The Manager couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had already been surprised that he couldn't glean any information from the book, but it was something completely different if not even the Starlight Queen could do so!

"What should we do, my Lady?" the Manager asked.

The Starlight Queen looked at the book for a while longer. "Tell me where that technique comes from."

The Manager quickly told her everything he had heard from the Supervisor.

"Hmm," the Starlight Queen muttered after hearing everything. "Getting an Ice Lioness from the Ice King's Domain is not an easy feat. It had either been captured by a very weak force that didn't enter the Ice King's eyes or someone above its power."

"Additionally, I believe that the person had disguised themselves, which is why they don't feel familiar," she added.

"My Lady, what if the small warrior that got that book was lying?" the Manager asked.

"No, he wasn't," the Starlight Queen said with confidence.

This confused the Manager a bit.

When the Starlight Queen saw the Manager's confusion, she explained. "Mage Kings have a deeper connection to the world and reality itself. What you have spoken about resonates with reality. There are some obfuscations, but the retelling of the Mage's identity rings true with reality. That's how I know that the warrior didn't lie about the identity of the Mage."

"Thank you for explaining, my Lady," the Manager said respectfully.

The Starlight Queen looked at the book for a bit longer.

"What should we do now?" the Manager asked nervously.

After looking at the book some more, the Starlight Queen sighed.

"I have to ask the Custodian," she said.

The Manager's heart shook.

The Custodian?!

He was a mysterious yet very friendly man. Not much was known about him.

However, he was one of the absolutely most powerful Mage Kings in the entire world.

The legends even said that he could become an Emperor if he chose to.

The Custodian was the second-highest ranking member in the entire Lightning Manor, a power that ruled over about 10% of the entire world!

"You can leave," the Starlight Queen said. "I will inform you on how to proceed."

"Yes, thank you, my Lady," the Manager said before walking out of the office.

The Starlight Queen continued looking at the book for a while, but she just couldn't glean any additional information from it.

That frustrated her quite a bit.

'Did one of the other Emperors personally interfere?' she thought with doubt. 'I don't think so. There was basically no attempt to conceal this Star Map. Additionally, why would an Emperor be interested in creating some more physis in the Fourth Realm? That would have no impact on anything.'

After a while, the Starlight Queen stood up and left the office as well.

She walked past the small corridor and entered a gigantic door.

Now, she was inside a humongous and grand hall with no people inside.

she arrived in

on the right and pressed

small bell rang inside the

later, a meticulously dressed man opened the door and looked at

Sarah. How has the year been treating you?" Wester, the

asking, sir. This year has been very smooth," The Starlight

hear," Wester said. "Now,

Queen summoned the book and respectfully handed it

23, and I can't glean any information about who wrote it from

of amusement. "That's quite rare. You're normally so astute

the

Sarah. Don't take it to heart.

Starlight Queen said

he was reading it like

a small smirk appeared

it," he said. "The aura

widely. "It

least 300,000 years old," Wester

years?!" the Starlight Queen

"It might have even come

The Mage God!

was just an ancient

that, in the past, every

until the Mage

the reason why the Mages were as powerful as they were

fairy tale. After all, how could physis, Summoners, or whatever have ever reached the power of the Mages?

the Starlight Queen knew that it

work, Sarah," Wester said. "By using some of the powers of Time, we can recover the lost aura from the

light appeared around the book, but nothing seemed to happen for a

Queen

It was an aura!

immediately tell who had created

hid deep violence. There was

were very contradicting

Fire, but they also had

could also tell that the person was at the level of a Mage Lord when they

was something very

the

It felt very alien.

uttered with a bit of

Master?" the Starlight Queen asked with

God's time.

power I can feel from the aura on the book rivals the aura of a Mage Lord.

closed the book. "It comes from a time before the Mage

means it's, at least, 500,000 years old, right?" she asked

least. Could be

was hard for the Starlight Queen to

500,000 years!

over

stay in

we do with it?" the

mean regarding Area 23?"

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