Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"We're out of time"

As she turned to the reception room and looked at Michelle, she smiled and greeted her like that.

Looks like he's bringing a couple of potted Noble leaves. The Noble Leafs seemed to be in good shape, and there were individuals who remembered us, or something that waved their leaves to say hello when they entered the room. It is a noble leaf with a blue ribbon. The last time we grew up with water magic, we should have been talking about marking it with ribbon.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you."

"Good morning, Mr. Michelle"

And we're gonna say hello back to Michelle, and we're gonna stroke the Noble Leaf's head that's been saying hello. The blue ribbon Noble Leaf was left to be caressed on the head by adults.

Mallane strokes his smile and the heads of the other color-coded Noble Leafs, but other faces are also very dear.

Individuals with blue and water colors, then yellow ribbons. I guess there's some difference, but you'll find that out later, too.

Apparently, Michelle color-codes the ribbon to distinguish Noble Leaf. From the reaction to this one, Ashley grew up with water magic in the case of the blue ribbon, and I think it might be the face of Michelle's business trip.

There are a lot of things to talk about, things to ask, etc. … First of all, sit back in the chair and drink tea, while listening to what's going on.

"You look fine. Above all."

"Thank you. Growing in a greenhouse and observing Noble Leafs is a worthy job, and... it feels like every day is fulfilling."

That's what Michelle said and laughed a little hazy.

"That's more than anything."

As Ashley smiled back, Michelle nodded.

I have the impression that Michelle would rather talk around the greenhouse than the public discourse.

Well, that doesn't matter to me, so let's just say hello is there.

"I mean, you made me some material for reporting."

"Yes, it will be this"

That's what Michelle said. She gave me a thick bunch of paper.

"Let me take a look."

"Yes, go ahead"

"Amazing. So much detail......"

Look at the bundle of paper in the dossier, and Ashley rounds her eyes. Let the dossier look through as Michelle looks worried as she shyly gets smaller.

There are two main types of materials. It's about Noble Leaf itself and the difference between growing a crop if you ask Noble Leaf to help you and if you don't.

Michelle's high level of motivation was evident in her observation of progress, such as differences in personality due to the environment, the way she grew, and the difference between Noble Leaf and crop growth, by making tables almost every day, and writing down what she noticed separately from the tables, perceptions, and considerations.

"This is going to be of academic value."

And while Rosemary hid her mouth with a feather fan, she said in a tone that impressed her.

"Yes, no, no. This isn't that difficult of a job. Discovering Noble Leafs or Without Greenhouses Like This..."

"... no. It doesn't mean you can do it over time. It seems to me that I have taken care of the Noble Leafs. I'm glad you asked Mr. Michelle."

"Oh, thank you"

Michelle came down deeply in awe.

The same is true of the need for expertise in proper temperature and humidity management, disease prevention, etc., but since the Noble Leafs are of a different race, I believe that it is only a position of collaborator if we ask for help in cultivating them for humans. Because if we try to be Noble Leafs, we can also say that we are in a cooperative relationship for our own safety and prosperity.

Michelle understands exactly what's going on. I haven't experimented with it like it would be burdensome, and I can see from the contents of the dossier that he cares about the change in physical condition of Noble Leaf. The Noble Leafs I brought in today seem to trust Michelle, too.

Besides... it can be the hardest thing to do if you take that time. Though there would be a lot of intellectual curiosity, a sense of purpose, and a sense of duty to maintain motivation.

"As far as we're concerned, I'd like to show Mr. Michelle to Termwilds... can we see how the greenhouse and Noble Leafs are doing before we do that? I'd also like to inspect vitreous and demonic props."

"Yes, definitely."

And, Michelle had a bright smile on her face.

So we take a carriage through Baron Sirn's territory and head to see the greenhouse.

The greenhouse is... unlike the last time I was here, it looks busy inside. It is divided into compartments where noble leaves are cultivated and those where crops are grown.

Looking in more detail, Noble Leaf distinguishes the second generation, which Michelle magically created to give and germinate, with a water-colored ribbon, and the second generation, which she grew with just ordinary water, with a yellow ribbon.

There are only a few with red ribbons, but those are the ones that have been harvesting seeds from the wild Ibilweed, let's just say.

Ashley's raised Noble Leaf is a dark blue ribbon, and since it is already an adult, it looks like it is still engaged in the cultivation of crops.

"First of all, it's the difference between the water kids and the yellow kids. The yellow kids, at first, didn't get used to me inside. The red one, too, is that you've finally gotten used to it recently. When it comes to growth rates, yellow is faster than water and red is faster than yellow."

"You know wild species usually don't get asylum because they're not in a symbiotic relationship, and they mature prematurely."

Claudia says.

Hmm. Yellow is the second generation of Noble Leaf, but it's normal when it comes to the water it gives. For that matter, I guess some parts have approached Ibilweed, a wild species. But there's a part of me that learned to be cooperative with humans by looking at how blue and water look.

"Hmm, red is also prolific"

"True. You don't bite."

Sheila and Illumhilt also have an interesting view of each group.

"The original magic environment isn't so bad. I'm not falling for demons, so even wild species, if they grow up from within, there's a good chance that learning will make them grow up."

But what Ashley grew out of seeds was adult from the beginning.

I have already begun to learn about this at the time of the species, and I can think first of all of the possibility that I am feeling something like intimacy with whether I am familiar with human magic.

Another point as a possibility. It would also be conceivable that growing up with water magic is making a difference.

If you note that there is a difference between the yellow group and the red group, it is likely that the part where there is a change due to magic. This concludes that Michelle takes a similar view in the dossier, but still lacks an absolute number of observations.

It is also impossible to discard the possibility that the wild species collected happened to be individuals of a well-understood character. Michelle has a lot on her mind. It also seems to properly test the doubts about the hypotheses I have made, etc.

"If you grow up with third, fourth and hydromagic at this rate, the difference could become more pronounced. The degree of change can be overwhelming."

"Maybe. I just want to look forward to the future."

Is this where the Noble Leafs change? Even with regard to the native species, Ibilweed, we found that if the environment were not extreme, it would be an outward-neutral species.

Next, look at the crop and go.

"You're making lettuce"

"Right. Think of it as relatively easy to grow."

To Grace's words, Michelle grinned. Growing and observing less challenging crops would certainly be the right way to go about it as a stepping stone. Lettuce can only be eaten by thinning the outer leaves for as long as it's grown.

The cultivation of compartments where Noble Leaf is planted nearby to help and divided into compartments that are not, is also easy to understand as an experiment, and the difference in the cultivation of crops is noticeable with the results seen. There will be no doubt that the earliest Noble Leaf will promote the growth of the surrounding plants.

"Even in the house, we are letting the sprouts grow to the Noble Leafs. It's growing fast, it tastes good, it's observable, it keeps food costs down, and it's very helpful."

"That's good."

Is it also suitable to harvest many times with fast growing crops around it?

According to the dossier, when the second generation of Noble Leafs that we are growing now becomes adults, we will also compare the growth speed of the sprouts.

I don't know if the crop is nutritionally more nutritious or not, but it seems pretty sure it will taste better from a hands-on experience.

"Heh heh, everyone in the neighborhood expects me to experiment."

And Michelle laughs. Well, if Noble Leaf farming is going well, there's something I'd like to spread. Although it is a policy to relax in informing the surrounding area and so on, it also seems that percentage expectations are expected.

All in the process of experimenting, but you seem to have a lot of interesting results at the moment.

Now, will you finish inspecting the greenhouse vitreous and demon props? We have a lot to tell Michelle about rice cultivation.