Lili

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Hair: Long, emerald-green hair 15.
• Eyes: Described as clear as lake water 15.
• Clothing: Initially wears a gray robe with a tiny white flower finely embroidered on its cuff 15 16.
• Mannerisms: Nervously rubs her fingers together during her first meeting with Chen Chuan 15.

Personality

Lili initially presents herself as shy but eager to make friends, becoming animated when discussing plants and animals. She says she has loved small animals since childhood and wants to learn to speak with them 15.

She is observant and persistent, noticing Chen Chuan’s precise plant control despite his efforts to appear inexperienced. Her friendly approach also conceals covert mind-influencing spells. Although she eventually stops pressing him when he repeatedly avoids her, she continues investigating his abilities through information supplied by a black bird. Her underlying motives remain unrevealed 16 19 26 37.

Abilities & Skills

Mind-Influencing Spells

Lili covertly uses several spells capable of influencing the mind during her visit to Chen Chuan 16.

• Chen Chuan detects them through repeated activations of Clear Mind 16.
• He judges even the weakest spell to be roughly comparable in power to an intermediate spell 16.
• Their use does not persuade him to accept her invitation to remain beneath the Mother Tree of Life 16.

Plant Sensitivity and Resonance

Lili demonstrates sensitivity to plant life beyond ordinary observation 15 16 18.

• Says the vines outside Chen Chuan’s window greeted her through gentle contact and responded when she reciprocated 15.
• Claims she can make grass tremble and can feel the moss in his villa breathing 16.
• Produces a faint green glow at her fingertips that appears to resonate with the grain of a wooden desk during meditation practice 18.
• Recognizes that Chen Chuan’s connection with plants is deeper and his vine control more precise than he admits 19.

Animal Communication

Lili obtains information from a plump black bird, although understanding its report requires effort 36 37.

• Distinguishes fragments referring to mushrooms, different colors, a garden, and a battle 37.
• Uses those details to investigate whether Chen Chuan possesses a plant-type summoning anchor 37.
• Her early interest in formal animal-communication study is restricted by course access; the relevant library books require at least Second-Class Apprentice standing 15.

Potion-Making

Lili successfully brews the three potions required by the elementary potionist examination 28.

• Elementary Life Potion: Passes 28.
• Elementary Purification Potion: Passes 28.
• Elementary Protection Potion: Passes 28.
• One of the three receives a good-quality assessment; the passage does not identify which 28.

History

Arrival and the Mother Tree Invitations

A new student at the Life Academy, Lili introduces herself to Chen Chuan as his neighbor and discovers that they have enrolled in the same botany and meditation courses. Their conversation moves from animal communication to the unusually responsive plants around his villa 15.

During a visit to his home, she introduces the Heart of Plants, citing an ancient library book. According to her account, it contains the Mother Tree of Life’s essence, can grant plants true intelligence, and greatly improves the chances of becoming a Formal Wizard. She says it appears when the Mother Tree senses a suitable successor 16.

Lili also reports dreams of becoming grass beneath the Mother Tree and says several roommates have experienced similar summons. She proposes secretly remaining beneath the tree at dusk after class. Chen Chuan refuses; after she leaves, he reveals that he detected her mind-influencing spells and suspects an unknown group is targeting something he possesses. Her membership in such a group is not established 16.

Chen Chuan’s Withdrawal

The following morning, Lili reports another dream and invites Chen Chuan to a valley behind the academy where plants supposedly grow unusually quickly and respond to emotions. He declines to commit. After meditation class, she challenges his attempt to conceal his plant-control proficiency and suggests that they help each other find answers about the academy. He explicitly limits their relationship to ordinary class matters 18 19.

Chen Chuan subsequently avoids most classes and turns down her visits by saying he is researching potions. Lili stops pursuing those visits and socializes with other newcomers instead. Her earlier behavior also leads him to replace sleep with meditation to avoid returning to the Mother Tree dreams for a time 26 31.

Potionist Examination

Lili meets Chen Chuan again at the Potions Association examination, where she notices his new black apprentice robe and discusses the three Formal Wizards supervising the test. She passes all three potions, then later congratulates him on becoming a researcher and warns that Alex’s project group is strict 26 28.

Investigation of the Magic Mushrooms

After Chen Chuan tests his summoned Magic Mushrooms, Lili receives a fragmented account from a black bird. She consults General Knowledge of Summoning and identifies plant summoning as a possible explanation. Watching toward his villa, she wonders whether his abilities come from the Mother Tree’s blessing or the legendary Heart of Plants 36 37.

Equipment / Items

• General Knowledge of Summoning — Reference book she consults to interpret the bird’s report, focusing on its illustrated plant-summoning section 37.

Relationships

• Chen Chuan — Neighbor and classmate whose concealed abilities attract her attention. He distrusts her after detecting mental interference and refuses cooperation beyond coursework 15 16 19.
• Feierte — Fellow newcomer accompanying her at the potionist examination. Her admiration for Chen Chuan’s apparent advancement provokes his jealousy 26.
• Plump black bird — Supplies information about Chen Chuan’s mushroom battle. It becomes frightened by the sudden chill emanating from Lili and retreats into a wooden house behind her bookcase 36 37.