A little girl at a magic school, she's a goofy troublemaker who can do anything.

A group of people slunk through the dog hole and came in, their bodies and faces covered in dust, weeds and leaves. After standing up and brushing off the dust, they hadn't walked more than a few steps when they bumped into someone.

Teacher Wuya waited with a smile at the corner, as if he had deliberately been lying in wait for them, and just then he caught these students who came out through the dog hole.

"..." Pei Yuan tore off the last leaf from his head without expression, thinking that he shouldn't have listened to those two damn idiots.

Li Wenyin greeted her warmly, "Teacher Wuya! What a coincidence, what are you doing here? Are you going out?"

She even stepped aside, thoughtfully leaving a path for Teacher Wuya to crawl through the dog hole.

"Xiaoyuyu told me that he might have mistakenly given you the wrong password, and he hopes I can come and pick you up," Teacher Wuya said with a smile. "I went to the gate of the courtyard just now and didn't find you, so I guessed that you might have come here."

He enjoyed watching the disheveled, grimy appearance of the few little ragged creatures.

"Hey, where's Qin Guanyu?" Mu Feng asked. "He hasn't been seen since noon today."

Wu Ya replied with a smile, "He started working in the kitchen of the college cafeteria yesterday to improve the food. He'll be quite busy lately."

"Great! Justice has been served!" Pei Yuan exclaimed in admiration. "I've been putting up with those wicked dishes for so long."

Watermelon stir-fried with chicken wings, grapes stewed with lizards, herring cheese, peach stewed with tofu—each dish is utterly bizarre, unheard of, and unpalatable.

Kokuyoin can be innovative, but that doesn't mean Kokuyoin's cafeteria can be innovative.

Is this new thing going a little too far?

Li Wenyin was quite happy. She remembered that the professor who adopted Qin Guanyu and helped him avenge him was described in the file as a professor who loved food. Moreover, although her husband was not a magician, he was a master chef with superb culinary skills.

Senior Qin Guanyu is a kind-hearted person who loves to do good deeds. In addition, his adoptive mother, who has been kind to him, loves food. He must value this part-time job quite a bit, which is why he didn't go to and from get out of class with them.

Li Wenyin: "Then what should the correct password be?"

Witch Crow: "Dragon fruit and chicken wings."

"..."

Enough! Someone, please take action against Obsidian Academy's cafeteria.

-

About a week later, Qin Guanyu was so busy that he was always on the go. He would be the first one out of the dormitory building every day, arriving at class right when the bell rang and disappearing as soon as class ended. During breaks, he would run back and forth between the teaching building and the Obsidian Academy cafeteria.

Qin Guanyu didn't return until everyone else was asleep.

Today was another day for Teacher Wuya to teach a college class, but Qin Guanyu, the most respectful and well-behaved student, was not there.

"I hope my senior Qin isn't exhausted from working in the cafeteria," Li Wenyin wondered, resting her chin on her hand. "He's never missed a class, let alone college courses."

"That shouldn't be the case. I asked him a couple of days ago, and he said he was still an apprentice," Mu Feng scratched the back of his head. "He's learning by taking notes from the chefs and helping out, but he hasn't actually started cooking yet."

Li Wenyin then countered, "As for interns... I understand why they're so busy now."

Pei Yuan suddenly asked, "Have you guys noticed that the food in the cafeteria has been getting worse and worse these past few days?"

"Really?" Mu Feng asked, puzzled.

Both he and Li Wenyin had never eaten in the cafeteria. They were both junk food lovers. In addition, Li Wenyin usually couldn't get up and liked to take a nap at noon. Since they couldn't make it back and forth to Obsidian Academy, they liked to buy food from the convenience store to get by.

The last time Mu Feng ate at the cafeteria was a few weeks ago on a day when he didn't have many classes. At that time, Qin Guanyu hadn't started working part-time at the cafeteria yet.

"have."

Even Yu Zhiyuan, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but speak up.

Li Wenyin looked over and said, "Even the senior couldn't help but speak up, so it must really be very bad."

Yu Zhiyuan composed herself and said, "The cafeteria food used to be outrageous, but the taste was still acceptable. These past few days it's still outrageous, but it's so bad... it tastes like monster droppings that have been sitting around for ages without being cleaned up."

"..."

Oh no.

Li Wenyin had never smelled that kind of smell before, but what her senior described was so shocking that she felt like she could smell it, and her face contorted in pain.

"That's really terrible."

