Rant Valo slurped the apple juices in the fruit in his hands exaggeratedly. He was afraid that if he missed some juices, it would be too little since he already spat out a significant amount.
A dozen seconds later, he was left with the core of the apple. He broke it apart and picked the seeds in the core.
"I will keep these seeds…"
Rant Valo grinned evilly at the thought of having a farm of these fruits back at the village when he returns there. Since this was a rare fruit that only bears every 1000 years then when he sells them, he would make a fortune!
"That wouldn't work, Disciple."
Floriana Sabina was looking at the daydreaming Rant Valo like he was some idiot. She didn't expect that a villager farmer like Rant Valo didn't know this simple fact about apples.
"Why?"
Rant Valo looked at her in confusion. From his experience, seeds can be planted and grown.
"Apple seeds don't work that way, Stupid Disciple. They grow different variants whenever they are planted. So if you grow that seed, it will likely become a normal apple tree. Besides, do you even think that you would need this apple after it starts to bear fruits 1000 years later?"
Rant Valo was hit by Floriana Sabina with reality. The fact that apple seeds do not work like conventional seeds that he was familiar with frustrates him.
Then the realization that it was actually a rare tree that only bears fruit every 1000 years, he can bet confidently that he would be dead by then.
Rant Valo looked at the seeds in his hand; depressed. He gripped them tightly before throwing them off onto the ground. Such a waste of effort and hope.
He looked at the tree reluctantly before he walked towards its trunk. The trunk was about 2 feet in diameter. Rant Valo hugged the tree and started to climb it.
"What are you doing, Stupid Disciple?"
Floriana Sabina was now looking at Rant Valo like his brain suffered from brain damage. Her opinion of her disciple is taking a nosedive.
"I'm gonna pluck all the fruits!"
Rant Valo shouted halfway from the top of the tree.
"I can keep that tree inside a Tree Bag, you know?"
Floriana Sabina used her hands to shout at Rant Valo who was already at the top of the tree, picking some Red Star Apples.
"Huh, you said Tree Bag? What's that?"
Rant Valo didn't look at Floriana Sabina but proceeded to pick Red Star Apples. In his opinion, this was more important than talking to her.
"Tsk. It's a kind of bag that can store any trees inside it!"
Floriana Sabina clicked her tongue in annoyance at Rant Valo's lack of common knowledge. She didn't know that her naive disciple could be this annoying.
"A what?"
Rant Valo immediately swiveled his head and looked at Floriana Sabina in bewilderment. He must have only heard it wrong. There's no way there is a kind of bag that can store any trees, right? Right??
"Just come down here!"
Floriana Sabina pulled down Rant Valo using her elemental mana. Rant Valo felt his body grow weightless as he was taken down from the tree.
"What the!"
He hugged the fruits he was keeping in his shirt. He made sure that none of it fell when he was floating downwards.
"Watch, Stupid Disciple!"
A brown sack-like bag appeared in Floriana Sabina's hand when Rant Valo touched the ground. She pointed its opening towards the tree.
The ground suddenly shook vigorously as the tree was slowly uprooted. The ground cracked and the tree was lifted into the air before it grew smaller and smaller until it was about the size of a bonsai tree. The bonsai-sized tree was sucked into the bag and disappeared inside it.
"And done!"
Floriana Sabina tied the opening of the bag securely. The tree was now kept inside it which can be retrieved anytime the owner of the bag wants to.
Rant Valo's mouth was opened wide after seeing the tree got uprooted and shrunk before being sucked into the bag. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He never heard of something like that.
"Kukuku, amazed? You better be!"
Floriana Sabina grinned smugly at Rant Valo. Seeing her disciple shocked truly never gets old. She wants to shock him more.
Veia was looking down at the hole left on the ground. She also couldn't believe what she just saw. It felt like she was sleepwalking or something. If it weren't for the fact that her eyes still sting from the bright sunlight reflected on the ground then she would believe otherwise.
Rant Valo was genuinely amazed at what just happened so he didn't mind seeing the smug look on Floriana Sabina's face.
"It's truly amazing!"
Rant Valo couldn't help but exclaim. Being with her is truly expanding his horizons.
But suddenly the surroundings grew cold. It was as if a storm suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"What happened?"
Rant Valo looked at Floriana Sabina who then frowned. She recognized this aura. It was the aura from the cave earlier!
Veia suddenly felt her blood boil from excitement. It was like there was something there that could complete her existence.
"Master… Something is calling for me inside…"
Veia murmured and suddenly jumped into the hole.
"Veia!"
Rant Valo called for her but she didn't listen. In her eyes, there was only the hole and it was calling for her blood.
"Master, save Veia!"
Rant Valo turned towards Floriana Sabina who was frowning deeply. She reacted quickly and a flaming hand suddenly appeared out of nowhere and it grabbed Veia who was free-falling into the hole.
The hand pulled Veia and dragged her towards Floriana Sabina.
"ARGHHH!! MY BLOOODDD!!"
Suddenly, Veia screamed as she felt her blood flow out of control. It was as if her blood was rebelling against her.
"Veia!"
Rant Valo shouted at her worriedly. He could see the deep pain that was etched onto Veia's face.
"Ma- s- ter…"
Veia reached out towards Rant Valo before Floriana Sabina suddenly threw her back inside the hole.