Farming in the Magical World

"Why so sudden?"

Melissa, who had just entered the study, was taken aback by Lanny's sudden remark and looked at him in confusion. "Did something happen?"

The two had already discussed it beforehand, and decided to first track and observe the cultivated alpine cyanobacteria for a period of time to ensure that no problems would arise with the cultivated cyanobacteria.

After all, many artificially cultivated magical materials suffer from performance degradation. What she worries about is that if large-scale cultivation is carried out, the resulting materials may be substandard. Wasting time is a minor issue; if magical creations made from these substandard magical materials encounter accidents, they could even threaten the safety of the users.

“Not really…” Lanny shook his head, thought for a moment and then continued, “What I mean is, we have to think of a way to keep Wright in check!” Lanny sighed, his face full of helplessness and worry. “I’m really worried about letting a magician stay with ordinary people all the time.”

Melissa nodded knowingly. As a great mage, she naturally knew how much destruction a mage could cause. Although Lanny had put heavy chains on that guy's feet, if he really got into a conflict with others, a fireball spell could really burn an ordinary person to a crisp.

"So, we're not going to set up the pentagram?" Melissa thought for a moment, then tilted her head and asked again.

Lanny had originally planned to create this formation first, and the two of them had already communicated and exchanged ideas about it, making some improvements. Why did he suddenly change his mind now?

If she were to actually start working on that magic battery, she felt she might not have the energy to continue researching formations.

"I can't wait!" Lenny shook his head.

Fern's appearance today made him suddenly realize that he hadn't thought things through enough before. Fortunately, Wright didn't have any secret means of communication. If the two of them had really made contact, with Fern's help, Wright might have actually escaped.

Even if Wright can't escape, if he reports the true situation of the castle, it will probably cause further complications.

The best solution now is to deplete Wright's magic. Even if he has some magical means to contact the outside world, once his magic is depleted, we'll see what he can do.

"Alright!" Melissa had no choice but to nod helplessly when she saw his determination, but she was troubled by another problem: "What are your thoughts on the natural dissipation of magical elements?"

This is indeed a problem. Previous observations have shown that this mutated blue-green algae continuously dissipates the magic it absorbs into the air, like ink drops into water, eventually disappearing without a trace over time. If this problem isn't addressed, Lanny's envisioned magic battery will be completely useless. If he only wanted to deplete Wright's magic, it wouldn't be unacceptable, but Lanny isn't satisfied with that.

Lanny thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at Melissa beside him and said, "By the way, have you tried our new glass?"

"Not yet!" Melissa was taken aback upon hearing this and subconsciously shook her head.

She'd only made the glass a few days ago, and she hadn't really considered trying it out yet. Besides, her circumstances didn't allow her to waste her magic like that. "You know, I have to be very careful with every experiment I conduct..."

To say she was cautious was already an understatement. Given the characteristics of the Black Vine Seed, every time she mobilized her magic, it was accompanied by enormous risks. The safest approach was to completely prohibit the use of magic within her body.

However, firstly, she didn't want Lanny to underestimate her too much, and secondly, she herself was curious about some experiments, so she had conducted several experiments during this period. Even so, she was extremely cautious every time she mobilized her magic.

"Uh, sorry!" Lanny chuckled dryly. "I always forget about it by accident."

Melissa waved her hand dismissively, seemingly unconcerned, but appeared puzzled by Lanny's suggestion. "Why did you suddenly think of testing the glass's magical conductivity?"

After thinking for a moment, she felt that she hadn't expressed herself clearly enough, so she continued, "What I mean is, why did you specifically choose glass?"

When Lanny was making glass, she heard about his classification of materials into organic and inorganic materials. Although she didn't really understand the basis for this classification, she wouldn't be surprised if Lanny started from this point. But he chose to try this newly made material first.

She felt that Lenny must have his reasons, but she had absolutely no idea what they were.

But she had a feeling that Lanny might have had this in mind when he was making the glass.

Lanny stroked his chin, pondering how he should explain.

Is it because of his obsession with the transparent energy panels seen in science fiction movies?

How do you explain science fiction films? And it seems you have to explain what a movie is first, no, you have to explain where you saw these things.

Thinking about it this way, it seems there's no way to explain it clearly, and her questions will only keep piling up.

Fortunately, it wasn't just for this reason; glass itself is an excellent insulator and is used in many applications requiring insulation properties.

He had always regarded magical elements as another form of electrical energy. Since glass has excellent insulating properties, could it also have magic-resistant properties? He thought it was very possible!

