Chapter 726 726 Well Wishers
"So, what should I call you?" Wolfe asked the Rank Six Faerie who had been the first to show up after he had advanced.
"Call me Sweetheart." The tiny creature insisted.
"I'm thinking that calling you that might cause some issues later on. Do you have another name that you like to be called by?"
The tiny Fae giggled. "Well, in that case, you can call me Dinae. Have you been around Faeries a lot? I heard that there are some are living in your town."
Wolfe laughed. "You could say that. There are a few hundred Faeries living in the trees of Forest Grove and a small group of them working with the witches as Familiars. It has been a pretty good arrangement for us."
The Faerie zoomed around the room for a few more seconds and then returned to hover in front of Wolfe. "That is intriguing. I haven't seen a hundred Faeries living in the same place in ages, we usually spread out through the forest and only gather for special occasions. But we should get ready, there are others who are nearly here now."
Wolfe used the stone of the mountain to make some simple dishes, then used Fire Magic to heat them to magma before letting them cool into obsidian. Then he padded the chairs with magic for comfort, while Dinae prepared wooden bowls full of fruits and vegetables for the guests, and large pitchers full of fruit juice.
"Nature magic really is powerful at level six, isn't it?" Wolfe asked.
"Level Six? That is basic nature magic for a Faerie, Rank Two at the most. We're excellent at making fruit and flowers, mostly so that we can keep our supply of honey up to make sweets. The first of the others should be here. Do you want to wait inside so I can greet them?"
"I request that you not damage anything if you go in there. That spot is a particularly valuable cultivation location for Fire Magic creatures of all sorts, and allowing it to enlighten your understanding to an Adept level doesn't use up the resource, only some of your time." Wolfe informed him.
"Is adept as far as it will take you?" The elemental asked.
"Then I will thank you in advance. Being able to simply sit and understand will be a pleasant change for me. Fortunately, both my demonic and Elemental sides are in harmony on the matter of Fire Magic, so I haven't had the progression issues that many have had. The real restriction is that I didn't inherit as much of the natural understanding of Fire Magic, only an extreme level of power while using it."
Then, the new arrivals turned into a steady stream, with more visible in the sky by the time that any of them landed, and Wolfe was busy accepting congratulations and welcoming visitors. Being the newest Saint Rank power in the world, as well as the only known Magi above Rank One, there was a lot of socialization to be done, and nearly everyone wanted to be his friend.
"It's as far as it would take me. For you, perhaps not." Wolfe shrugged.
The Elemental hybrid nodded, and sat down to wait for more people to arrive, not particularly interested in conversation. Wolfe suspected that he just got easily annoyed by being interrupted, as Fire Elementals were known to be extremely temperamental when summoned as Familiars.
As the crowd began to gather, it also began to split.
The building wasn't large enough for all the people who had gotten curious and rushed over, but none of them wanted to admit they had no real reason to be here, other than that they were nosy about a stranger's advancement, so the ones who were less comfortable on the mountain moved inside, and those who didn't care about the weather stayed outside to chat with each other about the situation.
The first new Saint in two centuries was a big deal, after all, even if they had never met him before today. Besides, he was likely to be the continental representative in the near future, and his rate of growth was unprecedented.
It was never wrong to get to know people who were about to obtain much more power than you held.