Chapter 108: A New Victim
"The fruit appears to be a nexus point," Azure said. "If you interact with it, there's a high probability it will propel us to another world entirely.”
I stared at the slowly rotating golden sphere for a long moment, feeling its gentle pull. The promise of new worlds, new possibilities... it was tempting. Very tempting. But...
I shook my head firmly. "We're here for the vine. We can't afford to get distracted."
"A wise choice, Master," Azure agreed. "The fruit isn't going anywhere. We have time to investigate its properties and potential destinations later."
I lay back on the thin mattress. My mind wandered to the problem of acquiring the vine. I couldn't simply ask Elder Molric for it directly – that would raise too many questions. Even in a place as strange as this, randomly asking about a specific magical plant I had no business knowing about would make people suspicious.
"We need to build rapport first," I mused. "Get him to trust us enough to share his more... experimental research."
"Indeed. Though given his enthusiasm for unorthodox theories, that may not take as long as it did last time.”
I smiled, remembering the elder's passionate rant about combining the two suns' power. "True. Still, better to be careful."
The elder already had one student who tried to steal his research, I wouldn’t want him to misunderstand my intentions, that would probably end very badly.