Wizard: I Have a Nightmare World

Lynn looked at Amber's shocked eyes, smiled slightly, and gently touched her little head with her finger.

"I told you, your method is very good; I just followed it once."

Amber flew around the two bottles of potions twice, then sniffed them carefully, her little face full of pride and satisfaction. Finally, she landed back on Lynn's shoulder and patted his neck with her little hand.

"Not bad, not bad. Your master is quite reliable; you learn pretty quickly!"

"However..."

Amber changed the subject, extending her tiny finger to tap Lynn's ear.

"I have a little secret about this [Coagulation Potion], would you like to hear it?"

Lynn immediately perked up.

"Of course I want to hear it."

Amber cleared her throat, adopted the air of an old scholar, and spoke in a childish voice:

"The core function of the Breath-Gathering Potion is to enhance elemental perception, but it only passively enhances your sensory acuity, like giving you a pair of clearer glasses."

"If you want these glasses to work their best, you need to actively guide them."

"My grandmother taught me a breathing technique commonly used by astral fairies, called 'Wind Whisper Rhythm'."

"The core of this breathing method is very simple: when you take a deep breath, think about how you are not exchanging air, but exchanging wind element particles in your body."

"When you inhale, you draw wind element particles from the outside into your body through your nasal cavity, allowing them to descend along your spine to your abdomen."

"When you exhale, slowly expel the wind element particles that have completed their circulation in your body from your mouth. During this process, your mental energy will naturally resonate with those wind element particles."

Lynn listened to Amber's description and seemed to be deep in thought.

He is naturally averse to the wind element, and his perception of the wind element is more acute than that of others, but that sensitivity is more like an instinct than a controllable skill.

The breathing technique that Amber described sounded like a method for actively controlling the flow of wind elements.

Is this breathing technique easy to master?

"Lynn asked."

Amber tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"It's easy for us fairies, because we're born with it."

"As for humans... according to my grandmother, some wizards study for decades and still can't master it, but some wizards learn it in one go. It's related to talent."

"By the way, if you have an affinity for the wind element, it won't be too difficult."

Lynn nodded, deciding to give it a try once she finished dealing with what she had to do.

He first went to the edge of the herb garden, took out the perfect quality [Breath-Gathering Potion] he had promised Harvey from his spatial ring, and then took out a second bottle, holding it in his hand.

"Amber, I'll go to the apothecary first to hand over Harvey's request, then I'll go to the materials hall to buy you some bellflowers and a small house."

When Amber heard the words "flower bellflower," her eyes lit up like two sparkling emeralds, but she paused for a moment when she heard "little house."

"A small house? What small house?"

"It's for you to stay in."

Lynn pointed to the empty space in the corner of the windowsill.

"You can't keep sleeping on the leaves, can you?"

"I'll buy you a special fairy house, with a bed, a table, a storage room, and a balcony where you can grow flowers."

Amber blinked her big eyes, remained silent for several seconds, then turned her head away, rubbed her eyes with her little hands, and said in a muffled voice:

"Hmph, at least you have a conscience."

Seeing Amber's awkward little face, Lynn smiled and didn't expose the barely noticeable sob in her voice.

……

After leaving the incubation room, Lynn went straight to the apothecary.

After revealing his identity, he went to the second floor of the apothecary without any hindrance and knocked on Harvey's office door.

Who is it?

"It's me, Lynn."

Inside the office, there was a commotion, followed by heavy footsteps, and Harvey's fat face appeared behind the door.

"Brother Lynn! What brings you here today?"

"Come in quickly, come in quickly."

Lynn followed Harvey into the office and sat down on the sofa at his invitation.

Harvey was busy in the office, looking for cups and making tea.

"You suddenly contacted me, is there some difficulty you're facing...?"

As he poured tea, he spoke, and soon noticed the ring on Lynn's left hand. Then, a crystal bottle with a silvery-white halo appeared in the other's hand. His voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes widened instantly.

"That's... a perfect-quality [Coagulation Potion]?!"

Lynn didn't reply, and casually tossed the bottle of potion at Harvey.

Harvey saw Lynn casually toss such a valuable item over, and he hurriedly caught it, then wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"The project is complete. Please check the quality."

Harvey listened to Lynn's words, placed the crystal bottle on the table in front of them, and plopped down on the single sofa.

"Phew! Don't you think I believe in your abilities?"

"Your attitude is way too casual. You dare to just toss such an expensive thing at me? Aren't you afraid I can't handle it?"

The person sitting on the sofa said with some complaint.

At the same time, focus your attention on the [Coagulation Potion].

"I originally thought that you could already achieve a decent level of quality for listing, but I didn't expect you to achieve perfect quality!"

"If this potion gets into the hands of that official wizard, our apothecary will really gain a lot of prestige!"

Lynn smiled and didn't dwell on the matter. Instead, she changed the subject and brought up the purchase of bellflower seeds and the fairy hut.

