Ren was in his fourth year at the academy, and many things had changed…
His parents had successfully completed the thousand-day method, transforming their weak plants into Intermediate Mature Weak Plants, creatures that now rivaled Bronze 2 beasts in raw power, even approaching Silver when considering synergy and Vitality alone.
The leaves and vines manifesting in their hair now gleamed with a silver-green intensity that made other citizens look at them with respect instead of the condescending pity from before. They were no longer the poor cooks from the outermost district. They now ran the most successful restaurant in the middle district, frequented by minor nobles and prosperous merchants.
