A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods-Chapter 421: Grand Sage [I]

Julia’s return was very sudden. Now Elaina finally understood why Julia stopped sending letters these past few months. It was because she is going to return. freёnovelkiss.com

"I promise didn’t I? That I will be returning once the war begins. Well, sort of since I ended up arriving quite late. With how the war ended before I arrive, its fortunate that my help isn’t necessary. It would be not a good situation if it comes to the point that I will have to intervene," Julia said as she comes close to Elaina.

"What are you talking about, silly? You have returned and that’s all that matters to be honest."

As the two step-sisters embrace one another, Princess Margaux who is witnessing the scene couldn’t help but think on how the real sister felt more like a stranger compared to someonw who doesn’t share her same blood.

Once the two let go of each other, Elaina noticed the other person clad in thick robe outside the farm house and is currently observing the fairies flying around the farm.

"Did you bring someone else, Julia?" Elaina asked.

"Yes, Sis. It is my old master and the one who taught me everything that a magician will need to learn. He is also the one who noticed my potential in magic and recruited me to become his disciple. He is also the one who suggested to do a pilgrimage as well and he accompanied me on the way while also teaching me more things I needed to learn."

"Did he come here to send you back home?"

"Not really? He said he wanted to find a good place where he can study various aspects of magic and various magic related things. I was on my way home when he detected how the farm has an abundant amount of natural mana compared to the other parts of Darcero Kingdom and decided to tag along to see how it was like this."

"Mana? Was it that thick in the farm?" Elaina asked. Considering that she can’t feel or use mana at all, she can’t really tell whether the farm is abundant of mana or not.

"Indeed, Sis. After Master taught me of a way to visualize mana easily, I also can perceive mana and honestly, when I saw the farm just in the distance, I can already see and feel how heavy and thick the mana around. No wonder back then, whenever I use magic around the farm, it takes quite a lot of time before I ran out of mana. It was actually thanks to that thick mana enveloping the whole place."

Elaina turned to look at the one Julia called her Master and saw him talking with the kids. This time, Elaina approached them as she is worried that the Master of Julia would detect Raye’s true identity.

"Don’t worry, Sis. My Master is not someone who discriminate other races. He judges them on how they move and act, not by their race," Julia explained to Elaina.

The Master turned around to look at Elaina who is approaching.

"Well now, I was told that my protege has a step-sister who can’t use or perceive magic but seeing it first hand, I wasn’t expecting to see that."

"You can tell?"

"One of the first lessons a mage needed to learn is to detect whether a person has the capability to use magic or not. Detecting your innate mana in the body would be a piece of cake for me. Still didn’t expect to finally meet someone who doesn’t have a hint of magic in their body. It must’ve been hard considering magic runs in our society everyday," the Master said, seemingly pitying Elaina.

"No need to actually pity me. Even if I can’t use magic, there is no need for me to use it. Might be because its practical but I can still function just fine even without it. And even without it, I am still alive."

"Yes indeed. I don’t pity you. Its just that living as someone who do not use magic is something I can’t imagine for myself. But I can see why my disciple is saying big praises on you. Even if you are not someone who can detect mana properly, you are someone who have been dealing with everything that has something to do with magic that even regular humans has less chance to have access on. This farm alone is something that can be said to be a haven for magicians and seeing the fairies once more after they were announced to have been extinct living in the farm, I am elated with joy."

The old man was quite eccentric for Elaina. He seems too enthusiastic on everything that are common things inside the farm. She doesn’t find him annoying or dangerous to the point of driving away, but he can be sometimes a bit weird for him to interact.

"Don’t worry, Sis. He might be like a weirdo right now, but he is a kind weirdo alright. He is just too passionate on everything related to magic that’s all."

"Oh, I am not just a passionate for magic, I aim to preserve magic as it is now and keep the usage of magic to the safe kind to ensure that instead of fearing magic becauss of how volatile it is, it should be welcomed that a new approach from using magic can be used like this. If I have succeeded back then when the Witch hunting was a thing, then perhaps, we might have plenty of female magicians that might have rose to ranks and have helped shaped the world to a better place instead of heading to ruins."

While he was continuously speaking things related to magic, Rakkan and Liliana arrive from their duties and wanted to relax on Elaina’s farmhouse, away from the paperworks on the guild. Their arrival changes the expression of the old man who was passionately talking on magic usage earlier.

"H-hero?! And the Saintess too?! It has been a long time!" the eccentric old man greeted the two weary couple.

Upon seeing the old man, the two’s eyes went wide as they approacg him in a hurry with elated look on their faces.

"Grand Sage! How many years has it been?!" Rakkan hugged the eccentric old man like he was the long lost of dad of Elaina’s grandpa.

"Grand Sage?!"

Even if Elaina is not well versed with magic and the matters related to it, there is no way she won’t recognize the title. Grand Sage is the person who defended humanity back then when the Demon Lord attacked initially and the one who revolutionized the use of magic stones and scrolls that even ordinary people can use. In short, he is a historical figure himself.

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