"Little Sophie is fine." Aunt Sofia's voice came over, sounding somewhat discontent yet seemingly helpless, "She said you told her to stay inside some circle, and no matter how I persuaded her, she refused to come out. Now she's exhausted and fell asleep."
"Uh, this..." Andrew felt apologetic and deeply moved at the same time. He thought the little girl really took his words to heart. Let her sleep now.
The battle had started at night and continued until now; it was indeed quite late.
But some things must be done now.
"Taking down Hubert only means overthrowing Wildfire Town's old rules.
The new order hasn't been established yet..."
A particular light flickered in Andrew's eyes as he constantly motivated himself internally, "I can do it, absolutely! The things I need and must do next, I'll do them well! Now, I'm already a Water Mage!"
Becoming a Water Mage isn't an end but rather a real beginning.
