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When Josiah and Hiri arrived at the Falosi Mansion, it was already late at night.
"Son of Chaos, please forgive us for leaving in such a hurry."
Elder Cephas slowly walked to Josiah's side and said to Josiah.
"I expected you to leave, but I'm more interested to know where you're going to build your new home."
Josiah's gaze swept across the garden and quickly caught sight of the Falosi's flower.
Carolee seemed to have something to say to Josiah, but after seeing Elder Cephas and Priest Olanca, she didn't choose to step forward.
"The Daughter of the Forest's mother is willing to give us shelter, so it must be somewhere in the Falosi territory." Elder Cephas's gaze followed Josiah's and looked at Carolee. "When the holy tree withered, I thought our race would have to spend hundreds of years in endless darkness before we could see the light of dawn again. However, with your help, Son of Chaos, the holy tree has been rejuvenated in just a month. This is a kindness that our race can never repay with words."
Josiah could hear the respect in Elder Cephas's voice, but Josiah wasn't good at such formal conversations.
While Josiah was thinking about how to reply to the Great Druid, Elder Cephas took out an arrow and handed it to Josiah.
"This is a token of our race," Elder Cephas said. "The Daughter of the Forest's father, Duke Blackwood, also had a similar token. It represents that we will always see you as an ally, Son of Chaos."
Did this mean that the Blackwood Elves' reputation had reached Worship?
Josh held the arrow in his hand, which was glowing with a faint green light. Its surface was engraved with a large number of natural system inscriptions, and there was even a green crystal embedded into the surface of the arrow. It didn't look like an ordinary bow and arrow.
"You have created a miracle, Son of Chaos," Elder Cephas continued.
"A miracle?" Josiah studied the tip of the arrow. "Elder Cypher, what if I tell you that I'm still not satisfied with the current growth rate of the World Tree?"
Josiah's answer left the 'ancient' elven elder silent for a moment. He exchanged glances with Priest Olanca, and once again saw the same emotion in the other's eyes — surprise.
"We used to believe that there was a limit to the growth of the holy tree, and it was a laughable 'extravagant hope' to see the holy tree sprout in a few years. But your appearance, Child of Chaos, has turned our extravagant hope into reality and changed our old understanding time and time again." Elder Saiphane slightly leaned towards Josiah. It was a 'waiting for orders' action. "If you have any other ways to speed up the growth of the holy tree, please tell me."
"Don't be so solemn. My next task is not to ask you to go on an epic mission like slaying a dragon. I just have two simple requests."
Josiah raised a finger. The pointed ears of Priest Olanca and Elder Cephas trembled slightly. Their attention was in a state of high concentration.
"First, protect Carolee. If those guys in the Court of Heresy know that your holy tree 'survived', they will certainly not mind killing it. If the flower of Falosi withered before it fully bloomed, it will be a loss to all of humanity … or the world." Josiah raised a second finger again. "Second, let the elven priest of Ruweta continue to learn vocal knowledge, whether it is to find a teacher for them in Falosi, or of course, it is best to let my contractor, the Venerated Skeleton, be her mentor. Her talent should not be buried in the forest," said Josiah.
"I will convey this to Ruweta, but … Child of Chaos, I think Ruweta's singing is no better than those human opera singers."
Priest Olanca was confident in this point. The singing of the Blackwood Elf priests was indeed no worse than those Falosi opera singers.
"Ruweta's singing is indeed excellent, but as a singer, it is not enough for her to sing." Josiah glanced at Ruweta who was staying with Carolee in the distance and said, "She also needs to write her own songs."
"Her own songs? I will let Ruweta try. "
When Priest Olanca said this, she had violated a lot of the Blackwood Elves' commandments. After a Blackwood Elf girl became a priest of the holy tree, she could not do anything else for the rest of her life. She had to serve the World Tree until she died.
But when the Blackwood Elves ushered in an apocalyptic disaster, it was this demon who helped them. If Priest Olanca was a writer of the history of the Blackwood Elves, then Josiah was no less than a messenger of the God of Nature in this period of history.
The conversation between Josiah and Elder Cypher soon ended. When they left, Carolee ran over with Ruweta.
"Mr. Josiah! Can you help Ruweta build a camp? Her camp will be very lively. " When Carolee and Josiah talked, they were no longer as reserved as when they first met. On the contrary, Ruweta still looked a little uneasy when she stood in front of Josiah.
"Camp? Wait a minute. "
Josiah considered the limit of the magic net server, so he did not open the camp function to the public. Currently, there were very few magic net users who had a camp.
Caroline was one of them. The second most popular campsite was Belle's campsite, followed by Taylin's campsite. There was also the campsite of the Ashen Owl, which only had a little over ten thousand followers.
