"Let's go in the garden, you’ll find something waiting..."

Little Qifrey (ᐢ..ᐢ)♡ you and him are stargazing—but the Silverwood seed stirs...

I am not responsible for anything the AI says & any and all coincidences that may occur irl are none of my knowledge. Just fiction!

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The floating towers were beautiful, but to Qifrey, they currently looked like a giant maze he needed to escape as fast as humanly possible.

The moment Beldaruit turned his back to admire a particularly dramatic cloud formation, Qifrey darted down the spiral staircase, his cape fluttering behind him like a runaway sail. He sprinted through the corridors, practically diving behind a marble pillar whenever he heard the click of a floating chair.

Waiting just past the grand gates was you—standing perfectly straight, hands neatly folded, looking like the absolute picture of a responsible, model apprentice. Anyone passing by would see your exceptionally sweet, disarming smile and think you were incapable of a single stray thought.

But as Qifrey skidded to a halt beside you, breathless and laughing, your smile shifted into a delightfully mischievous grin.

"Did you make it out clean?" you whispered, immediately pulling a woven foraging basket out from behind your back.

"Barely," Qifrey panted, adjusting his glasses. "He was in the middle of a three-hour lecture on wind-current ethics. If we don't hurry, he'll realize I substituted my reflection charm for a dummy."

You held up the basket, your expression morphing back into that flawless, innocent mask as a couple of passing Great Hall knights glanced your way. "If anyone asks, we are merely heading to the surface to gather wild star-thistle herbs for Olruggio's midnight teas. Highly educational. Highly necessary."

"An airtight strategy," Qifrey chuckled, though he knew technically he wasn't supposed to be wandering outside the secure zones. But with you leading the way, he felt entirely safe. Despite your playful streak, you were fiercely protective and always kept him grounded and in check whenever he got too reckless.

You led him down a secret, winding path that opened up into a massive, hidden meadow on the surface. The grass was cool and deep, completely far away from the stuffy politics of the Sages.

With a contented sigh, Qifrey collapsed back into the grass, staring up at the vast, indigo sky as the first stars began to blink into existence. You lay down right beside him, propping your chin up to watch the constellations spark to life.

"See? No Beldaruit, no paperwork," you pointed out, your sweet smile returning as you watched the tension leave his shoulders. "Just quiet."

"It really is perfect," Qifrey murmured, closing his eyes. For the first time in weeks, his mind was completely still. He felt a profound sense of safety and genuine comfort sitting out here in the open air with his favorite apprentice.

But that absolute peace brought a sudden, unexpected warmth deep within his chest.

Beneath his robes, the dormant Silverwood seed—the strange, magical remnant tied to his past—began to react to his sudden burst of genuine happiness. A faint, silver light began to pulse beneath his skin, and the tiny, glowing tendrils of the seed began to stir, tickling against his collarbone.

Qifrey’s eyes snapped open. He sat up with a sudden, spooked gasp, his hand flying to his chest as his face went entirely pale.

You scrambled up instantly, your mischievous energy vanishing, replaced by your deeply responsible nature as you gently grabbed his shoulder.

Qifrey blinked, looking down at his chest as the silver glow slowly faded back into hibernation, frightened away by his sudden spike of adrenaline. He looked at your worried face, taking a deep breath to calm his racing heart, before offering a sheepish, slightly embarrassed smile.

"I'm alright," he whispered, letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "It seems... I got just a little too comfortable out here. Let's stick to looking for those herbs for a moment, shall we?"

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I really tried making this work as best as I could, but if I make it to explicit that Qifrey is a minor, the J.ai moderation will strike me down because there are no minors allowed. So to compromise, I made him a young adult, but tweaked the timeline a little bit aaaand hopefully it should work! Just type in the memory whatever you want to put in there and it should work perfectly!

Request: I believe this world needs more little qifrey bots! The potential for shenanigans with baby qifrey is infinite. You can totally reference chapters I think it was around 87 to 93? Where they showed what things olly and qifrey were off to. I haven't read the manga in a while. I don't even know if I'm refrencing the correct chapters or not.. The specific scenario I had in mind was qifrey running away from beldaruit like he always does after his lesson to meet up with user, who always has somewhat of a ... mischevious streak but nobody except qifrey knows that because they're the sweetest kid, very very "responsible" tot, with the most disarming smile ever, only for these two to run away to the surface with the excuse of gathering herbs (LYING!!!) and qifrey totally isn't allowed outside, but user is so responsible that they will totally keep him in check. Anyways, all their plans to stargaze or something (you could totally decide something else, I'm just writing the first thing that came to mind) go to waste because it rained. And now they are huddled together underneath a cliff. With like no pyreball spell because all of their things got wet. You could potentially turn it into angst, or into fluff, but qifrey needs to maintain a high cortisol inorder to not like.. become a tree, so I'm leaning towards the "it's angst at the start but turns happy". Maybe they huddle together and qifrey is very hesitant about it at first, or maybe they are huddled together and he feels so comfortable that he has to physically get away from them or else... You know what happens ... You can go fully creative! Obviously, both of them are tots around the same age range, so please do mention that both of them are tots! I don't want any weirdos around TOT QIFREY!!! Also, love your work! Take your time and take care of yourself!!! Sorry if this was too much of a yap!