Divine Wood Calendar, Year 3, October 10
'Today, I came up with a great idea. Our race, the little sprites, has a unique advantage in producing natural energy. Could it be that our reproduction is related to that natural energy?'
'Just like plants. They grow flowers, and the flowers bear fruit. Producing fruit is their racial trait and also their means of reproducing.'
'But... how should I do it?'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 3, October 13
'After three days of thinking, I've had a thought. When we produce natural energy, the energy generated inside our bodies is expelled into the air.'
'What if instead of expelling it, I kept it inside my body?'
'It's worth a try. I won't tell the supervisor just yet. I'll try it myself and keep a good record of the experiment. If I fail, I can at least tell the other little sprites that this path is wrong.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 3, October 17
'Today, I continued trying to store the natural energy I produce inside my body. My previous methods all had problems; I couldn't store it at all.'
'I think I need to change my approach. Maybe I should try... absorbing it?'
'Lord Divine Wood, please forgive me for privately absorbing your property. I hope you won't hold it against me.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 3, October 20
'My line of thinking was correct. By absorbing the natural energy I produce back into my body to strengthen it, I can indeed store a portion of it.'
'Right now, I can only absorb a small portion each day. I can't take in any more. Just a tiny bit of natural energy makes me feel stuffed.'
'Yes, it's that feeling the Jungle Guards get when they occasionally overeat. I've finally experienced it for myself.'
'I'll just keep at it. I plan to continue helping the other researchers while recording my own changes.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, March 10
'They finally found out I was experimenting on myself. I guess it was bound to happen.'
'Ever since I started absorbing natural energy, I've been getting bigger.'
'Now, I'm much larger than the other little sprites.'
'I confessed everything. The supervisor decided to take me off my other duties so I can focus on... being experimented on.'
'I've become a test subject once again!'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 5
'I'm now twice the size of the other little sprites.'
'Every day when I absorb natural energy, I feel awful, like being force-fed after I'm already stuffed.'
'But for the sake of the experiment, I'm still trying my best to absorb the natural energy.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 7
'I feel so awful today. I don't think I can keep this up.'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 8
'So awful...'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 9
'So awful...'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 11
'Today, I feel like I've reached my limit. I can't absorb any more natural energy.'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 12
'I feel like I'm going to split open.'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 13
'It hurts!'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 14
'It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 15
'I really split open!'
Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, May 16
'Yesterday, after several days of pain, my body split apart and became two bodies.'
'My consciousness is in one of the bodies, and a new consciousness was born in the other.'
'If that body can produce natural energy, then it proves my method was right.'
'We little sprites really can reproduce.'
'Giving birth is so painful. No wonder Moon Shadow said having a child is a terrible ordeal.'
'According to Moon Shadow's logic, he must be my child, then.'
'Should I call him... my child?'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 4, June 6
'I succeeded!'
'The child has passed the test. He can produce natural energy.'
'Next is to test if this method is universally applicable.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 5, May 15
'Today is my eldest's birthday.'
'Yes, I've had more children.'
'Over the past year, the method of absorbing natural energy to reproduce has been verified.'
'After some optimization, every little sprite can now easily reproduce.'
'Last month, I split into two new little sprites.'
'Some exceptionally talented little sprites can even split into three or more children at once. They're amazing.'
'Lord Divine Wood expands the territory every day. Now the domain is so large I can't even walk to the edge in a single day.'
'To be able to watch over the borderlands, some of the Jungle Guards have had to move out of their nests and make their homes in the jungle.'
'My eldest has also left the center of the territory. If I want to see him, I have to take three days off, otherwise there's not enough time.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 5, July 2
'The natural energy stored within the Divine Wood has reached its limit, so the energy produced each day is flowing into the forest. The concentration of natural energy in the forest is getting higher and higher.'
'But everyone loves this kind of environment. The Jungle Guards have become much stronger in it.'
'Moon Shadow told me her husband has been in seclusion recently, preparing to advance to Hero.'
'A Hero? What's that?'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 5, July 6
'Moon Shadow's husband successfully became a Hero. According to him, after becoming a Hero, his attributes were greatly enhanced. He's now unrivaled among the Jungle Guards.'
'And he'll be able to comprehend new skills and talents in the future.'
'Gods, becoming a Hero makes you so strong!'
'I want to become a Hero, too. That way, when the Lord returns, I'll be able to help the Lord in battle.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 5, July 11
'I asked Moon Shadow's husband, Lord Phantom, how he became a Hero.'
'He told me he absorbed a lot of natural energy to strengthen his body, and then, while sleeping under the Divine Wood, he had an epiphany and naturally advanced.'
'How strange! Why does absorbing natural energy let you become a Hero?'
'But when we little sprites absorb too much natural energy, we split and give birth to offspring!'
'What should I do?'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 5, August 3
'I've once again improved the method for storing natural energy after absorbing it. The laboratory was shut down ever since we successfully researched the method for reproduction, so now I can only rely on myself.'
'Now, most of the natural energy I absorb is used to strengthen my body, instead of just being stored inside it.'
'My body hasn't gotten bigger. In fact, it has shrunk a little.'
'Is this change a good thing or a bad thing?'
'Oh, who cares. The worst that can happen is I end up giving birth to another child.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 6, May 9
'My body has grown back to its original size. I feel that my body is much stronger than other little sprites, but I still haven't become a Hero.'
'Right, Moon Shadow's husband said he only became a Hero after having an epiphany under the Divine Wood.'
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Divine Wood Calendar, Year 6, August 8
'I think I'm about to succeed. I can feel the will of the Divine Wood. She told me to go to sleep, and that when I wake up, I'll be a Hero.'
'Alright, I'll go to sleep then. I have a feeling I'll be asleep for a very long time. I hope I can wake up before the Lord returns.'