I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 182. Magic Food Shop, Mermaid Awakens

"The power of water can also bypass the power of the Earth Mother Goddess."

Croix looked at the completed special magical plant that should be named "Water Barley" and nodded with satisfaction.

The next step is to test the effect of this magic plant. If the effect of this magic plant is good, we will start to plant it in large quantities.

Also, I need to cultivate the spirituality of this barley plant so that it can learn canned knowledge, so that the magic energy channel can be passed on.

He was thinking about what to do next, and handed the finished water barley to his subordinates, instructing them to make bread.

With his request, the chefs certainly did not dare to neglect it.

They got busy and made a plate of blue bread overnight and brought it to Cloya.

To be honest... this doesn't look very appetizing at all, it looks like something a child made out of plasticine, it's really weird.

But this thing was researched by himself after all, so of course Cloya wanted to taste it.

He picked up a piece of bread, put it in his mouth and chewed it. His frown relaxed as he chewed.

This tastes... unexpectedly good.

It still retains the texture and taste of Poseidon barley, which is sweet and soft, but it also has a very strange and refreshing taste.

When you chew, you can even feel that you are chewing a ball of water... and it's a ball of ice water.

After chewing and swallowing, the cool feeling will spread in the stomach and gradually spread into the body - this is the power of water.

If Kroya is not mistaken, although this water power can enhance physical fitness, it has no effect on the perception of magic.

Because the power of water is not a power that can be controlled in theory, even Croix can only use the power of water now and cannot completely control it.

"If this is the case……"

He looked at the untransformed Poseidon Barley, and according to the previous steps, used the pure magic power of the etheric world to transform them.

This time...it didn't go well.

The resistance of the curse of the Mother Earth to magic is obviously much greater than the power of water.

Fortunately, Cloya was always there to help with the treatment, and the magic power of the etheric world was very special, so it was finally successful.

After being transformed by the magic of the etheric world, the rice turned into a translucent light purple color, which at least looked more appetizing than the clear blue.

He immediately handed the barley that had been transformed by the pure magic power of the etheric world to the cooks and told them to continue making bread.

The bread made the second time was very good and very close to what Cloya had expected.

After eating it, the pure magic contained in the bread slowly affects the body, and even enhances the perception of magic.

Although there are not many, they are definitely there.

"This is not bad. If you eat this kind of barley for a long time, it should be able to improve your perception of magic power... um, wait."

He suddenly had a bold idea. He immediately took out several bottles of sea ganoderma potion and told his cooks to use the potion as water to knead dough and make bread.

Only he would attempt such an extravagant thing.

The third batch of bread was delivered quickly, but this time it looked even stranger. The lavender bread had blue stripes inside that looked like waves.

At first glance, it's pretty.

“It looks good, but I don’t know how it tastes…”

After tasting it, his eyes lit up, and he called a wizard apprentice and ordered him to eat a piece of bread.

The apprentice, whose name was unknown, was a little dazed after being called here in the middle of the night, but he immediately became alert after eating the bread.

He said excitedly:

"My Lord! I feel the magic power in my body is stirring... It seems that I can sense the magic power outside more clearly.

And my mind has become so clear.”

The young apprentice licked his lips. This feeling of exceptionally clear mind made him want to go back and learn magic spells immediately. If he learned now, he would definitely be able to remember more knowledge.

After listening to the apprentice's description, Cloya's expression became even happier. Although this kind of bread could do little for him, it was good enough if it was useful to the apprentice.

He waved his hand generously:

"Then you can take two pieces back."

"Thank you, sir!"

The apprentice immediately thanked him profusely, took the bread and ran back in a hurry. As for how he would study hard while eating the bread after running back, that was his own business.

As Cloya stared at the bread, he suddenly thought of a very good way to make money - food.

He fully understood how high the requirements of noble mages were for food. When he was in the royal capital, he had seen too many mages get furious over food.

He wanted to send someone to go back with Estner to open a store selling special foods in the royal capital.

As everyone knows, anything involving magic almost always has huge profits. Now that he has the ability, of course he wants to get a piece of the pie. It will also be a good opportunity for him to establish his own power in the royal capital.

But this kind of bread is not enough, more is needed.

……

After some thinking.

He thought that since the potion could be used as water to make bread, then... the morning dew potion could also be used.

He immediately set about trying it, and of course it was a success, with two different kinds of bread placed before him.

The first was the "Sea Spirit Bread" mixed with Sea Ganoderma potion, and the second was the "Morning Dew Bread" made by engraving the Yangyan magic produced by sunflowers on barley.

One of the two types of bread is purple with a hint of blue wave patterns, and the other is golden like the morning sun, mixed with gorgeous red like a sunset cloud.

They all look very good, at least people can tell at first glance that they are magical creations, which are symbols of status for nobles and some wizards.

