"Doomed to embrace death? Let's talk about this kind of thing later."
Jenkins, who covered his face with a pillow, thought in his heart, and then felt some chest tightness, presumably the cat that was lying on his lap was lying on his chest. I wanted to take off the pillow and take off the cat and go to sleep, leaving the accident that was over behind me, but suddenly felt a cold finger poking my arm.
"Um?"
When he covered his face with a pillow a few seconds ago, there was no third person in the room. If it wasn't for the chocolate being pressed against his chest, he might have guessed that the cat had suddenly turned into a human, but that was obviously impossible.
He took off the pillow on his face and sat up suddenly and looked to the left. The window on the left side is the window of the room. The city has a fine weather tonight. Because the curtains are not closed, the red and blue The full moon cast a clear light in, making Jenkins see the little girl with the flower basket as if she had her own background light.
"Oh~"
He was startled, not because he was afraid of the flower girl, but because the girl was so close to him, right next to the bed.
One turned over and sat up completely, and the cat lying on his chest rolled onto his lap. The cat stood up very dissatisfied, and meowed at the girl who appeared in the room.
The girl was obviously afraid of cats. Amid Chocolate's not-so-intimidating cry, she took two steps back with a frightened expression on her face. She was already a little pitiful because of her shabby clothes, but now she was threatened by the cat, which made her even more unbearable.
"Chocolate~"
Jenkins yelled softly, lifting Chocolate by the scruff of his neck as he got off the bed.
"Meow~"
It waved its paw at Jenkins again, but it couldn't touch Jenkins because the paw was too short.
"Good evening, long time no see."
Only now did Jenkins have time to say hello to the flower seller, who should be considered an acquaintance:
"You don't have to be afraid, don't look at it being so fierce now, it's actually very docile."
Jenkins reassured.
The girl obviously didn't believe this sentence, she had already retreated to the wall in front of the window and stood, her back was almost pressed against the wall.
"Good evening, sir."
She greeted timidly, Chocolate saw that she was really intimidating, even though she was still being carried by Jenkins, she became happy.
"What's the matter with me so late?"
He asked, but understood that it must be because of what happened just now.
"I was asked to bring you a sentence."
She said softly, sniffing and then took a wary look at the cat, which was also looking at her with its big amber eyes, which startled the girl again:
"Don't accept the gift of any god of death. Even if you can balance the power of life and death, your essence is fate and life, and death will only make you unable to accept the promotion of life."
"I know, I have politely declined."
Jenkins replied that seeing the cat in his hand was no longer "manic", he put it in the bed. Chocolate immediately jumped to the floor, then jumped onto the chair, onto the desk, and finally jumped up as if climbing the side wall of the closet vertically, to the top of the closet, flicked his tail, turned around and stood there, squinting. Eyes on the flower girl.
"That's good, the choice you made is correct. Moreover, life and death are one, and the power of life can also bring about death."
She didn't say the second half of the sentence, that is, "the power of death can also bring life."
"Since you did not accept the gift of death, I am relieved. Sir, you are the priest of the World Tree, and even in my hometown, the Flower Forest, you are the most honorable person. You don't have to worry about your lack of strength, life will always take care of you .”
Speaking of this, the girl lowered her head and praised [Lord of Flowers] softly, and then she put her little hand into her little basket. Jenkins twitched subconsciously, but because he had already overcome that strange emotion, he was not afraid Or worry.
The girl finally took out a white flower without branches from her small basket. This flower has five petals of the same size. The stamen in the center is yellow. There are even dewdrops on the petals, as if they were picked just now. down. According to the characteristics of the girl itself, the white flower represents the spirit of increase, but this flower is obviously unusual, just like the blue flower that gave Jenkins more [Frost Fist].
"This is a gift for you, it represents an ability."
The girl carefully held the flowers in front of Jenkins:
"According to mortals, this is the ability [Limited Growth] of the green life system. With this ability, when giving vitality to a living body, it can make it break through the limit of its own growth."
This sounds very useful, like being able to make human beings grow three arms, making low shrubs grow to be as tall as tall trees, making some extraordinary plants that are already precious in this era grow more leaves, or have more utility.
It's just... Jenkins' [Essence of Life] can do this by itself. Before this ability evolved to this point, it was [Healing Breath], which can only accelerate growth to achieve healing, but [Essence of Life] is indeed true. They are manipulating life, [Limited Growth] is just a side effect of [Essence of Life]. (Note)
"Can I give it to someone else?"
he asked embarrassedly.
"sure."
The girl held the flowers in front of Jenkins, and Jenkins drew a transparent glass bottle in the air, and then put the flowers into the bottle. This flower is an extraordinary creation, and it will not be easily corrupted. In addition, Jenkins can instill vitality in it at all times, so it can be preserved for a long time.
"As long as you persist in walking on the road of life, you will definitely gain more in the future."
The girl said with certainty, then reached into the basket again, and took out a large bundle of white flowers, at least ten of them at a glance.
"This is my gift to you."
This is the kind of flower that can increase the spirit of the devourer, and Jenkins has eaten it twice.
"Oh, thank you."
The flower representing the ability just now is suspected to be given by [Lord of Flowers]. This is the girl's gift, and she respects Jenkins very much.
"this is for you."
Jenkins did not refuse, took the bouquet of flowers and put it aside, then walked to the chair next to the desk under the girl's uneasy eyes, picked up his shirt, tore off the small pocket sewn on it, and took out two round coins . After "shopping spree" at the woman at the banquet last time, he only had one gemstone of time and one ring of greed left. After thinking about it, he handed the more beautiful [Gem of Time] to the girl:
"This is a gift for you."
PS: The gift weight of the Lord of Flowers is different from that of the God of Death. If you don’t understand, you can think of it this way: When someone rejects the invitation of a hostile company and does not want to leave his family business because of the shares of the other company, the person in charge of the family business It will not give the same benefits as offered by the hostile company, just give some inconspicuous rewards, and then promise future promises as encouragement. After all, Jenkins also has shares in the "family business", and he is considered a direct descendant.