Autumn [3]

Ezra and Silas.

I was determined to have those two on my side. No matter what the future held, I hoped they would prove useful to me.

Not as if they were on my side now. That still needed work. Especially Silas.

That aside, I wasn't entirely sure of Silas's combat abilities. It was clear to me that he had been hiding most of his capabilities. 

However, from subtle clues, I could tell his intellect in theoretical matters was at least on par with Ezra's, if not slightly lower.

Still, his potential in the political landscape was there. I could definitely use his family name as leverage.

Ezra, on the other hand, was a different story. 

He would become one of the strongest, far surpassing even the Archmage Soliette and the Sword Saint, Aston Nietzsche. 

He would even hold a narrow edge over Margaret, who herself had surpassed the Sword Saint.

But the problem was survival.