In a sense, they are no different from birds that like shiny things.

The functions of the two are also completely different.

After eating Sea Spirit Bread, your perception of magic will increase, and your brain and mental strength will become unusually clear.

After eating Morning Dew Bread, it can slowly regulate the body, heal some hidden injuries, and even have a slight effect of increasing vitality.

The former is naturally aimed at magicians, while the latter is more inclined to be aimed at combat professions such as warriors and knights and nobles who do not know magic, who are the ones who value their lives the most.

After completing the production and tasting it himself, he immediately decided to use these two types of bread as the core selling points.

Noodles are the most enduring product. Good noodles are the characteristic of a shop and the foundation of the shop.

As for something more advanced, he took the honey made by bees using sunflower nectar and baked it to make honey bread.

The golden honey of the sunflower was poured onto the equally golden bread, forming a halo like the sunrise, flickering lightly and emitting a sweet fragrance.

He tried it and found that the bread tasted very sweet, and it gave him a warm feeling as if he was eating sunshine into his mouth, as if he was soaked in a sea of ​​sunflower honey.

Honestly, it's pretty good.

It's good except that it's a bit too sweet.

Kloya didn't know why people in this world were so fond of sweets, but the fact was, in the original owner's memory in the royal capital, those desserts and cakes were particularly sweet.

For more advanced desserts... he would need to find someone to make them. Although he knew a series of desserts such as tiramisu and Black Forest cake, he had no idea how to make them.

After finishing the bread and the advanced version of bread, he began to think about the drink.

The most common drink in this world is actually coffee, but that kind of coffee is very bitter, and it is bitter coffee without any flavoring at all.

After tasting this coffee once, Cloya almost vomited it out. The taste was so bitter that it was hard to describe. He really couldn't drink it.

It was said that some nobles would have a cup of bitter coffee early in the morning... He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to drink this kind of thing in the morning.

So naturally what he planned to make was milk tea.

Milk tea is something that is always popular everywhere. The dopamine satisfaction brought by the sweetness is the fundamental reason why many people are obsessed with milk tea.

Since people in this world like sweet food so much, don't blame him for creating such a killer product as milk tea.

He already had experience in making milk tea before, and now he just needs to do some slight processing, and he can even make many types of milk tea.

For example, the basic milk tea with calming lily of the valley and sunflower nectar, the coconut milk tea made with calming lily of the valley and coconut milk, and the pearl milk tea made with thick potato starch...

He even thought about it briefly and found that there were indeed many kinds of milk tea that he could make.

If you add his unique method of blending magic power, the effect of these milk teas will not be much worse than potions.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

Then he couldn't wait to start trying. Because at his command, even the sleeping wizard apprentices started to get busy, and the underground laboratory was filled with a sweet smell.

With the help of the magician, the finished products were sent to Croya's laboratory one cup after another for him to taste.

He looked at the full cup of milk tea on his table and rubbed his stomach. Fortunately, his muscles were still tight and obvious.

He began to taste them cup by cup, until they were so sweet that his taste buds seemed to be a little dysfunctional, and only then did he decide on the first few types to sell.

There are the normal version, the version mixed with the Sea Ganoderma potion, the version mixed with the Morning Dew potion, and the bubble milk tea.

These three are enough at the beginning, and then new products can be introduced slowly. This will give people a constant sense of freshness and stimulate people to buy.

After deciding on these three types of milk tea, he began to find ways to optimize them.

The optimization of milk tea is nothing more than raw materials, such as the ratio of Sea Ganoderma potion and Morning Dew potion, the output of milk, and the type of tea.

It is a pity that at present, the only kind of tea that can be made from Croa is the soothing lily of the valley.

In fact, in addition to coffee, there are also some tea drinks in this world, the main one is black tea, which is a mixture of black tea, milk and sugar.

Of course, there is also a magic plant version of the black tea tree.

However, that kind of thing is really only available to great wizards. It seems very difficult for a tea tree to become a magic plant, so much so that magic tea is much more valuable than gold coins.

It's not something he can consider for now.

……

The next day, after being busy all night, Cloya brought the finished product he had prepared to the table as breakfast for Estner to taste.

The latter had a puzzled look on his face, but after looking at Cloya he began to taste it, and his eyes lit up after taking a taste.

"nice!"

He praised, "These things all taste great, especially the tea. Is there any sea ganoderma potion added to it?"

He was referring to Lan Yingying's cup of Hailing milk tea.

"Yes." Kloya didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "If we sell these things in the capital, do you think anyone would buy them?"

"There must be."

Estner answered without hesitation: "This kind of food containing magic power will definitely sell well in the capital, especially the tea you make, which tastes really good."

