Xia Lin stared at Seraphina's perfect face and felt his reason slipping away at a visible pace.
Her rainbow-colored eyes seemed to hold infinite magic, every blink hinting at some forbidden temptation.
Xia Lin abruptly turned his head and took a deep breath.
Fuck— he cursed inwardly. I almost fell for it too.
"Mother!!!" Kade practically roared, wrapping the blanket even more tightly around Seraphina. "Please! I'm begging you! Have some dignity!"
"Oh, don't be so tense, cupcake~" Seraphina brushed his hand aside with a smile and began tidying her long, rainbow-colored hair. "This blanket is so rough it's scratching me. Couldn't you get your mother something silk?"
"Now is not the time to discuss fabrics!" Kade's voice cracked.
Seraphina completely ignored her son's protests, casually adjusting the blanket as she surveyed the others with interest.
While mother and son were tussling, Xia Lin decisively turned toward the mother plant's remains.
As a competent adventurer, he couldn't let even the most absurd scene compromise his professional dedication to looting.
A boss this big, and one 'watered' by a legendary bard at that—it has to drop something good.
He crouched beside the giant plant's charred core and carefully examined every scrap of remaining tissue.
"Let's see—" Xia Lin ran his fingers over the blackened trunk as the light of Item Appraisal flashed repeatedly.
At last, deep within the mother plant's pith, he felt something hard.
Xia Lin carefully sliced through the carbonized outer layer with his sword and dug out a translucent sphere the size of a fist.
The sphere was an eerie pink, with vein-like channels of energy flowing inside. Each pulse released a faint trace of vitality.
``` [Item Appraisal]
[Overbred Life Pod]
[Type: advanced enchanting material/alchemical material]
[Effect: can be used to craft magic items that enhance vitality,