In one corner of the Endless Sea, across several neighboring sea regions, a long-awaited grand event came to a strange end before it had even truly gotten lively. It was an exceedingly dramatic ending. The God of Theater whose name was spreading through those sea regions surely had fresh material now.
Without the Black Wizards' arrival, the exploration would have continued, with another stage and further developments beyond that.
The Rainbow Mushroom Wizard Academy might have had to wait a long time to conclude its negotiations.
As for the so-called Otherworld Invaders, the Seven-Colored Mushroom Academy had already begun using various mushrooms as foundations to lay an enormous, multilayered, interlocking magic array with different functions throughout the Small World. Since they wanted this Small World suited to their academy's development, they naturally had to take on the task of resisting the Otherworld Invaders. The academy must have spent a tremendous amount of manpower and money to achieve its goal.
The sea breeze blew.
On the Isolated Island, in front of the Little Cabin.
Ruger lounged lazily on the Old Recliner.
He felt he needed a proper rest.
Big Silly Hum was grilling fish nearby, while Aisijin and the others were catching fish by the shore.
Worth mentioning was that his teacher was among them. His teacher had grown increasingly stable. Apart from the cloak he could never take off, which had become a special stabilizer and anchor for him, he looked like a normal Wizard.
The Spatial Gate to the Bedroom Space stood near Big Silly Hum, making it easy for him to fetch things.
Ruger laid Lord Benson's Reverie Book facedown on his stomach, then raised a small object to examine it.
It was the Legacy Seed of the Living Library.
He had misjudged it again. Normally, this thing