What She Couldn't Figure Out...

The reason she was in such a hurry was that she feared this enormous Magic Protective Shield would disappear along with the World Will.

So before that happened, she needed to at least make rubbings of all the runes and arrangements in the magic array.

That would make it easier to continue researching them after the shield disappeared.

After all, no one knew what the future held, so it never hurt to prepare early.

As for why Esmeralda was helping the World Will of the Karim Continent, that no longer mattered.

At least, it didn't matter to Lan Qingyou at this moment.

The important questions had already been answered by this "Q&A Game."

Satisfying her curiosity was enough.

The rest could wait until later.

For now, she should simply enjoy this long-awaited sense of satisfaction.

"Can I ask a question?"

Orff raised his hand. It was a gesture of politeness that seemed completely at odds with his rough Nordic appearance.

It was hard to say whether this was the calm before the storm.

"What is it?"

"The treasure chests you mentioned—the supplies, the shelters, and everything else. Did you really handle all of it yourself?"

"Who else? How much energy do you think a World Will that was so weak it was on the verge of disappearing had to send people back and forth between the Karim Continent and Blue Star?"

"..."

Well, he had a point.

Even though everyone was angry, somehow, after learning all this, they couldn't quite stay mad.

Not even at Esmeralda, who had caused them immeasurable losses.

"Haah..."

Esmeralda sighed wistfully at Orff's question.

"On top of that, I had those basic books printed at a printing house. Sometimes I even had to find people to format them. The most unbearable part was that I