Author's note: With the conclusion of the academy arc, I need time to prepare for the next part of the story (not to mention several of my classes are handing out tests). In the meantime, there will be some in-between content where I'll take the chance to practice/try several writing tricks. These chapters won't contain "vital" story elements but they will go more in depth to the characters and setting than usual. Also, I think I've gotten the hang of my schedule so I'm going to upload once a day on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. This better distributes the content, gives me a boost in Webnovel's algorithms (hopefully), and gives me more time to work on chapters. Now back to the story...
"Go off into the world, you deserve it," Menla said as she shoved Olpi into a carriage seat. "You've been cooped up in this place for decades. You've more than done your part, and done it well. Thank you for your service. Goodbye."
I like that there was a positive response to Olpi's addition. It's always pleasing when a character is liked. Just as a reminder, I do not control my characters so I can't force her if she doesn't want to. The best I can do is chapters like this one, where I build her a path and see if she walks down it or forges her own.
Also I happened to finish the map of Vilbar. Here's the link:
https://bit.ly/2YE7gcL. I'll also have it as a comment so you can copy-paste it (as well as a link to the world map in case you're naustalgic)