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

The sound came from a more elaborately dressed doll, clearly of a higher rank.

It had sharp eyebrows, wore a neat little military uniform, and a hat with a badge on it, making it completely different from those little robot puppets that only knew how to record things with their heads down.

Li Wenyin felt as if she had encountered some kind of patrol chief or police officer.

"Speak up! Who are you?!"

It was pointing a baton at Pei Yuanshu, even though it was a baton that seemed as long as a toothpick to a normal person.

"Reporting, sir!"

Li Wenyin's mind worked quickly, and she took a step forward, standing in front of the patrol chief's figure.

She pointed out her little hand and pointed to another toy figure next to her.

"Our unit is working diligently to complete our mission! What are your orders, sir?!"

"..." The patrol leader, a tiny figure, froze in silence for a moment, then shouted, "How are you acting like one of our own? Stop trying to fool me!"

"What's different about it?"

Li Wenyin started to argue again, spouting nonsense with righteous indignation.

"Sir, look at this teammate!"

She pulled over a small doll that was taking notes in a notebook, and pointed to its face, its body, and its hands.

"Sir, look! It's white, and I'm white too. It has hands, and I have hands too. It's not human, and I'm not human either! Good heavens! How are we different? We're practically identical!"

The patrol captain (miniature): "..."

The two brothers and one sister behind Li Wenyin all remained silent, quietly pretending not to see or hear anything, and not to expose Li Wenyin's nonsense.

"Why aren't you all saying anything?" Li Wenyin angrily turned to seek support from her companions. "Am I wrong?"

"Ah...right! What's wrong?!" Mu Fengmao also started lying through his teeth, "Sir, look! I'm white too, I look exactly like it!"

Pei Yuanshu didn't say anything; he was yellow.

Yu Zhiyuan racked her brains trying to find any similarities between herself and the little doll, but in the end she could only say in a low voice, "I'm not human either."

"..."

The patrol chief, a petty man, flew into a rage: "Arrest them! Arrest them all! Did they think I was a fool? Unforgivable!"

"Hey, wait..."

This little guy is actually quite smart.

Li Wenyin wanted to argue, but before she could finish speaking, a whole bunch of little dolls suddenly rushed over on command.

-

Who would have thought that even working in the cafeteria kitchen wouldn't save him from being handcuffed and imprisoned?

The copying process was a bit difficult.

The handcuffs for the little dolls are also very small and come in different sizes. They are easier to use on Mu Feng Cat and Pei Yuan Mouse, who already have hands.

But faced with bare tombstones and oddly shaped plastic bags.

They were helpless.

"You come with me!" the little guard shouted at Yu Zhiyuan. Since it couldn't handcuff her, it had to temporarily tie her up with a thin wire.

"You..." it glared at Li Wenyin, "put out your hand!"

Li Wenyin obediently sticks out two little hands from the plastic bag.

The patrol chief, a small figure, bent down to handcuff her, but she was like a plastic bag, and the handcuffs were loose, as if she could shrink back at any moment.

"You stay put! Don't you dare try to run away!"

"Yes, yes," Li Wenyin nodded hurriedly, "My friends all know that I have always been very honest."

Others: "..."

They continued to play dumb.

-

The four of them stood in a row, with little dolls guarding them on both sides and in front and behind. The little guard captain led the way, escorting them with a serious and earnest demeanor.

"...Li Wenyin, what should we say?" Mu Fengmao quietly leaned closer and asked, "Should we just kick them away and let them run away, or what?"

They use mimicry magic to appear like this; their actual strength remains unchanged, and kicking away a few small toys is still more than enough for them.

"Let's wait and see," Li Wenyin replied softly. "I'm very curious about where they're taking us."

Going deep, exploring, observing, and all sorts of seemingly fearless and reckless behavior all boil down to one reason: curiosity.

However, this was exactly what Mu Fengmao wanted. Not only him, but Pei Yuanshu and Yu Zhiyuan were also curious about this new and exciting world to some extent.

They will be led by Li Wenyin to enjoy their curiosity more and more, indulging in the incredible thing that has proudly broken through the soil in their hearts.

