Dragonblood Ginseng · Little Sprite

At that thought,

Wayne put aside his worries and looked toward the glowing magic plant at the center of the garden,

lost in thought.

According to the records in the Encyclopedia of Magic Plants, the Dragonblood Ginseng before him was mainly used to feed dragon-type Magic Beasts,

as well as refine potions that enhanced bloodlines.

Dragonblood Ginseng,

as its name implied, contained dragon blood. It was formed when ginseng heavily watered with a great dragon's blood underwent mutation,

and could enhance the dragon bloodline within dragon-type Magic Beasts that possessed a great dragon's bloodline. It could also be refined into

bloodline enhancement potions.

Unlike the Celestial Spirit Fruit Tree Wayne had chosen to nurture, Dragonblood Ginseng enhanced bloodlines, while the Celestial Spirit Fruit Tree

purified bloodlines.

The two complemented each other. To Wayne, the Dragonblood Ginseng before him was an unexpected delight.

At that moment,

Aurora's voice rang out.

"By the way, Wayne,

do you know how to contract a little sprite?"

Her words pulled Wayne from his thoughts and back to reality. He answered somewhat awkwardly, "I'd originally planned to go learn it today,

but you know..."

Before he could finish, Aurora laughed.

"I knew you hadn't taken the contract course,

but luckily,

I'd anticipated that. I prepared a master-servant contract array disc."

As she spoke, she raised her hand,

and a palm-sized metal disc suddenly appeared in it.

"Imprint it with your spiritual power, and you'll know how to use it."

Wayne nodded,

taking the array disc and imprinting it as he asked, "Aurora,

are there any differences between contracts?"

At that,

Aurora looked at the little sprite that was still being nurtured before withdrawing her gaze and speaking. "Of course there are.

There are three types of contracts.

First, the master-servant contract.

Second, the companion contract.

These two contracts are the most commonly used within the wizard system.

Third is the symbiotic contract.

This kind of contract is mostly used by knights. Upon reaching the seventh-rank knight stage, they need to contract Magic Beasts to sense the power of heaven and earth,

and the symbiotic contract

meets that need. Once a symbiotic contract succeeds, aside from having to live and die together,

its greatest benefit

is that one can share the bloodline of the contracted Magic Beast. For example, the Fire Element mutant great dragon contracted by Father—the Flame Dragon—

shared its bloodline with Father,

allowing him to gain the power of the Fire Element's origin and successfully advance into a seventh-rank Holy Dragon Knight."

At that,

Wayne nodded slightly. Before he could say anything else, a dazzling scarlet radiance suddenly flared up.

The two turned their gazes toward the center of the garden,

where the Dragonblood Ginseng had detached from the ground,

floating into the air and revealing its full form.

Its lower half was not large, only palm-sized, but it had taken on a humanoid form. Wayne could even clearly see

the features on its face.

At that moment,

the life energy between heaven and earth seemed to be born from nothing, wildly pouring into it.

Witnessing the birth of the sprite, Wayne was struck speechless with shock and unconsciously murmured,

"Birth of life..."

Atop the central castle of the entire manor, General Deli and his family stood together,

watching the red light rising in the north.

"The little sprite has been born."

At that,

General Deli wrapped an arm around the mature woman's waist and nodded slightly.

"Yes, the little sprite has been born.

I still remember the scene when I obtained the Dragonblood Ginseng all those years ago.

It feels as though it happened just yesterday."

The beautiful scene was interrupted by his three strapping sons.

"Father, you're awful. The birth of a little sprite is something ordinary people may not witness even once in their lives,

and now it's right here in our home,

yet you won't let us watch."

"Third Brother is right, Father. You're awful."

"That's right. Even as the eldest son of the Deli family,

I think

this is a terrible decision."

At that,

General Deli swept a hand through the air, and fiery red battle aura surged forth,

turning into a gust of wind

that directly blew the three brothers away. The two brothers' cries of alarm and the third brother's terrified screams rang in the couple's ears.

"Ah, Father!"

"Father, we'll fall to our deaths!

I haven't even become a knight yet, and I haven't seen the child be born yet.

No!!"

At that,

General Deli's face darkened. "I'm a mighty seventh-rank powerhouse.

Would I not know how to control my strength?

I truly don't know who those three children inherited their intelligence from. It's simply dreadful."

Madam Deli smiled. She glanced at her youngest son, who had landed safely and was rejoicing below the castle at still being alive,

then looked toward the fading red light in the distance,

before raising her hand

and patting the large hand her husband had placed around her waist.

"Enough. Things over at the garden will be ending soon,

so we should head down and wait as well."

General Deli nodded slightly. "Mm, let's go."

The scene returned to the garden.

Wayne looked at the little sprite before him, who was less than palm-sized,

and could not help revealing an affectionate expression.

There was no other reason.

Her looks were simply too high!

The little sprite had long red hair and wore a fiery red gown patterned with golden great dragons in flight,

with fiery red high heels on her feet.

She also had an exquisite little face. Floating in the air, she looked around in confusion with fiery red eyes.

At that moment,

Aurora's voice rang out. "Wayne,

go contract her, quickly!"

Wayne came back to his senses and nodded slightly. Holding the array disc, he stepped forward. The little sprite bit her index finger as she curiously watched Wayne.

Seeing this,

Wayne activated the array disc with his spiritual power. An array lit up, and magic energy surged in from all directions,

supplying energy to the array disc. During that time, the array enveloped Wayne and the little sprite,

after which,

Wayne raised his hand and took out a top-grade, attribute-less magic crystal from Infinite Slots,

waving it at the little sprite.

"Contract with me. After we contract, you'll have as much of this as you want."

The instant Wayne took out the top-grade magic crystal,

he clearly saw longing in the little sprite's eyes.

Seeing that, Wayne chuckled and handed over the fist-sized top-grade magic crystal.

The little sprite swiftly flew closer.

Faced with a top-grade magic crystal not much smaller than herself, she pressed her entire body against it,

then opened her tiny mouth

and took a direct bite. 3

To Wayne's surprise, a small chunk was bitten right out of the top-grade magic crystal.

One had to know,

even when Wayne had smashed the top-grade magic crystal with all his strength, he had failed to break it. Yet the little sprite had shattered it with one bite,

making Wayne unable to help but marvel,

what fine teeth she had.

After the little sprite took more than a dozen bites, a small hollow appeared in the top-grade magic crystal.

The little sprite seemed full and let out a burp. Perhaps feeling embarrassed,

she immediately covered her mouth.

"Mm~"

Then she looked at Wayne. Seeing this, Wayne chuckled and put the top-grade magic crystal into his spatial ring.

"Contract with me."

The little sprite hesitated for a moment. It was then that Wayne heard her speak for the first time.

"If we contract,

is it true that I can have as many of those tasty stones you mentioned as I want?"

"You can speak?"

Hearing Wayne's question, the little sprite was visibly stunned,

but then nodded.

"Of course. When Sanctuary Mother gave birth to me,

she bestowed upon me some memories of this world."

Having gotten his answer, Wayne set aside his curiosity and spoke again.

"Of course.

I always keep my word. I guarantee you'll have as much as you want."

Seeing this,

the little sprite nodded. "All right, I'll contract with Master."

As she spoke,

her body emitted red light. Moments later, a tiny drop of blood appeared in midair, so vivid in color that it could only barely be seen.

Seeing this,

Wayne bit his finger as well, and a drop of blood fell. However, it did not reach the ground. Guided by the array,

it merged with the little sprite's tiny drop of blood.

After the merged blood entered the array,

the master-servant contract array

was officially complete.