Seflin's Punishment

Seflin froze. "Mentor... I... is this related to that White Wizard, Locke Augustine? I'll handle it properly. If necessary, I can even infiltrate Lilith's Cottage myself and kill that White Wizard with my own hands, restoring my damaged reputation and winning back your peers' respect for you."

The next moment, Rashid Tariel slapped Seflin across the face again, not leaving her even a shred of dignity in front of her juniors.

"Idiot! Let me tell you. This was something you should have known already. Didn't you learn this most basic knowledge in your introductory curse studies course?!"

Rashid Tariel practically roared in fury. "Magic Plants are the most prone to mutations in their plant essence."

"Even in the beast-taming branch of the Summoning School and the magical creature bloodline modification branch of the Conjuration School, bloodline factors in magical creatures cannot undergo large-scale mutations."

"The bloodline factors of magical creatures are naturally more stable than the plant essence factors of Magic Plants and have a lower margin for error. Yet during sexual reproduction, the plant essence factors of Magic Plants are extremely prone to mutation, resulting in a [polyploidy phenomenon]."

"Furthermore, Magic Plants can be propagated asexually by Breeders using the Cutting Propagation Method. Even if a Magic Plant cannot naturally produce offspring due to plant essence mutations, it can still continue reproducing asexually through the Cutting Propagation Method."

"So cursing magical creatures is fine, but Magic Plants must never be cursed. Otherwise, those damned Breeders may find Magic Plants that can adapt to our curses, or even something worse."

"Because the mutation potential of Magic Plants far surpasses that of magical creatures!"

Rashid Tariel stared coldly at Seflin, who was beginning to feel lingering fear. "This should have been the most basic of basic knowledge."

"I believe I told