"BERU!"
The voice echoed across the golden fields.
Kean stood in the middle of the crop lines, holding a pitchfork, completely still. A single straw hat tilted over his eyes, and a light breeze ruffled his old shirt.
Around him: chaos.
The field's southern edge was covered in blue glow — tiny, spark-like fireflies circling over the soil like a natural aura.
And in the middle of that glow was a small group of villagers staring in awe.
"He did it again," whispered one.
"The crops near him are twice as tall."
"No tools. No help. Just... aura."
Kean didn't notice them.
He was busy talking to a goat.
Yes. A goat named Beru.
"No, you can't eat that corner. That's council grain," he whispered.
"I don't want another warning letter."
The goat stared.
Then, as if to mock him, pooped right on the sprouted crop.
Kean sighed.
"This is why we can't have nice things."
Behind him, three kids peeked from the fence.
"Hey… is he talking to animals now?"
"I heard he made a tree cry yesterday."
"No no — my uncle said his feet don't touch the ground when he's serious!"
An elder passed by and muttered,
"Aura farming, they said.Simple boy, they said.That boy grows food like he's making potions."
Suddenly, the wind picked up — and all the leaves in a 20-foot radius bent inward, facing Kean.
Everyone went silent.
Beru the goat sneezed.A blue sparkle shot out.
Kean looked up.
"...Okay, even I didn't do that."
A younger farmer approached nervously.
"H-hey Kean… you free tomorrow? We've got a… seed situation."
Kean nodded politely.
"Sure."
The farmer ran off.
Behind him, two teenage girls watched from a distance.
"He's kind of scary now... but in a cool way."
"He has this aura like he could hug you or burn you alive."
Back in the council house, old records were being re-read.
An elder slammed a dusty book shut.
"I told you. Only one person in recorded history had that kind of farming aura flow."
Another narrowed his eyes.
"Who?"
"The Realmroot Monk. The first cultivator of life-fire.But he died 800 years ago."
Meanwhile…
Kean sat under a tree, sipping cold herbal water.
Beru lay beside him, chewing lazily on someone else's documents.
"We should apologize," Kean said.
Beru farted in response.
The sun dipped low.
From afar, villagers watched him — still unsure what he was becoming.
Some feared him.
Some admired him.
But one thing was clear:
Kean was no longer just "that boy with the sleeping mother."
He was something... other.