Master Of None

Chapter 2445: 2445. Trees and Witch Brew

”You are not the same as the ones I have seen in the books and dreams my master showed me.” the small voice was not so small in reality. What Su was looking at, where this voice was coming from, was the body of wood and bark ten feet taller than her.

She could barely begin to understand the amount that the fog that appeared around her path, clearly part of the illusions, had allowed her to see an area where larger tree huts seemed to be. She would never have expected that some of those huts were actually the resting bodies of these beings.

”Half dragons. Not many exist through the races. You are not even born one. But you are strong. I see why the teachers guided you to us. No, the witch of forests, the grand witch of our coven guided you here.” Now the voice of the slowly changing face was clear and excited.

Calling this larger figure young was hard to grasp for Su since she knew that if one were actually to grow like a tree it would take many years to reach this size. However, she sensed that this was not a tree nor a person.

”I am one of the many guardian witches training to become one that defends all territory., under the teaching I communed with the forest. I learned of the path to understand more of nature. I have become one with the tree I planted and been reborn. I am a witch who internally channels my magic to ensure that others may be able to learn of the ways of outer manipulation and spells.”

Now Su understood a little more. Yet she had still not been given the chance to speak. She was just being told. However, she also understood that this was due to the connections that the witches seemed to have. This witch who was partially united with a tree had been able to learn of her and the others through the mental bonds unseen by Su.

”I am Su, the true draconic guardian and half dragon of Genesis. Hero that protects all who stand to be harmed within Genesis and the world if necessary.” Su had gained more titles but the one of hero held itself close to her heart because she understood that she would not necessarily have had this without all those around her.

It meant more than just the word and its description. It held all of the experiences she had gained from the others within it now.

”It is nice to meet you. You do not need to call me anything. I havenʼt earned a name as a guardian yet. So join me for a while and learn about nature around you. Your mana is all pulled in with force. I know youʼre a dragon but you can let it harmonize with you a little more, right?”

Su was curious until she saw a few sprouts of a tree grow from the ground and form a dense bark shield. She knew very well that her shields would struggle to break through that easily in competition. But she felt the way that the manas melded together to make that and were a part of the guardianʼs body.

This guardian had not conjured this. She had used the mana within herself and outside of herself and bound with them completely to make the shield one with her. Allowing it to be stronger and affected by the internal strength grown as a guardian of the witch born in its entirety.

”I can learn this. It feels familiar, like an old friend.” Something in the dragon half of her had resonated with the method as she understood. Something told her it was the right way to learn more from here on out.

”She found the herbs and she even picked them the right way.”

”Stop that, she is not a witch, how could she pick the bottle nosed mushrooms correctly?”

”Oh, so you are saying that she didnʼt pluck the pig suckle flowers correctly either? Or the drooping tree shrooms?”

The bickering sounded like three siblings had been let go without supervision. It made Remey instinctively want to yell at them the same as her younger siblings in the orphanage. The atmosphere was the same as she found the path shown to her opened in to a twisted and strange garden.

Not in a negative sense, in the sense that she didnʼt recognize the majority of plants or herbs here. They were all tinged with different mana affinities which were purer in nature. Many of them were dormant due to lack of mana from what she understood. But all the woody vines, sticks, and bark proved that they were protected and just needed time.

”You! Why do you have a potion like that on your hip? You arenʼt a witch but you were able to make a potion like ours that can help you commune with mana. But thatʼs not the same! Itʼs different!” The small bird that landed on the ground was shockingly speaking.

”Sister, donʼt demand from her, wait for her to tell us and show us. We might get to have that potion.” another smaller bird landed on a tree nearby.

The third that landed cocked its head and preened its feathers a little. The pure blue for their feathers was very brilliant while the other two had streaks of red and orange in them. ”Pardon my sisters. We are the witches who have followed the path of brewing. We are the youngest to awaken so far, but this is the garden our grand teacher has given to our care. You may treat it the same as you have the small herbs left about the area in return for your knowledge of that potion and the potion itself.”

This third bird was a little more arrogant, but Remey felt the same sort of passion she had from all three. That spark to know just what a potion did. How an herb was able to help others. The desire to turn a poison in to a healing item. Evener desire that should be within a young alchemist was right here.

”I am the alchemical brawler who made this potion. If you want to know about it, why donʼt you offer up something good? You have plenty here that I donʼt have. Letʼs trade. Do you have books about your herbs? Can I take some herbs? What potions do you make with your alchemy?” She didnʼt hesitate to let it out and a flurry of chirping responded to her.

”The potions we use for alchemy!? No, itʼs brewing. We are witches and we brew. We arenʼt old men in a tower or cave making potions we are esteemed witches!”

”I prefer an herbalist witch, this garden is myself and I am willing to share myself with you.”

”We can trade those things with you. Show us first.”

All three spoke rapidly waiting for the answers and what Remey might do.

”This is a water affinity potion. Itʼs one for each elemental mana I have made. This one is a high water affinity potion that should affect someone for three hours. It used to be an hour before I received better quality herbs. I might even be able to make them for specific people if they help in the process with their blood. It helps you understand your affinity and the mana in your body. If youʼre able to use magic it should help you learn to use your magic too.”

The three flapped their wings and landed around the potion that Remey uncorked and left on the ground in front of her. Small twigs wrapped it and the potion was stilted so all three could look in to it, smell it, feel it.

”Different! Itʼs not a witchʼs brew, itʼs different!”

They all shouted but Reme knew she had accomplished enough for them to want to know more. ”You can come to my alchemy guild and learn if you want. I just want herbs for the herbalists to grow in the greenhouses, how you make your potions, and to send some here to learn with you too.”

”Fine fine fine. We will try that. Greedy. We want more than this. You need to share all of them. Show us how. Make them now!” The demand was right away without hesitation. Remey had tried to be sneaky and business like but now she was just equally trading information.

This was fine though. This was still a way for them both to grow. It was also exactly what Walker would have wanted. A way for them to bond even if their leaders would not get along. A chance for them to become closer and both share more and more. It was pretty clear though, Remey had forgotten about the entire larger ordeal and was now entranced in alchemy again…

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