MTL - A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 173 Matthew's view on love

  …

  Matthew hurried towards the door of the office, and within a few steps, he met Sif.

  The latter was wearing pajamas, his face was bloodless, and a white bandage was wrapped around his head.

  Specially, the bandage was wrapped twice around the protruding part of her forehead.

   "How are you feeling? Do you still have a fever?"

  When Matthew saw her sickly look, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.

  Sif usually gives the impression of being healthy and lively, but it is not difficult to see from her current expression that she must have suffered a lot during these days.

  Sif said softly:

   "I still have a fever, but the temperature is much lower than before. I think it has begun to improve. You don't have to worry about me, Matthew."

  Matthew nodded slightly. Looking at the bumps on the bandage, he couldn't help asking:

   "Why is it wrapped here?"

   Sif blushed a little:

   "I don't think it looks good."

   It seemed that he felt the curiosity in Matthew's eyes.

  She suddenly said softly:

"do you want to see?"

  Matthew hurriedly waved his hands and said:

   "No need."

  He recalled the previous conversation with Rhaegar, and realized that the devil's horn was not only important but also sensitive to them, it was better not to have any form of contact at will.

  The Blood Banner family strictly belongs to a type of tiefling. Their bodies are filled with the blood of devils, but the powerful genes of human beings are also swearing sovereignty.

  The devil's blood endowed them with great power and various peculiar customs, while the human body made them less evil and had more possibilities.

  Matthew now also knows that the Blood Banner Kingdom located between Purgatory is a kingdom mainly composed of tieflings and purgatory humans.

  That’s right, Purgatory belongs to humans, and it is precisely because of the incorporation of human blood that tieflings have the potential to be stronger than ordinary devils.

   However, Matthew's refusal did not work.

  Sif quickly took off the bandage, and a faint mist emerged from her forehead. Not long after, a crystal-clear horn appeared in Matthew's eyes.

  Compared to Rhaegar's mighty and domineering big horns, this small obtuse horn is really inconspicuous.

   "If you are curious, you can touch it."

   Sif bowed her head.

  Matthew raised his right hand subconsciously, but just halfway through, a furious voice came from the office—

   Moo!

   It was the first time for Matthew to hear such a rough cry from the goat's mouth.

  He stopped immediately and smiled apologetically.

  Sif opened those big eyes and looked at the goat curiously:

   "Matthew, why do you always have a goat with you?"

   "Do you have any special interest in goats?"

  Just as Matthew was about to seriously defend himself, he inadvertently saw a hint of narrowness in Sif's eyes.

   At that moment, he understood.

  Sif probably already knew the true identity of the goat.

   It's just that out of various tacit understandings, she not only didn't point it out, but enjoyed the joy of pretending not to understand.

  So he coughed and said perfunctorily:

   "It is a prop I use to practice spells."

   "By the way, are you here to find your father?"

   Heard this.

  The goat kicked its feet again and again.

  Sif's originally bloodless little face also became more rosy:

   "Yes, I want to tell him not to return to the Blood Banner Kingdom."

"I know he's worried about me, but I think I'm on the mend. I've read a lot of books brought from my hometown. Mrs. Wesley also said that tiefling's awakening is very strange. I just have a fever. There aren't too many issues that don't bother you."

   "I know it's not easy for him to escape from purgatory. It's a place where he would rather die than stay. I don't want him to go back. I'm even more afraid that he won't come back after he goes back."

  The irritable goat suddenly became quiet.

   Matthew glanced at him.

  Then gently said to Sif:

   "If your father knows that his daughter is so considerate of him, he will be very pleased."

   "But you have to trust him. Although Rhaegar usually idles around and doesn't do business, I think he has a brain.

  Since he decided to return to Purgatory, he must have made all-round preparations so that he would not fail to return.

   On the contrary, you don’t need to think so much, too much thinking will only make your body weaker.

  You have to trust the wisdom of adults. "

  Hearing this, Sif first showed a thoughtful expression, and then puffed up her cheeks slightly:

   "Adult Wisdom?"

   "But I'm going to be an adult soon, will I become very wise overnight?"

  Matthew smiled and said:

  “Wisdom can be accumulated through experience. It may not work overnight, but it will definitely bring you growth over many nights.”

   "Okay, after talking so much, you should be tired, I'll take you back to your room."

