Two months later.
Along the way, he had visited seven Eye of the Wind academies, large and small, conducting on-site inspections at each one. Almost every academy had one or more problems unique to it. Reilo focused on learning about each academy's latest research and the crises it faced. After stopping and starting along the way, he had finally arrived at Alpha Academy!
It was known as Sicily's Academy of Natural Sciences.
In recent years, Sicily's Academy of Natural Sciences had had four main products: slave-electroshock domestication devices, Wind Barrier reinforcement devices, deep-level magical metal detectors, and Alpha Chaos Particles.
Like the Grand Academy, Sicily's Academy had also begun selling the raw materials for strategic weapons as commodities!
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
This time, Reilo had entered Sicily's Academy of Natural Sciences through official channels. Under the watchful eyes of its many guardians, he had passed through the Eye of the Wind rift, which opened once a day, and endured a rigorous interrogation before entering through the rift.
He took out a Crystal Ball and made contact. Moments later, a group of high-ranking scholars flew over, drawing sidelong glances from the Wind Barrier guardians.
It had been many years since they last met.
Now, Bio-Exterminator Sicily had a presence far surpassing what she'd had back then.
"Master Reilo, please!"
With elegant warmth, Sicily invited him. Reilo nodded and flew with her toward the High Tower.
Inside the High Tower.
Sicily wore the traditional noble attire of the Xilan Duchy. Holding a wineglass, she lounged on a soft sofa and looked straight at Reilo. Her cheeks were flushed, and she was already a little tipsy as she listened to him describe his findings from probing the Taidou stage.
"As expected, you're still the one out in front."
Sicily clinked glasses with Reilo