Ethan is someone who carries out what he says and achieves what he sets out to do. After the retreat of the King of Gold, he focused on the project of rebuilding the magic network, although this inevitably involved the guilds again.

In the eyes of the guild members, rebuilding the magic network might allow mastery of information beyond the plane. They don't want any other forces besides themselves to uncover the secrets of different planes. During Ethan's time away from Ximu Town, Miss Keroy diligently maintained local law and order and had become an even better sheriff than Captain Hagrid.

The two enjoyed their conversation, and on the night they returned to the town, Ethan witnessed the entire process of Captain Hagrid inviting Miss Keroy to the tavern for drinks. According to him, Miss Keroy was the best drinking buddy, with an immense capacity never getting drunk after a thousand drinks. Every time he drank himself unconscious, Miss Keroy would carry him home.

According to Monster Scholar Ethan's investigation, Miss Keroy simply has a strong digestion ability. Not just a few bottles of alcohol, even a large vat of toxins wouldn't affect her.

Miss Keroy is becoming more understanding.

Maybe she doesn't understand what alcohol is, nor why humans drink it, but she can comprehend Captain Hagrid's sadness when he's drunk.

Captain Hagrid has undergone divination, showing he won't find romance in 20 years.

Rowena's divination is particularly accurate, almost never wrong till now.

Ethan and Miss Keroy together moved the unconscious, drunken Hagrid onto the bed, while Hagrid continued to babble incoherently about life events such as marriage.

This is undoubtedly a tragedy.

Maybe his brother Hagrid should also make a wish to the Goddess, as only then might he change his destiny of being destined to be alone.

In the evening, under the farewell of the town residents, Miss Keroy flew into the sky carrying a big basket of fruit. Their next stop is Gear City, using the teleportation array in Gear City to return to the island where the academy is located.

Over the past three months, the academy also experienced drastic changes.

The sudden disaster brought the Elemental Shapers together unprecedentedly. They no longer confined themselves to the island and roamed actively throughout the empire, researching and dealing with the damage caused by golden radiation.

Even before the Old Gods were sealed, Elemental Shapers served as the main human force, possessing a fine tradition.

Under the principal's reforms, the academy opened its doors to the empire, becoming its strongest ally, welcoming any empire citizen to visit. Under Rowena's mediation, the negotiations with the Astrology Guild smoothly reached an agreement. Both sides decided to discard past grievances and jointly restore the magic network.

There's an even greater ideal waiting for them, which is to return to the once-glorious era of magic.

This is the first time in three months that Ethan returned to the academy. The island indeed underwent significant changes, becoming much more lively than the last time he came.

After the crisis of the King of Gold vanished, the academy and the island turned purely into tourist attractions, now rated as the most desirable tourist destination in the minds of the empire's citizens. A series of large projects unfolded on the island, with Ave tirelessly running back and forth many times to boost tourism.

These changes left Ethan feeling somewhat bewildered. If you disregard the retro architectural style, the current empire and academy already exhibit the early stages of a modern society.

Previously, back in the Imperial Capital, Ave frequently engaged in all-night talks with him about the work of the new cabinet. He had to marvel at how some people were born to be politicians. In this field, Ave exhibited an extraordinary understanding, typically able to draw inferences from one example. Moreover, she was commendable for being a workaholic, working long hours of over a dozen hours a day without ever complaining of exhaustion. Often working late into the night, she'd return home slightly wash up and immediately fall asleep, rising bright and early to appear at the new cabinet unwaveringly, already showing signs of selfless dedication.

The cabinet members had never seen such a vigorous display and blindly followed Ave's lead, engaging in construction without cease, day and night.

Wait a minute, isn't it the general belief that the higher one's position, the less busy they are?

Looking back, when Pope Julius was still alive, the Church Court, nobility, and Judicial Court formed a trinity, meeting the actual leaders once a month was considered good. Back then, the leaders' daily work consisted of holding palace banquets or inviting a theater troupe from the Gallog Dynasty to enjoy performances, having a thoroughly relaxed life.

And now, they are so occupied that they hardly have time left for meals.

In response, Imperial General Ethan expressed that if placed in modern society, Ave would definitely qualify as a master of the grind, not only driving herself to work relentlessly but also propelling everyone around her into a similar relentless pace, ultimately using her own power to outpace everyone completely and become a super dangerous character. Back in high school, his class and grade had such a master of the grind, causing him significant distress.

Of course, not everyone benefited from the changes.

Among the busy crowd, Ethan spotted Professor Wabul, who remained consistently calm and still faced a harsher reality—his hair transplant treatment failed.

He still remembers previously, when the hair transplant treatment initially showed results; a lot of hair sprouted on the bald top, seemingly entering a vibrant and lively phase. But now, his top returned to barren stateliness, as even the hard-earned few sprouting hairs perished.

After a few steps, Ethan caught sight of a familiar figure amidst the vast crowd.