His days in the mansion were the same for three days before the first change arrived. He was asked to harvest some leaves by Larza, preparing to send them as a gift to Duke of Fire. The herb's seed was to be provided by her and Arthur would have to use his blessings to grow it.
When Arthur asked around about this Duke, he learned that he was an Evolved of the great Phoenix.
The herbs he would send were of the finest in the garden, meant to treat the duke's daughter. She was a hybrid of the eternal fire of the phoenix and the northern ice spirit.
This herb was called Greatest Harmony, a catalyst for conflicted traits in the demi-humans. A treasure like no other, extinct in the outside world of with only a very few holding its seeds.
"Your blessings are necessary to keep this herb alive, so you need to take it yourself," Larza said after one of their sessions. "I will have Bao accompany you, for your own protection."