Chapter 308: Little Fairy

The next morning.

Rod arrived at the zombie Selina's residence.

Before even going in, he heard the clinking of vessels and the friction of magic.

He knocked on the door, didn't wait for a response, and pushed it straight open.

Selina was sitting with her back to the door, doing something at the laboratory table.

A pale-green magic bubble could be seen filtering the liquid inside, and a neat row of silver rings was laid out on the table.

The zombie girl let out a sigh.

"My master, hasn't anyone told you not to barge into a mage's workshop whenever you feel like it?"

Rod ignored her.

Last night was the once-a-week day for handling Vivian's lust, which happened to coincide with bone dragon Megan's trading day, and adding Tally, who was always gluttonous, he had been busy from last night until just now, and quite wanted to sit down for a bit.

He scanned the room and found no second chair.

He simply picked Selina up, took the chair from under her, and sat down.

Then he set her back down on his lap.

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"The Spirit Seed effect is pretty good, right?"

Feeling the stiff, cold zombie body in his arms, Rod smiled.

"Thanks to you, Master, I can feel I'm not far from true seventh-tier — basically only one advancement ritual away."

"When the time comes, remember to call me over to watch. You're not allowed to advance in secret."

Selina looked up at him, expressionless:

"So the master who doesn't even understand basic workshop etiquette is actually a hidden archmage — are you planning to guide my seventh-tier ritual? How exciting."

"Don't be so barbed. I'm worried—"

"Oh, so you're worried about whether the production of magic rings will increase because of it."

Rod couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Well, that was something he did care about too.

He ruffled the zombie girl's hair in his arms into a mess.

"Anyway, just call me over when it's time. You're already an important source of funding for me — very precious, you know."

"Heh."

【Selina's obedience toward you +2, current obedience: 54】

He waited for the girl to finish the experimental steps in her hands.

She placed the liquid that had been processed by the filtering bubble into a magic box shimmering with blue light.

"So, did the esteemed master come here just to say this? Is there something you need done?"

Selina indicated she didn't believe her master would show kindness for no reason.

Rod laughed.

"A new mission — I need you to complete it while keeping your current ring output unchanged."

"Wow — great, after the Claw Valley Mountain duty, another mission that requires keeping output unchanged. I'm so lucky."

"Hahaha — I love your passive-aggressiveness."

The two moved to the Dawn Redwood Zone.

That was the area where the Emerald Remnant Branch was being cultivated.

After treatment by the flower fairy Nicole, the Emerald Remnant Branch's condition had noticeably improved.

Its trunk had thickened considerably and was no longer lifeless.

After the careful tending of the tree spirit Vivian, it had also sprouted some tender buds and new leaves out of season.

This finally allowed 【Growth Spirituality】 to lock onto its existence.

When Rod came to find Vivian last night, he went straight ahead and dumped several charges on it.

But the Emerald Tree's tier must be very high — each of Rod's allocation rounds required twenty-five points of Growth Spirituality.

One had to know that even Tally and Vivian, after advancing to seventh tier, only needed fifteen points per allocation.

【Natural Camouflage: The remnant branch blends into its surroundings, achieving an almost perfect stealth effect.】

【Natural Resonance: The remnant branch can slightly accelerate the growth speed of surrounding plants.】

【Emerald Domain: Creates a domain filled with vitality centered on the remnant branch — plants will grow rapidly, stay lush year-round, remain healthy, and have a chance to awaken the nature spirits within ancient trees.】

【Life Link: The remnant branch can establish a life link with one unit, allowing them to share health. When one side takes damage, the other will automatically share part of the damage.】

【Guardian Fairy: Summons a little fairy composed of the natural energy within the Emerald Tree's remnant branch.】

This remnant branch was also a lucky one.

It rolled out a domain skill on its first enhancement.

But this domain was clearly plant-type, so it wasn't of much use to him.

The rest were all decent — only 【Life Link】 was a bit of a white elephant right now.

The remnant branch's condition had improved quite a bit, but it was only half a person's height, so the damage it could bear was very limited.

Half a person's height.

Hmm?

Rod looked from afar and saw that the remnant branch had clearly grown a small bit taller than before.

And the trees around it all had noticeably more vigor and vitality than those a bit farther away.

It had even started sprouting tender buds.

Overnight?

This emerald domain is genuinely not bad.

"Mr. Rod!"

A little fairy glowing with a pale-green light flew over.

She fluttered her wings; her outfit was a bandeau and short skirt made of emerald leaves, and her face beamed with cheerful enthusiasm.

"Tammy, good morning."

Rod said with a smile.

This little fairy, Tammy, had been summoned by the Guardian Fairy.

The description said she was formed from the natural energy in the remnant branches of the Emerald Tree, but in reality she was not born from that — from the moment she appeared she possessed complete thought, knowledge of the continent, and language.

"A little fairy actually answering the summons of such a rotten forest — truly an eye-opener."

Zombie Selina said expressionlessly.

Rod knocked on her head and introduced them to each other.

"Mr. Rod, I've never seen a forest so rich in spirit! I'm so lucky!"

Tammy said excitedly.

"It's all thanks to the companions who love and protect the forest. Tammy, before this, what other forests have you lived in?"

"Lots!"

Her looks were exquisitely delicate — a beauty on the same level as Lady Kali — but unfortunately her size was far too miniature.

"The Losang Forest of Gemstone City, the Misty Valley of Twilight City, the Enchanted Marsh beside Deep Water City, and so on and so forth. But back then I was still just a tiny wisp of light, not like now where I can speak freely! It's all thanks to Mr. Rod's summoning!"

A wisp of light, huh.

The kind of spirit creature that's only the size of a single point of light — practically no intelligence to speak of.

The half-deer Miss Xiao Ke has the skill 【Wisp's Protection】.

And Tammy was originally just a wisp of light; it was precisely the energy of 【Guardian Fairy】 that shaped and evolved her into a little fairy.

Is this kind of thing normal?

Rod indicated he wasn't sure — his knowledge of continental spirit-lore had always been rather lacking.

Meanwhile.

To express her gratitude, Tammy flew onto Rod's shoulder and gave his cheek a light kiss.

Then, her cheeks slightly flushed, she flew off with a giggle.

Rod only found her cute; his mind held no other thoughts at all.

Little fairies were indeed pretty and lovely, but they were simply too miniature — hard to make one think further.

"A little fairy? My Master, you'll want to take it easy — she really could die."

Selina reminded him.

"Don't talk nonsense, you'll scare Tammy."

Rod cleared his throat lightly. "I'm planning to take some branches from the Emerald Tree and propagate them elsewhere, but cutting them by force would damage the overall spirit. Look into it for me."

(End of chapter)