In the game "Super God," thankfully, it can simulate countless worlds.

You wanted to reach out and touch your mentor's gray hair, but then instinctively lowered your hand.

Ultimately, you're still not very familiar with Grena, even though Grena seems to know you very well and doesn't feel any sense of unfamiliarity at all.

You sighed and asked your mentor about Sophie's situation.

When you left the wizarding academy, you gave the noble girl who had introduced you to the world of wizarding two resources for advancing to the wizarding profession.

So many years have passed, I wonder if Sophie has become a proper wizard.

Given Sophie's talent, she should have already met the requirements for promotion.

[But you've never seen her at the White Stone Garden base in Star City. Either she failed her advancement, or she succeeded but stayed at the academy as an instructor.]

Mentor Grena smiled, giving you a meaningful look, and said, "Why don't you go and talk to Sophie yourself?"

[Grena believes Sophie was your ex-girlfriend, and she hopes you'll spend more time with your old friends.]

A wizard's life is lonely, but it doesn't have to be.

You shook your head, neither correcting anything nor asking any further questions.

[The mentor's meaning was clear: Sophie had likely successfully advanced to become a full-fledged wizard, but had chosen to stay at the wizarding academy instead of heading to Star City.]

[That's for the best. The official wizards of Starry City need to participate in wizard expeditions, and with Sophie's weak strength and timid personality, she's not suited to survive in a wizarding city.]

Although choosing to stay in the academy meant lacking access to higher-level knowledge and sufficient resources, it practically eliminated any hope of advancing to a higher level of wizardry.

But at least I can live a peaceful and stable life.

You chatted happily with your mentor, Grena, and spent the next month by her side.

[Until this day, you arrived at your mentor's wizard tower, but she was nowhere to be seen.]

You stood silently for a while, your expression somewhat blank.

Shaking your head, you seemed to understand something, and then left the wizarding academy.

Instead of using up your free time outside, you went straight back to the City of Stars.

The person in charge of reporting wizards' outings was very surprised to see you; he hadn't expected you to return so quickly.

You looked at him with an expression of world-weariness, as if you were about to tell a deeply moving story.

Finally, when the person in charge's curiosity reached its peak, you turned and left, returning to your wizard tower.

You did not choose to bring Geller's top-tier level 3 wizard tower back to Star City.

[Given your current apparent strength as a level one wizard, doing this might cause you some unexpected trouble. After all, it's a level three wizard tower, and Geller might have some relatives or friends there.]

Although wizards are often detached from family ties, you still don't want to take that risk.

Most importantly, you took away all the valuable equipment, resources, and knowledge inside; now only an empty shell remains.

Back in your wizard tower, you felt a little relieved.

Having seen the people you longed to see, you have no more ties in the wizarding world. From now on, you prepare to dedicate yourself to studying the wizarding tradition and advance to the third level of wizardry as soon as possible.

[You have the Red Queen assist you in conducting various experiments, and you are beginning to research more advanced spatial knowledge using the resources at your disposal.]

[One year later, your mentor, Grena, sent you a letter, along with a spatial ring.]

After finishing the experiment, you opened the letter and began to read it.

As you read the letter, your emotions gradually fluctuated.

The reason why Mentor Grena left without saying goodbye a year ago was that she didn't want to add to your sadness during the final days of her life.

Life inevitably ends in separation, whether through betrayal or death.

In the final moments of her life, Mentor Grena chose to find a quiet place to attempt her advancement to a second-level wizard.

Either succeed, or quietly leave this world.

Of course, she ultimately failed, as expected.

This was entirely within the mentor's expectations, since the mentor hadn't even met the minimum mental strength requirement for advancing to a second-level wizard, making success virtually impossible.

Not every wizard possesses such extraordinary magical talent as you.

In the letter, Professor Grena's tone was very calm, showing no fear of death whatsoever.

She had no regrets about this world; she had been estranged from her family since childhood, and had barely seen her biological father even a few times in a thousand years.

During his long career as a wizard, his loved ones passed away one by one.

Perhaps this is why wizards are both rational and cold-blooded.

On a wizard's journey, only loneliness and solitude will ever accompany him.

Sometimes, death is a release.

……

After reading the letter, you took out the spatial ring your mentor had sent you.

[Your mental energy quickly merges into it, completely binding it.]

Inside the ring, at the top, was a string of protective pendants, which you took out.

You gently stroked the crystal on the pendant and let out a long breath.

This pendant has been modified by the mentor and is now engraved with a powerful protective spell.

[In addition, there are some resources left behind by the mentor inside the spatial ring.]

While these resources may not mean much to you, they are practically everything to a level one wizard.

Mentor Grena had no children or other immediate family members. Like many ordinary wizards at the bottom of society, she had no ties to the world.

[A long lifespan allowed the wizard to experience the full spectrum of human emotions.]

The difference is that some wizards, after experiencing life and death, become detached from everything in the world.

Some wizards, however, cherish life even more, but are no longer afraid of death.

After putting the pendant away and calming yourself down, you returned to the lab to continue your experiments.

You don't know what kind of wizard you'll become, but you respect everyone's choices.

In my mind, Blade Azure slightly opened her eyes, glanced at you, then closed them again, ignoring you.

You're still very young and have a lot of room to grow.

Seventy years later...

[Fario has sent someone to remind you that the Wizard's Expedition is about to begin.]

Beside the elemental pool in the Wizard's Tower, a dusty "sculpture" suddenly opened its eyes.

Instantly, a surge of immense spiritual power swept across the entire wizard tower, triggering waves of elemental turmoil.