I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 1 1. Astral Body Imprinting
For three days, except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet, Cloya kept staring out the window. He watched the scenery outside the window go from prosperous to ordinary, and finally to deserted.

It was not that he wanted to, but he had to digest all the information about the new environment and receive the memories of his original wizard. It took him three days to sort it out, which was already quite difficult.

He sat in the large and comfortable carriage blessed with space magic and sighed deeply.

I just traveled through time and found out that my original body was exiled by the Mage Association. What should I do? Waiting online, it’s urgent!

He never expected that he would inexplicably travel to such a magical world with swords, magic, and various magical beasts and plants just by sleeping.

The most important thing is... the original body was working well in the Mage Association. Every day, he studied spells diligently and discussed knowledge about planting magic plants with others.

But just because he offended a disciple of a fourth-level wizard, the other party set a trap for the original owner, saying that since you discuss farming with others every day, you might as well go out and become a lord to open up wasteland.

He even took out a level five magic plant, the legendary Moonlight Spirit Dew Grass, which was only found in the elves, as a bet.

Win, get the magic plant and return to the capital.

If you lose, you will never be able to return to the capital.

Then the original owner was fooled as expected...

Honestly, this bet is really tempting.

The two parties signed a three-year contract under the notarization of the Mage Association. After three years, someone will come to see how the development is going.

So far so good.

But the problem was that the other party relied on his teacher's power and changed the original owner's territory into a desolate seaside.

A fourth-level wizard is already a mid- to high-level member of the Kingdom's Wizard Association. Unless a higher-level wizard intervenes, no one will question a first-level junior wizard.

Far away from the capital, the land is desolate and barren, and it is said that there are mermaids, sea creatures and monsters invading...

Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to develop a territory that would attract the attention of the Mage Association. Basically, there is no chance of a comeback.

The most important thing is what is considered "qualified territory". This is a very vague concept, which is not much different from the fact that the final right of interpretation belongs to the other party.

What’s the point of having a good bet in this situation?
In his opinion, not being able to return to the capital might not be a big deal, and it would be fine to be a lord outside instead.

Free and easy.

But for these mages who grew up in the capital, it was like being away from the temple of truth. Add to that the shame of exile... it was something that no mage could accept.

The original owner's mentality became unbalanced, his magic power erupted, and then... someone else was replaced.

Kloya thought about the things in his memory, and finally he could only sit back in boredom, calculating the capital that his original body had taken away from the capital.

Anyway, things have come to this point, maybe it would be a good idea to go away from the capital, a place of trouble, and become a small lord.

Each of those mages was extremely sharp, and if they noticed the difference between him and the original owner, they might be interested in slicing him up and studying him.

It is safest to stay away from the royal capital.

Besides, his original body was a first-class wizard after all. Even the local nobles had to be respectful when they saw him.

As for the three-year agreement, he will try his best - after all, he is also a time traveler, he can't end up worse off than the original owner, right?
When I grow up, I will definitely "repay" that guy.

Thinking of this, Croix felt relieved.

Especially after he calculated the wealth brought by his original body, he suddenly felt that it might be quite good -

"Two explosive fire horses, a box of first-level magic crystals, two hundred gold coins, some crop seeds, a mansion spell scroll, four first-level knights and a butler..."

Two hundred gold coins. These gold coins mixed with magical metals are not only currency, but also precious materials.

The exchange rate between it and lower-level silver coins and copper coins is 1:100:10000.

Thanks to the control of the Mage Association and the Holy See in various countries across the continent, this ratio has remained very stable.

But then again, gold coins can basically only be owned and used by nobles, mages, and knights.

In the daily lives of ordinary people, silver coins and copper coins are the most commonly used - these two currencies are also mostly used to purchase supplies.

Magic crystals are essential for a mage's research and daily meditation. Although it is just a box of first-level magic crystals, the original owner spent a lot of time hoarding them.

The two second-level magical beasts, the explosive fire horses, could each spit out fireballs and ran as fast as blazing fire. They were not only mounts and laborers, but also had extremely high combat power.

The knights and butlers outside had all signed contracts with him and could only submit to him. The latter were also good at management and were particularly loyal.

Maybe he is not good at managing the territory, but as long as he can find the right people to use, it will be fine - as a wizard, he just needs to be noble and arrogant.

'I'm off to a pretty good start, considering that.'

He smiled a little and took the crop seeds prepared by his original body. There was no more information about them in his memory.

All I know is that it was given to me by a good friend who was good at cultivating magic plants before he left.

The original owner was a pretty good friend of his, but he happened to be out when the plot was going on, so he couldn't speak for the original owner.

When the original owner was ordered to transfer, he finally rushed back and gave him these seeds.

Farming is an instinct engraved in the soul.

How can a lord not farm?
Besides, he was really curious about what kind of strange existence the crops in the other world would be.

The box containing the crops is an exquisite magic crystal box, which can preserve the vitality of the seeds to the greatest extent possible, and the seeds can still take root and sprout even after being left for decades.

He opened the box.

There are three rows of test tubes neatly arranged inside, each containing distinct seeds, which are labeled for easy identification.

