Section 184: Familiar Strangers (Part Two)

Who is Elsa?

Malin instinctively sensed something was amiss. His high intuition sometimes provided such steadiness that it even made him feel fear, but this name, Elsa, filled Malin with a sense of relief, akin to the comfort an aging father feels seeing his offspring grow.

What's going on? Malin turned around, signaling an apprentice to come over. The latter, puzzled, trotted over nonetheless: "Mr. Malin, is there something you need?"

"Do you recognize the person in the painting?" Malin asked the boy.

He glanced at the photo frame in Malin's hand, fell silent for a moment, and then looked at Malin uncertainly: "Mr. Malin, there's no one in the photo frame."

"No one?" Malin was taken aback, first confirming there was nothing wrong with himself by instantly casting a Psychic Shield, and then he granted one to the boy.

After staring at each other for a moment, the boy's color improved slightly: "Mr. Malin, there really is no one."