Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

"Hmm..."

Aurora just nodded woodenly at Lyra's words when she saw her entering one of the rooms in a hurry.

'Don't take others' pity for granted, huh.'

Although Lyra seemed direct and rude, she did have a point. After all, she was the weakest in this group and was already tagging along shamelessly.

She shouldn't waste their time even more by wandering around recklessly.

"Hah... let's just practice here for seven days."

Aurora breathed heavily, tried to lift her low mood, and entered another room, completely forgetting that the reason she had left in the first place was because of them.

Just as Lyra thought, she should be able to handle this girl even if Ian did capture her into his harem.

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[Ignisia Tower, First Floor]

Outside the meditation hall, where numerous individual meditation rooms were adorned with glowing, intricate array patterns designed to converge mana, Ignysyl floated around with a bored expression, fluttering his tiny wings, which were constantly wreathed in flickering fiery flames.

"How much time? It is already the last day of his stay, and he still hasn't left."

He mumbled in annoyance and anxiousness while playing with a dark, shiny cube in his paw, throwing it up and catching it again and again as if utterly bored.

This was the seventh day since Ian, Lyra, and Aurora had entered the meditation chamber for practice.

After Ignysyl recovered from his soul fatigue, he didn't waste time and quickly ran over to meet Ian in the hope of gaining his wish, but he saw that Ian was clearly in a selfless state, meditating.

So, he couldn't just disturb him recklessly and had been waiting for him to leave the room.

However, this wait lasted for three days straight, making him bored beyond belief.

"I didn't feel like this before when I was alone. Why am I feeling this way now?"

Ignysyl then thought about why he was now having this bored feeling when he had basically been all alone by himself for so many years.

Just when he was trying to understand this new sensation he had never experienced before, he saw the door of the central meditation chamber opening as Ian walked out with a huge grin on his face.

'Man, that was awesome. Only a step behind becoming a First-Ring Wizard.'

Ian never thought that practicing in such a meditation chamber would be so satisfying.

Compared to before, when he had to use mana nectar or mana stones sparingly to even practice a bit, this time, he experienced what meditation actually was.

Moreover, he found out that his Life Seed was really helpful for storing and supplying pure mana.

It was like an additional device inside his body that could continuously absorb and pump it when necessary, especially during breakthroughs.
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'But, just as I thought, I can no longer practice any Zero-Ring spells now.'

He then thought of his failed attempt at learning a spell just now and shook his head.

Two First-Ring spell models had already stuffed his consciousness to the brim. If he wanted to learn more, he had to increase its capacity by advancing his realm.

In fact, he didn't like Zero-Ring spells that much after seeing the effect of First-Ring ones. His current arsenal was enough for him now.

"Hey, you finally left the room. I thought you would coop yourself up there forever."

Just when he was reminiscing about the new increment in his power, Ian heard a young voice beside him, followed by the figure of a little dragon looking curiously at him.

"Hmm? Oh, you seem to have recovered already."

Ian raised his eyebrow while looking at Ignysyl, who familiarly landed on his shoulder.

"Tch... I wasn't injured. I was just feeling down and already came here three days ago. But you were busy practicing there."

Ignysyl flared up his nose as if to show that he was indeed never tired or injured before.

'Who said you were injured in the first place?'

Ian rolled his eyes, ignored his little tantrum, and asked again,

"What is that thing in your hand?"

He had already noticed the small dark cube in Ignysyl's paw when he flew over his shoulder.

From the aura it emitted and the faint feeling of space power, he could already guess something.

"This... heh, this is that artifact you mentioned before. See? Ain't it look good like this?"

Ignysyl smiled, throwing the gem up and catching it again.

He might have gotten too excited by Ian's gaze; he even flicked his tail, pushing it in an arc as if performing a circus act.

"Oh? Did you manage to control it completely?"

Ian didn't care about his childish behavior and instead asked with bright eyes.

If Ignysyl could really control this artifact, then that would be the best, as he had found out that without reaching the First-Ring level, he wouldn't be able to access it at all.

"Eh...?"

However, when Ignysyl heard Ian's words and saw his shining eyes, he almost dropped the gem he was toying with.

Then, he thought of something, quickly dropped his smile, and replied in a low voice,

"How can I control it completely? I just used some methods to make it small with my abilities. Now that there are no crystals, I cannot even control it like before."

He complained and then promised Ian in a stern voice,

"But don't worry. As long as I become a little older, I can control this thing as easily as my hand. It is really no problem at all. It's just that I'm still small..."

Ignysyl was still blabbering when he saw Ian looking at him with cold eyes, unlike before, as if he was angry at him.

"What... what happened? I wasn't lying."

Ignysyl rarely threw off his dragon pride and lowered his head when he saw Ian's fierce gaze as if feeling guilty that he could no longer control it as he had promised.

"Did you absorb all those crystals? Is there nothing left?"