Gathering of the Old and New Seven Sages

As Melissa kneaded Monica’s cheeks, Monica vowed to protect her disciple. Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Melissa let go of Monica’s cheeks and fixed the door with a sharp glare.

The first to enter when the door opened was Mary Harvey, the Star-Gazing Witch.

Behind her came the current Seven Sages: Bradford Firestone, the Cannonball Mage; Louis Miller, the Barrier Mage; Ray Albright, the third-generation Abyssal Curse Mage; and Raul Roseberg, the fifth-generation Witch of Thorns.

Then three more people appeared behind the current Seven Sages.

One was a small man over eighty, another a man in his fifties with dark brown hair streaked with gray, and the last a plump old woman with purple hair.

Monica knew all three of their names.

The old man, who shuffled forward unsteadily with the help of a cane, was Graham Sanders, the Thunderclap Mage.

The dark-haired man supporting him from the side and watching over him was Birdland Verde, the Flood Control Mage.

The large old woman, who wore extravagant makeup, was Adeline Albright, the second-generation Abyssal Curse Mage...