The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 57 It's over, I messed it up.
Moran confidently carried her basket out the door, ready to collect more ingredients and show off her culinary skills by making some Blue Star delicacies.

I'll invite Vasita, Sylph, and Lilith over for a meal later.

Food tastes even better when shared.

Moran had seen her mother use cooking magic to cook, which was incredibly effortless.

It's time to relax and unwind with my friends to prepare for the new week's learning challenges!
however……

"Mo Lan? Is there some troublemaker in your dorm?"

Before Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph, who had been invited to dinner, could even knock, they heard a series of banging noises, and then the closed door was suddenly opened in front of them.

The place was in complete disarray, with pots, pans, knives, forks, meat, eggs, and vegetables scattered everywhere.

Moran stood outside the stove with her back to them.

His back view looked desolate and forlorn.

"Where's the troublemaker? If we don't catch this thing soon, there won't be any peace! I knew there would be a troublemaker in the dorm sooner or later, since there's no magic circle there!"

Lilith stormed in, wand in hand: "Any candy? Mischief makers love candy. As soon as they come out, I'll peel them into real potatoes."

A troublemaker is a little potato-shaped creature that likes to sneak into people's homes to steal candy. If the candy jar is locked, the troublemaker will get angry and jump around, making a mess of the house.

There are only two solutions when there's a troublemaker at home.

One way is to put the candy in a corner, or to bribe the troublemakers by leaving the candy jar open; then they'll eat the candy and quietly leave.

Before leaving, they leave behind a mark that only troublemakers would know.

For a short time, the family that has hosted the troublemaker will not be visited by other troublemakers. However, the troublemaker who was hosted may return someday in the future, not only eating your candy but also throwing small stones, twigs, and dry leaves into your house.

Compared to this method, luring the troublemaker with candy and then killing it when it appears to eat the candy would be a more permanent solution.

The dead troublemaker will turn into a real potato. Applying potato juice to every corner of the house can scare away the troublemaker and effectively prevent it from visiting.

The more potato juice you apply, the more likely you are to scare away the troublemakers.

Some poor families wanted to catch the troublemaker, kill him, and eat him, but the troublemaker never visited families without sugar.

The troublemakers in Valencia are as numerous as cockroaches on Earth; they can never be eradicated.

Seeing that Lilith and the others had already started searching for the troublemaker, Moran slowly turned his head: "It was me..."

Although it's a bit embarrassing, we can't let the troublemaker take the blame for her!
"What?" Lilith was taken aback.

"I just... tried cooking magic? And the result... well, you all saw it..." Moran said, on the verge of tears.

A few minutes earlier, she stood confidently outside the kitchen, channeling her magic to command the ingredients and utensils with her mind.

The ingredients and kitchen utensils were indeed moved, but instead of being handled in an orderly manner as she had expected, they rioted and clashed.

And then... it turned out like this.

"..." Lilith sighed, "How many ingredients and kitchen utensils did you control all at once! You can't rush practicing cooking magic, or you'll run into problems."

Don't be fooled by the fact that this is the first spell the little witch learns; it's quite difficult, requiring not only skillful cooking techniques but also strong self-control.

Multitasking, controlling so many ingredients and cooking utensils, and cooking several dishes simultaneously—that's something only a high-level culinary witch could do!

Moran was on the verge of tears: "I'm sorry, I messed it up..."

She finally realized that "Cooking Magic from Zero" only taught how to use cooking magic to make bread, vegetable soup, and sizzling steaks. Moreover, these three dishes were taught without any extra steps; the tools, ingredients, and preparation methods were all incredibly simplified.

She originally thought that because the book was intended for little witches who had never learned to cook, everything was very basic.

She has a basic understanding of cooking, so she doesn't need to follow a set routine; she can start practicing with these three dishes.

Unexpectedly, the reason for choosing these three dishes was that the steps were simple, the ingredients were simple, and they were easier to control with magic.

"Molan, this is your first time, it's normal!"

"These vegetables aren't spoiled; we can pick them up, wash them, and still eat them."

Vasita and Sylph comforted her.

Lilith waved her wand, and the things that had fallen to the ground jumped back into the basket or onto the stove.

Moran noticed that it was done one by one, with each person running back before the next one got their turn.

Instead of all of them moving and running back.

"I'll do it today!" Lilith said. "I'll show you just how powerful an apprentice-level cooking magic really is!"

Moran nodded: "Thank you for your help, senior!"

She realized that she had greatly underestimated Shana's mother's cooking magic, to the point that she had developed a misunderstanding of cooking magic.

Shana's mother always said that her greatest skill was mind magic, and her second greatest skill was cooking magic, and she never called herself a gourmet witch.

But in reality, her cooking magic is already at an advanced level, making her a gourmet witch.

Moran needs to see what low-level cooking magic actually looks like.

Vasita and Sylph live in different homes. Vasita's father teaches a zombie chef how to cook, while Sylph's family mostly eats bread and soup made by her witch mother and fruit picked by her father.

Everyone is very curious about this.

Under the expectant gazes of her three female classmates, Lilith tucked her wand into her belt and picked up the basket of vegetables instead.

"Let's go! Come to my place! My cooking magic won't work as well in a different kitchen."

Moran and the other two: "???"

"Aren't all the kitchens in the dorms exactly the same? Does cooking magic have to be specific to a particular location?"

Lily returned to her dorm with three little tails following her:
"That's right! Commonly used kitchen utensils, especially those that have been imbued with my magic, are easier to control."

If everything could be precisely controlled and commanded, then cooking magic and housework magic would be the best combat magic!

Moran thought about it carefully and realized it was true.

From controlling kitchen utensils to controlling weapons, a whole host of weapons can attack the enemy in an orderly and efficient manner, without any chaos. If this isn't combat magic, then what is?

It's really not surprising that she failed today; there are so many things she missed.

Now that she had the opportunity to learn from her senior, she put in her best effort and began to observe.

After placing the shopping basket on the stove, Lilith sat down on a high stool placed outside the kitchen, next to the stove.
"When you're a beginner, you must be able to clearly see what's going on in the kitchen!"

(End of this chapter)