Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 73. Arrival of Human Caravan.

Author Note: I'm really sorry for the lack of uploading yesterday. My head was hurting a lot, enough that I went to bed at 9:20 PM. We are still in daily uploads! Yesterday was a bit of a hiccup. Again, I'm really sorry.

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After she investigated the surroundings, Flor returned to Liu Shu's side and spoke to her. "Liu Shu, are you there?"

She didn't know if she had gone on another trip through her thoughts, so she checked. But her wording created a bit of confusion for the young World Tree.

The gentle, nature-like voice, both childish and ethereal, reached Flor with apparent confusion. 'Huh? Did you become blind, Flor? The system said that it is quite a big problem for creatures to get blind! Hm... I wonder if I can heal it somehow.'

Flor looked speechlessly at her before laughing. "No, no. I'm not blind, Liu Shu. Because I can't tell if you are in your thoughts or attentive, it was a way of checking if you could hear me. Nothing more, nothing less."

Liu Shu was confused and answered. 'But I can always hear you.'

It was the truth. Even when Liu Shu went on her thinking trips, her surroundings were still clear to her. It was just that unless it was related to what she was currently pondering, she didn't consider answering it and listened.

Unlike normal beings, Liu Shu didn't have any problems communicating with various people at the same time while understanding the conversations. It just needed more of her thinking power.

Flor shook her head, not understanding this fact about tree beings in general. "I mean it like, perhaps you are distracted or something. So, you can't hear me."

Liu Shu answered again, puzzled. 'But Flor, I can always hear you.'

Flor struggled to think of ways to communicate what she wanted, feeling that their conversation got stuck. "Ah! For example, those times you went silent for a while after I asked something."

Liu Shu answered with a puzzled tone. 'Do you mean when I went to think?'

Flor somehow felt that saying yes would be strangely rude. She didn't want to make it seem that Liu Shu taking too long to think was a bad trait. Unless the situation called for it, taking her time to think was a good trait. It was much better than rashly thinking and acting without taking consequences into account.

Since the conversation was not advancing, Flor coughed and commented, deviating the subject away from that topic. "Anyways, it doesn't matter much. You can build wherever you want and however you want, Liu Shu. We are in the open, so just place it somewhere you like."

Liu Shu looked around her with her <World Tree Eye> and pondered. 'Wherever I like? Hmm...'

Flor smiled. "Even though you might not be able to cover everything, you can start from somewhere and expand slowly, right? As you do with your roots, your defensive perimeter also needs time to encompass more land and become sturdier."

Liu Shu's mind flashed with ideas after hearing that. She exclaimed. 'Ohhh! That's very clever! You are very intelligent, Flor!'

Flor laughed softly, internally feeling delighted at Liu Shu's praise. "I'm glad I could help, Liu Shu." Then, she asked. "So... Have you thought in which area you will build it? I can ask the Rose Fairies to clean that area so you can start your construction."

Liu Shu commented. 'All around me!'

Flor blinked a few times, not understanding. "All around you? But didn't you say that you only had one structure?"