Josiah opened the magic net interface and quickly made Ruweta the fifth person to use the 'camp'.
"It's done, Ruweta. Open the magic net and take a look."
The dark wood elf followed Josh's instructions and opened up the interface of the camp. Soon, he entered his personal camp. Everything was still empty. Everything was blank.
Ruweta had seen Carolee's camp before. There were close to a thousand messages written by Carolee. Most of them were about Carolee's mood that day and her views on something new.
Even the simplest message, 'It's already midnight. In order not to be scolded by my mother, I should go to sleep. Good night, everyone.', would have close to a thousand replies.
This made Ruvita feel a little envious. On the other hand, there were only two people paying attention to her campsite.
They were the followers of Carolee and Josiah out of friendship, and the content was also empty.
"Anyway, let's first post the camp message and change your profile picture. Use this photo!"
Carolee sent the previous photo directly to Ruweta's magic net desktop and began to teach Ruweta how to send the photo online.
"First, you have to pinch the leaf of the World Tree, or else the transmission speed will be unbearably slow. But for now, just hold my hand."
This was the most clear thing that Carolee realized after becoming a host of the World Tree. She did not need to consider the issue of 'speed' when using the magic net.
"Wait a minute, Carolee …"
Josiah, who had been watching from the side, interrupted Carolee and Ruweta's actions.
"Ruweta, directly transmit the photo to the spellcaster forum's server. Uh … Just click the upload button." Josiah pointed at the upload button on Ruweta's magic net interface. "I want to test how fast the magic net can connect after it grows."
Ruweta clicked the upload button according to Josiah's instructions. The upload speed was really as slow as Carolee had said. The photo Carolee had taken for her was finally uploaded after more than ten seconds.
"Close to 50kb to 100kb? It's still too slow. " Josiah estimated the current speed of the magic net. It was still so slow that it made Josiah sigh.
"Is this still considered slow? Mr. Josiah, in the past, if I wanted to use a photo on the spellcaster forum without using the leaves of the World Tree, I would have to wait for more than ten minutes. "
In the eyes of the Flower of Falosi, who had never experienced 'optical fiber' before, this speed was already the speed of light!
"It's very slow. Based on the speed of the magic net's inscription transmission, this photo should be completed in one or two seconds. By then, it would not be a problem to watch a movie on the magic net."
"Movie …" Under Josiah's explanation, Carolee knew that a movie was actually made up of countless consecutive photos, but the exact number was a huge number.
"Let's change the topic to the camp. Ruweta, have you thought about what to post for the first camp message in your life?" Josiah turned his head and asked the Darkwood Elf.
Hearing Josiah's question, Ruweta also thought for a long time. During her time in Noland, she had completely familiarized herself with the operation of the magic net, and typing on the virtual keyboard was also very smooth.
However, the words that she had just finished editing didn't stay for long before they were all deleted in an instant. It was as if she was standing on a stage with a large number of people watching for the first time.
"If you can't think of any chicken soup for the soul, you just need to say a very simple goodbye," Josiah reminded her.
"Chicken soup?" Carolee and Ruweta couldn't understand the meaning of Josiah's strange word.
"Uh …" Josiah glanced at Hiri, who was eating dinner in the distance. At times like this, the spellcaster lady should be the one to explain, but today she was busy helping Josiah draw some concept maps and didn't have much time to eat, so Josiah didn't disturb her.
"In short, don't care so much," Josiah said.
Ruweta silently listened to Josiah's reminder, and her fingertips touched the virtual keyboard again. Then, the first camp message in this Dark Wood Elf's life appeared on the spellcaster forum.
"Thank you everyone in Noland for your support."
It was a very short message, and below it was a picture of Ruweta.
When Ruweta sent this message, she instantly regretted it. She felt that she should've said more words of gratitude …
However, this regret didn't last long, because no one replied to her message at all. She only had two followers in the camp, unlike Miss Carolee who had more than a hundred thousand followers, so it was natural that there wouldn't be any replies in a short period of time.
But soon, the number of replies from only two people suddenly rose to seventeen, then jumped from seventeen to over a hundred, and many replies began to appear below.
'Is Miss Luvita leaving so soon?' Responder: Ashen Owl.
"No! I can't accept it! "Replied: Song of Asamori.
"Miss … Miss Carolee."
Looking at the enthusiasm from the people of Noland, Ruweta once again fell into a state of bewilderment. She clumsily flipped through one comment after another.
"They should all be your fans. Just reply to their messages." Carolee looked at Ruweta's somewhat surprised expression and remembered herself when she first came into contact with the Weave camp. Then, Carolee remembered something and reminded her, "Of course, there will be some people who come with evil intentions. Just press the button below and delete them."
