Elowen thought to herself with growing realization. He is the same age as me, but even my father won't have this much runic knowledge from all the information he possesses. Hah, I thought he was just a lazy bum trying to argue with the teachers that day during that class discussion, but he already surpasses many of the successors of big families. Despite being the king's nephew, having royal blood running through his veins, he despises the king to the bone.
Cale had already finished telling her all the changes and upgrades to her cultivation technique. He noticed her staring blankly into empty space afterward, completely lost in her own thoughts and struggling to process what she'd just learned.
He put both his hands on her shoulders, the sudden contact causing her to jump slightly with surprise.
"Aah!"
"Don't tell me you didn't understand anything and were just staring blankly in the air like that."
