So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests-Chapter 272 : Legacy of Nature

Chapter 272: Legacy of Nature
“Legacy of Nature… could that be the reason she once studied in Florence?”
From the memory fragments Janna saw in her dream, it was evident that Euphresia had studied in Florence.
And in that dream, Janna could clearly see that the one who had taught Euphresia was a powerful high-ranking elf.
Although Janna did not know exactly what knowledge the elf had imparted, she speculated that Euphresia, being a pure-blooded human with no elven lineage, had gone to Florence specifically for the "Legacy of Nature."
“But from what I saw in the dream, she should have already advanced to a full-fledged witch by then. She shouldn’t still be without the ‘Legacy of Nature’—”
Florence, on par with Atlantis, Dordogne, and Phoenix City as a major gathering place for Second-Tier witches, was famous not only for its unique alchemy and potionology but most notably for the natural magic of the green elves.
As green elves who devoted their entire lives to nature, they were born with many wondrous natural abilities.
For example, the "Nature Communication" ability that Janna only acquired after advancing her talent to Nature Affinity was something all green elves possessed innately from birth.
Not to mention, high-ranking green elves wielded all kinds of astonishing and devastating natural magic.
Beyond basic feats like manipulating plants or commanding magical beasts, powerful high-ranking green elves could even influence the weather, alter climates, or control the seasons.
Especially the ability to “alter the climate”—despite not having mastery over the Wind or Rain Laws, they could easily control natural climates through the favor of nature's will.
Thus, Janna inferred that the natural powers described in the "Legacy of Nature" likely related to such natural magic as climate manipulation.
“To my knowledge, the only ones who can freely manipulate climate, apart from the high-ranking green elves of Florence, are the Deep Sea Mermaids of Atlantis…”
The Deep Sea Mermaids of Atlantis could also influence weather, thanks to the power of the ocean—specifically, the power of the current Lord of the Ocean, Themis-Russell.
Once these Deep Sea Mermaids left the ocean’s domain, that ability vanished as well.
Of course, beyond affecting oceanic climates, their water-elemental magic was also formidable.
Likewise, if high-ranking green elves were in their forest domain, it was nearly impossible to kill them—unless the entire forest was destroyed.
“Logically speaking, once I advance to a Third-Tier Witch Apprentice and master the ability to elementalize my body, as long as I’m in a forest, no one beneath the level of a full-fledged witch could kill me, no matter how many of them there are—”
Janna glanced at the mechanical clock on the wall, its hands now pointing to midnight. Knowing she could delay no further, she forcibly shook off her distracting thoughts and slowly closed her eyes.
“Hoo—ha—hoo—ha—”
Steady breaths slowly escaped from Janna’s lips. As she entered a state of deep meditation, those long-missed green lights began to envelop her once again.
“Hoo—ha—hoo—ha—”
Like green fireflies in the night, the glowing specks around Janna grew more numerous. Even the Thorn Flower Fairy resting on the windowsill began to rise and fall rhythmically in tune with her breathing.
Gradually, the flower bud bloomed, and two thorny roots, only as thick as pinky fingers, quietly extended through the petals.
With a soft rustling, the two thorny roots slowly approached Janna’s bedside. After some hesitation, they couldn’t resist their instinct and began greedily absorbing the soon-to-disperse green light in the air.
“Hoo—ha—hoo—ha—”
Moonlight was tranquil, the specks of light mottled.
With the synchronized breathing of girl and flower, a vortex of mana—imperceptible to the naked eye—began forming between them.
Eventually, not just the budded Thorn Flower Fairy, but even the other unassuming dense magical plants in the dormitory joined the meditation, unabashedly absorbing the mana within the vortex.
The next morning
As Janna awoke from her deep meditation, she immediately got out of bed in her slippers and carefully observed the Thorn Flower Fairy.
“It really did grow a bit.”
Last night, during her meditation, she had sensed through spiritual awareness what was happening in the dormitory.
Perhaps due to her fatigue, her mana had leaked out again during meditation.
But this time, the mana leakage seemed different.
Possibly because Janna had successfully activated the Growth Law Fragment, even her magical particles had begun to show Growth traits.
Furthermore, after upgrading her talent to Nature Affinity, the purity of plant-elemental magic particles in her mana circuit had greatly improved.
Thus, even the small amount of leaked mana particles had been treasured by the Thorn Flower Fairy and the other magical plants, who eagerly competed to absorb them.
As a result, the mana vortex was triggered—although the commotion was a bit loud, it significantly enhanced Janna’s meditation effects.
“If conditions permit in the future, I could rent a magical plant cultivation room as my fixed meditation space…”
Janna had been trying to make this idea a reality for some time.
Her most favored location was the magical creature cultivation room on the first basement level of the magic tower.
Not only did it provide a lush forest environment, but it was also quite secure.
Moreover, with her grasp of Beginner Transfiguration, Janna could transform into Tree Form within the cultivation room.
That would not only increase mana absorption efficiency but also cause other magical beasts to ignore her, creating a relatively quiet meditation space.
If the meditation effects were good, Janna could even use the mana leakage “bug” to trigger a mana vortex in the magical creature cultivation room, allowing the nearby plant-elemental beasts to benefit as well.
Unfortunately, at White Coral Academy, apprentices were not allowed to stay in the magical creature cultivation room at night without permission.
Especially since every visitor to the room had to be interrogated by the Tower Spirit with “lie-detection ability,” lying was simply not an option.