-

This place is really big. Li Wenyin and the others were escorted to the gate of a palace. This palace is very tall and magnificent. Compared with the strange things outside, such as the steps made of sweet milk paint and candy and the walls made of soda crackers, it seems much more normal.

"Sir, where are you taking us?"

Li Wenyin looked up at a red cherry at the very top of the dessert palace. It looked so delicious and tempting.

If this palace is the prison here, Li Wenyin wouldn't mind spending her whole life here.

Every day is just eating and sleeping, and when I get hungry I just roll over and take a bite out of the bed or the wall. Just thinking about it makes me feel so happy.

"I will take you to see our king! I will explain your crimes! And let the great king bestow upon you the most just and severe punishment!"

The patrol chiefs, though small, spoke with great force, for it was their inescapable duty to punish the heinous intruders!

"A king?" Li Wenyin asked curiously. "Is your king also a cute little toy about your age?"

"What little toy?!" the little guard captain was about to throw a tantrum. "Don't you dare boss me around! You wretched intruder! Just wait, our great king will torture you to the point of wishing you were dead!"

"Wow... this is worse than death."

Li Wenyin remained completely calm and continued to tease the little man with a smile.

He has a big nose and quite a temper; interesting.

"Don't like being called a toy? How about a figurine? Hey, sir, when I leave, can I take one of your figurines with me? Either one is fine, I like them all."

"......???!!!"

The patrol chief was absolutely furious with her attitude! It was an aggravating tactic, an unforgivable crime, a heinous offense!

"As for me," Mu Fengmao pondered, "I like that hind egg."

Pei Yuanshu: "Give me someone who can cook."

Yu Zhiyuan was also thinking that she might prefer someone quieter, preferably someone who was like a dead person, neither speaking nor moving.

Patrol Chief: "???"

Who are these people?!

What should have been a tense and dangerous situation was derailed by Li Wenyin's words, and one after another, the others began to fantasize about which villain they should take with them. They felt that this one was good, that one was good too, what to do, so conflicted.

-

Then they were taken into the palace by this group of angry little men.

The patrol chief scolded them, telling them to bow their heads and admit their mistakes, forbidding them from looking up rudely and glancing around, especially at that wretched plastic bag. If it found her again, she would sneakily sniff and bite the palace decorations, and the punishment would continue to increase!

Her crimes are too numerous to count!

As she walked further in, she felt she was getting closer and closer to the "king." Li Wenyin became unusually well-behaved, keeping her head down and walking carefully, while pondering some guesses in her mind.

The patrol chief, a lowly figure, reported: "Your Majesty! I have apprehended a group of despicable intruders who were disrupting order in the city and threatening the safety of citizens! I present this to Your Majesty, hoping that you will severely punish them and restore security and order!"

The surroundings became quiet.

After a long silence, a soft, helpless sigh came from not far away: "...Alright, you may leave now."

Huh? That sound?

Li Wenyin secretly looked up.

The person sitting on that strawberry cream cake throne is clearly Qin Guanyu... no, a doll that looks exactly like Qin Guanyu!

The little doll was the same size as the other little dolls here, but it had a face as smooth as jade, delicate and handsome, and a long high ponytail that fell behind its head. Although they were all little dolls, it was much more exquisite than the other little dolls.

"Senior Qin?" Li Wenyin exclaimed excitedly.

Hearing her words, Pei Yuanshu and the others all looked up and stared at the "king" with surprise and suspicion.

The "King" paused for a moment, looked at them, and remained silent for a while. He simply nodded solemnly to the other puppet soldiers, signaling them to leave.

The little puppets were clearly reluctant, but they couldn't defy the king's authority, so they reluctantly left one after another.

After they left, the palace gates were closed.

The "king" hesitated slightly before asking, "Is it you?"

The voice was soft and gentle, suppressing an undeniable sense of fatigue.

Pei Yuanshu then spoke up: "Qin Guanyu?"

"Is it really Qin Guanyu?" Mu Fengmao exclaimed in surprise. "How did you become like this?"

Li Wenyin: "Senior Qin, blink if you've been kidnapped."

