All Chapters of MY MENTOR CAN HEAR MY THOUGHTS: Chapter 1
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Chapter 1:The Apprentice Who Lied Too Well
The annual mana assessment at Wintervale Sanctum was supposed to terrify young mages.For most apprentices, it did.Under the glass dome of the Grand Arcane Hall, hundreds of students waited before a tower of blue-white crystal. The thing looked less like a testing tool and more like judgment handed down from heaven. One touch was enough to measure a student’s mana rating, assign their tier, and decide whether three years of study had earned them a place in the greatest magical order in the Violet Realm.Or whether they would be sent home with a polite certificate and a lifetime of shame.“Grul Marris,” the examiner called. “Mana rating: 4,212. Tier Four.”Applause rolled through the hall.Grul let out a breath so hard his shoulders nearly collapsed.“Claire Voss. Mana rating: 5,001. Tier Five.”That brought gasps.A Tier Five apprentice was enough to make any family proud. It was also enough to make half the students in the hall look as if they had swallowed stones.High above the te
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Chapter 2: The Lazy Apprentice and the Radiant Veil
Nia did not confront Elias in the assessment hall.She wanted to.She wanted to grab him by the collar, drag him into the nearest empty room, and ask him what in the world he was.A Tier Two apprentice did not think about gods like they were old enemies.A normal student did not mention divine execution in his head, then smile as if he had only been worried about homework.But Nia was an Archon.Archons did not start interrogations in front of hundreds of students.At least, respectable Archons did not.So she smiled.Then she began planning.“Return to the tower,” she told Elias. “Stay there until I come back.”“Of course, Master,” Elias said, bowing with perfect sincerity.Perfect. Finally. Peace. I will sleep until tomorrow and pretend personal growth never happened.Nia’s eye twitched.“And copy the Basic Principles of Arcane Conduct five hundred times.”Elias’s smile cracked.What kind of tyrant gives homework after a passing exam?“Yes, Master,” he said aloud.Nia left before sh
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Chapter 3: The Sacred Beast Who Knew Too Much
The Radiant Sovereign had made three mistakes.It recognized Elias.It said so aloud.And it mentioned the harvest.For a holy creature said to possess ancient wisdom, that was an impressive amount of stupidity to squeeze into one breath.Elias sighed.The world stopped.The sacred flames froze in place. Radiant motes hung in the air like dust caught in sunlight. Nia’s robes stopped moving. Even sound disappeared, sealed inside a quiet sphere around Elias and the Sovereign.Outside the frozen field, Nia could not move.Inside it, the winged lion lowered its head.“Elias?”“Radiant Sovereign,” Elias said.The lion winced. “Please do not call me that.”“Why? You accepted the title.”“People kept using it. After a while, refusing became awkward.”“You slept in a basement for centuries and let them build an altar around you.”“That is unfair.”“That is freeloading with candles.”The Sovereign’s ears flattened.Beyond the frozen field, Nia watched with growing horror. She could not hear ev
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Chapter 4: A Trial Meant for a Weak Student
Chapter 4: A Trial Meant for a Weak StudentNia’s next plan was simple.If Elias could hide from a sacred guardian, a mana crystal, and every senior mage in Wintervale, then ordinary questions were useless.Combat might work.Not lethal combat. Nia was angry, suspicious, and still slightly humiliated, but she was his mentor. She did not want to hurt him.She wanted to expose him.So she dragged Elias to the trial grounds.The trial grounds occupied an entire underground district of Wintervale. Reinforced stone. Spatial partitions. Summoning gates. Observation rooms protected by enough wards to contain a young dragon.Elias looked at the entrance and sighed.“Master, must we?”“You passed Tier Two,” Nia said. “Tier Two apprentices receive weekly practical training.”“Could I receive theoretical appreciation instead?”“No.”This is because of the assessment, he thought. She has become suspicious. Either that, or she has discovered a new passion for ruining naps.Nia pretended not to hea
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Chapter 5: The Best Lies Sound Noble
“Elias!”Nia dropped to her knees beside him and lifted his head onto her lap.His robe was torn. Blood stained his sleeves. His face had gone pale, his breathing shallow, his fingers trembling with almost painful precision.For one terrible heartbeat, fear swallowed every suspicion she had.“Stay with me,” she whispered. “This is my fault. I broke the control panel. I should never have left you in there.”Then his thoughts reached her.Excellent. Perfect amount of blood. Not too much. Tragic but handsome.Nia went still.Elias opened his eyes weakly.“Master,” he whispered. “Am I... still alive?”My acting is flawless. Truly, history has lost a great stage performer.Nia’s hand tightened beneath his head.“Yes,” she said through her teeth. “You are alive. Very alive.”He gave her a faint smile. “Good. Then I can continue studying under you. I did not want to leave your side.”Several rescue mages turned away, visibly moved.Nia nearly was too.Then Elias thought, That sounded beautif
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Chapter 6: The Archmage’s Most Embarrassing Secret
The round council chamber of Wintervale Sanctum was built to inspire discipline.It failed whenever Nia was sleepy.Seven seats circled a table of black stone beneath a dome of enchanted glass. First Archon Andrew Greyfell sat at the head with a stack of notes, a stern expression, and the patient disappointment of a grandfather who had expected better from everyone.“Three months ago,” Andrew said, “we recovered several elven manuscripts from the western imperial ruins. Their language predates the fall of the ancient royal court. Today, each Archon will report their progress.”Nia blinked.Manuscripts.Her mind produced one clear memory.A heavy book wedged under the short leg of her tea table.Oh no.Andrew looked at her. “Nia, you begin.”Nia stood by reflex. “Is the meeting over?”Silence.One Archon coughed into his sleeve.Another stared at the ceiling with heroic determination.Andrew’s eyebrow twitched. “No. I asked about your translation.”“My translation,” Nia repeated.“Yes.
