Chapter 575: The Orphanage Twins

Mission complete, reward: Druid magic - Magic Bean cultivation.

Acheronides deciphered the magic spell 'Sunbathing' from "Druid Essentials - Magic Bean Cultivation," which naturally completed the mission and clarified the reward of this magic.

For Liszt, this was like opening a door to a whole new world.

It turned out that the seeds preserved by the Sky Ship were not just ordinary Potion Seeds, but special plants developed by Druids that required Druid magic to accelerate their growth. No wonder these seedlings sprouted and grew so slowly, with not a single one showing signs of magic power.

Right away,

Acheronides demonstrated the Magic Bean cultivation spell 'Sunbathing' on the spot. With a gentle wave of her slender fingers, a burst of chaotic-colored magic power was sprinkled onto the Magic Bean in the pot. The leaves instantly seemed to come alive, rhythmically flashing with a crystal-clear, emerald-like glow.

Sunlight spilled onto them, reflecting a faint rainbow aura.

This lasted for three minutes before everything returned to its original state. Liszt noticed that the Magic Bean had grown significantly taller in just a short period of time.

"Incredible!"

He had never seen any magic, aside from that of spirit bugs, that could promote plant growth.

Acheronides shook her head: "Brother, I can only attune to water-based magic power. It took a lot of experimentation to use water-based magic power to drive chaotic magic power and cast this spell. If it were an ordinary mage, casting this spell would be much easier than for me."

Liszt exclaimed in surprise: "You can actually use water-based magic power to drive chaotic magic power?"

Acheronides smiled sweetly: "Hehe, I worked really hard."

"Have you ever thought about using water-based magic power to drive other types of magic power? That way, you could cast other types of magic, couldn't you?"

"Actually, I've thought about it, but it's really difficult. For now, I don't have time to try it. There are still many Sun Script books waiting for me to decipher... Compared to driving other types of magic, I prefer to study Druid magic; it's really fascinating."

"That's right, Druid magic is more important," Liszt immediately decided. "Acheronides, record all the deciphered magic."

"I'll take it to the Magic Academy later, aiming to train a group of human Druids to help me grow these Magic Bean-like plants."

In his mind, the Magic Academy wasn't a place to train mages, but a place to train pharmacists and magic equipment forgers. Now, with the addition of Druid magic, it also became a place to train magic farmers.

Plants like Magic Beans, which can be eaten and used as potions, undoubtedly have great value. In Sun Script, such plants do not have a fixed name. After discussion with Acheronides, Liszt decided to name them - Magic Plants, abbreviated as Magic Flora, to distinguish them from potions.

And to conceal the secret of the Children of the Sun, Liszt also asked Acheronides to omit the profession of Druid when recording Druid magic.

Instead, it was replaced by Magic Flora Master and Nature Magic - actually, wood-based magic would be more appropriate, but humans in this world have already called the magic represented by spirit bugs as wood-based magic. To distinguish, Druid magic related to plants was changed by Liszt to Nature Magic.

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Instructing Acheronides to continue developing Nature Magic.

Liszt left the seaside castle, riding the Rainbow Whale Rosi, and headed straight to Port Town. Upon arriving at Port Town, he changed clothes and hurried to the Knight Academy.

The Knight Academy is located at the Knight Square near Port Town, just as the Magic Academy is housed in the Mage Tower, the Knight Academy is housed in the Knight Square. The Knight Square is a distance from the town, a row of three-story stone buildings surrounding a large square, newly built not long ago.

The architectural style is similar to the Mage Tower, both in neoclassical style.

In fact, after the style of the yet-to-be-started Thorn Castle was determined, Liszt demanded that the future Giant Kelp City must have an architectural style consistent with Thorn Castle. The Mage Tower and Knight Square are no exception, and the Giant Kelp City Administration and City Hall, which are currently under construction, are also adopting the neoclassical style.

Giant Kelp City is still Port Town now.

In fact, it is already being planned with the metrics of a city, including streets, sewers, and building layouts, all designed for a medium-sized city with a population of ten to twenty thousand.

Now.

Once the final blueprint of Thorn Fortress is ready, Liszt's new home will finally settle on Black Horse Island, complementing Giant Kelp City and forming a strategic alliance.

"Lord!" Marcus, who manages the Knight Academy, quickly came to pay his respects.

Liszt said casually, "I plan to inspect the orphanage and select some suitable candidates to send to the Magic Academy to learn magic."

Marcus was somewhat puzzled, "Didn't Lady Cris and three other mages already come to select candidates?"

"The number of candidates she selected was too small. I will supplement her with another batch. Training mages is tough; the more candidates we have, the better our chances of success," Liszt said, blatantly lying.

In fact, he came to the orphanage because of the latest mysterious mission.

"Mission: The glory of the Mage Tower bathes in the morning light. For ordinary people, this is a mystical place where mysterious and dangerous mages reside, but for the orphan twins Lucy and Rose, it is a place they yearn for. Why not arrange for them to learn magic? Reward: a spirit bug."

Arranging for the orphan twins Lucy and Rose to study magic at the Magic Academy—this strongly suggests to Liszt that these two possess extraordinary magical talents.

The reason he is so convinced is that there was once a mysterious mission to arrange for the girl Emily to undergo suitable knight training.

As a result, Emily became an Earth Knight in just one year, her talent was so remarkable it was enviable.

And with Liszt's abundant nutritional support, the diligent Emily has recently shown signs of nearing the breakthrough to become an elite Earth Knight.

Now the mysterious mission suggests that Lucy and Rose learn magic, how could Liszt not anticipate that this pair of twins possesses extraordinary magical talents?

In any case, to obtain the spirit bug, the mission must be completed.

If they become genius mages, it's a bonus; if not, there's no harm done, so why not proceed?

Marcus said no more and promptly led Liszt to the orphanage.

The orphanage has a separate large courtyard in the Knight Square, housing hundreds of orphans of various ages, run with military discipline—there's no room for a carefree childhood. The only chance for these orphans to change their fate is to show potential in daily learning.

Selecting candidates was just a pretext; he had no real way to identify who had magical talent.

So his choice was to look at the orphanage's list, ask the person in charge of the orphanage how many twins there are—after asking, there are ten pairs of twins, among which are the names Lucy and Rose.

He selected Lucy and Rose.

He then casually picked eighteen children he fancied, bringing the total to twenty, and sent them to the Magic Academy. At this time, the Magic Academy already has forty magic apprentices studying, including Cris, with four mages each responsible for part of the teaching content.

Seeing the Lord bring another twenty magic apprentices, Cris looked at the children, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "Viscount, forty magic apprentices are already a handful, and now you bring another twenty? The Magic Academy is at its limit."

"Sorry, Cris, I didn't discuss it with you in advance," Liszt smiled slightly, "but I believe that after hearing what I have to say next, you will understand my intention... I have acquired a set of natural magic teachings, and I hope the Magic Academy can help train a group of magic plant cultivators."