"Child would you like to see something more interesting than false foretelling", the elderly and beautiful lady asked me, and of course I was interested so I quickly went over to her and greeted politely.
"Fufufu, do not worry about mannerisms child I am but an old fossil awaiting rest in this world"
"Old fossil.... I genuinely don't think a lady this fair is that old"
"Oh my, don't make me blush, any lady becomes easy to please when they're single for too long child"
"!!!!?", I was completely flabbergasted, or did I same that out loud, maybe by accident how embarrassing. Maybe she read my mi-
"Enough thinking child, I can read your mind but it's easy to avoid as long as you focus well"
"oh ummm ok miss...."
"Call me granny Layla"
"Yes granny Layla"
"Now now, pay close attention to this"
I intensely stared at a rock she pointed at, and slowly it began to glow before floating towards her and molding into a small disc with a eastern dragon decoration. When the glow faded it had changed colors from it's usual dull gray to a serene and calming blue.
Granny Layla then conjured a string from thin air and made a pendent from the disc.
"Here child take this"
"This looks like a pendent one would wear to enter a secret realm"
"How did you know, oh my did you also learn how to read minds child", Granny Layla exaggeratedly exclaimed while I just honestly gave up on understanding her antics before it hurt my braincells.
"Child that's a mean remark don't you think"
"oh yeah she can read my mind, uhh think of something random...fat cats...? urghhh"
"Calm down child let's go see something amazing"
"Amazing... like what granny?"
"That's a surprise you might like"
"Sure....."
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A few minutes later after walking
We arrived at an old and small house. It looked quite worn out but still sturdy enough for one more year perhaps. Regardless she invited me in and I gladly went in the total granny stranger's abode, not that she would do anything since she felt genuine, warm and safe like any other loving grandma.
Her house was literally a mansion inside, with two stairways by opposite sides, a large kitchen with full cupboards of utensils, ingredients and snacks. A lounge of large comfort that could probably house 20 people at once and even a dining hall with a 30 seat table.
All in all it was quite the luxury, something that I thought only nobles would have in this time and village.
"My abode is fancier than the viscounts' and barons' mansions child"
"Granny I don't feel safe knowing that you can read my mind"
"I apologize then child, but I already know of your deepest secret"
"...I think I have no secrets"
"Well don't act ignorant, I'm also from a different world child, one called Warrei"
"Sorry for suspecting you f-"
"Don't apologize Peace Morris it's my fault for reading your life"
"!!!"
"Wait what miss granny how do y-"
"Well child I only mentioned your name to get your attention not to threaten you, now then I only know about you so much because I am responsible of your reincarnation. Originally you were supposed to be reincarnated in Earth your home planet but I noticed that your soul had grown and retained it's 'knowledge' so I swapped the path of your rebirth into this planet and body"
"So you are responsible for bringing me to a world of fantasy"
"Indeed child, but I only did so because you are special, now then let's have some snacks and return to the farmers shall we"
"Um sure, but can we talk about what is special about me"
"Of course child, just wait there and wait for me"
Eventually me and granny Layla talked about my so called specialness over cookies and milk tea. Granny spoke of skills first saying that skills are just actions that people are very good at, such as: running, gardening, mining, sword fighting, archery and learning. These actions culminate experience over repeated use and eventually become a skill known as an acquired skill.
When said skills are genetic or part of one's talents when young they become class skills or perks acquired through ranking up. And apparently I would awaken one such skill in a year. According to granny Layla I have a growth that will become quiet special because it had awakened before I myself awakened, all this due to the fact that I still retained 'knowledge' or rather my memories from my life as Peace.
When I asked about Granny Layla's abilities she said that she was too strong for anyone below Grandmaster-rank to even hear her full name or true rank so I gave up. By noon we left her home and made our way to the farming contest fields. We took quite a while due to detours and snack hunting but eventually made it by evening.
