The next day early in the morning before the sun even came up, Knave got up from his straw bed and went to the nearby well to fetch water.
After pulling the water out off the wall with some difficulty he used the water to clean his body completely so as to not show his bad side to his employer 'As they say the first impression is important', after dressing himself up with the clothes provided by the mansion's servant he started to look like the people in the mansion.
After doing an overall check he went to the mansion gate as instructed by the steward yesterday. When he came to the gate there was already an old man waiting for him there, without any delay he went forward to greet 'Good morning Mr Rick'
'Punctuality is a rare thing among young, having it means that you will go far in your work in the mansion' the person was obviously the caretaker of the herbal field before he came.
He was given the instruction to follow the teachings provided by Mr.Rick so he could be qualified to work for the mayor.
He was going to work under him for 1 year so as to learn everything he could be able to learn because Mr.Rick will leave after this year, if his learning speed and talent are satisfactory the mayor had even promised that doubling his salary was of no problem.
While he was thinking Mr.Rick started his explanation for the care of the herbs, such as which herbs are more necessary to be looked after and what kind of necessary steps to be taken to keep all of them healthy, which of them are taken away by the mansion for their use and at what intervals, this all would have sounded very boring to any other kid but to Mr Rick's surprise Knave's focus was never wavering, paying all attention to his words which made him feel grateful as it seemed like his lessons and time were not wasted.
As they came closer to the herbal garden the information went from how to take care of herbs on to something that seemed like an idiotic step as in this moment Mr Rick started to explain how to take care of the mechanism that maintained the spirit energy that maintained the growth of the herbs but to him that gave a blow to his mind that took him some time to come out of.
'Mr. Rick is there spirit energy present in the world? ' not being able to keep his curiosity his only choice was to ask the question. 'Of course, it is present, but only the immortal cultivators can use them, this mechanism is also known as a formation in their world, the granddaughter of the mayor is a cultivator and has set this formation so that the mayor can take the necessary herbs for his health, we just have to take care of the herbs their real growth comes from the formation placed in the garden'
after finishing his explanation he kept going on his way without bothering for Knave's reaction as he was also surprised a few years ago when the formation was built, but he couldn't show that face to the youth who he was supposed to teach.
He knew this much because he had been working for the Mayor for decades so getting some information was not a problem for him, and as for telling Varlet as he was supposed to work in the garden, he would know it sooner or later so there was no harm in telling him.
What he did not know was his answer had changed the very essence of how the future of the kid right next to him would change.
Finally, they reached the garden as they went past the entry Knave could feel like he went past some kind of water membrane, as he was considering what it was an answer came from ahead of him 'That was the protective layer made by the formation, if anybody doesn't have the token provided by the mayor enters, it would raise the alarm set by the formation' Mr Rick had explained to him why he was told yesterday by the steward to take special care of the wooden token, which had an intrinsic design on it.
'It's just the right day come I will show you how the formation works, as the master had just paced the spirit stone required for the working of the formation yesterday, so you can see the beauty of its working' after telling him that Mr Rick took him to the centre of the formation where he saw a scene he would never forget, a rainbow light was going from the centre of what looked like a stone pillar to the height of 15 meters and forming a dome around the garden, even from this far he could feel the energy waves 'Beautiful isn't it?' Mr Rick asked 'Very!' was all came from me but from my soul, only one thought was going over and over again, like a never-ending chorus of the sweetest melody
"I have to become a cultivator!"