The Wizard World (Part 1) Completed

Chapter 136: Skirmish (1)

Angele closed his eyes and grunted after a while. The room was silent. The only noise was made by the waves. Velvet, who was nearby, waited for Angele to talk. She stared at Angele nervously, not knowing whether to ask again or not.

"How’s Yuri? You disembarked the ship together with him, right? I think he went to the White Tooth Castle," Angele suddenly questioned.

"Yes, but I haven’t talked to him in a while," Velvet responded right away.

"But I heard he went to the border with a team of Wizard apprentices."

Angele nodded in response. He opened his eyes and looked at Velvet without any expression.

"Sorry, I can’t take you in as my servant," he replied in a light tone.

After finishing his words, Angele saw the change in Velvet’s eyes, which was now filled with despair instead. Her flustered face had gone pale within seconds.

"Is that your final answer…?" Velvet was trembling, and her voice shaky.

"I apologize." Angele shook his head.

"To be honest. Your talent level is too low. If I take you in as my servant, it’ll be my responsibility to train you using all the resources I possess. I just became a formal Wizard and I don’t have that much spare time for you. You need a long time and a lot of resources to rank up. So… I’m sorry."

Velvet’s face turned even paler upon hearing Angele’s explanation.

"You’re not satisfied with my body? I can do whatever you want me to! Seriously! Please!" There were tears in her eyes, and she was trying her best to beg Angele.

"You’re my last hope. My family… My father…" Velvet sobbed. Her words were incoherent.

Angele looked at Velvet without saying anything. He was waiting for her to calm down.

"From what I know, your father is a formal Wizard, right? You have his blood. What happened to your talent level?" Angele’s eyebrows creased as he asked again.

"I don’t know." Velvet shook her head.

Angele suddenly recalled something.

"What’s your father and mother’s relationship before they got married?" he questioned.

"My mother is my father’s elder sister," Velvet muttered.

Angele had realized that it could’ve been a consanguineous marriage. It was a common custom between Wizards’ families. They wanted their lineages to be pure, so their children could be born with high talent levels.

However, the probability of success was low. Most Wizards chose to reproduce with their relatives, and only a small percentage of their children had extremely high talent levels. The rest was worse than an average mortal. Some of them were born with disabilities and low talent level. They could not even train in sword skills.

This custom had never changed in the Wizards’ world as most of the large families were connected through marriages.

Velvet probably had many sisters or brothers, but she was the only one gifted with talent.

‘Her father was quite unlucky,’ Angele thought.

‘Velvet probably is the only hope of her family at the moment.’

"Where’s your father?" Angele wondered.

Velvet hesitated for a second and she looked a bit depressed.

"He’s dead."

Angele stopped asking after seeing Velvet’s crestfallen face. A lot of things must’ve happened to her family, but he did not want to get involved.