The next morning.
"Whitey!"
At Reilo's call, it wasn't long before the little fellow arrived at his room through the window, accompanied by its sidekick, the Pea Sprout Elf. The two of them giggled excitedly.
By the mirror, Lola gently helped Reilo straighten his clothes.
Reilo turned around and glared at the two mischievous little things.
"Did you get into trouble again?"
"Of course not!"
After Whitey replied, it seemed to realize Reilo was suspicious of it, so it hurriedly explained, "Last night, while we were patrolling the greenhouse plantation, we found a mutated earthworm. It seemed to have come in from outside the wind eye. When we first spotted it, it even tried to scare us. But after we called over the Tree of Truth's avatar, it immediately chickened out. Then the three of us grilled it for a late-night snack. Hee hee hee."
The Pea Sprout Elf nodded again and again, looking pleased with itself.
Lola couldn't help laughing when she heard that.
"The greenhouse plantation is the foundation that keeps everyone at the Academy settled. The Academy's population has been growing year by year, and Reilo has already begun planning a second greenhouse plantation. You have a great deal of responsibility, so don't let anything go wrong."
Whitey leaped up and settled naturally on Reilo's shoulder, looking smug. "Don't worry!"
It was no wonder Whitey was so confident.
As a Plant Ginseng Elf, Whitey naturally benefited all kinds of plants and was highly sensitive to their living conditions. That was why Reilo had felt comfortable entrusting the task to it.
But—
Speaking of the Tree of Truth, Reilo couldn't help thinking of the secret order being handled by the Sun Energy reactor factory built on the Tree of Truth's floating island.
He mused, "Should we go take