  Sif glanced at the goat, smiled lightly and nodded.

  The backs of the two left silently.

   When passing the corner.

   Matthew quietly lifted the malicious transformation.

  Rega sat on the ground, holding the shield in his right hand, with an extremely complicated expression.

  …

  Matthew sent Sif back to the room.

  When he just entered the door, he bumped into the little devil again.

  The latter made a face at Matthew, and then quickly got into the closet.

  Sif sat on the edge of the bed, panted for a while, and then introduced to Matthew:

   "Her name is Nini, and she is my companion devil. She is mischievous and savage. I don't like her very much."

  Matthew glanced at the wardrobe, feeling a little strange in his heart.

  He has met this little devil twice, but he has not sensed her existence twice.

  Even if it is a system, there is no hint of its existence.

  This situation is a bit abnormal.

  After all, this Nini doesn't seem to be of a particularly high level.

  However, considering that this might be a secret of the Blood Banner family, Matthew didn't delve into it.

  He chatted with Sif, who started yawning wildly.

  Ma Xiuxiu was about to leave.

  Sif said:

   "I have often had nightmares recently, and I am a little afraid to fall asleep. Can you accompany me?"

  Matthew nodded:

"sure."

  He got up and took out an old story book from the bookcase next to him.

  Turn over one of the pages at will, and start reciting in a low voice.

  Sif listened to the two passages quietly, then suddenly smiled:

   “My dad has told me countless times these stories.”

  Matthew didn’t care:

  “I have to listen to tired stories before going to bed, so that it is convenient to help sleep.”

  He read a few more passages, expecting Sif to continue. But it didn't take long for her breathing to become steady and weak.

Fell asleep.

  Matthew quietly closed the book, quietly looking at Sif's profile.

   I have to admit that Sif is a very good girl. She is tall, with exquisite appearance and peaceful temperament.

  On weekdays, she is very gentle and well-behaved in dealing with people, not like a daughter of a lord's family, but more like a sensible girl from a small family.

   This kind of girl is very attractive to many people.

  It's a pity that Matthew doesn't have any feelings for her.

   It may be a preconceived notion that made him subconsciously think that Sif was still a child, at most a female student from a wealthy family.

   Even after the coming-of-age ceremony, this concept is difficult to change.

  Even if you put aside this stereotype.

  If Sif is considered from the perspective of a partner, Matthew will also find it boring.

   Yes, she is gentle, she is kind, and she is good to herself.

   But these are not the key to love.

  The key is.

  She lacks charisma, is not interesting enough.

  Matthew has his own views on love and mate selection.

  He does not reject love, but he will not waste too much energy on it during the preparation period or rising period of his career;

  He likes women who are ambitious and have their own pursuits.

  In his eyes, the charm of a woman depends on whether her conversation is interesting and whether her actions are meaningful.

   What he likes most is the kind of girl who has a stubbornness in her bones.

  After all, watching her refuse to admit defeat, and then pushing her down hard, is the most enjoyable thing in the world.

  So in his conception.

  If you want to choose a woman to be your partner, Sif is not even as attractive as Margaret, who is in debt of 2.6 million.

   After all, the latter's courage and persistence, Matthew is still very recognized.

Furthermore.

   Now that his relationship with Rhaegar is getting better and better, if he messes with his daughter again, he will inevitably have a weird feeling.

  So Sif...

forget it.

  Matthew shook his head unconsciously.

   Immediately.

  He hit a shock:

   "Hell, what do I want these things for?"

  He put the book back on the bookcase and was about to leave.

   But at this moment.

  Sif suddenly screamed in her dream.

  She woke up from the bed sweating profusely, and the little devil in the closet quickly flew out.

"What's wrong?"

   "Did you have a nightmare?"

  Matthew approached with concern.

Sif's expression was different from usual, her face was flushed at the moment, her pupils shrank violently, fine beads of sweat hung on her forehead, and a faint green light appeared from that short obtuse horn .

   Matthew noticed.

  Her ears seem to be pointier a bit, and her nails are longer.

  She grabbed the blanket unconsciously with both hands, her voice was very unstable:

"I was dreaming, I dreamed that I became a devil, I was killing people, I was killing people like crazy in a castle, it was all there, blood was all over my body, and so was my face... it was all blood, they were all dead, all of them Killed by me..."

  She looks a bit incoherent.

