Chapter 275 Six Heads and Four Kinds of Magic

The siren Acheronides had moved into the castle and found her new environment quite pleasant, especially with the companionship of the thorny fairy Jella. Although she preferred the ocean environment, she was aware that the ocean contained the dreaded Duroo Michita, a six-headed sea serpent monster.

The castle is safer than the sea.

"Once I find a way to deal with Duroo Michita, you’ll be able to return to the sea," Bisset comforted her.

Munching on delicious fruits and spending time with the fairy and spirit insects, Acheronides was quite happy. "Bisset, thank you... You are a good person."

He felt like he had been given a 'good guy' card.

Bisset didn’t mind. With everything in order, his mood was light and joyful.

By now, the news had spread that the noblest lord of Flowers Town was keeping a shell-dwelling sea monster. However, it didn’t create much of a fuss. Gort and the others had seen the shell when it was lying in the castle's hall for three whole days—a pure white, enormous scallop shell.

At first, it seemed novel, but after seeing it for days, it became unremarkable.

After all, everyone in Flowers Town had eaten shellfish before. Aside from its size, they didn’t find Bisset’s shell-dwelling sea monster particularly special.

Not to mention, they had previously seen a giant Tridacna shell that produced black pearls.

As long as Acheronides didn’t open the shell, people wouldn’t be able to see the siren’s beauty and wouldn’t connect the shell with the siren.

"Lord Baron, I find that shell-themed wooden building quite ugly. It doesn’t match the style of the castle at all," Paris, no longer carrying a bag of snack waffles, remarked during one of her occasional visits to the castle.

"Once the Flowers Town project is on track, I will build a larger castle. We can discuss the aesthetics of the castle then," Bisset replied.

Though he said that, he wasn’t actually going to build a new castle in Flowers Town, just some minor repairs at most.

The future castle would be built on Black Horse Island. Originally, he had considered placing the castle on Ice Grass Hill. But now, he thought it best to choose a location by the cliffside sea, allowing direct access to the ocean, more suitable for the siren’s residence. Keeping a siren in one room wasn’t a long-term solution.

However, Black Horse Island had no real cliffs, only some rocky shores.

"Forget it, I won’t consider it for now. It’s still a long way before I can build a new castle... At least until the port town of Black Horse Island develops, I’ll have the financial resources to support the construction of a new castle."

Building a named castle would cost at least several thousand gold coins and require a large workforce and a significant amount of time to complete.

The castle project was far in the future.

The immediate and pressing issue facing Bisset was the sea monster Duroo Michita.

It had pursued the siren Acheronides from distant seas and was clearly lingering in the waters around Coral Island and Black Horse Island. There was no guarantee it wouldn’t suddenly attack the Flower Ship.

Bisset carefully questioned Acheronides.

Acheronides demonstrated another of her abilities. She controlled the seawater inside the shell, mimicking the form of Duroo Michita, creating a six-headed sea snake made of water.

The lifelike six-headed sea snake had a short, stout body and six long, slender heads.

Each of its heads could cast four different spells. Through Acheronides’ seawater demonstration, Bisset had identified them as Water Arrow Barrage, Water Wave Shield, Water Vortex, and High-Pressure Water Column. The Water Arrow Barrage and Water Wave Shield were also used by the Purple Sand Crocodile on Coral Island.

The monster had four different magical abilities, each of average strength.

"So, Duroo Michita can be roughly classified as a medium-level sea monster," Bisset concluded, his expression serious.

The medium-level magical beast Purple Sand Crocodile could roam Coral Island freely, so the medium-level sea monster Duroo Michita could roam the seas freely as well.

There was no way Bisset could handle it, and even his father, Bisset William, would have been unable to deal with it.

We can’t fight it. Even if we lure it into a small river, it would still be hard to deal with a medium-level magical beast that can cast four types of magic... We can only hope it won’t find the siren Acheronides and will leave these waters on its own... I’ll have to ask Captain Kostov to be extra cautious during voyages.

At this moment, he was extremely eager for the lost technique of Stabilizing the Dragonbone from the Family of Magic Goats.

Unfortunately, after flipping through the pages of "To Prince Anut - Curtis of Truth" and carefully reading all the content, there was no record of the Dragonbone Stabilization technique.

"I should have extracted the Dragonbone Stabilization technique before dealing with Curtis," he thought.

It was too late to regret.

He could only make Kosto be extra cautious and try to reduce the number of voyages as much as possible.

Collecting his thoughts, he asked again, "Acheron, what magic do you know?"

"Acheron can... change the shape of seawater... and control its flow." She could only use these two types of magic, which might not exactly be considered magic. Like how spirits can control plants, this was probably an innate power. "When Acheron comes of age... I will gain special abilities."

"What kind of special abilities?"

"I don’t know... But every sea spirit gains special abilities upon adulthood. We are born of the sea... the spirit of the ocean protects our growth... and grants us powers."

"Have you ever met other sea spirits?"

"No... But Acheron can... sense them... in the ocean."

Sea spirits are born and raised by the sea, without parents or communal habits. However, as an underage sea spirit, Acheron could gather only limited information from the ocean. She lived alone on the sea, naive and oblivious, avoiding sea monsters, listening to ships, and singing softly.

Without the fate of the Smoke Mission guiding them, this beautiful creature would likely have remained beyond B Liszt's reach forever.

Like those sailors, he could only dream of the siren's song.

But now, she lived in the castle, more beautiful and enchanting than the legends described.

...

Eight little Blizzard Beasts were drinking milk eagerly, growing well, though their eyes were still closed.

"They’re drinking up most of your milk supply, sir," said Mrs. Mossen, who was diligently taking care of the Blizzard Beasts.

The maid, Macy, was meticulously cleaning the rooms.

"If fresh milk runs out, use the stored powdered milk."

"The merchant caravan can buy fresh milk from North Valley City. Sir, can we use fresh milk to feed the little Blizzard Beasts?"

"No, use the milk from the dairy cows of Flower Town to feed them. Mrs. Mossen, you must strictly oversee this. I need the milk from only these five cows—Big Flower, Big Yellow, Big Black, Small Flower, and Small Black—to feed the Blizzard Beasts. Understand?"

When the Invisible Dragon invaded, Flower Town had eleven dairy cows. Two of the older cows were eaten.

Among the remaining cows, Strong is a male, and it's unclear if he was infected. Flower, Yellow, and Black were not yet mature and could only attempt breeding this year. Small Flower and Small Black were young cows with low milk production, but the quality just meets the standard for dragon-species milk.

The most productive were Big Flower, Big Yellow, and Big Black, the three mature cows that were the main source of dragon-species milk.

"Understood, sir," nodded Mrs. Mossen, but added worriedly, "But Big Yellow, Big Black, and Big Flower are in the later stages of pregnancy. Their milk production is decreasing."

According to the dairy farmers, the expected delivery date for these three cows was around May.

To ensure the health of the unborn calves, their milk production was decreasing. Only after the calves are born will they enter the next peak milk production cycle.

After some thought, B Liszt steeled himself and said, "Use the powdered milk for now. If it’s not enough, allocate my share of milk to the Blizzard Beasts. We’ll feed them with milk until their eyes open."

It would take about half a month more.

Once the Blizzard Beasts open their eyes, their foundation will be stable, and there will be no need to feed them dragon-species milk anymore. He decided to endure it for now—these little Blizzard Beasts had an astonishing appetite for milk!

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