"Extra, extra! The latest list of Morningstar Award winners is hot off the press! Seven Arcanists have been named the most promising newcomers..."
That night, major media outlets such as the Arcana Communications Journal, the Arcana Review, the Nevis Daily, and the Atrelin Gazette all reported the latest news about the Morningstar Award.
This was nothing like the usual gossip and pointless arguments on the magic network.
Driven by official backing, the powerful publicity machine sprang into action, pushing the news to every major Mage Tower and beyond, to other Mage Legions, laboratories, and local guilds connected to the arcane world.
The entire arcane community of Atrelin would learn of it.
Even outside that community, local nobles and members of high society who followed these outlets would turn their attention to it.
The seventh floor of the Orvisto Wizard Tower.
Froya, Skord, and Yvonne were in the library, carrying out their usual studies.
Recently, the three had learned from Roland about the new form that Oracle had taken in its further development, and each was working hard on it.
Although Froya was their senior, her attainments in Arcana were relatively unremarkable.
Skord and Yvonne were geniuses, but their foundational knowledge was weaker than Froya's.
All of them had to put in the work, searching for materials related to alchemy, Spell Scrolls, divination, prophecy, and other fields to study.
Suddenly, their individually configured alerts for important news sounded.
"Ms. Froya/Mr. Skord/Ms. Yvonne, there is a new update from your subscription to the Arcana Communications Journal..."
"Roland... won an award?"
"This... this is unbelievable!"
Soon, the three gathered to tell one another and share the news, their faces filled with disbelief.
Lunifis's residence in the Yther Wizard Tower.
Lunifis was in her study, which was filled with books, awards, and