Ultimately, he decided to explain it from the perspective of insulation. Even if there were no generators in the world, there would still be lightning, which would be easier to explain and wouldn't seem particularly strange.

“Because… glass itself is an excellent insulating material, so naturally we’ll try it first!” Lanny shrugged, feigning nonchalance. “Besides, don’t you think it would be beautiful to use emerald-like glass to make a magic battery?”

Melissa imagined it in her mind. The thought of holding a perfectly square emerald cube in her hands, filled with abundant magic, seemed truly beautiful! Just thinking about this scene made her eyes brighten, as if she were very interested.

Sure enough, women have very little resistance to beautiful things!

Just as Lenny was secretly pleased with his sudden inspiration, he saw Melissa quickly calm down and look at him with a puzzled expression. "Insulating material? What's that? A special magical material?"

Melissa truly lived up to her reputation as a genius who advanced to the rank of Archmage at a young age. Even though she could no longer freely use the magic power within her body, she maintained a strong thirst for knowledge and keenly noticed this concept she had never heard of before from Lanny's words.

Lanny was also a little surprised. He thought he had gotten away with it, but the other party still asked about it.

He sighed helplessly and could only offer an explanation.

"Insulating materials, well, they have absolutely nothing to do with magic elements, but they are related to electric current!"

"Some things around us don't all conduct electricity at the same rate. For example, metals like iron and copper are like magical materials, conducting current very easily. Wood and glass, on the other hand, conduct current very poorly, so I call them insulating materials..."

“You know what electricity is, right? It’s like lightning in the sky!” Lanny pointed to the sky outside the window.

Seeing that Melissa was frowning and not reacting, he raised his right hand and extended his five fingers downwards, imitating the sounds of "crack, crack... lightning, understand?"

Seeing Lanny's funny actions, Melissa first smiled, then rolled her eyes at Lanny, "Don't treat me like an idiot, okay? There are magicians who can use lightning magic too."

"What surprised me was that you didn't even know anything about magic before, so how do you know so much about lightning magic?" She looked Lanny up and down with a curious expression.

Lenny blinked, a mischievous glint in his eye. He looked around mysteriously before leaning forward in a low voice, "Would you believe me if I told you I could create lightning without magic?"

"Really?" Melissa blinked, her face full of doubt.

Keep in mind that even she doesn't know lightning magic, so it's hard to believe that Lanny, who can't sense any magical elements at all, could do this.

She initially looked up a basic lightning spell out of interest, only to find that such a simple spell required constructing over thirty magical vortexes within the body and performing strange hand gestures. Due to her concerns about her image as a woman, she immediately lost interest.

Although this spell is among the most difficult in magic, and mastering it requires a long period of practice, it's not because it's hard to learn.

Because those hand gestures are just... too ugly!

She couldn't even imagine how awkward and embarrassing it would be to twist her fingers into that strange shape while casting this spell.

She felt she could die from looking so ugly without the enemy even having to do anything.

With so many magical mysteries in the world waiting for her to explore, why did she have to choose someone so ugly?

Lightning magic isn't the most powerful; its power against ordinary people is even less than that of a flame storm. So it's more damaging to knights, mainly because knights wear knight armor on the battlefield.

She's a genius beauty, no way, she doesn't want such ugly magic!

However, since she knew about lightning magic, she naturally knew that what Lanny said was true. Metal materials were indeed more likely to conduct electricity, and she even knew that not only metals, but some liquids were also quite easy to conduct electricity.

But she didn't believe that Lanny could create lightning out of thin air.

Seeing Lanny rummaging through the room and even turning around and leaving, she thought he had run away because he couldn't save face. She wondered if she would let it go when Lanny came back, but then she saw Lanny find a piece of animal skin from somewhere and walk into the room with a glass rod in his right hand that was obviously just brought from the workshop.

"You're not planning to use these two things to create lightning, are you?" Although she had already decided to skip this topic, she couldn't help but ask when she saw what Lanny was holding.

Lanny looked at what he was holding and nodded helplessly.

Actually, Lanny had no choice. He remembered that the static electricity experiment required balloons, silk, and plastic rods, but these things were almost impossible to find in the castle. He had no choice but to make do with glass rods and animal hides.

He had originally planned to let Melissa experience the static electricity experiment from middle school physics class, to give her a good scare. But now... he wasn't even sure if static electricity would be generated!

He put down what he was holding, went straight to the window and drew the curtains to dim the light in the room, then nodded in satisfaction!

Unexpectedly, Lenny's strange behavior led Melissa to misunderstand. Looking at Lenny's expressionless face and then at the half-drawn curtains, she felt her heart beating faster and her face burning.

Is this guy up to something bad?