This kind of magic tag can view information just by inserting magic power.

The label not only contains the name of the crop, but also how to plant it and when it will mature, which is very detailed.

"A test tube in a box. Is this a wealthy magician?"

"Let me see, Poseidon barley, sunflowers and... olives?" After reading out the names of the three crops, he couldn't help but sigh that his original friend who was good at cultivating magic plants and crops really thought of everything.

Poseidon barley is a type of barley that can grow in seawater. It is an absolute mainstay crop in coastal areas. After all, bread is the absolute staple food in this world.

Commoners and farm servants were lucky to have bread made from barley.

The difference between barley and wheat is so great that white bread made from the latter is only eaten by the nobility.

Because of this difference in class and taste, the price of Poseidon wheat seeds is almost ten times higher than that of barley seeds...

Honestly speaking, it was quite good that the original owner's friend gave Poseidon barley seeds, a sustainably grown crop.

As for why it can be grown in sea water, maybe this is the power of magic. It is really magical.

Olives can not only clear away heat and detoxify, but also treat fish and crab poisoning, and most importantly, they can be used to extract oil!

Regardless of how much exaggeration and truth there are in its actual function, the fact that it can extract oil is pretty good.

It is said that this is specially modified and cultivated, and the oil yield is extremely large.

Sunflower is also a treasure. It can be said that its whole body is medicine. Its seeds, flower disk, stems and leaves, pith, roots, flowers, etc. can all be used to make medicine.

"How thoughtful, to have such a good friend... Wait, why is there a star mark?"

He suddenly noticed a tiny star mark on the label. He squinted his eyes and was about to take a closer look when some information suddenly appeared in his mind -

[Found a magic plant suitable for the Star Spirit Imprinting Technique: Sunflower. Please activate the Imprinting Technique to view the magic plant's star spirit body and perform spell imprinting. ]

[Astral Imprinting]: Imprint spells in the astral body of the magical plant/monster. Once the imprinting is successful, the magical plant/monster will have the ability to cast the corresponding spell.

Different magic plants/monsters require different spell imprints, and materials are needed to assist in cultivation when necessary.

……

The engraved spell library data is missing, please explore on your own based on your own spells.

After reading the message, Cloya reluctantly suppressed the corners of his mouth that were raised - isn't this a golden finger? Although it looks incomplete, it is a golden finger!
Transform the magic plant? Imprint the spell?

'As for the sunflower's astral body, I only know that it is similar to the genes and souls of humans. It's not surprising that monsters have it, but do demonic plants also have it?
Wait, if I have this golden finger... can I use the golden finger as the core to build a special territory?

The friend who gave me the seeds seems to be a disciple of a great wizard. If we can get in touch with him in this way, future developments should be smooth.

Once I have the strength and power, it will be easy to take revenge on the guy who attacked the original owner and completely root him out.'

In the past few days, he has forced himself to calm down and try his best to adapt to the rules of this world.

At least before you have the power, you must adapt. If you don't adapt, it will be very troublesome.

"Give it a try."

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. He immediately took out a sunflower seed and activated the Star Spirit Imprinting Technique, intending to get a glimpse of what was going on.

As he felt the magic power in his body being sucked away, the sunflower seeds in front of him suddenly became extremely large.

The feeling of casting this spell was very strange. It was as if he was casting it instinctively, but he had a vague idea of ​​its rune structure and model.

There is absolutely no way to understand, extend or even modify it.

'strangeness……'

Do I need to increase my magic level? Once my magic level and mental strength increase, perhaps I will be able to see the composition of the spell clearly.

He shook his head and ignored it for the time being.

In his eyes——

Through the seed coat, I saw the sunflower embryo.

But it is different from the embryo of ordinary seeds. It seems to have countless red silk threads intertwined.

The threads were densely packed around a sunflower spirit in the center. It was sleeping, but it was mumbling unconsciously, as if saying...

"Fire? Sunlight?"

Kloya, who sensed its thoughts, was stunned for a moment, and remembered the conditions for the generation of this engraving technique - spell engraving.

Spells require modeling, and each spell is made up of a special model and rune combination. Does that mean it is necessary to build models and runes here?

He thought back to the fire-related spells that the original owner had learned, and the only thing he could think of was a spell called "Sun Ray".

This is a second-level spell that can concentrate the sun's light to form scorching rays for attack.

Although the original owner had learned all the spell models and runes, he was unable to use them due to his lack of magic power.

Then,

'Depicted in the seed?'

He tried to describe it according to his memory, but his mental energy was quickly consumed. When his mind became dizzy, he finally succeeded in building the spell model.

The model slowly entered the silk thread, moved towards the sunflower's astral body, and then merged into it.

At the same time, the message came——

[Marking successful, Sunflower (Sun Ray)]

[As the sunflower grows, it will absorb sunlight and continue to accumulate Kagero power. If necessary, you can command the sunflower to fire, and the power will be determined by the amount of Kagero power accumulated. ]

[The un-emitted Yangyan power will be gathered and stored in the seed. ]

[As the magic plant grows, the spell model will be gradually improved. ]

(End of this chapter)