A Sudden Second Sprite (Second Update)

The Apple Tree Elf Bug's incubation immediately made Liszt think of countless stories.

Before long, this would become another topic that nobles would relish discussing at banquets throughout Flower Town and even Coral Island, following the Blizzard Beast Dousen, the Thorn Sprite, and the Six-Headed King Sea Serpent.

Perhaps countless years later.

After seas had turned to mulberry fields.

Archaeologists would dig up a piece of wood from underground and solemnly tell the young people, "This is a branch from the apple tree that changed the world! The apple tree personally planted by Liszt Tulip—the Holy Dragon Knight, Lord of the Dragon Realm, Thorn Emperor, King of the Sea Demons, master of the Rubber Tree, dog tamer... He and his followers sat beneath this tree and dictated the shape of the world."

Under the curious gazes of the young people, the archaeologist would hold an ancient book, Dragons Battle in the Wild, and chant like a bard, "Thorn Emperor, Liszt of House Li. Mandated by Heaven, may he live long and prosper forever..."

All of that was merely Liszt's wildly overactive imagination.

In truth, after the new mission was issued, he forgot all those fantasies, opened his mouth wide, and was too shocked to speak—happiness had come far too suddenly!

Mission: As trade between Black Horse Island and Flower Town gradually increases, one Flower is no longer enough to handle the busy transport duties. As the lord, you should solve this problem. Please purchase a medium-sized seagoing vessel. Reward: one sprite.

He could hardly believe what he was seeing.

So he closed his eyes, rubbed them hard, and summoned the Smoke mission again.

The mission reward still read "one sprite," not "one elf bug"—a real, genuine sprite, obtainable simply by buying a new ship.

"I... can't quite