Harvey received a perfect quality [Breath-Coagulating Potion], and in high spirits, he readily agreed to take over the task.

"Flower bellflower seeds? No problem!"

"I'm familiar with the materials hall. I can have someone send a batch directly to the incubation room for you, so you don't have to make the trip yourself."

"As for the Fairy Hut... there's a shop on the street outside White Raven Tower that specializes in selling fairy items. I'm on good terms with the shop owner. Just tell him my name and he'll give you a 50% discount."

Upon hearing this, Lynn looked at Harvey with a strange expression.

What kind of relationship could possibly warrant a 50% discount? Could it be...?

Harvey noticed Lynn's strange look and realized that the other man had misunderstood.

He then chuckled and whispered:

"That one outside is one of my outsourced businesses. After all, even though the manager of the apothecary shop makes a good living, if I ever get fired, I'll still have a shop to support myself, right?"

Lynn had to admit that Harvey was really smart.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries in the office, Lynn thanked Harvey and left the apothecary.

He quickly found the shop on the street outside.

After he mentioned Harvey's name, the shopkeeper was indeed very enthusiastic and personally led Lynn to the backyard to choose a ready-made fairy hut.

In the end, Lynn chose a small house made of oak and glass, shaped like a blooming lily of the valley. It had two floors, with a living room on the first floor and a bedroom on the second floor, and a rooftop terrace where plants could be grown.

Lynn paid the money, put the cottage into his spatial ring, bought some other things along the way, and then returned to the breeding room.

When I returned to the nursery, Amber was busy in the herb garden, watering the herbs with a small watering can while humming an unknown lullaby.

Lynn walked to the edge of the herb garden, took out the fairy hut from his spatial ring, and gently placed it on the open ground next to the windowsill.

Hearing the noise, Amber turned around, and when her gaze fell on the exquisite little house, she... no, the whole fairy was stunned.

She put down her little water bottle, flew to the front of the cottage, circled it twice, and then landed on the steps at the entrance of the cottage. She reached out her little hand and gently touched the glass window, then looked up at the small terrace on the roof.

"This is... for me?"

Her voice trembled slightly, carrying a hint of disbelief.

"Yes, it's for you."

Lynn nodded, then took out a bag of bellflower seeds from his spatial ring and placed it next to the hut.

"The seeds have been bought; you can plant them wherever you want."

Amber stood there, head bowed, silent for a very long time.

When she looked up, her eyes were a little red, but she blinked hard to hold back the tears, and then gave Lynn a big smile.

"Thank you, Lynn."

"You are the second person, after Grandma, to be kind to me."

Amber's voice was soft, but sincere.

Lynn was stunned by what Amber said. The little guy's words reminded him of the days when he was a child and lived with his grandparents.

"You're welcome, Amber—"

……

Around noon, after arranging everything, Lynn finally had time to deal with the perfect quality [Breath-Coagulating Potion] that belonged to her.

He returned to his bedroom, locked the door, sat cross-legged on the bed, and held the pale blue vial of medicine in his hand.

Amber sat on the bedside table in front of him, staring at him intently like a little supervisor.

"Drink the medicine first, and then use the breathing technique when the medicine starts to take effect."

"Remember, the key to 【Wind Whisper Rhythm】 is not holding your breath or using force, but relaxing."

"The more relaxed you are, the easier it is for your mental energy to resonate with wind elemental particles."

Lynn nodded, unscrewed the cap, and drank the medicine in one gulp.

A cool sensation slid from his throat into his abdomen, and then quickly spread throughout his body.

The feeling is like being immersed in cool spring water, with every pore opening up and every inch of skin breathing.

His five senses began to become exceptionally sharp. He could even hear the rustling of leaves in the wind outside the window and feel the tiny energy particles in the air gently dancing on his skin.

"Now!"

Amber's voice came through.

Lynn closed his eyes and began to take deep breaths according to the breathing method Amber had taught him.

As he inhaled, he imagined wind element particles in the air rushing into his nasal cavity with the airflow, down his throat and trachea, and all the way down to his abdomen.

As he exhales, he slowly expels the particles that have completed their cycle from his mouth.

At first, his movements were a bit awkward, and his "imagination" seemed rather deliberate.

But after he tried it seven or eight times, he suddenly felt that those scenes, which were originally just in his imagination, were beginning to become real.

He really "saw" tiny blue specks of light moving in and out of his body with each breath, like a group of mischievous light sprites.

His spiritual power resonated faintly with those wind elemental particles, and his senses were as if a thin veil had been lifted, making the world clearer and more vivid than ever before.

Lynn could even distinguish the differences in the concentration of wind element particles in different areas of the air.

The concentration near the window was higher than that in the corner, and there was a thin band of high concentration near the doorway due to ventilation through the door cracks.

"This feeling..."