"Hey, sorry I scared you. As compensation, I'll treat you to this!" Seeing Sussie's panicked expression, Kanna touched her face, then pulled out a "Lightning Fruit" from a small satchel by her side and offered it to Sussie.
"This is..." Sussie looked at the strange fruit Kanna handed her with a conflicted expression. Not to mention how this little girl named Kanna pulled such a large item from her bag, just its appearance didn't look like something a human could eat.
"Hmm, you still have that?" Nian knew Kanna had a few pure originium in her bag, but she didn't expect her to give one away like this.
"Try it, it tastes pretty good." Although the Lightning Fruit, with its effects weakened by the system, couldn't turn ordinary people into "Thunder Gods" like in the anime, its taste had improved significantly with Kanna's suggestion, and its effects hadn't diminished.
Under everyone's gaze, Sussie took a bite. The sweet and sour taste was indeed very good, and she quickly finished the fruit. After eating it, she felt as if her body had become a little stronger.
"Gavial Alter, don't you claim to be a botany expert? Can you tell what kind of fruit Kanna gave her?" Kugen thought back carefully. There was no similar-looking fruit in his memory, so he turned to ask Gavial Alter, who was bringing in dishes.
"I don't recognize it! This is the first time I've seen such a strange fruit. Judging by little Sussie's reaction, it must taste good. I just don't know where it's from or how much it costs. Maybe we can buy a batch through channels and plant it ourselves." Although the fruit looked a bit strange, as a master botanist, Gavial Alter stated that as long as there were seeds, she could find a way to grow it. This unique-looking fruit might sell well.
Nian waved her hand. She had heard a thing or two about the price and type of these items from Kanna, and also learned some interesting stories from others. "This thing is called a 'Lightning Fruit.' It's not cheap, and currently, it seems only Kanna can produce it. Planting it is out of the question. I remember Folinic saying that Rhodes Island tried to cultivate this fruit, but it couldn't succeed in any environment, and they eventually had to give up regretfully."
"Very expensive?" Gavial Alter was curious about how expensive this fruit actually was, and that even so many masters on Rhodes Island couldn't successfully plant it.
Kanna held up one finger.
"One hundred lungmen dollars or one thousand lungmen dollars? It wouldn't be ten thousand lungmen dollars per fruit, would it?" Since others said it was expensive, Gavial Alter guessed according to expensive prices.
Kanna shook her head. "One pure originium."
"Cough, cough, cough..."
After hearing Kanna's quote, everyone couldn't help but cough. A single fruit worth one pure originium—this was too unscientific.
"One pure originium..." Seeing Nian's utterly genuine expression, Sussie just wanted to spit out everything she had just swallowed.
After all, this price was too exaggerated.
"Don't be so nervous, you've already eaten it, are they going to make you pay for it?" Seeing Sussie's small face change from flushed to pale, and then back to flushed, Nian suddenly found this little girl quite amusing.
"How can there be something so expensive?" Gavial Alter walked over to Sussie and gently stroked her head, barely managing to calm her down.
Kanna pointed to Sussie's staff. "You'll understand if you let her use her Originium Arts."
Under everyone's gaze, Sussie cautiously released her Originium Arts. She then discovered that the spells, which had previously darted around like a husky in the snow, were now as docile as a kitten basking in the sun on a flower bed by the roadside.
"The Lightning Fruit can enhance the intensity and control of the user's lightning-type spells. With her physical qualities, she can also get a slight physical enhancement. Hmm, this isn't a one-time thing. The energy contained within it will take about half a year to fully digest. By then, after learning some spells through the system, Sister Sussie can also become a top caster who can summon thunder and lightning."
After hearing Kanna's words, Gavial Alter immediately hugged Sussie. "Really? Little Sussie will become that strong? Then from now on, I'll rely on little Sussie for protection, okay!"
With Gavial Alter clinging to her, Sussie forgot the value of what she had just eaten, and, blushing, she squirmed in Gavial Alter's embrace. "Sister Gavial Alter, don't joke. I'm just an ordinary Infected, it's not that exaggerated..."
In a joyful atmosphere, everyone finished their delicious lunch.
Stepping out, Kanna met Red, who had just "returned." Seeing Kanna, he walked over with a smile and greeted her, "Long time no see, Kanna!"
"Red, I just asked Kugen why you weren't here during lunch. He said you went out on a mission. I was a bit disappointed not to see you."
Seeing Red, Kanna walked over and warmly shook his hand. During their previous journey together, Red had witnessed Kanna's exaggerated strength, which was completely unsuited to her age. It could be said that Kanna was the strongest caster he had ever seen, without exception. In his opinion, even the legendary Witch King of Leithanien was no more powerful.
This curious, mischievous, and constantly cheerful little girl had injected a fresh vitality into the gloomy and demoralized team at the time.
Later, when he chatted with Patriot and the Operators of Rhodes Island, he learned how much Kanna had contributed to Rhodes Island's victory in the battle of Chernobog. Patriot also stated frankly that if Kanna had harbored murderous intent towards those who had left their homes, no one in the entire team would have escaped death.
If they, the defectors, carried a heart of apology and guilt towards other "colleagues" of Rhodes Island, then towards Kanna, everyone was very calm. After all, a difference in combat power can cause fear, but when that difference is so great as to be unimaginable, such fear simply vanishes.
"I took on a mission to rescue an Infected outside the city. I didn't know you were here. As soon as I got back, I came straight over to check." Red handed a written report to Kugen.
"Couldn't save her?" Kugen sighed after reading the report.
"That's right, she was already gone when I arrived. According to Rhodes Island's regulations for the care of deceased Infected, I helped her companions safely bury her, left medicine for the remaining people, and then returned." Red stated that everyone at Rhodes Island had experienced this. When they received the news, they rushed there immediately, but unfortunately, she suffered an acute worsening of Oripathy, and she had already left this world before he even arrived.
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