Chapter 293: Won't Regret

Before last year, the Savile Territory had always insisted on independence, free from outside interference, and only later did it turn to the Princess.

But because of this, Niya's marriage needed to be resolved as soon as possible; Aipusi worried that after he died, many things would become difficult to control.

No matter how good the Princess's reputation was, as a backer, she could not be absolutely reliable; even if she were, if her subordinates wanted to marry into the Savile family, how could he refuse?

In fact, Aipusi had received hints from Archmage Olong, though it hadn't gone any further at the time, but that was enough to make him alert.

Looking at Niya's conflicted expression, Aipusi felt even more heartache, and at the same time, the regret in his heart deepened; only at such a moment did he realize there were things more important and more worthy of cherishing than Magic or Plane Crystals.

It was just that his daughter, whom he needed to protect and who needed to grow, had also grown up a lot at such a time!

A thousand thoughts surged endlessly in Niya's heart: confusion about the future, complaints about her father, and even more, reluctance to part with her father, as well as the realization of, resistance to, and understanding of the responsibilities she bore; in the end, all her thoughts turned into a long sigh—

"Father, I have a better candidate?"

"Who?" Aipusi immediately became tense; as a father, he instinctively thought about who his daughter might have been in contact with.

What worried him most were her few trips to Seventon; at other times, Niya was within the Territory, and he knew roughly everyone she could come into contact with, but Seventon—

If it were someone from Seventon, he would firmly oppose it; the variables there were simply too great, and the Savile Family could not withstand the turmoil.

He only hoped that Niya could grow up steadily, rather than being trapped in complex, scheming power struggles; Niya's talent was excellent, and she could just grow up step by step; there was no need for complex external forces to interfere at all.

"Niya, who is the better candidate you mentioned?"

Niya's expression did not change, and she slowly said a name, "Xia Duo."

"Xia Duo?!" Upon hearing this name, the expression on Aipusi's face was truly spectacular; Xia Duo was actually among his candidates for assessment, and in some respects, he had more potential than Leonard.

But the assessment time was still short, and coupled with the Mythallar incident, Aipusi worried that Niya could not accept it, so he hadn't mentioned Xia Duo, but now—

Aipusi was just about to object when Niya spoke again:

"Father, didn't you say that the Tower of Time in Xia Duo's territory might become a breakthrough point for outsiders to meddle in the territory? Now it's fine; the two breakthrough points are combined, and there won't be any loopholes."

Niya spoke lightly, but Aipusi knew that it was impossible for his daughter to have no resentment at all toward Xia Duo, who provided the information about the Mythallar; it would be good enough if she didn't vent her anger on him, so how could now—

"Niya, you don't need to wrong yourself; when the Tower of Time can teleport next year, we will teleport the Tower of Time back to Savile Town; if your grandfather is not dead, with his ability, he shouldn't care about this small change in the Guidance Beacon."

At this moment, Aipusi was already considering everything for Niya, but Niya seemed to have made up her mind, "No, Father, I think Xia Duo is quite good; he became an Intermediate Mage in less than a year."

"What? He became an Intermediate Mage?"

"Yes, Father, you should know."

"No, I don't know." Aipusi was indeed quite stunned; the original candidate for assessment had suddenly exceeded his expectations, but this made him even more firmly opposed to Xia Duo, and he didn't know if it was because of his daughter's approval that he developed a contrarian psychology.

And Niya continued, "The Tower Spirit recorded that Xia Duo just cast a 3rd Circle Spell in the Tower of Time not long ago; that was when the Permission Level of the Tower of Time had not yet been completely transferred; I thought Father knew."

"Perhaps I overlooked it." Aipusi said in a low voice; he could roughly guess what had happened; it must have been when he was attacked by that Elf High Mage; only then would it have been possible.

After the Permission Level was transferred, he didn't know.

"Father, Xia Duo is a Pioneer, has close ties with the Princess's side, his own growth is rapid, and he has the reading Permission Level for the 【Nether Scroll】; most importantly—he has no complex background."

Speaking to the end, Aipusi couldn't help but nod, but he immediately reacted; indeed, he had initially taken a fancy to Xia Duo partly because his background was simple, but he did not want Niya to sacrifice anything for this.

Let alone Xia Duo, even if it were Leonard, whom he had been assessing for a long time, as long as Niya had any dissatisfaction, he would not agree.

"No, Niya, you don't need to care about these external factors; what are your own true thoughts? Can you really accept such a person? Father doesn't want you to live unhappily!"

"Father, I have already thought it through; setting aside external factors, I also feel that Xia Duo is more suitable." Rather than finding someone she was unfamiliar with, it was better to find someone relatively familiar.

Niya had stayed in the Tower of Time for twenty years; she had come into contact with very few eligible members of the opposite sex, and even fewer with whom she had communicated; although she had known Leonard for a long time, she hadn't spoken as much to him as she had to this Apprentice, Xia Duo!

Setting aside external factors and the Mythallar incident, Niya was indeed quite satisfied with Xia Duo, but she had never considered the issue of marriage.

Now that she was considering marriage, the only thing that caused resentment in Niya's heart was perhaps the Mythallar incident, but in order to put her father at ease and to make the Territory impregnable, she was not incapable of ignoring this.

"Father, let it be this way; I have already notified Xia Duo to come over."

"You—" Aipusi looked at his daughter's firm gaze, and the words he wanted to use to object could not be spoken, "Sigh—I hope you won't regret today's decision in the future!"

"Father, I will not regret it; if I regret it, I will kill him with my own hands!"

"……"

Aipusi didn't know what else to say, so he just sighed and began to ponder what else needed to be explained; at this moment, he wished he could dig out everything in his mind and leave it for Niya.

……

On the other side, Xia Duo, who had just stepped out of the Portal, suddenly felt a chill down his back; not long ago, he was in the Mage Tower reading a book while carefully conducting element experiments.

The Spell Laboratory had not yet been restored, and he had no other way, so he could only make do with it for now, and then there was the sudden contact from the Tower Spirit—Niya was summoning him.

And this meeting was not in any of the places they had met before, but in the Teleportation Room, and he still needed to pass through a Portal.

Just as he stepped out of the Portal, he received a Sending from Niya; her voice seemed to carry no emotion, which made Xia Duo somewhat uneasy; he did not know what was waiting for him.

At this moment, he didn't even think in detail about the fact that the Tower of Time had disappeared; he just glanced at the large pit and quickly walked toward the Town Hall.

The time was approaching evening, but on this Midsummer Festival, the Lord of Radiance seemed exceptionally generous; the sun was still struggling stubbornly on the horizon, and it looked like it wouldn't set for several hours.

The Midsummer Festival celebration was still ongoing, and cheers and screams were endless; Xia Duo gave up on passing through the Central Plaza; this theoretically fastest route might turn out to be the slowest route today.

He chose to go around through the Villa District.