"I've never been to Heinkawei Castle."
Lann repeated with emphasis.
Ged was still dazed.
"No, wait... is the situation what I think it is?"
He hesitated, incredulously asking Lann.
The young man nodded.
"It's exactly what you think. I was trained to be a Demon Hunter after the castle was abandoned, outside of it."
"...Meretelli."
Ged swallowed, his eyes vacant.
"Heinkawei was abandoned less than thirty years ago... how old are you? Who mutated you?"
"Nineteen, no, twenty maybe. Bordeaux was my mentor."
"Bordeaux?!"
Ged showed an even more incredulous expression after hearing this name than he did at Lann's age.
"That 'big icicle' was one of the coldest hearts in the castle! How could he possibly have the heart for preserving the School to train a successor?"
"I was his accidental son. He went through the trouble of mutating me out of fear of destiny, not a desire to preserve the School."
Lann explained indifferently.
