The Giant Victoria Water Lily Sprite that had fallen into the river failed to escape. With the Mermaid's Heart contract, Liszt moved through the water as if on level ground and easily caught it.
Then he leaped back onto one of the leaves of the Victoria Water Lily Bug Grass.
He carefully examined the Giant Victoria Water Lily Sprite in his hand. Although this Great Sprite lived on the water, it was not an aquatic sprite. Or rather, although Victoria water lilies grew in lakes and riverways, they were not marine plants. Thus, the Giant Victoria Water Lily Sprite was still a terrestrial sprite.
It had no gills, but a pair of transparent wings on its back.
Two tiny Victoria water lily leaves hung from either side of its head, like a center-parted hairstyle, making it cute with a slight touch of comedy. Its body was a translucent pale white, the coloration of most sprites, nothing especially unusual. Its large black eyes and delicate features were very beautiful.
But at this moment, the Giant Victoria Water Lily Sprite wore a fierce expression and cried out angrily, "Achiba!" No one knew what it meant.
"Stop yelling, little fellow. You and I are fated." Liszt stroked the leaves atop the Giant Victoria Water Lily Sprite's head without rushing to form a contract.
He was sensing the power of destiny.
As one favored by destiny who had become one with the Smoke Dragon, he had spent this time constantly adapting to and trying to control the power of destiny. But the power of destiny was, after all, something ethereal and illusory—untouchable and invisible. He could only sense it vaguely from time to time, and mastering it proficiently was immensely difficult.
After all, he was not truly the Smoke Dragon. The Smoke Dragon was