Master Of None

Chapter 2223: 2223. Reactive Herbs

"Another herb request to be delivered to the fire dragon center?" there was a little curiosity in the tone of ASlma's voice.

There had been a lot of unique herbs grown and many of them were being separated by the elves and the echidna. Mostly because their races were able to figure out the best places for those herbs to grow. They were more in tune with nature compared to others.

However, It was very odd that it was only the fire dragon territory that continuously had requested for more herbs to be brought. Not just pants to be planted, but also for them to be brought for alchemical reasons. This struck Alma as very odd since it wasn't a place where many alchemists would be.

That was until she noticed that it was a note sent by Remey.

"So? You want me to bring them, don't you?" Gil knew that look. A single look that had told him that Alma wanted him to go and see what Remey was up to. "You know that she is just going to pick a fight as soon as I start prying. And what if she and Ignus are just working on some fire affinity potions?"

He tried with no victory in sight to avoid this. Instead, he felt a child as Alma glared at him a little more. He knew very well if he were to avoid this too that he would be looking at sleeping outside for the next week. It was a proven fact that she could just use her magic to make the plants completely block off any entrance to anywhere he wanted to be.

Putting aside any potential punishments, Gil took the herbs that had been brought in by another one of the assistants that had been bringing them the reports on herb transportation and usages. They had to gather information to report to the alchemy guild so that the herbalists could begin altering the herb fields properly.

This also helped bring the elves and the echidna grow together a little more. Their unique focus on herbs with a major guild allowed for them to be more open with their cultural aspects. Both had unique information about herbs that was not commonplace to many people. As such, when they went to the alchemy guild, they could share what they learned about those herbs within their own culture.

With Gil leaving, Alma focused back on the mountain of work she had to deal with. So many different aspects of her life had changed, she almost wanted to be adventuring against monsters again. Not that she thought it would be a good idea. The elemental planes were one of the places she could go on an adventure, and even she felt that her strength was too little from what she knew of it right now.

While Alma worked, Gil made his way through Genesis at a quick pace. He didn't like the leisurely walks that Walker took to see the sights. He knew that he also had a lot more to do than what he could keep up with. But mostly, he wanted to focus on what he wanted to do. Nothing that came with a bad connotation, just his hobbies and interests.

But when he managed to get to the fire dragon territory, he was distracted with how much more wheat there was now that every single fire rune formation was added. He also recognized that draconic runes had been mixed in to the morations left through the large buildings and lava pool entrances.

The slight melding with the runes being discovered and adjusted with the draconic runes made the formation more homely for the dragons. Gil could sense that the entire area had an natural aura that would exist near the dragon villages. Or at least he could sense that clearly since he had been to a dragon village at least.

The location to meet for the drop off of herbs was marked as the central square where the dragons and dragonkin could meet. But he spotted Midnight there instead of Remey or any of the many alchemists that would work for Remey.

"I didn't think you would be here. Don't tell me Remey is putting you to work?" Gil'

His joke made Midnight shake her head very quickly. In her dragonkin form she still stood out but Gil was pretty glad she had managed to take that form since it allowed her more freedom as she grew.

"Come see!" Midnight didn't take the package of herbs that Gil had dragged and instead started to drag him. He didn't have anything against it though since Allma wanted to know what Remey was up to in the first place.

Before he knew it, he had been dragged in to a small alchemy lab prepared for a focus on fire related alchemy. Remey looked up and didn't say much as she had some herbs trapped in between two pieces of glass so she could copy a perfect picture of them on to a book. The blank page was mapping the veins of the herb she was looking at. It was extremely detailed and he was completely lost as to why she would do this.

"It's to see the differences in the herb when there are dragon flames influencing it at a certain level to make the herbs better for a specifically created dragon fire affinity potion. If I can manage to make it, then I can make sure that all the fire dragons can grow faster. Potentially keeping them from spending years and years without a dragonkin form."

Remey had caught on to why it was Gil that came to look. But she also noticed something the second he had entered the room. It was just out of the corner of her eye, but now that she had noticed it even more, she had to accept that Gil showing up might be valuable to other research.

"Come over here!" she motioned for Midnight to push Gil closer. As she thought, the herb in her eyes reacted slightly.

Most people would miss the slight changes, but Remey would not. She had multiple skills used to identifying, documenting, and just generally understanding herbs. Since that was the case, she was able to easily pick up on what she was seeing.

"I thought that this mushroom was just a randomly sent ingredient. But it was said to be useful for fire affinity flame salamanders or similar monsters. So I thought that dragons might use it. But the moment you walked in here, the tiny pores on the mushroom cap started to bring in more air and absorb more fire mana."

"Wait, are you saying that me being around made mushrooms react and grow? That's... weird." since this was the case, Gil wondered if Remey was messing with him. That was until he witnessed the slightly white cap of the mushroom begin to turn flame red.

"Did that mushroom just become a forest flame mushroom! The fire elves said that they were incredibly rare. Only the older fire elves could ever find them in the last fifty years!" Sixne Gil knew what had happened and what kind of mushroom this was, Remey was sure that they had discovered something perfectly amazing.

"No, it was just a normal white cap mushroom that I was told could possibly become a pink cap mushroom if it was around fire mana. But I would believe that it reacted to the mana you give off and was able to absorb that mana to become what it naturally is."

"You mean that this herb reacts to high elves? Is that even possible?'

"Possibly? You won't even believe what Midnight and I just learned. There are herbs that change their properties when exposed to dragon flames. They even become larger and grow better with the residual dragon flame mana left behind by the dragon that eats it. So, it makes sense that there are species of herbs that existed symbiotically with the high elves until their bloodlines thinned."

Now Gil was ignoring any idea that coming here was a bad thing. This would play a large role in returning some of the lost species of plants that all the elves had been looking at doing together now that they had all united again. Especially if Gil could show them that it was Remey who discovered it. This would bond them even closer to the other races too!

"Now you aren't thinking you need to stop with that archery drama and join the alchemy guild are you?" Remey teased Gil while Midnight bounced around looking at the mushroom which even smelled differently now and radiated a slightly glow of fire mana from within its cap. She wanted to taste it, but both Gil and Remey stopped her before she opened her mouth and bit

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