Generally speaking, people who like farming will have some requirements for food. Estner is one of them. He has bought too much food from the Versailles Hall in the capital.

The flour there was sold at the price of magic crystals. Although it tasted good, the price was really high. Even he could hardly afford it.

"So how do you think the price should be set?"

It was rare to find someone so familiar with the king, so Croix had to seize this opportunity and ask him some questions.

"Isn't this simple? One magic crystal for each cup, one magic crystal for each piece."

"what?"

Although Kloya felt that his things were worth the price, he had never thought of setting such a high price. After all, magic crystals...

Even after saving for so long, he only saved twenty yuan. Isn't it too expensive to be a cheap product?
"You can even sell a bottle of magic potion for a magic crystal, so can't you sell something like this after it's been carefully processed?"

"Besides, the more expensive you price it, the more people will buy it."

"Is that so? Hehe, thank you very much." Kloya immediately figured out the relationship and smiled: "You really helped me a lot."

"When my store opens, I'll give you 20% of the shares, how about that?"

This plan of his was not something that came to his mind on the spur of the moment, but was something he had planned long ago.

After all, I can't stay in the royal capital for a long time. If there are any problems, it will definitely be troublesome to deal with.

But it would be different if Estner was taking care of him. He was a battle mage of the Mage Association and had a great mage as his mentor.

With him around, at least a lot of troubles will be reduced. By using the time he has to deal with these troubles, he can earn back the profits he gave up.

Obviously Estner also knew what Kloya meant.

He gave it a little thought and agreed immediately. To be honest, he was very optimistic about the development of Croya, and it would be a good thing to invest in it early.

The most important thing is that he and Cloya really got along very well. It was a rare thing for him to have a friend with whom he could have a great chat.

"I'll help you look after it, and I'll help you find the location of the store. So when do you plan to send someone over?"

"When you leave, I will complete the transportation of raw materials through the channels of Shengquan Chamber of Commerce, and the sales will be limited every day."

"Limited edition? That's good. This is the first of its kind in the capital."

"Well...I'll leave in a few days then."

"Ah? Why are you in such a hurry? I'm not in a hurry to open a store."

"Although you feel very comfortable here, I still have to go back quickly. I'm worried that something might happen." Estner's expression suddenly became a little serious.

"……Fine."

Since people said so, Kroya really had no reason to stop it, so he nodded.

"I'll send someone to leave with you."

"it is good."

The conversation between the two on this matter came to a temporary halt.

In the following period of time, Croa took Estner to visit all of his fields except for a few places that were not known to outsiders.

After five days, Estner resigned.

After Croa prepared a bunch of treasures from the sea for him, he personally sent him and a group of apprentices he had arranged away.

These apprentices were led by the original apprentice Jamie and headed to the capital thousands of miles away to carry out Croa's first external expansion.

After sending off this group of apprentices, Kloya began his own expansion and development. He planted magical plants in all the vacant areas on the Reef Island.

The sources of these magic plants include those brought back by apprentices from outside, and those obtained through transactions with other lords.

At the same time, he also began to try to use the grapes from the vines in the magic field to make wine. As he thought, his magic power was the catalyst.

Amidst all the busyness, the wind and snow outside actually showed signs of stopping, gradually weakening from its violent intensity.

He felt that the flow of magic surrounding the entire ocean and the North was tending to weaken.

It was obvious that the snowstorm wouldn't last long.

After discovering this, he inexplicably felt very nervous. Both the angel and the Orpheus Oak had warned him before about what the mermaids would do after the wind and snow stopped.

He began to strengthen his symphony.

During this period, the magic power of the greedy demons brought back by the apprentices and holy knights was also of great help to him.

The exploration of the paradise of gluttony continues.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

Another half a month passed, and he was communicating with Estner about the matters concerning the store in the royal capital.

The crystal card of Shengquan Chamber of Commerce began to flash.

After checking, he found that they were messages from Lord of the Pit and Lord of the Gray Sand, and he was a little surprised.

Aren’t these two people being hunted down by a level seven wizard?

Just when Cloya was about to see what message the two of them had given, he suddenly sensed something and immediately left his laboratory.

He stood on the castle terrace garden, looking into the depths of the ocean with a serious expression.

I saw a huge blue tree suddenly appearing in the azure sea. It was so tall that it seemed to cover the sky and the earth, and it emitted countless particles of light that floated around the ocean.

The currents of the ocean and the moonlight from the sky converged towards it, forming two very special halos for the tree.

At the same time, the singing of mermaids resounded throughout the sea.

Even the sunlight was blocked by this miracle, and all that could be seen was this miraculous scenery.

But... its light formed an extremely huge light shield, covering the entire ocean, including the Reef Island where Cloya was.

No one outside the light shield can see what is happening inside.

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There will be a new plot tomorrow, I need to think about it...

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