Receiving recognition is always a pleasant feeling. For someone like Baek Yuseol, who had lived an ordinary life as a company employee after graduating from a standard school on Earth, the experience was especially meaningful.

“Please, have some tea.”

Rodan, an 8th-class mage and the Director of the Mage Association’s Supreme Wizardry Division, handed Baek Yuseol a cup of tea.

Sitting nearby was Grand Duke Seolparam, whose gaze was fixed unwaveringly on Cheonhwangjeong Palwol, seated beside Baek Yuseol.

His expression was filled with affection—not the kind one might have for a lover but more like a child gazing at their …