Chapter 58: Surprising Results!
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I conjured my first ever conventional magic spell as it enhanced the soil in the pot.
FLASH!
“Huh?”
However, I made a little mistake and simply continued pouring my endless mana into it. The result? The soil suddenly began to shine even brighter than ever, and soon, it started to multiply.
BOOM!
“UGYAH...!”
.....
I fell on the ground as I saw that the pot had exploded due to my mistake. Now, there was a lot of dirt everywhere.
Huh?! How can I even multiply dirt? Wait, would that be Earth Magic? Did I just add Earth Magic into it?
“W-What... happened?” muttered my mother in shock.
“I-I think I put a bit too much mana into the spell. Sorry,” I apologized in response.
“I-I see... perhaps you didn’t notice, but your magic circle had a lot more Soil runes on it. I think you accidentally activated the Earth Magic within your Nature Magic as you infused a lot of mana into the Soil runes... Only Earth Magic can produce soil of this quality and quantity... well, I can’t really say you did a good job, but this is incredible,” mother told me.
“Huh... l-let me do it again!” I said, wanting to get a second chance.
“A-Alright...”
With that, my mother brought me another pot and then, I finally managed to do the spell right, with a lot of effort, of course.
Surprisingly, it takes extra effort for someone with an endless stream of mana to know when enough is enough. I have to precisely cut the stream of mana infused into the magic circle before things get out of hand.
“Well, this day was quite an eventful day. I suppose you learned a lot from my lessons, plus you successfully cast your first conventional spell! Let’s call it a day and eat some food with your daddy. There’s boar meat stew for lunch, with baked bread and melted cheese on top,” mother said after I was successful, ending her class for the day.
“Oooh! Cheese bread!”
“Fufufu. Let’s go.”
After that, mother carried me in her arms as we made our way back to the kitchen. She then sat me down as she quickly began to cook at an incredible speed. She had left the stew preparing itself while we were doing the classes, and by the time we were done, it was close to being ready.
The delicious smell of boar meat stew made my mouth water. Then again, she always added all sorts of tasty veggies and spices into it... mother’s cooking is amazing.
There was also some bread baking in the oven, now that I notice. On the table, there were a lot of plates laid out, with a big piece of yellow cheese at the center that we make at home with the cows. Now that I think about it, I often go feed them nowadays. They often lick my face when I approach them.
Hmm... I might as well take a little piece.
With that, I cut a small piece of cheese and stuffed it into my mouth. My mother, however, somehow noticed that.
“Sylphy, don’t eat cheese before lunch.”
S-She wasn’t even looking!
She clearly has eyes on her back.
“Sorry... I’m hungry...” I apologized as I lightly sighed.
But oh man, this cheese is so creamy and good! I think I can’t stop my hands from grabbing some more.
In any case, as the stew was close to being ready, mother cut down slices of cheese before putting them over a small table with butter. After that, she left them in the oven for a few minutes.
This way, these large and thick slices of cheese would become melted. Then, we can grab them and put them over toast or inside sandwiches.
We don’t eat this every day, but father likes to eat cheese with bread a lot, so we ended up adopting this into our daily cuisine.
I can’t say we eat the healthiest, but everyone here has incredible metabolism, so all the grease we get from eating this is spent as energy in our daily lives. Father is always sweating a lot, spending a lot of energy in the farm and hunting in the forests.
“Mommy, can we have jam?” I asked.
“Jam? For lunch? That’s more for breakfast, isn’t it?” she asked.
“Muh... but I want sweets!” I begged.
“Sylphy, don’t act too spoiled. At least wait until dinner. I’ll make apple pie, your favorite,” she said in response.
“Ooh! Really?”
“Of course! You worked hard and paid a lot of attention today, so my little baby needs a reward,” mother said with a smile on her face.
“Thank you, mommy! I love you!”
“Hehe. I love you too, my dear little princess.”
My mother kissed my forehead as she smiled warmly at me.
She’s really the best...
Sometime later, the door opened as my sweaty father entered. He was bare-chested as always.
“Hahh... I’m done for today. I kind of want to relax and prepare for tomorrow’s classes with Sylphy,” he said.
“Fair enough, go take a quick shower then. You’re a bit stinky,” mother told him.
“Eh?! Ah, Elves and their keen smell...” Father could not help but let out a sigh once he heard that.
Father’s abs are always a good sight to see every day. I’m quite lucky to have such a handsome father...
W-Well, I didn’t mean anything other than that! Admiring his chest is like admiring a piece of art, you know? There’s nothing else to it!
Let’s put it this way. If you see a beautiful piece of art, you’d also admire it, right?
As I stared, my father petted my head as he went to the bathroom before taking a quick shower.
“And it’s done.”
My mother turned off the fire under the stew before opening the lid, revealing the delicious stew inside.
She quickly began to serve a large portion for everyone as father came back and sat down while drying his beautiful red hair.
“Phew, that was refreshing... hmm?! That smells nice... oh? Do I smell a bit of Buri Buri Seeds on it?” my father asked.
“Indeed, it does have some,” mother said as she nodded.
“Buri Buri Seeds?” I asked.
“They’re red-colored seeds that are normally turned into powder. They taste slightly spicy, sour, and sweet at the same time. They go well with almost all types of stews and broths! It seems your mother finally got some delivered to her... to think I didn’t even know that,” father told me.
“Indeed. My older sister sent me some through her delivery artifact. Well, it took a lot of days to reach here, but it finally came alongside other items,” mother said in response.
“Delivery... artifact?” I wondered.
“It’s a special cube-shaped artifact in the attic that teleports items from a faraway area to here. Well, the longer the area, the longer it takes to arrive... it’s a very expensive item,” my father said.
“Oooohh...”
Wait, maybe I could help them multiply those precious seeds...
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