Soon, the magic of a nature elf's birth drew more people over, including Mifein, Oak, and a mysterious figure wearing a white cloak.
While Kroya slept in meditation, the Tower Spirit and these others had effectively taken charge of the upper administration of Reef Island and the Northern Frontier.
Do not employ those you doubt; do not doubt those you employ.
The Tower Spirit understood this well. Continuing Kroya's approach to management, it delegated much of the authority to Mifein and Oak.
Of this man-and-tree pair, one handled matters involving people, while the other handled matters involving magic plants and magical beasts. Both had done an excellent job.
As for the mysterious figure...
They were rather more special. Within the Tower Spirit's authorization hierarchy, at least, they ranked second only to Kroya.
They handled major matters of importance and had even rewritten the Tower Spirit's own intelligence module.
Its operating speed and efficiency had more than doubled, so the Tower Spirit held them in considerable respect.
Of course, the apprentices knew nothing of this.
The apprentices were astonished to see even Mifein and Oak standing half a step behind the mysterious white-cloaked figure, clearly deferring to them.
The two people and the tree reached the pool through the crowd, which parted of its own accord.
"Mage Miya."
Mifein addressed them cautiously. "Was it born because of the nature magic arrays around here? Or is some magic we don't know about at work?"
Although he, too, had no idea where this mysterious figure who kept thoroughly covered every day had come from, their knowledge had won his admiration.
The mysterious figure called Miya nodded and said:
"The Elf-Birth Magic Array did indeed work. What an adorable little life."
Their voice was exceedingly gentle and mellow, but it was impossible to tell