10 Experiment, experiment! 2 (1/2)

Xander smiled at their reactions, while at the same time gauging the intellect of these sprites. They were basically just birthed into the world, and isolated from any form of communication. Would they be able to understand him? Would he be able to understand them?

He slowly approached the plant sprite, his movements attempting to show that he was harmless. However, the plant sprite was quite vigilant and continued to move back towards the plant. After a few steps, it started flailing its arms, wanting to hit Xander. Of course, with the movement of the sprite's arms, the roots and the thorns of the rose plant started to move towards Xander, flashing quickly from their positions.

Xander, upon seeing this, laughed and waved his hand. Immediately, the roots and the thorns shot out from the stem froze in mid-air, vibrating and struggling in place.

The plant sprite, upon seeing this, yelped before moving up to the rose, and hiding there. Xander just shook his head and attempted to communicate once again.

This time, he opened his hand, gesturing the sprite to hold his hand. The plant sprite, a bit wary, didn't budge at all. The earth sprite, however, seeing that Xander meant no harm, trudgingly walked towards him, albeit slow. Even if it saw its companion heading without fear, the plant sprite was still wary.

”This is like dealing with a disobedient child...” Xander muttered, and snapped his fingers. The plant sprite suddenly froze and was unable to move its body, and its eyes showed confusion and fear. The body began to move towards Xander's location, and upon reaching him, the plant sprite reached out his hand towards Xander's.

Xander removed the binding space around the sprite and held the sprite's hand securely. The sprite, still confused and afraid, didn't know what to do. Xander observed the plant sprite's facial reactions and just laughed silently.

While holding the sprite's hand, he asked, ”Do you have a name, little one?”

The plant sprite stared blankly at Xander, unsure what he meant. At this, Xander shook his head and using space magic, transported several books on language, culture, and history to the vicinity of the plant. Nudging his head a bit, the earth sprite looked curiously before heading back to the vicinity of the root, and continued munching away.

Using time acceleration, he quickly taught the plant sprite how to read and speak. He wanted to teach the earth sprite as well, but it just continued to laze around the base of the plant, still munching on the roots.

3 hours quickly passed by in the outside world, but Xander had already taught the plant sprite how to speak and write for 3 years. In this three years, the plant sprite was already at the level of a high schooler. Similarly, the earth sprite managed to learn how to speak by just listening and lazing around nearby.

In this three years, the aversion the plant sprite had for Xander had vanished, and only experienced happiness and care under him. Xander named the plant sprite Sam, and named the earth sprite Pan.