He breathed a sigh of relief and carefully moved away from the dark light arcs in front of him.

“I still remember every detail of those ten years. If you don’t believe me, you can ask me. We separated when you were fifteen. It’s been so long – I couldn’t possibly have temporarily searched your father’s soul, could I?”

Fiona really did ask several questions, some of which had already become blurred in her memory, but Agu could quickly recall them each time, as if these memories often replayed in his mind.

“Then why did you leave when I was fifteen?”

“I borrowed your father’s identity back then because I was fleeing from others’ pursuit. And I left because those hunting me discovered the identity I had borrowed. If I hadn’t left, you would have been killed by my enemies too.”

Fiona frowned as she listened. Looking at Agu’s completely unfamiliar face, she couldn’t match him with the father in her memory. “Who was hunting you?”

Agu lowered his eyes, revealing a bitter smile. “Would you believe me if I said I’m not clear about it myself?”

“Ridiculous!” Fiona immediately shouted.

“Nana.” Agu looked at Fiona’s face that could no longer be considered young. “I’m sorry, daddy couldn’t protect you well.”

The distrust that had surfaced again on Fiona’s face froze upon hearing Agu’s apology.

Father had left many, many years ago. Fiona was no longer that helpless fifteen-year-old girl. After becoming a true wizard and joining the Stargate Council, she had almost forgotten even her initial sadness.

The only thing she hadn’t forgotten was her hatred for Faceless Ones.

Because the person who saved her said that the father who had worked so hard to raise her was killed by a Faceless One. There were many people in this world who had similarly lost loved ones because of Faceless Ones. And Faceless Ones not only killed loved ones but also transformed into their faces, enjoying the beautiful lives that originally belonged to others.

Over and over, brainwashing-like education made Fiona thoroughly hate Faceless Ones. Even if it meant destroying her own future, she wanted the Faceless One race to completely disappear from the world.

But who would have thought that her father, who had been dead for many years, was also a Faceless One.

Fiona’s long-held beliefs were strongly impacted. Her chest kept rising and falling like a fish dragged ashore.

“Fiona…” Agu wanted to say something more but was interrupted by Fiona.

“Don’t talk anymore. I need to be alone and think.”

Although showing resistance, Fiona still released all the dark arcs trapping Agu.

“You should go first. I need to think this through properly. When I figure it out, I’ll come find you.”

Agu also knew that it would be difficult to get Fiona to immediately believe him. Her current behavior was already quite beyond Agu’s expectations.

“Alright.” He naturally couldn’t bear to see Fiona in pain. After the arcs disappeared, he voluntarily stepped back. “Then I’ll go back first. If you want to find me, you can come to Wizard Byron’s residence anytime.”

Fiona kept her head down and didn’t respond to Agu.

Agu looked deeply at Fiona once, then helplessly turned to leave.

But just at this moment, the warehouse door that had just been sealed by magical formations was suddenly opened from outside.

Light shone in, making Agu instinctively squint his eyes.

Then he saw a familiar face walk in.

Meurich’s two telescope-like eyes had contracted to their limit. He first looked at the silent Fiona, then turned to show Agu a smile.

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Agu had no good feelings toward Meurich, but considering the other party was also a third-rank wizard, he still nodded respectfully.

“Yes, Lord Meurich.”

“Mm, I heard Fiona invited you here to learn about Faceless Ones. This child is sometimes rather impulsive. She didn’t hurt you, did she?”

“No. We’ve already cleared up our misunderstanding. Please don’t make things difficult for her either.”

Meurich smiled, but his eyes remained contracted very short, making Agu uncomfortable to look at.

“Of course not. Fiona is a very important wizard to me.”

These words sounded somewhat strange. Agu immediately felt fatherly concern and instinctively didn’t want Meurich to be alone with Fiona.

“Then, Lord Meurich, could you escort me out of here?”

“Of course!” Meurich showed no airs whatsoever. “But I have a few questions I’d like to ask you.”

When Agu heard Meurich say “but,” he was already getting nervous. “Please ask.”

“Do you know the whereabouts of any other Faceless Ones?”

Agu narrowed his eyes. Meurich’s meaning was still to seek traces of other Faceless Ones for experiments.

Asking such a question so openly in front of him obviously didn’t really take Agu seriously.

Despite his inner disgust, to avoid affecting Fiona, Agu still answered honestly, “After leaving Iskaper, I was trapped in Lord Gorsa’s wizard tower until recent years when I left with Lord Saul. So I really don’t know the whereabouts of any Faceless Ones.”

Meurich sighed disappointedly. “It seems you really don’t know. By the way, do you have any methods that could help us find Faceless Ones in Iskaper?”

Agu still shook his head. Forget not knowing – even if he knew, how could he possibly tell the person in front of him?

“Well then. It seems there really is no way.” Meurich stepped toward Agu.

Agu immediately became alert, ready to send a signal to Saul at any time.

However, Meurich calmly walked around Agu and went to Fiona’s side. “You heard too. Now we really have no other way to obtain new Faceless Ones.”

Only then did Fiona raise her head, saying to Meurich with a guilty expression, “I’m sorry, sir. I’ll think of other methods as soon as possible.”

She didn’t mention Agu again, afraid Meurich would directly decide to extract Agu’s soul.

Though she was still conflicted by the sudden news, she had already begun instinctively protecting Agu.

“I have a backup plan.” Meurich’s voice had no fluctuation, as if he wasn’t angry about Fiona’s failure.

Just as Fiona was about to ask what it was, she suddenly felt her vision rise much higher.

She seemed to have been lifted up by Meurich, but could no longer feel her body’s existence.

She vaguely realized something but didn’t look down to search for her body. Instead, she used her last bit of strength to lift her eyelids and look at Agu standing at the door.

Agu was backlit, so she couldn’t see very clearly.

But this blurred silhouette suddenly reminded Fiona of memories she had forgotten for decades.

That blurred silhouette was so familiar, just like when she was fifteen, when father left home for work, and she, who loved to stay in bed, had just woken up, rubbing her eyes, drowsily saying goodbye to father.

What she saw then seemed to be just such a figure.

Fiona saw father running toward her, as if he wanted to say…

“Nana, daddy isn’t going to work today.”

How wonderful.

“Ahhhhhh!!!!!”

Agu rushed forward like a madman.

At this moment, he had forgotten he was just a second-rank soul body, and forgotten that the man opposite him was a third-rank wizard highly valued by Alick.

He only wanted to kill Meurich in front of him.

He was going to kill him!!!

(End of Chapter)

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