As Kale made his way to the inner part of the faculty, he passed through several plots and saw many types of plants he hadn't seen before, there was even a big yellow bud-like flower that gave out an intense white glow like bulbs from time to time. Such plants could be easily mistaken for treasures in the world of Kazeer but there they were being treated normally.
The plants were only one expects, Kale has noticed that many plots had a different type of soils, some had pale red soil some brown, and the most casual was black.
There were several female workers taking care of the plants in the plots around in the vicinity, most of them were either non-human, they had elven blood, their pointy ears, and green eyes were proof of that. He wasn't surprised much this time, he had done a fair share of research before coming here. Although he didn't found any precious knowledge like the map or topography of this area but knew some basic things about the working system here.
Kale not only saw various small flowers, shrubs, and vines but also several large yet strange trees.
For example, there was a dense tree whose trunk and leaves were covered in a sticky oil-like layer, the soil around the tree was like sticky mud, the sight looked like if someone casually threw a burning lighter then the whole area would be on fire, as if to prove his thoughts true he saw a board on the side that prohibited the use of cell phones and the cigarette due of highly inflammable substance in the area.
There was a short tree that had chocolate like wood and milky white leaves, it even gave off a vanilla-like smell.
Kale felt a little funny when he looked at it 'I did hear that with enough knowledge and talent a Plant Mage could create any type of plant but who would think a Plant Mage would be so bored to really prove it,'
Just when he was admiring the beauty of the scenery around, his legs abruptly stopped. He saw a woman sitting on the wheelchair in the distance.
The woman had inborn elegance in nature, she had long jet black hair and a refined delicate face, her gorgeous purplish eyes, straight pointed nose, and red lips were a work of art, her skin was tender as lotus leaves but the thing that stood out most was her noble like temperament, it was not noble by status but noble by nature.
She was wearing a simple design dress consisted of pinkish-white clothes wrapped around her upper body only leaving her tummy exposed and a long skirt that hid her legs that looked tender white like lotus roots.
When looking at her sitting on a wheelchair people would feel like they are seeing an angel that had fallen from the heavens losing her ability to fly again, a deep sense of pity would generate inside their heart by just glancing at her.
The woman was none other than Sanae Rosary, a genius mage that was once held as Evergreen Tyrant.
But what caught Kale's attention wasn't her beauty nor was it the sense of pity, he had seen too many beauties to get enchanted like that, as for the sense of pity, he had even seen people who had it worse than her but had set the unforgettable example for the masses, leaving behind their name and inheritance for the younger generation.
Instead of these things, what really caught his attention was the small lump of greet light flying around her.
On a careful look, he realized that the small creature was present at the center of that light sphere, it had a humanoid shape with a pair of butterfly-like wings on the back. It looked like a small tiny girl wearing clothes made of green light and cosplaying a butterfly.
It was a fairy, a creature loved by nature and magic. Moreover, it was a Wood Fairy something that the Kale at present could only dream of.
Not only him, every Wood Mage and Plant Mage would love to make a contract with a Wood Fairy because the benefits were simply too many.
If the benefits of having a contract with Wood Fairy needs to be summarised in short points then it would be like this…
- A flying enormous pure wood mana battery.
- A genius assistant.
- More than a hundred percent increase in battle power.
- A loyal and capable battle companion.
- Increased affinity with nature especially wood element.
- An alive token to make good relations with fairies, intelligent beasts, and other non-human races.
And last but not least.
- The admiration, jealousy, and curses of many people you don't even know names of.
One fairy only makes one contract in their life, and they can die but won't accept a forced contract, once the contract is established the power of the fairy would be shared and grow with the host. After they make the contract with the host, their life and death would be permanently connected to the host.
Moreover, mages cannot use hidden schemes to entice a fairy to make the contract because once they start to form a contract they can read the hearts of people, if they sense maliciousness intent in their heart then they will break the contract before it formed, as a result, they would be fine but the host can lose their life.
There are various types of fairies, and they are further categorized even among them, for example, the fairy around her had human-like skin and butterfly-like wings, meaning she was like a noble amongst fairy. She could, of course, cultivate and grow like humans but it is far from easy.
Sanae Rosary was able to form a contract with a fairy, it was her own ability.
The woman extended her finger and slightly poked the lump of green light, the Wood Fairy, on which, the little fairy puffed her cheeks and waved her hands in frustration.
Sanae lightly smiled at her reaction, suddenly her eyelids flickered she turned her head and looked at her right.
She saw a young boy standing far away carrying a bag in his hand, he had shoulder-length silvery-white hairs, few strands of which were covering his eyes.
The little fairy also saw him and hurriedly reacted, she turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the woman's body.
Two things are highly common among the whole fairy race, they are very shy and loves to sleep. Fairies love to sleep and after making a contract, the best place for them to sleep is inside a person's Origin Chasm. Fairies are capable of turning into Ethereal form that allows them to easily enter their host's aperture, their ability to turn into Ethereal form is also the reason why it is so hard to find fairies.