  Matthew hesitated for a moment, and just wanted to go over to comfort her, but who knew that the next second, Sif suddenly reached out and pushed him:

   "Let's go, Matthew, I'm fine, but the nightmare is too scary, I need to be alone."

"Um?"

  Sieve's sudden change of face caught Matthew a little off guard.

  He looked at the other party in surprise:

   "Are you sure you're all right? Shall I call Rhaegar over? Or Mrs. Wesley?"

  Sif shook her head.

   She looks calmer now:

   "No need, you go quickly Matthew, it would be bad if my father saw it, I'm fine, really~"

   When it comes to the last word.

  Her voice trembled slightly, and there was a hint of pleading.

  When Matthew saw this, he didn't force it.

   At the moment he got up and left Sif's room.

  In the corridor.

  Matthew's footsteps gradually faded away.

  The little devil Nini flew in front of Sif, she laughed and said:

   "Cowardly master, are you afraid of seeing a little blood?"

  Sif gave her a disgusted look.

next moment.

  She put her hands over her face.

   There were whimpers in his throat.

   His body trembled even more violently.

  Nini leaned over and said:

   "Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore."

   "Don't be afraid!"

   "It's really strange, don't you like that human very much? If you are so scared, why don't you let him stay with you?"

  Sif's hands stroked down slowly.

   There was an indescribable meaning in her eyes, and her voice changed from whimpering to a moan-like tone:

   "Yeah, I'm scared.

  But what I am afraid of is not the blood and corpses.

   those things—

   Blood, killing, madness, hysterical fighting...

   They fill my dreams.

  But I don't have the slightest fear!

   What scares me is myself.

  Because when I'm facing them...

real!

real!

  So excited!

  ah~”

   Moans.

  Her eyes narrowed into a line.

  She couldn't help sticking out her bright red tongue, and licked her fingernails.

  In an instant.

  The nails turned bright red.

  …

   It took a lot of trouble to escape from Rhaegar's great sword.

  Matthew left the Lord's Mansion briskly.

   Return to the oak forest.

  He ran head-on into the centaur Obest, who was carefully examining the condition of each oak tree.

  After the activation of the Sanctuary of Life, the woods became more vibrant, but the hidden dangers of insect disasters that followed were also magnified.

   Fortunately, Obest is a professional counterpart. So far, he has done a good job in this job.

  Matthew greeted him, and then asked:

   "Where's the golden Pegasus?"

   Obest pointed to the wooden house not far away:

   "She usually wanders around the World Tree, but today she wants to go out and relax, she should be near there."

   "I'll take you to find her."

  The two walked a certain distance.

   Soon found the Pegasus drinking water in the upper reaches of the Old Lady River in the forest.

   Obest saw Matthew's eagerness to try, guessed that he wanted to ride a horse, so he said seriously:

   "Pegasus is very shy, but after getting in touch these days, I found that Ollie is more shy than other Pegasus."

   "If you want to try to ride on her, you'd better approach her from the side first. Don't rush to get on the horse after approaching. First, touch her mane with your hand. It would be better to sit on her after she agrees."

  Matthew glanced at him:

   "To be so troublesome?"

   Obest said seriously:

   "Ollie is a creature from the heavens, with her reserve and dignity, you can't look at Ollie the way you treat nightmares."

   "I have been entrusted by you to take care of Ollie for the past few days. She is really shy. Please trust my professional judgment."

  Matthew nodded:

   "Okay, then I'll go sideways and try not to disturb her."

   Yet he just took a few steps.

  Golden Pegasus rushed over enthusiastically!

  Olly rushed to Matthew, before Matthew could do anything, her limbs went limp and she sat on the ground.

   Matthew sat up as soon as he lifted his foot.

  Olly cheered briskly, stepped briskly, and drove Matthew towards the World Tree.

   And behind them.

   Obest looked at this scene stupidly.

   Suddenly.

  He finally understood:

   "It turns out that Ollie is just reserved with me..."

  …

   Matthew rode Pegasus and strolled among the oak forests.

  When passing a towering mound, Matthew patted Ollie's neck, and the latter slowed down very spiritually.

  On the mound, the tea trees transplanted from Junliu Island are growing well.

   Matthew asked Peggy to pick the tea leaves on the tree earlier.

   Then he cut off the excess branches himself.

