Nolan.
Joshua had the honor of participating in Nolan's Council of Sages.
This council was the highest meeting that decided the future direction of Nolan, but what they seemed to be deciding today was... the future direction of this world.
"I explored the XueRong Mountain Range deep within the Frost Plains with an expedition team from Frost Country... There are a large number of ruins inside that bear traces of the gray mist."
Blue Robe spread a map across the long table and explained his research findings to the other sages.
"A plague related to the gray mist has recently broken out in Frost Country as well. Those damned people only know how to engage in these shady schemes. My students haven't been able to settle down lately!"
Sophia, Yellow Robe's chief apprentice, was also from Frost Country and a member of the Silver Frost Fox Family, the family at the center of this plague outbreak.
"The plague in Frost Country is indeed highly suspicious, but... I am more concerned about what the Inquisitors are doing in the World of Consciousness."
As Black-robed One spoke, he looked toward Joshua, who sat in a corner of the Council of Sages. The other sages also turned their gazes toward Joshua.
Feeling the eyes of the seven sages on him, Joshua did not know what to say for the moment. But Ciri, who had come to the meeting with him, suddenly stood up.
"You're the sages of Nolan! It's not like you're freeloading in Nolan!"
Ciri planted both hands on the Council of Sages' stone table. According to the council's old traditions, this was already a serious provocation against the Council of Sages.
Yet not a single sage present spoke up to refute Ciri. Even Red Robe, the most unsociable of them all,