Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

Soraya arrived in this plane twenty years ago.

The reason was that her wizarding mentor assigned her a long-term project.

At that moment, her mentor handed her a vial of blood.

"This is the blood of a newly discovered creature," she said mysteriously. "If we could decipher the secrets within this bloodline, it would be enough to publish several A-level papers."

The A-level papers mentioned by the mentor are comparable to top-tier theories such as "The Inner workings of the World Serpent," "Three methods for rapid advancement for wizard apprentices," and "Perfect elimination of side effects in bloodline fusion." In contrast, Soraya's earlier paper on the discovery of the Bloodline Resonance Fern was only rated B-level because it was only useful for wizards of bloodline factions, with a narrow scope, and once one becomes a formal wizard, there is no need for this plant to help separate blood.

Therefore, she was well aware of what an A-level paper represented: it was something that could attract the attention of third- or even fourth-level wizards, who would exchange it for reading and benefit greatly from it.

Some A-level papers present information that is almost enough to change the entire structure of a faction.

Her supervisor told her that there was no need to rush this project, then rented this dimension, Lab 12308, and sent her here.

In the wizarding world, the saying "there's no need to rush" often means that it's normal to not make a breakthrough for decades.

So she settled down in this dimension.

The research began with a drop of that mysterious blood into the largest river in this plane—the Blackwater River that runs through Blackwater Territory. As the blood merged, beings known as "Bloodline Beings" began to sprout and manifest in this land.

Soraya finally understood the significance of this vial of blood.

It indirectly gave rise to a wide variety of bloodline individuals. Soraya had never seen a bloodline that could do this before; it was as if the blood contained the factors of countless organisms.

Later, her mentor told her that the blood came from a creature as ancient as the World Serpent.

Soraya's core mission is to explore the inherent patterns and frequencies by which this blood gives rise to those with bloodlines, and to attempt to summarize and generalize these patterns. The ultimate goal is to accelerate this process and, based on these patterns, actively generate specific types of bloodline individuals.

No wonder her advisor was so certain that the experimental results would generate several A-level papers. If successful, the results would profoundly shake, and even reshape, the existing structure of the bloodline faction.

However, the mentor also mentioned that several apprentices were scattered in various laboratories, doing the same research, but with little result, so Soraya should not have too high hopes.

Soraya indeed had no unrealistic fantasies. Over the past decade or so, she had meticulously recorded the births of various bloodlines, ultimately concluding that there was no discernible pattern.

Furthermore, there is absolutely no clue as to the frequency of births of those with the bloodline.

She had no choice but to calm down and turn to her other research projects, one of which was to transplant the bloodline of a specific organism into the white rat Algiers and observe the changes in their intelligence.

If you achieve results, publishing a B-level paper is certainly an option.

The good news is that, unlike the bustling wizarding world with its many intrigues, Soraya, a wizarding apprentice, is the pinnacle of power here—she is a god.

In addition, the project has a long cycle, so she only needs to devote a small amount of time to it each day, and most of her energy can be freely devoted to her personal research.

The bad news is that this is a low-magic world, which is not conducive to her cultivation of meditation techniques and breakthroughs.

Fortunately, she still has a long lifespan left, so there's no need to worry about promotion in the short term. Therefore, she maintains a calm and indifferent attitude towards whether or not to leave this plane.

However, a vague possibility has emerged before her, which still needs to be taken seriously.

—It is uncertain whether the increase in the number of bloodline holders in Lanxi Town is due to divine power; further testing is needed.

—You can explain the situation to your mentor and ask her to invite a wizard from the "Holy Magic" school to help verify this possibility.

With the plan finalized, Soraya intended to stay in Lanxi Town for a few more days, preferably to peruse the town's history. After all, it was possible that divine magic hadn't been the cause of everything, and she needed to record all the potential possibilities.

She pulled a purse from her pocket; it was the money she had taken from Hist before leaving the manor.

After thinking for a moment, she took out a few silver coins, handed them to Mary, and nodded.

"This is..." Carl turned his gaze to Mary.

"Father Carl, this traveler...cannot speak, so I brought her to you," Mary quickly explained.

The priest noticed that the traveler hadn't said a word since entering the church, and had even answered his questions with gestures.

I never expected it to be a physical defect.

"But she said she could write, so I brought her to see you."

"I see." The priest shook his head and chuckled. "Unfortunately, the church doesn't have any extra paper besides the register for the parishioners."

"This, this..."

Mary blushed with embarrassment; she was so focused on the priest recognizing the words that she hadn't even noticed the problem with the paper.

As Soraya tried to put the silver coin into her hand, Mary waved her hands repeatedly, her eyes darting away towards the smooth stone-paved ground at the church entrance.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him, and he jumped up as if to say, "Let's use that to write!"

She had seen children draw on the soil or stone steps with pebbles. The soil was scratched with grooves, and the stone surface was left with faint white marks, which could still form clear writing.

"A very good suggestion." The priest thought about the scene of him carving words on the ground. He did not feel childish at all. On the contrary, he felt like he had returned to his childhood. A trace of reminiscence flashed in his eyes.

Soraya nodded, indicating that she was fine with it too.

They walked to the church entrance, picked out pebbles suitable for making pens, and held them in their palms.

The priest noticed that the traveler's pen-holding posture was far more skillful than his. Although there were no calluses on her knuckles from years of pen-holding, her posture clearly exuded the experience of a professional scribe.

The two wrote back and forth, while Mary stood with her arms crossed, suddenly remembering that she still had clothes to wash.

Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, help this person to the end, what if this traveler still needs me?

Mary caught a glimpse of the glittering silver coin in Soraya's other hand out of the corner of her eye.

No, she definitely wasn't after that little bit of money!

A moment later, the priest straightened up, threw away the stone, and looked at him strangely.

"W-How is it?" Mary asked, and at the same time, she felt a little dazed when she noticed Soraya looking at her.

"This traveler..." the priest began, gathering his thoughts, "she wanted to stay at your house for a few days, which is why she gave you the silver coins. Hmm... according to her, she's a... historian?"

"Huh?" Mary had never heard of this profession before.

"In short, they're here to study the history of Lanxi Town," the priest concluded.