Kroya descended with the help of Wind Sprite Feather.
He glanced at the pile of Sea Stoneflowers beside him and waved his hand. Three pairs of Mage's Hands immediately began moving them into the reservoir to plant them.
Kroya already had a complete plan for building the freshwater filtration reservoir. All that remained was to put it into practice.
While controlling the Mage's Hands, Kroya infused his voice with magic and announced, "I'm very pleased with your results. Just as I promised you,
I will build a freshwater reservoir.
When it's ready, you may take as much fresh water from it as you need."
As he spoke, he glanced at Rob.
Rob immediately understood.
He said respectfully, "Master Mage, Semir gathered a full seven hundred jin of Sea Stoneflowers this time. He unquestionably deserves first place!"
With that, he gave Semir a gentle push.
Semir stumbled slightly, then summoned his courage, looked at Kroya, and fell to his knees. "M-my lord!"
"Don't be nervous." Kroya smiled faintly. "You completed the task I assigned perfectly.
You dove to the seabed to search through several nights, sparing no effort. The sea and the fish recorded your hard work and told me about it."
"You deserve a reward."
"Tell me any wish you have. This is your reward."
The mage's words immediately drew gasps of astonishment and disbelief from everyone-a wish?
A wish promised by an incredibly powerful mage!
Their emotions were stirred all at once-anticipation, longing, surprise, delight, envy...
The sounds of all those different emotions emerged one after another.
Though their melodies differed, they harmonized and resonated with one another, playing a movement together-a movement called... human emotion.
As Kroya quietly listened to and felt this movement, he gained a flicker of understanding. A little of the mist covering the second