Kale saw the woman looking at him, he approached her and was about to speak but she responded first.
"You are Kale?" She asked in her siren-like voice.
Kale slowly nodded. He could already understand how did she know it was him but just to properly act like a child, he showed a slightly surprised expression.
Sanae confirmed her doubt, seeing that Kale was slightly surprised, she explained "Fina did say that a silvery-white haired boy would come to trade two Jade White Lotus, there aren't that many people with that colour of hair these days, so it was easy to figure it out,"
Kale was hit by 'realization', he gave an admiring look to her "Just as Instructor Fina said, Miss Rosary is indeed wise, it's a pleasure to be able to meet you,"
Kale said in a polite tone, he didn't exaggerate too much as it can backfire at times.
After hearing her words Sanae smiled "She said you were a quiet and diligent boy but didn't mention that you also have a gibberish tongue,"
"That wasn't my intention, it's just that when someone deserves it then compliments are unavoidable," Kale said as he took out two cylindrical glass tubes containing the jade white lotus submerged into the colourless liquid inside, from his bag and handed them to her.
Sanae smiled then placed her attention on the Jade White Lotuses inside the two containers.
"Jade White Lotus are highly rare around the wilderness in Imperial City, they are hard to cultivate because of strict conditions like preventing them from coming into contact with sunlight and importing them from outside takes extra money, still whether it is merchants or adventurers, they are not able to bring them in best condition most of the time," Sanae said, she then looked at Kale and asked, "So what do you want to trade it for?"
Kale was silent for a while, he didn't know much about her which made it hard to guess what good things he can earn "I don't actually have any idea about their current value here. Moreover, I don't actually know what are my options, Instructor Fina just told me that I can trade it for good resources here,"
Kale wasn't worried about her tricking him, why? Because it wasn't worth it, two aside even ten Jade White Lotus shouldn't worth destroying the image she spent years to build.
Sanae nodded "In that case, follow me, you can choose something you like from the storage area,"
As she said, she placed her hand on the handle of the chair, the chair automatically turned and started moving on the front path.
Kale walked on the side.
He looked at her legs and thought 'From the information on the net, her legs aren't completely crippled, she can actually walk but the control in her legs' nerves had become unstable, she can fall anytime while walking, and if she keeps practice walking she might really lose the ability to move.
A problem like that only have three ways to cure, the first is by the power of a very high-level mage but there is no one like that inside the Blazing Sun Kingdom, and even if there was, it won't be that easy to convince such an expert to help. The second is by obtaining a Full Body Restoration Elixir but even if she gets it there would be many people who would try to snatch it without hesitation, after all, it's a National Treasure like item, and the last and most effective way is just by keep raising her level until she reaches a stage where the practitioner can reform their body,'
Every kingdom has its own weakness and strength, the Blazing Sun Kingdom had a powerful summoner which other kingdoms didn't have but then they had a different category powerhouse that the Blazing Sun Kingdom didn't have, as for who that revered summoner was? It was without a doubt the one and only Queen.
After a while, Kale stopped focusing on her because his attention was caught by the new plots and the plants within them, earlier there was only vine walls covering the plots but now he saw glass walls, green net walls, and even thin metallic thread boundaries and electrical fences like they were being used to imprison monsters instead of plants.
In fact, it was really imprisoning something like that, Kale only realized that when he deeply focused on the things inside such a plot, several snakes like green vines were scattered in the plot, they really looked similar to snakes but soon he realized that there were actually green snakes mixed in between those vines with the same appearance as vines.
"They are the combination of Grap Vine and Grap Vine Snake, Grap Vine needs the periodic supply of poisonous saliva of Grap Vine Snake to grow and mature, they are its natural cultivators, without them, the vines will wither," Sanae explained when she saw Kale so intently looking at it.
"But it has a salty smell…" Kale said in a doubtful tone.
"You noticed? The smell is similar to salt but it isn't salt, it's because of the chemicals released by the leaves of the vine after it gets mixed in the sandy soil, this is a natural way for the plants to protect the snakes and letting other life approach them in an illusion that they aren't poisonous, this is how, many preys get caught in this trap," Sanae enthusiastically explained.
It wasn't every day that someone truly curious about her work comes to talk to her, most just use the methods to do flattery but because of Fina, she knew some things about Kale which included his displayed spell mastery and the fact that he had no idea who she was until a few days ago.
There was someone more enthusiastic than her, it was none other than Kale, she had no idea how much of a plant maniac he was, the plants here in this world are way more appealing than Kazeer, he was enchanted by them even in Kazeer so here, he was just like a fish in the water.
If it wasn't for the system, laws, and strength difference, he would have considered kidnaping her to bring her back home and have a 24/7 long chat until he is satisfied.
They had just finished talking about one plant when he asked questions about the other, a senior like Sanae was already explaining to a junior like him, thus he had no reservations.