Yu Zhiyuan nodded firmly.

Yes, it's terrifying.

"It seems like I haven't seen Youyou drink milk these past few days." Li Wenyin turned to look at Yuchi Quan, who was drawing on the side.

Yu Chiquan revealed a slightly indescribable expression.

"I usually buy my milk from the cafeteria, but these past few days... all they've been selling is cockroach-flavored milk, I really can't bring myself to try it."

"..." Mu Feng thought he had misheard. "Cockroach meat flavor? I'm telling you, the Kokuyoin cafeteria has really gone mad."

The mention of milk made Yuchi Quan hesitate, but upon hearing it was cockroach meat, not only Yuchi Quan, but even a god would retreat and take his leave.

"Poor Youyou, I'll bring you two boxes of regular milk when I go to the convenience store tomorrow," Li Wenyin said.

-

When Teacher Wuya entered the room, she saw several people complaining about the cafeteria of Kokuyo Academy, all talking at once and in a lively atmosphere.

Even he couldn't escape being asked that question.

"Teacher Wuya, what do you think of our cafeteria?"

Wu Ya pushed up his monocle: "I eat in the teachers' cafeteria."

"I'm so envious," Mu Feng complained slightly, "They enjoy their retirement while leaving us to suffer."

Wu Ya asked curiously, "Isn't our cafeteria food good? Our academy's cafeteria has been ranked number one in the academy cafeteria rankings for many years in a row."

"Huh?" Li Wenyin exclaimed incredulously, "Really? Has the world gone mad, or have I gone mad?"

"It's true," Pei Yuan said. "Although the dishes are all very wicked, they taste really good. They consistently rank first in the academy's cafeteria rankings every year."

Since Pei Yuan, a second-year student, has said so, it seems to be true.

Li Wenyin: "Then how come it's turned into monster feces and cockroach meat recently?"

Pei Yuan crossed his arms, savored and compared the flavors, twitched the corners of his mouth, and continued, "I don't know, but it's really incomprehensibly awful."

Eating even one bite can shorten one's lifespan.

"How are you feeling?"

With a spirit of seeking verification, Li Wenyin went to ask Yuchi Quan, who was also from the Obsidian Academy and should have a lot to say about this.

Not forgetting to cover for him, she casually remarked, "Perhaps your family took you to eat at our college cafeteria?"

My all-powerful family.

"Well, it was fine before," Yu Chiquan said, "but these past two days, it's been attacking my taste buds."

After verifying with multiple parties, Pei Yuan, Yu Zhiyuan, and Youyou all stated unequivocally that the food was so bad it was astonishing, and that nothing like this had ever happened before.

Could it be related to Qin Guanyu, who went there for the part-time job? I don't know.

-

Putting aside the cafeteria matters for now, Teacher Wuya's mini-class has begun again.

Before starting, Li Wenyin asked, "Senior Qin Guanyu isn't here. Is it okay if he doesn't attend this class?"

"It's okay, Xiaoyu doesn't need to learn this."

Teacher Wuya smiled and began to explain.

The creative magic he's teaching today is called mimicry magic, a type of magic that can be cast on oneself, allowing one to temporarily transform into another object.

However, simply changing the shape to resemble the form is not enough to achieve the corresponding function.

For example, if you mimic a fish, you will still drown; if you mimic a bird, you still won't be able to fly. Whatever you are capable of, you will still only be capable of that after mimicking it, and you will not be able to acquire the corresponding function.

"No wonder Qin Guanyu doesn't need to learn this," Mu Feng realized, "He already has a stronger transformation magic."

"There are pros and cons."

Li Wenyin suddenly had a sudden, happy thought of something.

"Although Senior Qin can gain corresponding functions after transforming, he has to abide by the corresponding rules. Once he transforms into a bird, he can't swim. Before, when he turned into a trash can, he couldn't move and was stuck in one place for several days. In the end, the student council found him and sent him to the hospital, right?"

Pei Yuan asked doubtfully, "Isn't this a disadvantage for him? Where is our advantage?"

"We... can't we just mimic a running blade of grass, a stubborn fish, or a trash can that we can hit?"

Li Wenyin happily imagined that beautiful scene: she transformed into a lively, stubborn fish that frolics and runs on land, scaring people into screaming and running away.

"Although it sounds useless at first glance, it does seem to have some intimidating power."

"...That's really true," Mu Feng exclaimed, suddenly enlightened. "It's incredibly interesting and useful, Li Wenyin. You're a genius!"

