830 White Griffon

After repeatedly using the Sacred Tree to cultivate large numbers of Light Flowers, Roy was utterly exhausted.

Although he had downed several bottles of Mana Potion in a row, once this stuff was used too frequently, it eventually felt no different from a glass of mint ice water.

After returning to the lounge behind the captain's room, Roy took off his Magic Inscription Construct and placed its pieces one by one on the chest of drawers against the wall. Then he took a sip of sleep-inducing tea brewed with Calming Flowers.

Roy lifted the bed sheet, lay down on the bed in his pajamas, and closed his eyes, feeling as though the world were spinning...

Yet his mind was strangely excited, and he simply could not fall asleep.

He opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling patterned with a grid...

It was the first time Roy had suffered insomnia while being so exhausted. The feeling was difficult to describe.

Just as Roy tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, there came a knock at the door. Before he could respond, a hand pushed the door open, and Olive's beautiful face peeked through the crack.

Seeing Roy lying in bed with dark circles beneath his eyes, Olive smiled and walked in.

"I'm not disturbing you, am I?"

"Why are you here?" Roy asked in surprise.

Olive pulled a chair over from the corner and sat naturally beside Roy's bed. She wore a very conservative nightgown, her face bearing a gentle smile as she placed one hand over the back of Roy's hand.

"I heard your mana had been overdrawn and that you needed proper rest, so I came to sing you a lullaby..."

It was not as though Roy had never heard siren songs before.

But he possessed a