination, and you don’t know where to go."
Feng shook her head.
Then she looked at the girl again, asking:
"If that’s the case, are you interested in traveling with me? The temple is completed, and I plan to leave tomorrow to head to Maniya."
Maniya...
Upon hearing this name, the girl fell silent again.
Instead of answering directly, she suddenly raised her head and asked another question she had always been curious about:
"Lady Feng, I have always had a doubt I want to ask."
"You are a High Order Priest of the Life Church, and you’ve mentioned before that one of the purposes you came here for was to spread the faith."
"But... why until now, you have not tried to make me convert to the Life Church?"
Hearing the girl’s words, Feng smiled slightly.
She looked at Maria, her emerald green eyes seemed to flicker with starlight:
"Maria, I never force anyone against their will."
"Even if I preach to you, would you really want to become a follower of Life?"
Maria was slightly stunned.
Looking at Feng’s gentle smile, she suddenly realized that Feng probably knew from the start that even though she had complex feelings towards the Life Church, she wouldn’t join.
And looking at the other party’s deep and wise gaze, in that instant Maria knew in her heart that her true identity had probably already been known by the other party.
"Lady Feng, since you know that I am unwilling to believe in the Life Church, you should also know that I am unwilling to return to Maniya."
Maria said with a bitter smile.
"Is it unwilling? Or dare not face it? Maria, having left for so long, do you really not want to take a look at your hometown again?"
Feng suddenly spoke.
Maria was stunned, opening her mouth slightly, speechless.
At this time, Feng suddenly turned, looking towards the distant Life Temple.
She sighed lightly, speaking softly:
"Maria, a person can only truly mature when facing all that they have experienced, confronting everything they fear, walking out of their deeply buried fears..."
"The confusion about the future often blooms at that time."
Hearing these words, Maria suddenly looked up, her expression astonished.
Because... these words were personally taught to her by her teacher Daniel.
She really met her teacher!
At this moment, Maria was finally certain.
She was about to ask, but Feng turned and left.
"I’ll set off at eight tomorrow."
"Maria, if you are willing to join me on the journey... come with me, I... will wait for you at the town entrance."
With that, her figure disappeared from Maria’s sight.
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Oops, the name Maria was typed wrong, and has been corrected throughout.
