Elder Mirpa smiled pleasantly when she confirmed that I was with Hestia noona. "From the looks of it, you must have met that guy."

Elder Mirpa didn’t say my father's name recklessly, but instead referred to him as ‘that guy’. That meant the fact that my father left Olympus Forest was a secret.

That made sense, since there were many people who would tremble in fear merely from the knowledge of my father’s presence. If my father’s trip was carelessly made public, there was a risk of a great panic in the political, economic, and military spheres.

"Ehew, yes. I never thought we'd meet there." I sighed sincerely. 

"Do you know why he was there?"

"Well, I have a rough idea, but I'm going to hear the details once I get back to the barracks."

Elder Mirpa nodded at my answer and asked with interest, "I see. But I’m guessing you used the Firefly’s Bright Annihilation? I can hardly feel your usually vast mana."

As expected, she recognized my condition at a glance, perhaps because she was a great madosa. Elder Mirpa had also studied the results of my research, and she periodically came to exchange her results; as such, she was well aware of the aftereffects of the Firefly’s Bright Annihilation.

"Yes, I ended up using it."

"Hmm,...