The girl immediately turned her face away.
"Huh, what do you mean? You make no sense."
Nic folded his arms across his chest. "Just be honest. A simple yes or no."
The girl toyed with her fan and said she didn't do it.
"Are you crazy? How could I possibly do something like that-!!"
Nic's anti-lie passive activated, showing that the girl was lying. Nic smiled.
"What is your name?" Nic asked.
"Ugh, enough! Just go down! I want to rest, don't disturb me!" said the girl as she opened the door to her house.
Nic held onto her clothes. "Wait, I want to ask something else."
The girl insisted on entering the house, but Nic kept a firm grip on her outfit.
"I want to ask about the 7 Tree and Flower Guardians," Nic said.
The girl instantly stopped, turned around, and pulled Nic inside.
"Wait... are you a local or not?" she asked.
Nic told her he was a tourist who had just arrived yesterday.
"Huh? How can you be this fluent in the Eastern language? Are you an expert in linguistics?" the girl asked, since the Eastern language is notoriously difficult.
"Well, something like that. I've been studying it for a long time," Nic lied.
[ Studied? Master Nic, that's just the God of Language skill. ]
"Shhh..."
Finally, the girl introduced herself. "I'm Rainzy. I live here because this house is an inheritance from my late grandfather, so I occupy it now."
Nic understood now. It seemed she was just her grandfather's successor in doing this and had no malicious intent; it was just that common people found it excessive, but it didn't bother Nic.
"So what do you want to ask about the 7 Guardians?" Rainzy asked while playing with her fan.
"Are all the tree or flower guardians friends?" Nic asked.
Rainzy smiled and explained, "Some are siblings, some are loners, even rivals... that's for the tree guardians. As for the flowers... they are all quite unpredictable."
"And will they fight back if their place is threatened?"
Rainzy shook her head slowly. "They are just graceful and calm guardians... they can only endure if attacked. Only the flowers are the ones who help them."
Nic nodded. "Okay, that's enough. Thanks for the info."
Rainzy asked seriously why Nic was asking such things when he was just a new tourist.
Nic simply said he was interested in unique things in every country and wanted to know more.
Then Nic stood up to leave. He pointed at Rainzy with a pistol gesture clearly using Cupid Arsenal > Pistol.
"Thanks for the info, Rainzy, the rain shaman," Nic said, and then... bam!
[ Ding! Congratulations! Rainzy is 100% loyal and in love with Master Nic. ]
[ Ding! Hearth Claim active! Rainzy has been added to the girlfriend list. ]
[ Ding! Skill Transfer active! Gained new skill: God of Weather (Master Nic can change the weather anytime to Sunny, Overcast, Rainy, Windy, etc.) ]
Nic leaped from the top of the mountain to the bottom with great speed.
Meanwhile, Rainzy stood frozen, not knowing what had happened, her heart racing and making her feel annoyed.
"Weird... weird... HE IS WEIRD! HE REALLY SEEMED TO KNOW I'M THE RAIN SHAMAN, AGHHH!"
Rainzy rolled around in embarrassment.
---
Nic returned home.
"Zeta, if I shoot the 7 tree and flower guardians, will I get many skills?"
[ No, Master Nic. Because they are similar, you will only get two skills, and the rest will only be stats. ]
"I see. Okay then, I'll just relax for a bit..."
After that, Nic just wandered around the inn, accompanied Hinata in the garden, went fishing though he didn't meet Marin again and chatted with Hinata's grandfather.
In the afternoon, Nic saw a girl who seemed to have just returned from a mission. She was carrying a large bag and many tools.
From a distance, Hinata shouted and ran toward the girl, hugging her. That was Hinata's older sister, the Botanist named Aurelia.
But Aurelia's face looked pale as she stroked her sister's head.
"Eh, sister, what's wrong? Why do you look so listless?" Hinata asked worriedly.
Averting her face, she said softly, "I... was fired from the research institute."
Hinata was instantly shocked and couldn't believe her sister was fired, despite being an expert and very diligent.
"Let's discuss this inside... I'm really sad right now," Aurelia said, and the two of them went into their house.
Nic couldn't hear their conversation and chose to go back.
At night, Nic was curious to review his new skill from Rainzy.
Exactly at 12 AM, the rain appeared again, but Nic decided to be playful.
"Okay, Zeta. Activate God of Weather."
[ Active ]
Nic went outside, looked at the clouds, and raised his hand. "Brighten the weather."
And sure enough, the rain slowly vanished. Everyone was shocked by what happened.
Even Rainzy at the top was in shock. "Huh... why did the rain stop? Am I short on chemicals? I thought I put in enough..."
But a few seconds later, Nic brought the rain back, making Rainzy even more confused.
"This is impossible, nature doing this on purpose... damn it, what is happening? This is the first time I've seen something this strange!!"
Rainzy actually thought this was a plan from nature signaling something to them. She even posted the news on social media, and everyone believed it.
Meanwhile, Nic, seeing the news, was instantly shocked.
"These people... they jump to conclusions way too fast without looking into it first..." Nic muttered in disbelief while patting his forehead.
[ Here we go, Master Nic. Are you sure you want to mess with this country again? I think if you pretended to be a god, they would all believe you. ]
"Shut up, Zeta. Instead of saying weird things, help me."
[ Help with what? ]
"Help by staying silent, hahahaha!"
[ .... ]
Zeta got annoyed and stayed quiet for the rest of the day.
---
The next day, Nic went sightseeing again and returned to the Weeping Willow Tree.
Once again, he saw the guardian of the tree sitting on the ground with a listless face.
Nic had also prepared something so the Weeping Willow wouldn't be listless anymore.
"Hello," Nic greeted Pillow.
Pillow looked up listlessly, smiled, and greeted Nic back.
"Can you take me somewhere?" Nic asked.
"Hee... sorry, I can't... I have to guard my place because later someone will... huft..." Pillow said, sounding very drained.
"It's okay, I've already ordered bodyguards to watch this area... please accompany me, you are the guardian, after all." Nic pleaded.
Pillow, seeing him, felt bad and pitied him, because he was the type who couldn't say no. Reluctantly, he finally agreed to accompany Nic.
To be continued...