Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos - Volume 1

Chapter 98. Finding Clues.

"What kind of answer?"

With Liu Shu's declaration, they all became curious and asked about it. After all, Liu Shu had been speaking with the trees around her for more than two days.

Without any delays, Liu Shu answered. 'Yes, the tree that is the one around the bigger tree told me that the tree with the spread branches saw a few people with black robes roaming around and using a net to catch the small flying creatures.'

All of them listened and didn't know how to react. The sentence was so convoluted that they almost thought Liu Shu was speaking in another language. The way she referred to trees was also very subjective, making them as confused as they were in the beginning.

Nevertheless, there was one thing that they could take away from her sentence. Flor muttered. "So, they were captured by some kind of net." Flor scratched her head. "Why capture a Rose Fairy?"

The other three got thoughtful, but knowing the biology of a Rose Fairy, they were a bit confused. For example, if it was a normal woman, the chances could become very dark quickly. However, for Rose Fairies, who were around 20 centimeters tall and lacked reproductive organs, other than forcing them to work as Botanics and pollinators, there was really nothing else they could imagine.

Ignatia commented. "Perhaps... Do they want to create something like a Rose Fairy farm?"

Flor looked puzzled. "A Rose Fairy farm?"

Ignatia nodded and titled her head. "If they capture them and take their seeds, they can grow Rose Fairies that know nothing and indoctrinate them to become tamed creatures that listen to them and take care of gardens."

Verdantia and Cinderielle frowned, but Flor blinked and asked. "So, they would give Rose Fairies a place to thrive where they have no competition?"

Ignatia and the other two looked at the Rose Fairy Queen and felt that the farm thing had become ten times more likely with her sentence. Ignatia explained patiently. "Flor, that's enslavement. This means that the Rose Fairies would never be allowed to grow past certain limits."

The Rose Fairy Queen was confused. "But, it's not like Rose Fairies can grow beyond any limit. 99% of our population gets stuck at F Rank Level 8 or 9. We are, quite literally, one of the lowest-ranked creatures in the forest." Flor rationalized. "The only reason we could prosper this time around was me being lucky and breaking through."

Ignatia snorted. "It was not luck. I've seen your growth closely, Flor. It was definitely not luck."

Flor felt happy in her heart at Ignatia's praise, but her brain still couldn't see how being in a protected place where they could attend to plants as they pleased was bad.

Verdantia rubbed her chin and commented. "What if it is forced work?"

Flor tilted her head, and Verdantia commented. "Would you understand if I explain it like this: The Rose Fairies would be forced until exhaustion, with no chance of rest or even to get sustenance. Some of them might even die because the working environment is so exigent. And if the population grows too much, there will probably be a purge, cutting down numbers to something manageable."

Flor frowned. "Why would someone do that? Isn't it better to keep the Rose Fairies happy so that they work better?"

Verdantia smiled, knowing that Flor was finally understanding. "But, working better doesn't mean working more. For example, you." Verdantia pointed at Flor and said. "You tend Liu Shu daily, but that takes, at most, one hour of your day. For the rest of the day, you do nothing. These people would not let you rest for a second. From the time you wake up to the moment you go to sleep, you would be tending to flowers."