Fantasy Lord: I Have a Moving Castle

However, the scene today indeed moved him, and if he could help, he wanted to lend a hand. For Char, the most effective help would have been to harvest more crops.

Gazing at the vast stretches of black soil not yet sprouting before him, Char could sense the vitality that lay beneath.

But all the seeds had just been sown, and even though each seed had been imbued with life by the Clover Mantis, and aided by the juice of the Green Lotus Frog’s lotus seeds, it was impossible for them to sprout overnight.

Moreover, the weather was very cold now, and it wasn’t really the season for sowing.

Having already seen the first snow during his time in the Florence Forest, Char knew that although the altitude of Pine Tree Hills was much lower than Florence Forest and the temperature a few degrees warmer, it did not change the fact that it was now winter.

Planting in winter and expecting crops to grow without external intervention was impossible.

Magic was one way. As a Natural Prophet, even though Char’s professional level was only 3, he had ways to improve the temperature and humidity on a small scale to meet the growth conditions of crops—this was recorded in the Magic Book left by Kedel.

It wasn’t just Char; Betty and Freyja also had spells or spell-like abilities to make plants grow out of season.

But the method left by Kedel was too expensive, requiring a lot of magical materials, and the cost and benefits simply did not match up. Using spells directly was even more uneconomical.

With the abilities of Betty and Freyja, they would need to cast a skill from time to time to maintain the growth of crops on a very small piece of land, with much effort and little gain.

This was why Fireplace Town didn’t do it.

Otherwise, with so many Spellcasters in Fireplace Town, wouldn’t they be able to pick out a few who were skilled in "farming"?

However, for Char, this was not a problem at all.

If magic was not cost-effective, he still had scientific methods.

Soon, Char rushed into the Prayer House and made a series of Prayers, praying for a large amount of plastic film.

The Siran Continent obviously had not yet produced the material known as plastic, let alone plastic film, but the game Mobile Castle did have greenhouses, and the materials to make them were attainable through Prayer.

Therefore, through Prayer, Char easily obtained plastic film, a material yet to be introduced in the Siran Continent.

"Char, what is this?"

As Char moved rolls after rolls of plastic film outside, Freyja was very curious.

"This is what I told you about yesterday, the method that allows for the cultivation of food crops even in winter. Come and help me, there’s a lot more inside," Char called out while smiling in response.

Freyja, with curiosity in her heart, stepped forward to help.

In fact, when Char made such a large field yesterday, she had advised him. She certainly knew of Char’s ability to farm out of season, being a Natural Prophet, and it would be odd if he lacked even that ability.

But Char had only recently changed his Profession to Natural Prophet, and even if he had the ability to farm out of season, covering such a large area, he would have difficulty maintaining it, right?

This was beyond Freyja’s common knowledge.

But Char told her he had a way, and Freyja had thought it was some other magical method, not this thin film of an unknown material.

Although puzzled, Freyja still followed Char’s instructions and got to work.

Char, while explaining the principles, started constructing the plastic greenhouse with Freyja. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

He hadn’t hoped to build a very modernized greenhouse, where a large amount of steel, meticulously interconnected, could form a neat and elegant structure, and then be covered with plastic film to become a very modern greenhouse.

That would require a whole set of subdivided industrial systems, which in his former world, could be easily ordered with a few clicks on Taobao.

But in this otherworldly place, it was a fairytale fantasy, something not to be expected without years of development, and even with the Prayer System, he could not achieve the goal purely through Prayer.

So he intended to construct a simple greenhouse, using wood and plastic film, and as long as it was functional, that was enough.

It was another hardworking day, and under the efforts of Char and Freyja, simple greenhouses were erected, covering the dark valley with a layer of white.

However, even with Char and Freyja’s extraordinary strength, turning such a vast expanse of farmland into greenhouses was not an easy task.

Therefore, after covering a small portion of the black soil with white, the two of them stopped.

...

Evening, living room.

Under the interplay of bright candlelight and the luminescence of Star Worms, Char carefully flipped through his magic book.

After a while, he closed the magic book, closed his eyes, and began to construct his fourth magic model—during this time, apart from voraciously absorbing knowledge and increasing his magic knowledge, he was continuously familiarizing himself and memorizing the fourth magic model.

Having succeeded three times before, and with his strength steadily increasing every day, presently constructing a zero-ring spell model was no longer a challenge for Char.

Inside his body, tiny magic runes composed of magic power rapidly assembled into a complex model, and half an hour later, a brand-new spell model was born.

Upon activating the spell model, two pairs of small wings appeared at Char’s heels, and at the same time, he felt significantly lighter.

With a slight force under his feet, he floated lightly to the door, opened it, then with another gentle push, he soared out.

This was "Light Body Wings," a spell capable of increasing speed and even allowing the spellcaster to glide through the air for a brief period.

Char tested it, and the effect was very similar to the lightfoot techniques in martial arts novels. Coupled with Char’s foundation as an archer, which was already rather agile and nimble, this new ability greatly enhanced his mobility.

Shortly, he floated back, landing softly at the carriage door with a satisfied smile on his face.

For Char, what he didn’t lack was combat power.

With many powerful Magic Pets, any one of them under his command had more killing power than he did, including the Star Worm.

Since the Star Worm’s Challenge Level had also reached Level 3, even though the Natural Prophet, as a Rare Profession, had its combat power boosted, Char’s current Attack Power upper limit was still not as high as the Star Worm’s—"Blazing Flame Arrow," even with its specialty, was still only a zero-ring spell after all, how could it compare to "Star Flow"?

In such a scenario, constructing more zero-ring and even one-ring combat spells was pointless for Char.

During a major battle, what would that slight attack power of Char amount to?

For Magic Pets like the Thunder Night Dragon and Frost Deer, Char’s most important role was ensuring his own safety.

Thus, Char’s choice of spells was completely driven by how to increase his own survival capability—"Crystal Force Field" was like this, "Natural Premonition" as well, and now "Lightfoot Wings" also followed this rationale.

Even the selection of "Blazing Flame Arrow" was actually made from this perspective.

Because he couldn’t guarantee that his Magic Pets would always be with him at all times, there would always be moments when he was alone. In those situations, if he didn’t have even one Attack Spell, it would be too passive.

Therefore, it was necessary to learn at least one Attack Spell at the current stage.

In front of the carriage, Char looked at the half-constructed greenhouses in the farmland and then turned his gaze toward the vegetable garden above his head.

Although using greenhouses as a physical means to farm could overturn the restrictions of seasons, it merely allowed him to grow crops in winter. To expect a significant increase in yield per acre was impossible.

It was already good enough to keep the crops alive and have some output, but to expect a great harvest?

If one really hoped for a good harvest, they’d have to look at the Castle.

The Castle’s vegetable garden was the true place that could defy the outside environment, suitable for cultivation in all seasons with a yield higher than average.

But at this stage, the vegetable garden was too small; even with decent yield per acre, the harvested crops were not substantial.

Next steps would require efforts to upgrade the Castle, and after the upgrade, the vegetable garden would be large enough.