Under Annie's gentle coaxing, the innocent Elvia revealed quite a bit of information.
This stretch of sea had been created by Your Eminence Eddinger, the master of the Wizard tower. No one knew how many years it had existed, and Elvia's people had been among the first to follow Your Eminence Eddinger here.
Elvia had only just reached adulthood, and all of this was what she had heard from the elders of her people.
Elvia had grown up in these waters, and everything in this stretch of sea was Your Eminence Eddinger's private property.
However, Your Eminence Eddinger rarely appeared to manage the place. Even a hundred years might pass without anyone seeing him once.
Elvia had never left these waters. Both the storms outside and the Sea Monsters beneath the surface posed deadly threats to her.
It was not just Elvia. None of the living creatures in these waters had ever left since birth.
Miss Alice, meanwhile, was Your Eminence Eddinger's only apprentice. Eddinger had brought her back from the outside world over a decade ago, and she was the only human in these waters besides Eddinger himself.
That was also the last time Elvia had heard any news about Your Eminence Eddinger.
It was not until a few years ago that Miss Alice, having reached adulthood, emerged from the Wizard tower and announced that she would manage this territory in place of her teacher, Your Eminence Eddinger.
Naturally, none of the races living in these waters dared raise any objections.
After all, all the races able to live here were sheltered under Your Eminence Eddinger's protection, though the vast majority would never see Eddinger even once in their lives.
But the cloud-piercing Wizard tower standing at the very center of these waters was something every living creature had