Leo shook his head and said, "Not really. I only cultivated them on a small scale, enough for my own use. If they were to be planted on a large scale, that might require more time for research."
Plaisey nodded slightly and fell silent.
Leo remained patient. He knew Plaisey had not sought him out merely to say a few words.
Plaisey said, "Leo, have you heard of the relationship between the Bird Wing Spell and the Pumpkin Carriage Spell that has been circulating among the Wizard Apprentices of the Tower of Dawn?"
Leo shook his head.
Plaisey said, "The Bird Wing Spell is a flying spell developed by Wizard Nova. Within the Tower of Dawn, this flying spell ranks first. The Pumpkin Carriage Spell, meanwhile, is a flying spell I developed. Among the Tower of Dawn's flying spells, it ranks second."
"Although the Pumpkin Carriage Spell is not so important to me that I must use it to surpass the Bird Wing Spell and become the number one flying spell among Wizard Apprentices."
"Still, having my Pumpkin Carriage Spell lose to a spell researched by a Wizard Apprentice who has not even become a Formal Wizard yet often gets me mocked by other Formal Wizards in the Central Region."
"To save face, I have always tacitly allowed resources to be funneled toward the laboratories of Arcane Botany Wizards researching improved varieties of Flying Pumpkins."
"Yet even so, after two or three years, the results have continued to disappoint me."
"Your Accelerated Flying Pumpkin is one of the improved Flying Pumpkin varieties that I consider passable, yet it still cannot be cultivated on a large scale."
Leo cautiously said, "Wizard Plaisey, do you hope that I can cultivate Accelerated Flying Pumpkins for large-scale planting, use them to defeat the Bird