Strange Spirit Realm Mage

In a hidden little room in Crescent Bay.

"He was somewhat beyond our expectations. He chose the mission at White Dragon Port. For a Third Order Battle Mage of his standing, that was not a good choice."

Arthur spoke to Harbos on the other side, but Harbos merely shook his head at the matter.

"If he chose it, he chose it. Isn't he just a Spirit Realm Mage? Maybe another organization wanted to obtain some critical information from him, so he chose that place to carry out the mission."

"We can't catch him if he sends information through the Spirit Realm. As long as he uses conducting experiments as an excuse, we can't know whether he was actually experimenting or sending information through the Spirit Realm."

Arthur smiled and continued.

"That's not the way to put it, Harbos. His behavior is starting to seem strange. Letting him choose White Dragon Port this time was actually our mistake."

"A mistake?" Harbos immediately frowned and looked at Arthur with disbelief.

"It was exactly as you thought. The Command Council had originally intended to use a specially designed mission to capture him, but..."

Arthur spread his hands and spoke slowly.

"You also know that we needed to keep something like this confidential, so none of the staff at the mission-issuing agency knew about it..."

"Before that, to prevent him from choosing other missions, we deliberately removed every mission available to a squad of his level..."

"The reason given was that the Command Council needed to review the missions assigned to Third Order squads and determine whether they complied with regulations."

"But the people below were somewhat afraid of issues involving the Territory Mage Working Group. With the Tower Battle Mage Corps now disbanded, the organizational structure was gone, which meant the responsibility was