I quickly rejoined the Chief as a helper and as expected his bean stalk was was larger and studier than the rest since he was the only Apprentice-rank of the village. After the rewards ceremony for the contest I rejoined dad and even mom came by for the festivals. By midnight I went home with mom to rest up for the upcoming prolonged harvesting season.
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Next day
"Ow, my back feels stiff from all the errands of yesterday's festival", I woke up groggily and dragged myself to the bathroom to freshen up. After my usual morning routine I checked on dad since he was absent for breakfast, and it seems the remainder of the festival which me and mom didn't attend completely drained him.
"Kenny could you go pick out some vegetables for dinner", mom called out from outside the house.
"Sure, I'll do it once I'm back"
"Thanks dearie"
After checking on dad I quickly got myself a bag full of seeds from the storeroom and walked out of the house to Granny Layla's home, she wanted me to see something cool today and told me to bring seeds.
On my way to her house I spotted a message bearing pigeon flying towards me.
"Did sis write a letter again so soon?"
Regardless I collected the letter from the pigeon and continued my walk. I remembered the route to her home and only took 15 minutes to get there.
"Welcome back child, I see you brought a bag too many of seeds and a letter"
"Well I wasn't sure how many seeds to bring and the letter is from my older sis, I collected it during my walk to your place"
"I see let's get started then", Granny Layla beamed at me before bringing out vases onto the table.
Next she put a single seed in each vase before chanting [Growth], and the seeds suddenly grew to full sized flowers that mom liked planting outside our home. Granny Layla merely glanced my way and smirked at my surprise before adding two more seeds of different types to the vases and this time chanted [Weave].
At this point I was completely shocked as the new seeds in each vase shot out roots and embedded them into the grown flowers. This caused the flowers to change completely as they seemed to be all merging seamlessly into completely new types of flowers.
The vases, numbered a total of 10 and each one of them seemed to be a type of flower that shouldn't exist at all. Next she chanted [Genesis] and spawned 10 different metallic ores from literally nowhere and [Weave] again which combined the metals into the flowers but not completely.
She merge part of the metals with the plants while the rest she merged with the soil in each vase. Finally she chanted [Cycle] and [Knowledge] before wiping off non-existent sweat and proudly turning to me.
As for me..."...Granny Layla at this point I won't be surprised if you summon a dragon from the flowers"
"Fufu, save your compliments and amazement, now then all I did was apply my skill on these flowers. Of course you might be wondering why I used 5 chants but let me enlighten you."
"*Gulp, whatever granny is gonna reveal is probably very important. "
"My skill is a Penta S tier skill which means it has 5 effects, to better explain it allow me to show show you. [Skill: EXISTENCE]. "
Suddenly the air in her mansion changed, Granny's locks of silver and violet hair started floating while the air or space around her began to shimmer and darken. I felt my skin tingle from the pure awe and excitement of the power she was displaying.
The darkened space around her started to gain tiny dots of light like distant stars of a night sky while also gaining glowing hues of blue, green, white, red and practically any color that exists and doesn't exist. Different life forms, materials, entities, texts of ancient language and celestial bodies seemed to revolve around her perfectly.
The colorful lights reflected off her face making her look more breathtaking in a dangerous way. Suddenly the lights dimmed, the darkness retracted into her body and she opened her eyes slowly.
"Child you shouldn't be complimenting an easy granny like me while I'm trying to focus", she teased lightly as if she hasn't just revealed herself as a cosmic level powerhouse.
"Umm granny, I think I'm too inferior to be even in your presence right now", and those were my honest feelings because she honestly felt too ethereal to be real.
"Child calm down, I already retired from becoming stronger or whatever, plus I said that you can reach my level didn't I. Your skill will be an evolved version of my Growth function because you have the potential so don't feel inferior. Now hold out your hand"
"!!! ohh, right, thank you granny umm here's my hand. "
"Good now try to remember the feeling of mana I'm gonna send into your hand"
"Yes granny, wait what MANA!!!"
"Fufufu, yes child mana just calm down for now. "