"I get it! Isn't that just..." Landen started to say, but the White Flame Sprite beside him cut him off.
"Exactly! He's been especially lazy lately. He hasn't installed a Magic Furnace or explored any magic, either. All he does every day is tease livestock—either the livestock at home or the wild ones in the Basin!" Hestia flew above Landen's head, eager to complain to Tania. "Tania, you've got to keep him in line! When you're not around, nobody dares call him out for slacking off!"
In the Meditation Room, Landen looked extremely embarrassed after Tania had called him out for being lazy. Just as Hestia had said, nobody on the entire plain had dared say it to his face.
Hearing Hestia complain about him like that, Wendy and Gleia both covered their mouths and laughed.
"Hmph, I know you. If there's a way to slack off, you'll never take things seriously." The Fairy Queen looked angry, as if she'd caught her son neglecting his homework. "You're going to study this magic plan today, then improve their Exquisite Orbs this afternoon. No more putting it off!"
"But..." Landen said awkwardly. "There's Halcala's celebratory luncheon in the Banquet Hall! I'm the lord here. I can't just not show up, can I?"
As it turned out, before Landen even showed his face, the banquet—which had originally been planned to last five days and five nights—was already close to ending. The reason was that Halcala had gotten so excited that she'd improvised a fresh mushroom soup. After tasting it, one of the legendary Elves had turned into a crow on the spot.
The World Tree Queen had immediately decided to take a group of Legends back to their own tribe's World Tree to continue celebrating. She told Halcala to fulfill her divine duties