"Okay."
Then, the Dark Wood Elf young lady began her first trip to the camp in her life.
After Carolee guided her for a while, Ruweta was already able to mingle with the users who visited the camp, and Carolee also had time to focus on Josiah.
"Mr. Josiah, this … is really a short reunion."
Carolee casually picked up two glasses filled with wine from the long table and handed one of them to Josiah.
"If Miss Carolee is willing, you can continue to stay in Noland," Josiah said as he took the glass of wine from Carolee.
"I want to continue to stay, but I'm too worried about my mother's situation, and I have to go back to attend my father's funeral."
Carolee's expression became somewhat gloomy, and the cheerfulness from when she was talking to Ruweta was nowhere to be seen.
The heart of the Flower of Falosi was actually as heavy as that of the Dark Wood Elves. Not only did she encounter the Blackwood Forest Fire, but her family also encountered unimaginable changes.
Perhaps only Carolee knew how heavy the impact of her father's sudden death was on this little girl.
But even so, the Flower of Falosi was much stronger than ordinary little girls.
"I'm sorry for making you laugh." Carolee was clear about her mission. Apart from reviving the World Tree of the Blackwood Elves, she had another purpose in coming to Noland.
Carolee's wine-red pupils stared at the Chaos Devil in front of her. The gloomy expression from before instantly disappeared, and in its place was a smile that could move any man's heart.
That's right … She had to replace her mother and maintain a good … cooperative relationship with this Chaos Devil.
"Anyone can encounter sad things. There's nothing funny about it." Josiah said as he grabbed Carolee's glass of wine and easily snatched it from Carolee's hand.
"Mr. Josiah, you …" Carolee was somewhat puzzled by Josiah's actions.
"In my hometown, there's a law that minors are prohibited from drinking alcohol." Josiah placed the two glasses of wine on the table, then slightly bent over and said to Carolee. "Your mother definitely doesn't want to see you drinking."
"…"
Josiah's words caused Carolee's brows to twitch slightly. This Falosi's Flower clearly knew that she had to maintain proper etiquette in such a social occasion.
If it were some other nobles that she wasn't familiar with, Carolee would definitely smile and deal with it. But since it was Josiah …
"I'm already 16 years old this year! In my country, I'm considered an adult! "
Carolee unwillingly puffed out her chest. Her previous smile was replaced with a slightly unhappy expression.
"Pardon my rudeness, but how about fruit juice this time?" Josiah said.
"Ugh …" Carolee unhappily received the fruit juice from Josiah. Her wine-red pupils stared straight at Josiah for a long time. Then, both of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Mr. Josiah, I've attended so many banquets, but you're the first person to call me a child to my face." Carolee said.
"I'm just speaking the truth."
Josiah raised the glass in his hand and lightly clinked it with Carolee. At this moment, a familiar voice sounded beside Josiah.
"That rule seems to be called the Protection of Minors Act. I remember you mentioned it before." The Spellcaster lady, Hiri, suddenly appeared beside Josiah.
"Protection of Minors Act? What's that? "
Hiri's words aroused Carolee's interest. Everything that Josiah did was very interesting, whether it was movies or television. Therefore, Carolee was also very interested in Josiah.
"Ugh … Don't worry about it. Speaking of which, Carolee, I have something to give you before you leave."
A thick envelope appeared in Josiah's hand. This letter was so big that he had to hold it with both hands. The contents inside looked very heavy … It looked like a huge package.
"What's this?" Carolee seemed to have guessed something. A surprised expression instantly filled her face. She wanted to cheer loudly, but in the end, she lowered her voice and said, "Is this the script for a new movie?"
"Yes." Josiah nodded, confirming Carolee's guess. Then, he handed the heavy 'letter' to Carolee.
"The next movie is a 'big production'. I feel that with my ability, I won't be able to achieve the desired effect. Therefore, I need the help of Mrs. Sizer, or … the entire Falosi."
What kind of movie needed the power of a country to film?
Carolee didn't ask specifically. She just put the glass glass on the table and hugged the letter that Josiah handed over as if it was a treasure chest filled with gold and jewels.
"I'll give it to my mother." Carolee solemnly promised.
The banquet lasted until late at night. In the end, Taylin brought Belle to join the Blackwood Elves.
Josiah and Hiri stood in a corner and looked at the scenery of the indoor garden.
"Is it really good to give the script directly to that aristocrat?" Hiri glanced at her fingers. There was still some blue paint on them. It was all stained when she drew the concept map of the script.
"Of course. I've been wondering if we should film this movie at this time. After all, this isn't a normal big production."
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