Chapter 46 Thoughts
August, 28th.
Avis was sitting in the library reading magic books as usual.
Four days later, he would leave Moon Castle and go to Pamir College.
While flipping through the book, Avis recalled in his mind what good things there were in Pamir College and what were the conditions for obtaining them.
After all, one person's power was not enough, and it was not convenient to use the family's power to deal with some key matters.
Perhaps he could attract some talents in the college and establish a small secret society to help him deal with some things that were inconvenient for him to do personally in the future.
There were also magic versions of mass-energy conversion weapons and electromagnetic weapons projects that had to be put on the agenda...
"Squeak--"
The sound of the door opening suddenly came from a distance, and Avis paused and turned his head in confusion.
The dazzling figure of the blonde girl appeared at the door against the light outside the door.
"Brother--"
Fiona walked briskly to Avis' side, looking very happy.
Since the end of the confinement half a month ago, Fiona would run out with Annie every afternoon, and I don't know what she was doing.
Since Avis had obtained the right to read the prophecy books, he had been in the library every day, so he didn't pay attention to the girl's whereabouts.
"Hi, dear Fei, why are you interested in coming here today?"
Seeing the girl's excited look, Avis was puzzled.
Has the sun finally risen from the west?
"..."
Hearing the surprise in Avis's tone, the girl couldn't help but get angry, her slender hands on her waist, and her pink lips pouted.
But then, she realized that her actions were a bit rude, and she quickly put her hands down, just staring at Avis with dissatisfaction with her big watery eyes.
"Haha, just kidding! Don't mind, Fei, it's great that you can come here, otherwise, I'm the only one in the library, and it's really a bit deserted."
Knowing that he had said something wrong, Avis quickly changed his words.
"Hmph——"
Fiona snorted lightly, which was considered to be forgiving Avis this time, but her mood unconsciously returned to a happy state.
Then, the girl sat next to Avis and told him why she came.
"Brother, do you know bellflowers~"
"Bellflowers?"
Avis raised his hand and pinched his chin, thinking for a while.
"Bellflowers, scientific name σ①, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the plant kingdom--common plant system--natural plant class--flowering plant phylum--dicotyledon class--synopetalous subclass--Campanula order--Campanulaceae--Campanuloideae--Campanula genus, often growing in patches...
The plants are all hairless, the leaves are basal, linear to linear lanceolate, narrow and flexible, about 18 to 24 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide; the peduncle is 20 to 30 cm high, slightly curved outward, the bracts are lanceolate, shorter than the pedicel.
The pedicel is 0.8 to 1.2 cm long, racemose, drooping, the corolla is bell-shaped, the flowers are white, about 1.5 cm long , about 1.2 cm wide. The lobes are ovate-triangular, with sharp tips and one vein. The flowering period is between the Rainy Month and the Golden Month..."
"The seeds are obovate-lanceolate, dark brown, about 0.5 to 0.8 cm long and about 1.8 to 2 mm wide. There are small thorns on the upper part and small tubercles arranged in rows on the lower part.
The top gradually shrinks to a conical to cylindrical beak base about 1 mm long, the beak is 1.4 to 1.8 cm long and slender; the pappus is white, about 0.8 to 1.1 cm long, and the fruiting period is between the Zhongyang Month and the Furnace Month..."
Listening to Avis's story, Fiona felt a little dizzy, as if she had returned to the magic material class.
"No... I'm talking about other things... such as legends."
"Legend?"
Avis was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know what legends there were about bellflowers.
After all, it's just an ordinary plant, and the introduction of it in botany books will not include unverified legends.
"I really don't know this."
"Hehe - so there are things you don't know, brother? Actually..."
The girl smiled with some pride, and told Avis the story she heard from the old man selling straw weaving like a treasure.
"If you find the nine-flowered bellflower, you will get happiness and longevity..."
Avis couldn't help but laugh. He knew that the nine-flowered bellflower was very rare, but to say that finding it would bring happiness and longevity...
There is no similar statement in either the prophecy school or the field of mysticism.
If it really has this effect, how could no mysterious scholar have discovered this in the nearly ten thousand years of human magic history?
Avis's view is more inclined to: This is a logical fallacy caused by personal subjective judgment.
It is not the 'nine-flowered bellflower' that makes people happy and long-lived, but the good luck of the person who can find it.
After all, being able to find the rare nine-flowered bellflower itself means that the person is extremely lucky.
And a lucky person is happy and long-lived, is there anything wrong with that?
It seems like the famous saying in the previous life, "People who love to laugh will have good luck."
In fact, it is not because they love to laugh that they have good luck. It is because they have good luck that they love to laugh.
How can a contestant who is unlucky all day long laugh?
"That's amazing, Fei. This is the first time I've heard of this legend."
However, as a reborn person who has a little understanding of etiquette and psychology, Avis did not express his views directly, but smiled gently and praised Fiona's knowledge.
"Hehe... It's nothing."
After receiving Avis's praise, the girl raised her little face proudly, showing a lovely smile, and her long and smooth hair like sunshine fell naturally on both sides.
Then, under Avis's somewhat surprised gaze, the girl took a breath and suddenly took out an object from the ring and placed it on the table.
It was a rectangular block, 70 cm long, 40 cm wide, and 60 cm high. The whole was composed of light brown vines with a thickness of two fingers, and some of the vines were still growing tender green leaves.
A thumb-sized light green crystal was embedded in the center of the upper surface of the rectangular block.
"What is this?"
Avis looked at the vine rectangular block in confusion, and then cast an inquiring look at the girl.
But the girl did not answer Avis's doubts immediately. Instead, she stretched out her hand with a mysterious smile, gently touched the light green crystal, and injected a trace of spiritual power into it.
The crystal was immediately activated, emitting a light green light, and a steady stream of life magic was immediately input into the box.
It seemed to trigger a chain reaction. From top to bottom, the originally dim vines gradually lit up, and the texture became like jade.
The upper vines began to stretch, pulling out tender leaves made of pure light, and even hanging strings of green crystal-like buds on the tip.
In the end, the cuboid turned into a flowerpot made of blooming light vines. In the center of the flowerpot, a vibrant bellflower swayed slightly.
There were crystal water droplets hanging on the emerald green leaves and white flowers, reflecting the wonderful brilliance under the light of the magic crystal chandelier.
There were exactly nine shaking "wind chimes", not one more, not one less.
"Fiona, this..."
Looking at the bluebells in front of him, Avis was completely stunned.
"How about it, isn't it amazing——"
Fiona raised her head slightly with pride, looking at Avis with anticipation, her two big lake blue eyes did not blink, as if writing "Praise me!"
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①: The original text is a variant of the High Elven language, which is more difficult to learn than Latin.