Chapter 162: Disappeared Forever

'Lina...' Without a change in her expression, Aideen silently repeated that beautiful name inside her head.

"The alchemist?" This time, her words were able to escape her lips. Ahspid nodded and continued,

"Having spent so many years around Prince Valon, you must know that alchemists are mostly scholars. They are allowed to learn the theory of magic but they cannot really do anything with it... But Lina could.

She attended every single class offered by the Holy Church and showed remarkable progress, all the while continuing her own experiments with alchemy which brought extraordinary results. I simply could not let it go unnoticed. Thus, although my instincts were practically screaming at me that I was making a huge mistake, I approached the young woman and offered that we work together."