Third Person's POV
Erius immediately shook his head.
"No... I don't believe that, Mother."
He lowered his gaze slightly before continuing in a far calmer voice.
"I simply wish to understand your thoughts... and the reason behind your decisions."
His embarrassed expression made it obvious that he had indeed been shaken by Ethan's incomprehensible strength.
After all, according to his mother's account, Ethan had defeated Elis while every one of his mana veins remained completely sealed.
Such a feat simply defied common sense.
If everything Shixea had said was true, then even the geniuses occupying the forty coveted seats of the Crystal Formation Batch, the strongest young Crystal Formation mages throughout the Northern Glacial Region, would likely struggle to match him.
That realization alone had forced Erius to abandon much of his earlier arrogance.
He now genuinely wished to understand what his mother intended to do.
