Gathering Wives with a System Chapter 419: Creating ’Life’, New Title

Following her advice, Isaac placed the Gene of Solar Harmony into the seed.

The inner framework steadied right away, and the minor disruptions from blending animal genes with plant material evened out quickly.

Once all three gene positions were occupied, Isaac sowed the seed in the soil.

Next, he triggered his ability.

[Seed of Providence]

The result struck instantly.

The earth moved. Power collected under the surface, and right then, the ground split apart.

A golden stem thrust upward.

It stood shorter than a standard Vitality Grain stem.

At its peak, a lone bloom started to unfurl.

The form echoed a sunflower from Isaac’s old world, yet its petals took the shape of stretched feathers instead of broad leaves.

When sunlight hit those feather-shaped petals, they sparkled softly and started drawing in the light.

The petals shone brightly.

Yet, that wasn’t the astonishing element.

“Isaac, am I seeing things?” Selene gulped.

“If so, then I must be sharing the dream with you,” he answered after a moment.

Both of them stood frozen in shock.

For the stem possessed ‘life’.

Beyond mere organic existence.

It held awareness.

All plants had vitality, but this entity displayed consciousness, akin to creatures.

Isaac knew it for certain as his Life affinity hummed joyfully. It rejoiced at the emergence of a fresh species.

The evidence appeared...

Within his thoughts, an alert appeared.

Life Affinity has reached Level 1 → Level 2

This marked the initial upgrade for his Life Affinity.

The cause was evident.

A novel aware species had come into being via his efforts.

However, the alerts kept coming.

You have created a new sentient species. Title gained.

Selene’s breaths grew steady.

Though she lacked Life affinity, her SSS-rank passive talents sharpened her awareness of auras and ranks.

Typically, Majesty Incarnate ignored plants. It impacted intelligent entities, those who grasped hierarchy.

But at this moment...

She sensed a presence.

The sunflower was yielding.

Not bending its form to the dirt, but its energy showed a gentle deference, an innate recognition of dominance.

Her ability reacted to it, signaling one truth.

It possessed consciousness.

Even if weakly.

“...Isaac, are you some kind of deity?”

“Huh?” He faced her, truly puzzled.

“You’ve just brought life into existence.”

He gazed at her briefly.

“It’s merely the result of my skill,” he explained.

Selene knelt down gently and reached out toward the sunflower. Her action was deliberate and careful, like nearing a timid creature.

The sunflower responded.

It tilted in her direction.

Then it softly rubbed its petals on her hand.

Selene’s eyes grew large.

“I believe it favors you. That’s the sense I’m getting,” Isaac remarked.

He detected no spoken words. No distinct phrases. Rather, he picked up feelings. Warmth. Inquisitiveness. A hint of fondness.

It felt utterly peculiar.

As they watched it closely, one petal started to radiate more intensely than the rest. It soaked up sunlight swiftly, hitting an inner threshold.

Then the petal broke free.

It drifted down leisurely.

Rather than landing on the earth, it floated to Selene’s waiting palm and settled lightly there.

In that instant, Isaac sensed a soft contact in his mind.

A mild nudge.

A purpose.

“It’s offering the petal as a present for you,” he stated cautiously. Interpreting proved tricky. It wasn’t verbal. It involved emotional waves mixed with primal urges.

Selene gazed at the petal in astonishment.

“Thank you,” she whispered to the sunflower.

The sunflower bobbed, nearly in pride.

Selene grinned unwittingly.

Then she curled her fingers over the petal.

As she did, it melted into bunches of golden glow. The specks seeped into her hand’s back, crafting an intricate mark resembling a feathered petal.

She blinked.

“What is this?” she whispered. “It seems like... I’m meant to activate it.”

“Try using it now,” Isaac urged without delay.

She concentrated.

Initially, nothing stirred. She tried triggering it through thoughts only, yet it stayed silent.

After some moments, she creased her brow a bit.

“It probably requires mana,” he suggested.

She channeled a tiny portion of mana to the mark.

It lit up at once.

A soft golden glow extended over her frame, faint yet evident to Isaac’s senses.

Selene stood taller.

Her eyes expanded.

“It’s a enhancement buff,” she uttered in amazement.

She moved a step, then another. She bent her fingers, shifted her shoulders.

“I can’t measure it exactly because I’m no fighter,” she went on, her words quickening, “but my body’s resilience has surely risen. My energy renewal feels more fluid as well. It’s not a sudden power surge, but a constant uplift.”

Isaac fixed his gaze on the sunflower.

Then he spotted another detail.

The dropped petal was regenerating already.

A fresh feather-shaped petal emerged in its place, and in mere seconds, it resumed taking in sunlight.

He breathed out gradually.

“This...”

Selene glanced between the sunflower and the shining mark on her hand.

“This could fetch a huge price,” she declared.

Her merchant side had kicked in.

“This plant acts like a support-type mage. It holds vitality within its petals and passes it on as a short-term boost. And it renews itself. Isaac, do you grasp the impact?

“Support mages are scarce. Folks wait ages for one to emerge. Then they must train them, shield them, nourish them, devote supplies to them. And still, they remain mortal. They weary. They wound.”

She gestured at the sunflower.

“Yet this... this delivers right away. You could sow fields full of them.”

Her tone quivered a touch now.

“This will transform the whole Awakener sector.”

She started striding back and forth, voicing her ideas.

“Guilds will crave them. Private guard firms. Even alien races. Picture a summit where attendees get vitality petals as event favors. Or vending exclusive support petals to elite customers.”

The sunflower bobbed contentedly near her, blissfully ignorant of her grand visions.

It simply beamed because she appeared joyful.

Isaac observed her in silence.

He too recognized the consequences.

This wasn’t merely a highly lucrative harvest.

Noting the sunflower’s soft motions, Selene abruptly calmed.

Her thrill eased.

She knelt once more and examined it nearer.

It inclined toward her again.

Then she turned to Isaac.

“You’re able to make others, aren’t you?” she inquired.

“Yes.”

His reply held no doubt.

She dipped her head once.

“Then... may I have this one?”

“...What?”

That caught him off guard.

She appeared calm, yet her face flushed faintly.

“This marks the first aware plant you’ve produced. It carries a... unique feel. So I thought...”

She paused briefly before concluding.

“Might I keep it as a memento?”