Jamie had actually been rather puzzled on his way over.
He wondered why Rob had given up his comfortable life on Reef Island to live in seclusion in a Small Mountain Village.
Even though infrastructure in the Northern Frontier was coming along nicely, it was still a far cry from Reef Island's fully automated Intelligent Magic Arrays, which had essentially been taken over by the Tower Spirit.
Once he stepped inside, Jamie habitually glanced around. Surprise flickered across his face, and his questions were instantly answered.
No wonder Rob had chosen to live in a little village. The living conditions here were even better than on Reef Island-the tree house's aura was very familiar to him. It was unmistakably Lord Kroya's Mage Tower!
The Orpheus Oak!
After they entered, the cottage that had looked only a few dozen square meters wide from outside immediately expanded. The living room alone was around a hundred square meters, its floor covered in Green Algae harvested from the deep sea, far softer than grass.
Magic Runes were neatly concealed behind elegant decorations of vines and flowering branches on the surrounding walls, maintaining and regulating the room's temperature and humidity.
The tables, chairs, stools, and even the vases and cabinets had all been carefully crafted, with properties that preserved warmth and moisture, heated things, or chilled them.
Some were things even he had never seen before, clearly the latest creations from Reef Island: magic applied to everyday life.
He suddenly wondered whether he should work harder himself, then ask Lord Kroya for an oak. Living inside one ought to be very comfortable.
"Come, sit down."
Rob invited Jamie and Nilanet to sit, then personally brought over milk tea and snacks.
"Thank you."
Jamie picked up a small pastry and first fed it to Nilanet, who