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"Ok but you should clean yourself before we go."

Leon was right Tim was still covered in blood from head to toe, if he were to enter a city like that it would be a good scenario to only get arrested and questioned.

"You are right. If you wait here for a moment, I will wash myself in the river over there."

'Should we just go? No, his recommendation should be useful to get Nadita in an academy.'

Even though Lijanos was better than Linota the social hierarchy still played a big part in their life. The nobles are scared of losing their influence, so they pretty much bully out all commoners with the help of the teachers. The country lost countless mages to Rem because they were treated badly. The royal family of Lijanos noticed that and has started to swap out personnel but they can't fire all the teachers without reason because the nobles still held to much influence in the country.

"Why didn't you tell me I was going to be send to a school?"

Nadita had a sad expression on her face she didn't want to part ways with Leon yet. After the six month they spend together she got quite close to him and didn't want to lose her new family.

"Don't worry I will be back in one year when your school year ends."

Nadita didn't ask further because she couldn't force him to tell her even if she wanted to. They remained silent until Tim came back.

"Are we going now?"

Leon didn't like to travel with outsiders because he couldn't teleport. Tim probably knew of dimensional magic but his mastery of it was still much greater feat than killing a dragon it would be on par with shouting his name and title. The rest of the way took them another ten days instead of the estimated two. When they finally arrived, Tim was greeted like some kind of celebrity. People from all over the town came to see him and shake his hands.

"In Lijanos mages are celebrities and when someone as strong as Tim comes to such a small city it's always a big event."

Leon explained to Nadita. He knew a lot about the customs of all the countries because he had visited them all a lot. There were few countries in this world he hadn't visited on his journey to free his friends. He didn't only search for clues to free his friends he also searched for the remains of his predecessors in case he had to train a new generation of the ten by himself. They reached the mage guilds headquarters of the city.

"Tim you crazy bastard you are still alive?"

A small man with a lot of muscle stormed out towards Tim. Leon immediately recognised him as dwarf but knowing what Lijanos's public thought of non-humans he remained quiet.

"Is Tessa here?"

"Yes, she is inside don't let your girl wait."

Tim stormed inside without saying anything.

"And who are you?"

The dwarf had a wary look but wasn't to concerned cause these two had travelled with his captain.

"We are those that saved his ass out there."