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

Chapter 100 100. Double-Headed Sunflower

Under the grape vines in the magic field.

Kloya was staring at a blade of pale white grass in a daze.

He didn't expect to find such a pleasant surprise just after he came back - this seemingly ordinary night-light grass actually had such an idea -

"Light up the night, I guess."

It is a very simple and somewhat immature consciousness.

During the day when the sun is shining, the light it emits is even dimmer than that of other night-glowing plants.

Compared with its peers, it not only looks ordinary, but also weak.

But Cloya noticed that its consciousness was extremely firm, and it was even trying to absorb more magic power and release it at night.

"Noctilucent grass will light up the night."

It is indeed difficult for him to comment on this matter. How should I put it? It is just...

This little grass, which barely squeezed into the first-level magic plant, relies on absorbing magic power and then converting the magic power into a gentle white light and releasing it.

It itself is equivalent to a walking magic lamp, and it serves more of a styling purpose.

They are often seen in the gardens of nobles, and the light they emit serves as a foil to the delicate flowers.

But theoretically, if there is enough magic power, it should be able to do something.

Because Cloya once heard that a great wizard was bored and infused a huge amount of magic power into the night-shining grass. It is said that the light of the night-shining grass instantly covered the land within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

The night is as bright as the day.

But the price was that it was dissolved by the terrifying magic power and finally turned into ashes - just a moment of brilliance came at the cost of life.

The great wizard was also helpless.

He had heard that this luminous grass could evolve into some extremely powerful magical plant, so he wanted to give it a try, and the result turned out to be like this.

They seem to have their upper limit set from the moment they are born.

Honestly, seeing it like this, Cloya was happy, but also helpless.

This wish is a little too difficult to fulfill.

But.

“Isn’t it because it’s difficult to satisfy that it’s interesting?” Croix thought about it.

Since it is impossible to store too much magic power, can we add a large and stable "magic source" to it to gradually stimulate and evolve it?

grafting.

This method of grafting should be able to do it.

Would it be possible to combine the characteristics of one plant with another, so that the new plant possesses the characteristics of both magical plants?

Stores magic and emits light.

If that doesn't work, do some engraving.

"Well."

If we talk about plants that are suitable as a source of magic power, there are indeed quite a few of them, but the problem is... all he can think of are trees.

Can grass and trees be grafted?
Well... the answer is definitely not.

Grafting herbaceous plants and woody plants is a disaster just to think about it. Their internal structures and morphologies are different, so how can they be grafted?

Croix could only continue to seek answers in the magic he knew.

That's when knowledge comes in handy.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered a story he had read in "Miracle of Light" - legend has it that there was a knight who fought with the devil but lost his arms and legs.

In his agony, he prayed to God.

God actually responded by cutting off the arms and legs of the big demon he had killed, and then reconnecting them using a sacred technique called "broken limb splicing."

And then...it really happened.

The knight turned into a being with a demon arm and a demon leg. In the story, he used the power of the demon to help others and spread God's grace.

In the end, he was even sent by God to the front line of hell, to fight an eternal and endless battle with those demons.

Anyway, it's a very typical heroic story.

When I saw this story, Kloya just wanted to complain, why did you call God over, but instead of giving you regenerated limbs, you were given the arms and legs of a demon...

It would be fine if He gave it to you, you worked so hard to spread glory to Him, but the next thing you know, He threw you into hell and a bloody battle with demons.

Is this really something God can do... Well, it seems possible.

He even suspected that this story was specially made up for the alchemy of splicing severed limbs, just like the miracle drugs advertised on television in his previous life.

But whatever.

Since the arms, legs and feet of demons and humans can be spliced ​​together, wouldn’t the rejection reaction be more serious? So can it be used on demon plants?
If this test is successful...

Then he can really graft plants at will.

The premise is that you can succeed.

Thinking of this, he stared at the ordinary little grass with burning eyes and decided to start trying after the dolphins finished their fishing operation.

He couldn't afford it now. Any tree that could store magic power would cost at least a hundred magic crystals. He was really short of money, so he could only wait and see.

...After taking note of this night-shining herb, he continued to inspect his fields and found many bees flying around.

