Inside the Oyster.
Uelman sighed as he stood in the spacecraft's cockpit, gazing at the accelerating stars outside, his expression not particularly joyful.
"Si Ha, how long have you been with mother?" he asked softly.
"About four hundred years, I guess. Why?" The water element Si Ha appeared female, with long blue ponytail hair, carefully sewing the fallen pages of the Arcane Book back together at the moment.
With one hand, she released a blue-purple mana thread, and with the other, she held onto the pages of the Arcane Book, fully focused. Answering the question required only a slight diversion of attention.
"Four hundred years, Si Ha, you've reached Level Three, and Mei Lan is even a Level Four Arcanist... perhaps there's hope to reach Level Five in the future... Unlike me..." Uelman sighed again.
