The room went silent in an instant.

A sudden silence could mean many things depending on the situation. There might have been a slip of the tongue, or people might have been struck speechless by something startling.

This situation fell in the latter category. Everyone was looking at Aphriso’s Sedge with looks of disbelief.

The only reason they believed it was solely because the evidence was right in front of them. Their eyes were staring right at it.

After a long silence, Gabriel barely managed to open her mouth.

“Really… I’m just as surprised as when I heard Undying Diligence perished…”

“What a mysterious human.”

Yuirel also chimed in.

“It was the same with the First Army Commander, but he really has a way of solving problems that the Federation cannot do anything about.”

She even sounded a little dejected.

The Sky Fairy cried. She got up from the floor and looked back and forth between the seed of the World Tree and the tuberous roots as tears streamed down her face.

Seol Jihu was taken aback by the inaudibly crying Sky Fairy, but it helped him realize how desperate the Federation really was.

“I understand how you feel…”

Gabriel glanced at the sobbing Sky Fairy with a disapproving look.

“But don’t you think it’s too early to be shedding tears of joy?”

“…I’m not crying tears of jo...