  At present, the seven tea trees look bare, but they are extremely rich in life elements.

   "If I find some dead animals and plants, and use the ability to decompose and fertilize them to increase nutrition, will I be able to produce several seasons of tea a year?"

   Matthew inspected the round and left contented.

   And while he was inspecting the tea tree.

  A brown-gray figure quickly passed by in the woods.

  The figure ran quickly among the woodland where weeds were gradually growing, and disappeared from Matthew's vision in the blink of an eye.

   But the data column still faithfully writes down everything.

  …

  "Hint: You found a "Grey Grouse".

  Under the effects of Sanctuary of Life, your woods gradually attract other creatures.

  Remarks: Whenever the population of a certain creature multiplies to a certain scale, the species is regarded as a native species of the forest.

   At this time, the "Prosperity +1" of your forest.

  Current forest prosperity: 3.

  Reference rainforest prosperity: 3001415. "

  …

"Huh?"

   "Is it already 3 o'clock?"

   "But the rainforest is still amazing, no wonder the competition is so fierce."

   Matthew is a little curious, two of them must have been contributed by Oak and Oak Goblin, but what about the other?

   Is it besides them.

   Are there other species that quietly immigrated to their territory?

   "It's definitely not a grouse. The grouse just now should be the first one. If you want to multiply into a group, you need at least a dozen of them?"

   Matthew is a little curious.

   But he was not in a hurry to find out the other party.

  For Matthew, it is a good thing that the woods are becoming more and more prosperous.

  Walk around in the woods more, I believe you will meet new residents soon.

  Next.

  He rode Pegasus to inspect his own woods.

  Afterwards, he delineated two acres of land in the wasteland in the north to maintain the effect of "spring like all seasons".

  In the next month, this is the place to plant trees.

  After doing a lot of chores.

  With the help of Ollie, Matthew flew to the crown of the World Tree.

stand right here.

  The scenery of Rolling Stone Town is unobstructed.

  It is approaching evening.

  The town of Rolling Stone is full of smoke.

  The four or five farms in the southeast are also visited by people.

Northwest.

  Following the trace of the dead winding north, he vaguely looked at the barren hill where the Hag Fort is located.

   And further north.

  The mainland highway starting from the south trading station goes straight forward, reaches the city of rapids, and then goes deep into the Jade Cangting.

   Most of Rolling Stone Town has a panoramic view.

   This feeling is also great.

  Matthew sat on the branch, gently stroking Pegasus's soft mane, his heart was filled with peace.

   "I hope this peace can last a little longer."

   He whispered to himself.

   Pegasus Oli suddenly sneezed heavily.

   seems to be agreeing too.

  …

  The next morning.

   Matthew asked someone to leave, saying that he was unwell and had to rest for a few days.

  He didn't go to the Lord's Mansion to fish.

   Instead, he directed the zombies to build a fence near the cabin.

  After the fence is pulled.

  Matthew planted a lot of mushrooms in it.

  Here is his preliminary plan for the mushroom garden.

   Its location is just between the two ceremonial fields.

  Matthew not only intends to release signals in the field of microorganisms by building mushroom gardens.

   I am going to write a "Domain Deed" to communicate the two major ceremonial fields here.

   Well known.

   Editing realms are the privilege of gods and high-level legends.

   In the non-legendary stage, if you want to temporarily have the authority to edit the field, you can only rely on more complicated ritual magic.

   Fortunately, the two major ceremony venues are completely open to Matthew.

  And he himself has dabbled in many fields, and he has accumulated several field certificates on hand.

   This gives him a certain advantage when writing the contract of the realm.

  It was afternoon after the mushrooms were settled.

   Matthew didn't rest.

  He ordered Xinwak to move a huge stone from the cemetery and place it in the center of the mushroom garden.

   Then he took out a large amount of materials from the luggage.

   Then quickly operated.

  …

  「Reminder: You have consumed 1 Domain Certificate.

  You are communicating with "Ritual Field: Sanctuary of Life" and "Ritual Field: Graveyard" in the form of "The Pact of the Realm".

   Domain Deed activated successfully.

   Please write content ASAP! "

  …

   The day after tomorrow, the double update will be resumed, and the number of words will be less today and tomorrow. I am trying to save the manuscript... I am not playing Baldur's Gate 3.

  

  

  (end of this chapter)