They work hard to collect nectar and fly among the flowers.

Judging from the appearance, they should be from the same group of bees that built their nests in the terrace garden. It seems that they really like this place.

Kloya didn't know much about this kind of magic bee, but he knew that the way for them to advance and upgrade was to absorb more nectar containing magic power.

The process of brewing honey is actually a bit similar to making potion. After a series of steps such as evaporating water and mixing digestive enzymes, the honey can finally take shape.

In a sense, bees are natural potion masters.

He looked at the bees, and an idea came to his mind - could he let the bees be his potion mixers?

As far as he knew, some potions required extremely complicated processes.

For example, in the book “Basic Water Potion Alchemy Guide” there is a potion called “Nectar Grape Brew”, which requires adding a specified amount of different materials every day. It is so complicated.

During this period, if the wrong materials are put in, or the quantity of any one of them is wrong, the potion making will fail.

The technical requirements are not high, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"I think it's worth a try." He thought.

Just like what I did to the queen ant just now, I can do the same to the queen bee: burn the formula of the potion into it.

The wizard really has this kind of magic - timed reminder: it is generally used to remind oneself what to do and when, which is equivalent to an alarm clock and memo.

It just so happens that this kind of potion requires grapes as the brewing material. Will these magic field grapes have any special effects?

He decided to write it down for the time being, and when he had enough income from the fish catch and could buy the necessary items, he would start trying it.

"Well, just wait for the harvest."

Croa continued to patrol the fields, and after strolling around for a while, he returned to his castle.

Continue to stay at home and study magic.

……

Time flies, and another three days have passed.

Cloya, who was immersed in the sunshine, practicing and thinking about the magic tree and the moss on it, suddenly felt a strange fluctuation of magic power.

This kind of fluctuation carries the joy of new life, like the melody of the morning light.

He was awakened immediately.

After sensing it for a while, he looked towards the terrace and muttered to himself, "Is it a sunflower?"

His precious sunflower had undergone a strange change, so of course he couldn't continue practicing, so he quickly got up and rushed to the terrace garden.

As a result, when he rushed over, he was surprised to find:
The red sunflower surrounded by them suddenly grew a second orange flower disk, which was emitting visible fluctuations. It contained a special magical power, which affected all the sunflowers after it spread.

A bulge appeared next to the other sunflower's disk, and it continued to grow at a fast-forward pace. Soon, a second, somewhat immature but equally huge disk grew next to the first disk.

All the sunflowers grew two disks!

"what?"

Kloya blinked. This, this was really unexpected.

"Hey~"

The red sunflower elf flew out, floated over, landed on Croix's shoulder, and rubbed him with its big face.

As the embodiment of the red sunflower, it has of course grown two flower disks. However, its flower disk is a little special. It is not independent, but there is a faint orange shadow behind the first flower disk.

It looks like a halo.

"Cuckoo?"

The ghost owl standing on Croa's shoulder tilted its head 180 degrees and stared at the new sunflower elf, as if wondering why it also had a halo.

Chloe, sensing its mood change, quickly warned: "You can't peck!"

The Phantom Owl immediately made two dissatisfied "cooing" sounds again, then flapped its wings and flew away in a swagger.

Humph, if you don’t let me peck, then don’t peck!

It decided to go find the snake and play with it.

"..."

Kloya shook his head helplessly. This guy had a bad temper, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Not only was the olive crown that this guy transformed into useful, but its mood swings also made Cloya feel comfortable.

Naturally, we are more tolerant of it.

"But it's really strange that a ghost like you can fly like this in the sun."

After complaining, Croix looked at the red sunflower and carefully observed its changes. The last time he saw it, it was mutating based on the red iteration.

This time, it turned out to be true.

The position of the magic pattern representing the red melody has changed.

[Due to the special influence of the red repetition, the form of this demon plant will change. ]

After a quick inspection, Cloya immediately realized something very important - if this could be reproduced in large quantities... would all the magical plants that could bloom have two flowers? !
If this is true, it would be the most powerful magic mark he has ever seen.

Two flowers means more than just double the harvest.

(End of this chapter)