In theory, Frost Butterfly did not count as an intelligent life-form.
Even if they were not primitive fairies, proper fairies without an Energy Level lacked the ability to think. They would only flutter about mindlessly behind greater fairies. Forget counting to nine—they could not even say one, two, three.
Being able to count to nine meant that this fairy possessed the most rudimentary logical structure. It had a trace of intelligence already and could try to become a true fairy.
Plucking Frost Butterfly off his head, Ian could not even feel any resistance—she did not even flap her wings, merely gazing quietly at him.
The little pixel-like figure tilted her head and smiled at Ian, making him narrow his eyes.
She did not look particularly bright.
"Her body is made of elementary non-melting ice, and it shares the same essential origin as my Fairy Wings. That is why she instinctively feels close to me and sees me as a greater fairy."
Ian nodded slightly. He noticed that a fairy's control over the material of its body was quite similar to his psychic control over Morien Steel.
Morien Steel truly was a material highly suited to fairies. No wonder that, apart from elemental fairies, Silver Fairies also possessed a bloodline inheritance leading directly to the Fifth Energy Level.
"Still, the water path suits me better."
The materials required by Silver Fairies partly overlapped with those of Immovable Fortress, and some of their functions overlapped as well.
What Ian mainly considered was this: if his relationship with Frost Butterfly truly was that of a greater fairy and a lesser fairy follower, then once his Fairy Bloodline reached the Second Energy Level, Frost Butterfly should also be affected by him. She would gradually develop intelligence and could begin trying to enter the First