The Sixteen-Year Conference, as its name implies, was a meeting held every sixteen years.
Attendees included the Aurora Elders from the Aurora Elder Council, the chief mages of the Thirteen Towers, the leader of the Tower of Stars' Alchemy Association, the president of the Aerospace Guild, and a special attendee—the Dwarves' Master of Wondrous Craftsmanship.
Could the Emperor be allowed to attend? Neither Snow nor Simon offered their own opinions, merely conveying the request on Paul's behalf. Snow stressed that the Emperor's goal was not to pry into the secret meeting of the world's top Casters, but to meet its convener.
The other attendees, by unspoken agreement, left the decision to Caroline.
Thus, the chief of the Tower of Ten Thousand Techniques confronted the chief of the Tower of Stars. "It had to be you who leaked this to Paul."
