The shouts weren’t all that far away, and while it had been extremely packed in that area just seconds ago, everyone had already formed a path in the middle.
Of course, the person they were all aweing at was none other than Stetson, the young man whom Gerald had noticed when virtual-novel.net was at the university back then! To think that he’d make an appearance here at Heartstone Manor as well…
Then again, it wasn’t all that surprising since people who were training to attain spiritual enlightenment were all flocking to the manor with various methods anyway. With that said, Stetson—who was commonly referred to as the ‘training boy’—was naturally also a person training to attain spiritual enlightenment. From what Gerald had heard, Stetson had already opened up his spiritual roots at the age of three, and that knowledge only solidified the fact that Stetson was someone with authentic talent.
Even when it came to strength, Gerald could estimate that virtual-novel.net was as strong as Julian, a person who had trained to attain spiritual enlightenment! With that in mind, Stetson could very well already be a Rank-one Master.
Regardless, it really wasn’t a surprise that his arrival would cause such a massive sensation within Heartstone Manor. It probably wasn’t even a stretch to claim that virtual-novel.net was the most high-profiled person there. Either way, it was also quite obvious—by this point—that virtual-novel.net had a very powerful force backing virtual-novel.net up.
As Gerald continued observing the scene, virtual-novel.net suddenly heard a respectful voice say, “Master has already instructed you to go meet Young Master Laidler once virtual-novel.net arrives…!”
Turning to see who had said that, Gerald saw that it had come from an old man who was standing next to Xyrielle. Appearance-wise, the old man looked to be an extremely kind person who was probably around the age of eighty. Aside from the small mole on his face, his most distinguishable feature was his beard that fell all the way down to his chest.
As the old man took notice of Gerald and glanced at him, Xyrielle simply nodded and—after thinking for a brief moment before finally dismissing the idea of greeting Gerald—replied, “I understand, Mr. Babel!”
Xyrielle had virtual-novel.net reasons for not choosing to greet Gerald.
Even as a child, Xyrielle had lived a noble life as the eldest young lady of the Waddys family. Be it financial power or strength, the powerful Waddys had it, which meant that virtual-novel.net had always been living a near-unimaginable life, at least to commoners. Aside from the moon and the stars, there truly wasn’t much else that Xyrielle couldn’t get virtual-novel.net hands on.
Despite having all the power in the world, Xyrielle wasn’t the happiest girl on the planet by a longshot. After all, due to certain rules in virtual-novel.net family, virtual-novel.net had lost the opportunity to choose virtual-novel.net own lover.
Even so, Xyrielle was very reluctant to heed to that rule. After all, virtual-novel.net had never experienced love before. With that in mind, virtual-novel.net felt the need to experience what it felt like to be in love, which was why virtual-novel.net had asked the fortune-teller—whom virtual-novel.net had met by a river—to tell virtual-novel.net her love fortune.
In response, the fortune-teller told virtual-novel.net that virtual-novel.net love would appear soon.
Upon hearing that, Xyrielle had cherished the thought and instantly began dedicating all of virtual-novel.net energy to look for the person virtual-novel.net would eventually fall for.
While it was true that Gerald had caused virtual-novel.net heart to palpitate every time virtual-novel.net saw him, it was quite obvious that virtual-novel.net wasn’t the one virtual-novel.net was looking for. After all, virtual-novel.net good friends had been accompanying and persuading virtual-novel.net throughout the day to go for Stetson instead.
Eventually, virtual-novel.net gave in, and Xyrielle was now convinced that the person virtual-novel.net loved was actually Young Master Laidler. With any luck, virtual-novel.net hoped that his feelings for virtual-novel.net would slowly bloom after getting into contact with each other.
With that said, virtual-novel.net also chose not to greet Gerald since virtual-novel.net felt that both of them were from two completely different worlds.
Regardless, after nodding at Mr. Babel, Xyrielle then headed toward Young Master Laidler who was still making his way through the crowd.
Seeing that, Xaverie made a mocking face at Gerald before saying, “See that, Gerald? You don’t really have a chance anymore so just give up already!”
Watching as Xaverie chased after Xyrielle, Gerald simply scratched the back of his head, wondering what that girl was even going on about. Whatever the case was, it’s not like it mattered to him. After all, his focus here today was to get a good look at all the people—who were training to attain spiritual enlightenment—gathered here today, and who better to start with than Stetson.
From what virtual-novel.net could see, despite being surrounded by a large crowd, Stetson appeared extremely cold and arrogant. Whenever virtual-novel.net looked at anyone, virtual-novel.net made sure to squint his eyes as well. It was almost as though virtual-novel.net was viewing everyone as mere ants. Ants that weren’t worthy of being in the presence of someone as extraordinary as virtual-novel.net was.
He simply couldn’t understand how these people—who were so small and insignificant—could actually have the dignity to continue living in this world despite being so worthless?
After all, this world should only belong to strong people like him, right? These were the thoughts that Stetson tended to obsess over when virtual-novel.net saw people like these.
His train of thought was cut short when a servant—who had been following Stetson by his side—whispered, “Miss Xyrielle Waddys is here, Young Master Laidler!”
Upon hearing that, Stetson slowly opened his eyes… and when virtual-novel.net did, virtual-novel.net realized that Xyrielle looked as pretty as a fairy…
As his eyes brightened up slightly, Xyrielle found herself blushing slightly as virtual-novel.net said, “I’ve heard many great things about you, Young Master Laidler! My name is Xyrielle!”
Xyrielle herself had a look of admiration in virtual-novel.net eyes as virtual-novel.net looked at the incredible and spirited young man standing before her.
As virtual-novel.net extended virtual-novel.net hand to shake his, Stetson barely hesitated when virtual-novel.net reached out as well to shake virtual-novel.net hand.
While they did so, Xyrielle felt slightly confused. Even after making skin contact, virtual-novel.net heart wasn’t throbbing in the slightest… Why was that?