Elf Lord, intelligence updated daily.

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Under the infection of the Demon Flame Grass, various plants began to mutate.

Loren led the elf insects to collect pheromones from the new crops.

They are completely unfazed by the pungent smell of the magic flame crop.

The Demon Flame Rose in the office has also completed its mutation.

Loren stepped forward with the Rose Fairy Insect, while Xuefu stood by and watched.

The fairy insect followed Loren's finger and climbed onto the petals of the Demon Flame Rose.

It seemed very excited to sense the presence of the new magical plant.

"Has it gotten a little fatter?" Xuefu asked.

"Yes, it's about to enter the fattening stage."

"The fat pupa stage?" Xuefu exclaimed in surprise. "It's about to evolve?"

"Probably."

Loren was somewhat worried.

The pupal stage of the fairy insect lasts about one to two months.

During this period, the fairy insect will become fat and then gradually age.

If you're lucky enough, you can emerge from your cocoon and evolve into a Pokémon.

However, many worms die during the fat pupal stage.

During this period, the rose cordyceps must be carefully cared for.

In addition, he needs to find more rose varieties to increase the evolution probability of the Rose Fairy Bug!

After collecting the pheromones, Loren retrieved the Rose Fairy Insect.

The little guy was clearly a bit restless in his hands.

It also sensed the changes within itself.

This is a stage that almost every Pokémon must go through.

Only a small fraction of the spirit insects survive for ten years before dying of old age.

Most of the Pokémon die because they fail to evolve during the fat pupal stage.

It's a good thing that they enter the fattening pupal stage early.

The younger the sprite, the slower it ages and the higher its probability of evolution.

Even so, Loren still dared not be careless.

This is the most crucial month for the Rose Fairy Bug; we must take good care of it!

Loren reached out and touched the head of the Rose Fairy Bug.

"Don't be nervous, you will definitely evolve successfully."

The elven insect looked up at Loren.

It wasn't very intelligent, but it knew that Loren was comforting it.

My anxious mood eased a little.

Loren put it back in the jade box.

We need to find more new varieties of roses in the next few days!

……

Near noon, Loris arrived in Sandstone Town.

She no longer needs a knight to announce her entry into the castle.

"Loren, good afternoon. What are you having for lunch today?"

It's obvious she's here to freeload again.

Actually, she wanted to come yesterday, but it rained.

"hot pot."

With the temperature dropping recently, Loren has been eating hot pot more and more often.

Loris beamed. "Count me in! And some chilled grape juice too!"

"It's so cold, why are you drinking something ice-cold?"

"Yeah, otherwise why would I have come all the way here?"

At lunchtime, the butler and servants prepared the ingredients.

Loris asked curiously, "Aren't you going to eat out?"

What should you do if you accidentally start a fire while adding firewood while eating hot pot indoors?
Loren smiled smugly, "Sister, I recently developed a heating device that can automatically heat up just by turning a button."

As he spoke, he turned the switch, and steam gradually rose from the four compartments of the hot pot.

Loris was taken aback.

"Where did you get this? Is it a magical item? Could you give me a set?"

Before Loren could reply, today's intelligence was updated.

[Intelligence 1]: The Rose Fairy Insect has entered its pupal stage and is somewhat agitated. [Intelligence 2]: The Lord of Tieling Town has begun implementing a road construction plan, arranging for workers to construct the road.

[Intelligence 3]: The workload within the castle has increased, and the servants are feeling exhausted.

[Intelligence 4]: This afternoon, a mid-level magical beast, the Steel Bear, will appear north of Nearshore Town. It will be difficult for Thorn Elm Cordyceps to stop it.

[Intelligence 5]: Three days later, a carrot sprite worm will be born in the carrot field of Nearshore Town.

"Loren? I'm asking you a question!"

Loren quickly finished organizing the information and looked at Loris, "You want this heating device?"

"Yeah, that way I won't have to keep coming over here."

Loren thought for a moment, "A carrot fairy worm will soon be born in your carrot field. If you give me a fairy worm, I will send someone to make you a set of self-heating hot pot equipment."

Loren had only mentioned it casually, not expecting Lolis to agree.

But Loris didn't refuse.

She pondered for a moment and asked, "Loren, what are your plans for the future? Do you want to stay in Sandstone Town and continue being your town lord, or do you want to go to the battlefield to fight and earn a title?"

Upon hearing this question, Xuefu also looked at Loren, waiting for an answer.

Loren had already thought about his future plans.

He certainly can't be the lord of Sandstone Town forever.

Now, under Earl Lorton's protection, the other lords dare not easily offend him.

But he can't always rely on others.

Rapid development and enhancing one's own and one's territory's strength is the key to success.

"Of course, it would be best if we had the opportunity to achieve merit and be ennobled."

Loris sighed, "I've been thinking about this carefully lately, and no matter how well I develop the coastal town, it will be difficult to escape the constraints of my family."

Unless I can become a Sky Knight.

That seems unrealistic.

But you are different; you are very capable.

His future achievements may surpass those of his two older brothers, and even his father.

I have no other requests.

I only hope that if my father wants me to get married, or asks me to do something I don't want to do, you can lend me a hand.

"How to help?"

"That's something you need to think about. You can tell him you want to marry me, it's fine."

"..."

"If you agree, I'll give you not just one carrot-shaped fairy bug, but all the fairy bugs in Nearshore Town. Of course, you can't let me suffer too much."

The spirit insect can indeed help ordinary people or ordinary nobles defy fate.

But Loris is the count's daughter.

Only by becoming a Sky Knight or evolving into a dragon spirit can she gain more influence than an earl.

It's hard.

So she wanted to buy another guarantee from Loren.

If Loren's future achievements truly surpass those of an earl, then sacrificing a few elven insects would definitely not be a loss for her.

This is a fairly large investment.

Loren was amazed by Loris's courage.

The Fairy Insect is extremely valuable.

It is a truly promising magical creature.

Even if its evolution probability is very low, the nobles will try their best to keep it in their own hands.

Loris, however, was willing to forgo the possibility of the fairy insect and choose to believe in Loren.

This shows that in her heart, Loren's value far surpasses that of countless elf insects.

Loren had no reason to refuse. "Okay, from now on we're in this together, sharing the same fate."

Loren found that each time he interacted with Loris, their alliance would deepen.

As a partner, Loris is perfect.

She not only provides resources for the coastal town, but also possesses extremely powerful knightly talent.

Loris said she would have a hard time becoming a Sky Knight.

But in Loren's eyes, the Earth Knight was definitely not her final destination!

"Little sister, since you're not planning to raise Pokémon, why not give me the evolution crystals too..."

Loris snorted coldly, "You wish! Don't even think about getting your hands on the evolution crystal. My Peanut Worm has entered the pupal stage and will evolve into a Pokémon soon."

Loren was somewhat surprised, "Your peanut worms have entered the fat pupal stage?"

"That's right, I also came here today for another reason, which is to see if you have any new peanut products."

(End of this chapter)