Chapter 628: Kumish District |
“Isn’t that Annie, the little girl from John’s family? Could it be that she offended the Wizard?”
Seeing that Janna was casting her spell right at John’s doorstep, and Annie was standing there as well, several neighbors familiar with John and Annie couldn’t help but say worriedly.
“That’s impossible. Annie is such a well-behaved little girl—how could she possibly offend a Wizard?”
“Well, who knows? Wizards are known to be unpredictable. Who knows what Annie did to anger her…”
“You must be new here. In Dordogne, even Wizards can’t casually act against ordinary people, otherwise it would violate the 《Wizard Law》.”
“Only a fool like you would believe that. The 《Noble Law》 also says nobles can’t harm commoners at will, but which noble actually follows that?”
“Don’t compare those rogue nobles from the lower districts to the noble Wizards!”
“Alright, alright, stop arguing. If you keep this up, the Wizard might hear you…”
Just because of Janna’s simple act of casting a spell, it triggered all kinds of speculation among the residents of the Kumish District. Among them were quite a few people who had only recently come from the lower districts and were still unfamiliar with the conduct of Wizards.
Especially when facing beings like Wizards—who possessed both authority and terrifying power—these people were even more cautious, not daring to make any improper moves.
Of course, there were also many who had lived in the Kumish District of Dordogne for a long time. Even though their lives were still difficult, through experience they had come to understand that Wizards, as a group, were fundamentally no longer the same kind of beings as nobles—or even ordinary mortals.
Wizards neither regarded ordinary mortals as ants, nor did they consider them as their own kind. Even the most cruel and violent dark Wizards would not easily act against mortals.
Of course, this was not because Wizards possessed exceptionally high moral standards, but because while they gained the right to comprehend the Laws from the Will of the Wizard, they also bore the responsibility of protecting the lifeforms of their plane.
Because of this, Wizards—once infamous among mortals in the previous century as an “evil group”—had transformed into “guardians” and even “gods” in a positive sense.
Even though some mortals still retained a “fear” of Wizards through stories passed down by older generations, that fear had already shifted from simple terror into something closer to reverence.
For those who had grown up in Dordogne and frequently interacted with Wizards, aside from basic respect, they no longer felt fear at all—and even took pride in becoming Wizards themselves…
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“Wait, that Wizard doesn’t seem to be punishing Annie… she’s playing music for her… what’s going on?”
Seeing the crystal-like, exquisitely clear harp suddenly appear in Janna’s arms, the surrounding Kumish District residents couldn’t help but look at each other in confusion.
After all, for a noble Wizard to play music for a mortal little girl was an extremely unbelievable event for them.
“Wait a moment, don’t you think that harp in the Wizard’s hands looks very familiar?”
A middle-aged man wearing a cheap suit, with a thin mustache and sparse hair, suddenly spoke thoughtfully when he saw the beautiful harp appear out of thin air in Janna’s arms.
“Now that you mention it, it really does look familiar… like I’ve seen it somewhere before.”
Hearing the man’s words, a plump middle-aged woman wearing an oil-stained apron frowned and began thinking hard.
“That’s it! Isn’t that the harp from the front-page photo in last week’s 《Wizard Weekly》—the one Miss Janna was holding on stage!?”
Because she had bought 《Wizard Weekly》 just last week, the woman quickly recalled that the harp in the Wizard’s hands was the same one used by the currently most popular star, Janna Roland, when she performed in 《Withering Rose》.
Moreover, the harp had a particularly beautiful name—Strings of Frotenas.
“That’s right! Isn’t that the Strings of Frotenas Miss Janna used when performing 《The Angel’s Symphony》? I saw it myself at the Nightingale Opera Troupe not long ago!”
“The Nightingale Opera Troupe? Old Henry, since when did you become so wealthy? You can actually afford to go there?”
“What wealth? I was just delivering goods to the theater and caught a glimpse from afar.”
The man called Henry was the middle-aged man in the cheap suit with the thin mustache.
“When I went, it happened to be right when the actors were taking their curtain call. The theater was packed with people, and I was too far away—I only saw Miss Janna holding a very beautiful harp while bowing… the one Mary just mentioned, the Strings of Frotenas.”
“I’m absolutely sure I’m not mistaken! When I read 《Wizard Weekly》, I was especially impressed by the Strings of Frotenas—I looked at it several times! Especially Miss Janna—her photo in the newspaper looked like a real angel, so beautiful that it felt unreal!”
Whenever Janna was mentioned, Mary—who had looked tired before—couldn’t help but raise her voice, excitedly rubbing her apron.
“Could it be that the Wizard playing the harp for Annie right now is actually… Miss Janna?”
Not only Mary, but when others also realized that this might truly be happening before their eyes, their first reaction was disbelief.
However, as they kept staring at that slender figure holding the magnificent harp, it was as if a layer of mist had been gently blown away. The once indistinct face, shrouded in a vague halo, gradually became clear in everyone’s eyes.
“It really is Miss Janna!”
Although Janna had not deliberately used Psychology Concealment this time, in order to avoid being surrounded whenever she went out, she would habitually use mental-type illusion spells to obscure her true appearance.
However, one of the prerequisites for such mental illusion spells to work was to reduce one’s sense of presence—otherwise, there was always a risk of being exposed…