Before leaving, he cast a final glance at the candidate apprentices who had been divided into groups; those chosen were both fortunate and unfortunate, while those not selected seemed even more despairing.
"Your Highness, you seem to be heading in the wrong direction." Norris suddenly called out to him:
"As far as I know, the dormitory area where Ron the Alchemist is temporarily staying should be east along the main road. You must be going to find him, right?"
"Thanks for the reminder." He forced a smile, quickly leaving this suffocating place.
Desperate cries echoed in the courtyard behind him, but Andre chose not to look back.
.........
Cynthia's tower stood in a clearing at the northern corner of the Black Mist Jungle, surrounded by thorny vines that formed a natural barrier.
The walls here were adorned with various peculiar instruments, their shapes and purposes sparking one's imagination;
