Today I finally integrated my new plant, which I am calling Requiem, because the humming noise it makes sounds almost, mournful. It does exactly what I expected it to, dramatically increased my mana production. Nothing shocking there. I ended up spending most of the day messing around with the stuff, seeing what I can do with it. I find that it works really well with Pipeweed

The enchanting specialist showed up today, finally, so I had to meet with him. He was irritated when he found out the emergency that he had been called to handle wasn’t there and probably would have caused some problems if I didn’t offer to pay him to teach some of our people enchanting. Based on his reaction the amount I offered is quite a bit more than what his services are actually worth. It’s not a big deal as the money is coming out of my personal savings instead of the money used for the people, I just wish I had offered a bit less. I just really want to avoid another situation like this.

The enchanter accepted and from there Tiddol took over, she is the one to handle all of that type of stuff after all.

The remnants of the volunteer army, who need a better name than that, have made some rather impressive progress in only a day. They impressed me with their ceaseless drive and determination to master what I am teaching them, but they should tone it back a bit so they don’t burn themselves out. A day’s worth of progress isn’t going to make a huge difference here, but they still accomplished quite a lot pretty quickly. Excluding the ones who already had some skill manipulating plants, the best of them is already capable of making a sword in under a second. Still useless to try and use in an actual fight, but it’s certainly better than I could do when I first started.

One of Erica Hornmark’s kids showed up about an hour ago while I was working, one of the Notherune’s. The kid practically begged me to teach him magic. Considering how ruffed up and twitchy he was, I get the feeling that his father tried to do something to stop them from trying to learn from me. Not that it’s my business, I honestly don’t care if he goes against his father, it will only make him want what I have to teach them more. Maybe I can convince him to bring his siblings along.

Since there was no way he could really learn much of anything in the mental state he was in I put him to sleep so he could relax and calm down. I’ll start teaching him after I finish writing today.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.