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More time passed by, and by now, the disappearance of the genius youth had become but an afterthought to the public.
While there were still people pestering the authorities to capture the trial grounds somehow and open them to the public, a lot of time has passed and many diversions were used so that the majority of people were starting to lose their passion about it.
That, along with the rejection of their proposals, made them realize that both the GMU and the Imperial Court had made a decision, and there was no changing their minds.
So, much to people's dismay, they could only move on with their lives and lament the lost opportunity.
Ren continued to stay in touch with Mikel and the clan.
Nowadays, it's mostly just Alex who's answering instead of Mikel. Ren had lost count on how many times Alex expressed his jealousy of this opportunity. Had he known that this was going to happen, he would've suppressed his realm and waited until the day came.
