Two days later….
Reve was on his favorite branch.
He kept looking at the sky but his thoughts were elsewhere.
'What went wrong..?'
'I did everything according to my proofread procedure. There shouldn't be an unknown element in the outcome.'
Reve had finished the empowerment plan for the four–not three– people. At first, he had worked on three, but Marya asked that he gave the same treatment for her apprentice since she would also qualify for it.
Reve wasn't against that.
Dorian and the others were chosen by him based on his preferences, which were unbiased. However, in a way, they were just what he needed; people like him who could turn potential into power.
However, Marya and her apprentice didn't follow the same style. They were 'the hand hiding in the shadow' and it would be wrong to not acknowledge their role.
Anyway, the empowerment project was successful but there was something peculiar about it.