"King"—Qin Guanyu blinked.

Four oddly shaped figures, almost identical to the miniature Qin Guanyu, swarmed around him, bombarding him with questions, eager to know what was going on.

Qin Guanyu slowly began to explain.

-

At first, he was indeed just there for a part-time job, to help out.

As they could see, the kitchen of the Obsidian Academy cafeteria was a huge, miniature world-style food processing plant, created by thirteen magical chefs. It embodied the wonderful creative ideas and exquisite culinary skills of these thirteen magical chefs.

This place has been like this for over ten years, operating in an orderly manner without any major problems.

In this little world.

Those thirteen magical chefs are like the thirteen kings here, each responsible for directing the magical doll-like figures to cook every day.

-

"These thirteen chefs must have all graduated from Obsidian Academy, right?" Pei Yuanshu said.

Qin Guanyu nodded slowly: "Yes."

"Can't they cook normally?" Mu Fengmao asked, puzzled. "Why do they have to do it like this?"

Li Wenyin explained, "It's definitely because it's really interesting!"

"Hmm..." Qin Guanyu replied, "That's exactly how they explained it to me, just because it's interesting."

Mu Fengmao conceded: "Li Wenyin, you really understand Obsidian Academy."

-

Isn't it interesting? To outsiders, the chefs are busy working in the kitchen amidst the smoke and fire, but in reality, those thirteen magical chefs are the kings here.

This is a secret of the Kokuyoin Cafeteria, which is never revealed to outsiders.

Qin Guanyu said that he probably moved them with his sincerity. His desire to learn to cook touched these thirteen eccentric chefs, who made an exception and allowed him to work in the kitchen as an assistant.

Qin Guanyu suddenly had thirteen new teachers.

At first, he was attracted by the novelty of the place, but his good fortune didn't last long.

After learning that Qin Guanyu possessed shapeshifting magic, the thirteen magical chefs decided to relinquish their responsibilities and let their newly appointed only apprentice try being king and managing this massive food processing plant.

-

Li Wenyin: "Something sounds a bit strange to me?"

"...Um..." Qin Guanyu told the truth helplessly, "Actually, after they found out that I could transform into a doll, they immediately held hands and decided to take a vacation together."

He was left alone as a bewildered king to face this vast kingdom.

Mu Fengmao: "..."

Do the teachers of Kokuyoin have any unreliable traditions or practices?

-

Although Qin Guanyu had been inexplicably burdened with a huge responsibility, he was trying his best to do the job well.

He observed the people's conditions, infiltrated the ranks of the little puppets, and discovered some things that even the thirteen magical chefs didn't know.

"What is it?" Li Wenyin was captivated again and couldn't help but urge him.

Qin Guanyu replied, "The dishes at the food processing plant weren't always this strange."

-

It was probably around two years ago that the food processing plant's cooking methods began to transform into one spectacular mini-theater after another. Originally, under the leadership of thirteen magical chefs, it was just an ordinary processing plant.

But two years ago, a dramatic change suddenly occurred, and the dishes became bizarre. However, although the dishes made by the little dolls became increasingly bizarre, they were still very delicious.

So the thirteen magical chefs didn't pay much attention to this point. They slapped their foreheads and thought that their little dolls might have automatically leveled up. Anyway, as long as the food tastes good, that's enough. Why bother with so much?

Until... after Qin Guanyu became king, the dishes that were originally strange but delicious became strange and unpalatable.

"Why?" Li Wenyin asked again.

Qin Guanyu: "They don't submit to me."

The little dolls recognized their previous thirteen kings, but they didn't really approve of the new king. Their respect was only superficial; in reality, things had become a mess.

They started playing by themselves, having more and more fun, and the food became increasingly unpalatable.

While Qin Guanyu was busy persuading these toy figures, he also had to investigate what exactly happened two years ago, thinking that he would give the thirteen teachers an explanation when they returned.

"You've really worked hard, senior," Li Wenyin comforted him sympathetically. "You're really too busy."

Pei Yuanshu: "Have you found anything out?"

Qin Guanyu: "Two years ago, an evil chief of staff came here."