Ronan smiled and nodded at Grace.
In fact, this was the first time they truly formally met.
Last time, it was when Hoddam Academy faced a disastrous fate, and Grace was hurriedly fleeing with her mother, that they exchanged a quick glance.
Grace was incredibly excited, perhaps even she didn’t know why she was so thrilled to see Ronan again.
She paced quickly in front of Ronan like a child, her expression almost jubilant.
"Princess, this one..."
The Silver-haired Witch walked up from behind, puzzled, but before she could finish, Grace had already swiftly answered.
"An old friend I haven’t seen for a long time."
Grace emphasized seriously, and somewhat embarrassedly glanced at Ronan.
She was not sure if Ronan also considered her as a friend, but judging from his previous actions to save her, he probably did.
Ronan, seeing the innocently pure Grace, felt unexpectedly better.
Smiling, he nodded his head, and then calmly said to the Silver-haired Witch, "I come from the Silver Magic Ring. You all..."
His gaze swept over the tender leaf crown emblem on the chest of the Silver-haired Witch, the meaning self-evident.
"Silver Magic Ring..."
The Silver-haired Witch thought for a moment, then solemnly greeted Ronan, saying, "We come from the Life Court.
Regardless, thank you for your assistance to our Princess.."
Hearing the Silver-haired Witch’s self-reported affiliation, Ronan’s eyes flickered.
He had not heard of this power before.
Before leaving the Silver Magic Ring, Kosti had given him a list of the major wizard forces in the Southern region.
The list did not include the name "Life Royal Court."
However, considering that they could send three young Third Rank wizards as "guards", the power and foundation of this force must be strong.
’Could it be a wizard force outside of the Southern region?’
Ronan quietly mused, showing the same courtesy to the Silver-haired Witch on the surface.
"I merely did what I should have done... Grace is a very good friend of mine; she has also given me a lot of help."
"Speaking of which, have you switched to practicing Metal Magic now?"
After Ronan finished his pleasantries with the Silver-haired Witch, Grace eagerly started talking to Ronan.
Her eyes filled with curiosity towards Ronan, and for a girl who had spent most of her life meditating in the attic, Ronan was indeed one of her few "old friends".
"..I have collected many powerful Energy System runes, and spells from Level 1 to 3 of the Energy System, thinking of giving them to you when I see you one day..."
Grace looked at the mercury-like flowing silver metal around Ronan and sighed faintly, "Now it seems you no longer need them."
Ronan was just about to reply when a cold voice interjected.
"Princess, I think we should be leaving now."
The young wizard who previously rushed up positioned himself in front of the group, spoke with a cold tone as he threw several items of Magic Equipment in front of Ronan, his tone chilly, "As for this one... thank you for everything you have done for the Princess.
No matter what your motives are, let it end here, please leave as soon as possible."
Ronan scanned the clearly Magic Equipment items thrown in front of him, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, narrowing his eyes at the young wizard who had been hostile towards him since he appeared.
The latter, not minding the eye contact, had a cold look full of the disdain Ronan hadn’t seen for a long time.
The Silver-haired Witch voiced her displeasure, "Aren’t you being too harsh?"
Grace, clearly upset by the young wizard’s attitude, breathed heavily and bitingly said, "Donnie, you... you must apologize to Ronan!"
"Apologize? What did I do wrong?"
The young wizard glanced at the Silver-haired Witch, then looked at Grace and calmly said, "You have just been promoted to Princess, and your strength is still weak; at this time, anyone under any banner who tries to approach you with ill intentions might appear...
Even Princess Selena would definitely support my action if she knew about this."
"I said, Ronan is my friend!"
"Yes, before that, we met at least eight people who claimed to be your friends without your knowledge... In the end, under the Truth-Telling Technique, hehe..."
Donnie didn’t continue, only sneering as he glanced at Ronan.
Grace was so angry she couldn’t speak.
At that moment, "Boom!"
A tremendous roar came from afar, drawing the attention of everyone present.
Ronan looked in the direction of the sound and immediately saw the giant Magic Box that had been chasing him.
Its two thick, shining golden short legs were smashing one ruined_building after another, just like collapsing blocks of toys.
Just before he acted to save Grace, Ronan had put Dudor the Third into the Space Ring, but the Magic Box Monster was still able to track him down here.
However, seeing it floundering around destructively as if headless, it seemed it was no longer targeting Ronan, just wandering driven by instinct; it was clear that Dudor the Third had always been attracting the Magic Box Monster’s hatred.
Since the Magic Box Monster was an entity Ronan had lured out, he naturally wasn’t too shocked,