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Chapter 7: The First King’s Forbidden Ice
The next morning, Nia walked into the council chamber with ink on her fingers, shadows under her eyes, and enough stolen knowledge in her head to terrify every historian in the Violet Realm.Andrew Greyfell looked up from his notes.“Nia. You are late.”“Only slightly.”“By an hour.”“A scholarly hour.”Several Archons exchanged amused looks.Nia ignored them and placed three neat stacks of pages on the round table.“The manuscript you gave me was copied out of order,” she said. “It is not one book. It is three separate texts bound together.”The room quieted.Andrew leaned forward.Nia pointed to the first stack. “A war chronicle written shortly before the elven extinction.”Then she touched the second. “A magical formula archive, including a complete version of the forbidden ice spell Glacial Purgatory.”Finally, with visible reluctance, she tapped the third stack.“And a terrible romance novel.”One Archon blinked. “A what?”“Irrelevant literature,” Nia said quickly.Andrew’s gaze
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Chapter 8: The Translation That Should Not Exist
By the next morning, the entire Wintervale Sanctum had heard the news.Nia Frostvale had translated the ancient elven manuscript.By evening, the story had already changed.Nia Frostvale had deciphered a lost language overnight.The original achievement was impressive enough.The exaggerated version was almost embarrassing.Nia hated both.Attention was never harmless.The moment people started expecting answers from her, they would eventually start asking about the one person she was trying hardest to understand.Elias Vane.First Archon Andrew Greyfell did not believe her explanation.He was too polite to say so.That somehow made it worse.After the council meeting, he invited her to his private archive, poured two cups of tea, closed the door, and placed a single sheet of paper on the desk between them.Only one thing was written on it.Elias Vane.“Your apprentice has attracted attention,” Andrew said.Nia kept her expression calm.“He passed his assessment. Many apprentices do.”
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Chapter 9: The City That Remembered Him
Before Moonlily City, there was one unfortunate misunderstanding.Nia returned to the tower earlier than expected and found the door to the lower infirmary shut.That alone was not unusual.Then she heard Elias’s voice from inside.“Slowly. Do not push too hard.”A girl answered nervously. “I am trying, Elias. I have never done this before.”Nia stopped in the hallway.For a moment, her mind went perfectly blank.Inside the room, Elias spoke again.“Hold steady. If you flinch, it will spray everywhere.”The girl squeaked.Heat rushed to Nia’s face.Her fingers tightened around the wrapped gift in her hand: a small protective charm she had bought for him after the council meeting. Not because she was worried about him. Certainly not. It was merely a practical reward for helping with the manuscript.A sensible mentor could reward a useful apprentice.That was all.Then another nervous sound came from inside the infirmary.Nia’s expression froze.“Elias Vane,” she whispered.In her tower
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Chapter 10: The Silver Riders
The road through Moonlily City belonged to the festival until the Silver Hand took it.Armored riders stormed through the gate on white horses, scattering flower carts and tea stalls. Their polished breastplates caught the afternoon sun. Their cloaks snapped behind them. At their head rode a broad-shouldered knight with iron-gray hair and the hard expression of a man who had never apologized to a street in his life.Nia's eyes narrowed."Inside city walls," she said, "horses are supposed to slow down.""Perhaps no one told them," Elias said.They know. They simply believe rules are decorative when wearing enough metal.Nia shot him a look."What?" Elias asked innocently.The crowd pressed back against storefronts. Someone whispered that the man at the front was Arnold Veyr, commander of the Silver Hand, a sky-rank knight who had spent years fighting Abyssal incursions in the south.Elias watched the commander pass.The south is stirring, he thought. Abyssal forces this deep in imperia
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