Chapter 487 - 486: Silentrain

Chapter 487: Chapter 486: Silentrain

After thinking for a moment, Seraphina Sinclair decided that just thinking about it wasn’t enough. She had to take action.

She stood up, walked over to the Sunflower, wrapped her arms around its pot, and heaved it upward—

She did lift it with ease, but the Sunflower was anything but.

Its pot slammed into the ceiling. If it weren’t for the plant’s good flexibility, its stem probably would have snapped.

And that wasn’t all.

The little human was acting crazy today, repeatedly lifting it to bang against the ceiling.

Sunflower: "..."

At first, it didn’t understand. Its inner voice was just a jumble of meaningless bytes. Then, annoyed, it just kept repeating ’Little human... little human... little human...’ in its mind.

By the time Seraphina Sinclair finally realized what the Sunflower was feeling, it no longer had the energy to keep repeating the thought.

Its pair of gleaming golden eyes swept around the mobile home and suddenly saw the door that appeared on this day every week. It then remembered how the little human would carry it through that door every time...

A flash of inspiration struck the Sunflower, and its inner voice rang out again: ’The little human wants me to be smaller...’

Seraphina Sinclair’s eyes lit up, and she immediately began nodding frantically.

The Sunflower had been around humans for so long that while it didn’t understand complex actions or language, it could grasp the meaning of such a simple gesture.

It went quiet for a moment, then began to glow.

Its golden eyes remained fixed gently on Seraphina Sinclair, while its body emitted a warm light, like the kind released from a quilt that had been sunbathing all day being beaten.

The light began at the edges of its petals, traveled down the stem, and spread to its roots.

In the glow, the entire Sunflower began to shrink. It wasn’t an exaggerated, sudden *whoosh*; it shrank inch by inch, like a blooming flower choosing to close its petals at dusk.

Seraphina Sinclair blinked, instinctively stepping forward to pick up the pot. This time, the Sunflower’s head didn’t hit the ceiling.

The weight in her arms grew lighter and lighter. The Sunflower shrank from 1.6 meters to 1.2, then to under a meter, finally stopping at about sixty centimeters tall.

Seraphina Sinclair subconsciously used Insight on the Sunflower.

After carefully examining the panel, Seraphina Sinclair was finally relieved.

It seemed that growing bigger or smaller was something the Sunflower could choose at will, having nothing to do with its grade or status.

Realizing this, Seraphina Sinclair immediately shot the Sunflower a puzzled look.

’What does that mean?’

’So the Sunflower has been this big all along just because it *likes* being this big?’

The Sunflower’s face tilted slightly, its petals trembling gently as it wondered, ’What is the little human up to now...’

Seraphina Sinclair took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

’Fine.’

’It makes sense when I think about it. Who wouldn’t want to live at their preferred size? It had grown over two meters tall, its head hitting the ceiling and its leaves unable to straighten out, purely because it liked it that way. If I hadn’t banged it against the ceiling for a while today, it probably wouldn’t have shrunk.’

"Alright then, just shrink a bit before we enter dungeons from now on," Seraphina Sinclair said, patting the Sunflower’s face. "Once we’re out, you can grow as big as you want. I won’t bother you."

The Sunflower didn’t understand, but it lowered its head and nuzzled her palm anyway.

The golden petals were as soft as satin, tickling her palm.

Seraphina Sinclair placed the shrunken Sunflower on the floor and examined it closely. Sixty centimeters tall, with a face the size of her palm, a thin stalk, and tiny leaves, the entire plant looked like the most ordinary sunflower imaginable.

’It’s pretty.’

’Besides, in this state, it doesn’t look any different from other people’s sunflowers.’

’Perfect.’

’I should have made the Sunflower shrink sooner.’

The countdown to the dungeon’s opening ended, and a Lightgate immediately appeared inside the mobile home.

After saying a quick goodbye to Luna Jacobs, Seraphina Sinclair entered the gate, holding the Sunflower in her arms.

Luna Jacobs propped her chin on her hand, her gaze lingering where the Lightgate had vanished. She watched for a long while before finally looking away.

The small house fell quiet. The fire in the hearth crackled, sending flecks of light dancing on the brick wall.

She lowered her head and gripped the Polishing Knife, but her eyes were not on the blueprints.

...

The moment the Lightgate closed behind Seraphina Sinclair, she felt a brief sense of weightlessness, like the slight dropping sensation of an elevator starting up.

When the white light before her eyes faded, she found herself on a circular platform.

The platform wasn’t large, about three meters in diameter, with a bottomless void at its edge.

The Stone Tablet under her feet was gray, carved with intricate patterns that showed the modeler’s dedication.

And her teammate was standing on the other side of the platform.

The person was wearing a deep blue technical jacket. Strapped to her back was a Long-handled Axe almost as tall as she was, and she was holding a sunflower in her arms.

Just as Seraphina Sinclair was about to say something, a dialogue box popped up.

[Place the sunflower in the slot to receive a choice!]

Seraphina Sinclair’s eyes fell on the dialogue box. After reading the text clearly, she immediately began searching for the slot’s location.

Her teammate did the same.

A moment later, both of their gazes landed on the same spot.

The intricate patterns formed a circle, and in the very center of that circle were two fist-sized slots.

The woman with the axe didn’t act immediately. Instead, she looked up at Seraphina Sinclair. "Hey, we’re teammates, aren’t we? How about an introduction?"

Seraphina Sinclair looked at the woman opposite her. The woman’s gaze paused on the Sunflower in her arms before moving to her face.

"Serafelle Sinclair." Seraphina Sinclair still used that name.

The woman opposite her nodded. "Silentrain."

’Silentrain?’

’Why would she just give her ID?’

Puzzled, Seraphina Sinclair subconsciously glanced at her, only to meet Silentrain’s own confused eyes.

Silentrain jostled the stone-carved sunflower in her arms, reached out to stroke one of its leaves, and asked with a frown, "Aren’t you going to say anything?"

Seraphina Sinclair stared back into those confused eyes for two seconds, completely lost.

Silentrain sighed and offered another hint. "My ID is Silentrain. You don’t recognize it?"

Seraphina Sinclair: "..."

Seraphina Sinclair was silent for a moment, even asking herself internally, ’Is she supposed to be famous or something?’

Although Seraphina Sinclair genuinely had no idea who she was, she was very good at handling these situations.

"Of course, I’ve heard so much about you," Seraphina Sinclair said, nodding with a sincere expression. "The light was a bit blinding, I didn’t get a clear look. So you’re the esteemed Silentrain."

Silentrain’s expression changed subtly.

Seraphina Sinclair couldn’t decipher the full meaning of that expression, but she understood one part of it: ’She bought it.’

’So confident... She must have some fame on the regional channel, but I’ve really never heard that name before.’

’But that’s fine. Someone who introduces herself with her ID right away and thinks she’s a big shot probably won’t choose to fight her own teammate, right?’

Seraphina Sinclair had just sorted out her thoughts when she heard Silentrain speak again. "Since you’ve heard of my ID, you should know what kind of person I am. You’re lucky you got matched with me."