Li Wenyin accepted the praise without any modesty.

"You guys..." Pei Yuan said after a moment of silence, "Be careful not to accidentally turn it into a campus ghost story again."

Mimicry magic...

Yu Zhiyuan quietly began to ponder this magic.

In other words, although you can't change the substance, you can make yourself look less human, so you won't attract attention and can minimize contact with people.

"Xiaoyinyin is right."

Teacher Wuya continued her explanation with a smile.

"The reason why Xiaoyuyu was not allowed to learn this magic is not because one of the two magics is more powerful or advanced, but because the core of these two magics is somewhat conflicting. His shapeshifting magic has not yet reached the point of being able to fully integrate and apply it. If he were to rashly learn the mimicry magic, it would interfere with the effectiveness of his shapeshifting magic."

Mu Feng: "I see!"

-

Next, Teacher Wuya taught them the spells, explained some things to pay attention to and the ideas for manipulating magic, and then let them practice on their own.

For the first time they try to mimic something, they should think carefully about what they want to mimic. Currently, with their abilities, they cannot arbitrarily mimic all sorts of things. It is very likely that if they mimic something the first time, they will not be able to mimic anything else later. So they need to think it through carefully.

Li Wenyin's mind was filled with thoughts of how to transform into a stubborn fish.

"What do you plan to mimic, an animal or a plant?" Mu Feng was quite conflicted, so he wanted to ask them first.

Li Wenyin: "A stubborn fish."

"Li Wenyin, what exactly is your obsession with this stubborn fish?" Mu Feng leaned back, looking at her with a puzzled expression. "Aren't you afraid that if you don't change back soon, the other students will really treat you like a fish and just throw you back into the water?"

Li Wenyin felt that he didn't understand her humor and was very disappointed.

"Senior, don't you think this is pretty fun? If a fish can run, jump, talk, and even chase after people and scream, its ability to intimidate and threaten people will skyrocket."

Judging from Mu Feng's confused expression, he probably didn't understand.

Li Wenyin added, "However, it could also be a Walmart plastic bag or an armed helicopter, so that I can clearly say that my gender is a Walmart plastic bag in the future."

"...What plastic bag?"

Mu Feng was bewildered again, staring blankly at her, feeling that she was too abstract to understand.

"However, as for armed helicopters, as Teacher Wuya just said, it is not recommended to mimic something larger than one's own body, as it is many times more difficult and consumes a great deal of magic power."

"Okay, okay." Li Wenyin said regretfully, no one really understood her humor.

Yu Chi Quan listened silently, feeling a strange sense of bewilderment, like he was talking about a Walmart plastic bag mixed with No. 42 concrete.

-

"What about you, Pei Yuan?" Mu Feng asked Li Wenyin, but felt even more undecided, so he turned to ask Pei Yuan instead.

Pei Yuan thought about it seriously: "I believe this mimicry magic can be used to disguise oneself in necessary emergencies."

His approach to intimidation was completely different from Li Wenyin's.

He thought for a moment and said, "I tend to mimic small animals that are easy to move and hard to spot, which might allow me to take emergency evasion and escape unnecessary trouble in certain situations."

"I see."

Mu Feng nodded in understanding. Compared to Li Wenyin's stubborn fish and Walmart plastic bag, Pei Yuan's explanation was much more easy to understand and humane, which made him understand it much better.

Mu Feng had found a spark of inspiration, but still felt itchy to try it himself, so he leaned closer to Yu Zhiyuan and asked, "Senior, do you have any ideas?"

"I think..." Yu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, "I want to mimic something that humans wouldn't approach if they saw it."

Li Wenyin asked curiously, "What is this?"

"What could be something I wouldn't want to get close to..." Mu Feng wondered.

Li Wenyin said, "Yes, I feel like I want to touch, rub, and mess with everything."

"That's because you were being nosy," Pei Yuan retorted. "Most people wouldn't want to touch everything."

Yu Zhiyuan was also thinking.

She sat quietly, lowered her eyes and thought for a long time, then parted her thin lips and spoke her thoughts.

"I've got it. There seems to be one, but I can't say everyone, most people probably won't touch it."

"What? What?" Li Wenyin's fluffy head came closer.

Others also looked over curiously.

Faced with the curious and expectant gazes of these people, Yu Zhiyuan slowly revealed her thoughts.

"A tombstone."

Others: "..."

This woman seems to be just as abstract as the rest.