"Was the banquet successful?"
Elder Julia's voice resounded in the hall.
Noah suddenly turned his head toward the entrance, only to see the elder smiling at him.
Noah was a bit surprised by her appearance and tried to give a polite answer.
"I guess it was. The Hive will greatly benefit from the items from the Utra nation, and it only has to give up on a few magical plants in exchange."
He was speaking the truth, the Hive really didn't lose anything in that deal.
The environment on the piece of Immortal Lands was simply fantastic, magical beasts and plants would be born at an incredible rate.
The Hive could just give up on a few specimens to obtain long-lasting benefits, it could be said that Elder Duke had done a remarkable job in the meeting!
However, Elder Julia shook her head at that answer and moved to sit on the couch in front of Noah.
When she sat, she spoke again while pointing her finger toward her forehead.
"I meant successful here."
Noah's eyes widened when he heard those words, it was as if Elder Julia knew about his recent realizations.
"How?"
In the end, he managed to ask that.
Elder Julia's smile widened when she saw Noah's stupefied expression and lifted one of the jars in the back of the hall with her mental waves.
The jar floated only to land between the two of them, and Elder Julia didn't hesitate to immerse her cup in it.
She answered only when she lifted the cup from the jar full of wine.
"Elder Austin has told me that you were traveling toward the lava lake more frequently in the last period, we easily figured out that you were having problems with your training. The arrival of the Udye family was quite lucky though, it gave us the chance to force you to take a break."
Elder Julia's words reached Noah, but his eyes were fixed on the cup.
The wine inside it was overflowing, and red drops fell from the entirety of its surface.
However, Elder Julia didn't seem to mind that her hand was getting dirty and continued to hold the cup right above the jar.
"One way to fill this cup to its limits is to immerse it in a larger container. Doing that will ensure that I've taken the best out of this cup."
Noah's gaze went on Elder Julia at that point, he felt that she was trying to teach him something with that gesture.
"Yet, I have to get my hand dirty to achieve this result. It is a small sacrifice to obtain the best out of this cup. Also, I have to wait for its surface to dry up before drinking the wine since I don't want to sacrifice my robe too."
Noah interrupted the Divine deduction technique at that point, he wanted for the entirety of his focus to be on the rank 5 existence.
"Of course, there are other ways that would lead me to the same result or the same amount of wine, but this is surely the fastest one."
Then, the surface of the cup dried up, and Elder Julia could finally drink from it.
After she emptied it, she revealed the meaning behind that metaphor.
"The jar is the world, the wine its laws, and the cup is your mind. The stains are just the sacrifices that you have made."
Chapter end
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