Rowan and his wife and kids were the first to board the carriage. All four of them had grateful expressions on their faces, constantly thanking Adam for all that he had done for them.
The raven-haired youth smiled in return, his eyes flashing with bittersweetness.
The next one to enter was Ada. She cast a complicated look at him and asked in a hushed voice, "Will we… meet again?"
Once again, Adam felt a chill crawl down his spine. He forced a smile and answered, "If fate wills it, then we shall. Farewell now."
The silver-haired woman directed a look full of yearning toward him, then she reluctantly entered the carriage.
Adam finally turned to Anna and smiled warmly. "Remember what I said to you that night by the pond?"
Anna recalled the day he had divulged to her the existence of arcane realms higher than the Mana Core Rank, as well as the myriad magical civilizations in the Greater Universe.
She nodded. "Yes."
