The First Heir

“Um, thanks for just now.” Philip broke the awkward silence and said to Laurie, who nodded upon hearing this.

“It’s nothing. What’s important is that you’re fine. We’re friends, after all,” Laurie replied and smiled.

The atmosphere became awkward again. Philip was exasperated but did not know what to say. After all, things were quite embarrassing earlier.

Fortunately, Dion returned soon, and everyone ate before returning to their rooms.

Lying on the bed, Philip looked at the ceiling and was lost in thought. After today’s incident, Philip realized that he still had many shortcomings. An illusion almost killed him, which was not a good sign.

“If this happens again, what should I do? I don’t even know when I entered the illusion…” Philip pondered.

After thinking about it, it should be the moment when he attacked the man.

However, he did not notice anything at all. Was it because the illusion was too special or that he was too careless?

Philip had a long list of questions with no way of verifying them. He could only wait for the female thief to wake up before asking her. Thus, Philip sat on the bed and began to practice.

***

A night passed.

next morning, Philip exhaled and opened his

night of practice allowed his

time, Dion’s

responded and walked

meal, Laurie dragged him out of the

to talk to the female thief

was dumbfounded, not knowing what

divided into several venues with different levels of difficulty,” Seeing Philip’s puzzled expression, Laurie quickly

Is there a purpose behind this?” Philip could not help asking, and

To put it plainly, if you have background and influence, you’ll be given a venue that’s neither difficult nor easy. If you’re extremely powerful, you’ll be given a venue

businesses were going on

worry too much about it. The rules are not for show, but such things are unavoidable. After all, people of great power hope that their younger generation can become heroes as it can elevate

course, if they come across any talents who are not pleasing to the eye and have no background, or those who refuse to join any major forces, they’ll generally be given the worst venues,” Laurie added with a trace of fear in