Chapter 63: Extraordinary Abilities

Chapter 63: Extraordinary Abilities

By the time class ended, it was already six o'clock, exactly dinner time.

After class, the little witches headed to the ingredient collection point in unison.

"This black bread is completely inedible!"

"I want meat. Where is the steak? Where is the steak?"

"The cooking classroom is right next door. Let's just cook here and eat before we head back! It'll save us the trouble of carrying it around!"

"Great idea! I'm starving."

...

While the other little witches stayed in the cooking classroom to solve their dinner problem, only Moran and Es been walking back to the dormitory together, carrying a basket.

The things the two of them had made in their cooking magic class weren't as unpalatable as those of the other little witches, so they were already full.

Es glanced into Moran's basket. "Sugar, honey, pumpkin... what are you planning to make with these?"

"Breadfruit cake," Moran said.

"You can eat that for a long time with one batch, right? I saw you picking breadfruit not too long ago; did you finish it that quickly?"

Es suddenly remembered something. "Moran, you aren't eating breadfruit cake for all three meals every single day, are you!"

Moran smiled. "I eat it when I'm busy."

"Then when are you *not* busy?" Es wasn't falling for it.

"Uh... I'm pretty busy every day..." Moran said. "But I do make time on the weekends to cook something delicious!"

Es gave her a look of profound heartbreak.

A companion who loved gourmet food just as much as she did was living a life of gnawing on fruit cake every single day!

How was that any different from eating tree bark every day?

After walking in silence for a while, Es couldn't help but ask, "But why? Even if the cake isn't bad, eating it every day must be miserable!"

"It's fine. It's mainly to save time so I can spend more time on other things," Moran said. "The curriculum is very tight. If I don't squeeze out some extra time, I won't finish my reading."

Es: "..."

That was true. Moran was a witch—a witch with all-around talent.

Es only wanted to be a gourmet witch, just like her mother.

Their academic pressures were completely different.

Es's gaze toward Moran was suddenly filled with pity.

When they reached the door to Moran's dormitory, Es set the basket on the ground and began rummaging through her pockets.

"This is for you! And this too!

I actually wanted to try making a different flavor tonight, so you can taste these! They're easy to eat and won't waste your time. You can't just live on breadfruit cake!"

Soon, her jerky, meat bits, and various snacks were all transferred to Moran.

Moran's pockets, satchel, and even her vegetable basket were filled with Es's little snacks. "That's enough, that's enough! It's too much!"

Having emptied her pockets, the little witch Es seemed to have shrunk a size. She grabbed her basket and bolted, terrified that Moran might try to return the goods.

"You must remember to eat them!"

"I know!" Moran waved her off helplessly.

She truly felt that eating breadfruit cake was no big deal; it was meant to be filling and was quite nutritious.

For some reason, in Es's eyes, she had become a poor little thing in need of feeding.

Back in her dormitory, she placed all the snacks Es had given her in a separate basket next to the breadfruit cake basket.

She took a small plate, scooped out a bit of the cake, poured a cup of freshly pressed breadfruit juice, and carried them both to her desk.

Sitting down, she opened the *Book of Witches*

"Volume Seven of *The Continent of Valen*... Here it is. Where was I before... Mmm! This jerky is so tender. What kind of meat is it?"

Moran ate the jerky, cake, and drank the juice while reading.

She had to admit, Es had a real knack for cooking meat.

It certainly made her simple dinner much more sumptuous.

This volume of the book discussed the extraordinary abilities of various creatures on the Continent of Valen.

The opening stated that the extraordinary abilities of Valen creatures could be broadly divided into two categories.

One type was extraordinary ability that acted upon the body itself. Physical strength, speed, agility, and defense all fell under physical extraordinary abilities. Representative creatures of this type included dragons, magical beasts, and orcs.

The other type was extraordinary ability that acted upon the world outside the body. Magic belonged to this category.

All races with spellcasting abilities possessed an extraordinary ability called magic, but their energy sources and methods of casting differed.

Reading this, Moran knew her essay had a direction.

She skipped the chapters on physical extraordinary abilities and continued from where she had left off at noon.

She also took notes, summarizing key sentences.

"A witch's energy is magical power, and a mage's energy is mana; both originate from bloodlines, using will and emotion to drive the magical power within the bloodline to cast spells.

An angel's energy is angelic power, originating from faith, consuming the power of faith to cast spells.

A demon's energy is demonic power, originating from the soul, sacrificing soul power to cast spells.

A dragon's energy is dragon power, originating from bloodlines, using sound to drive the dragon power within the bloodline to cast spells.

A human's energy is mental power, originating from knowledge and wisdom, using mental power as the weight and knowledge as the lever to pry energy from nature to cast spells.

..."

After finishing the section on extraordinary magical abilities, she had a full page of dense, useful information.

Moran now had a certain understanding of the spellcasting principles of different races.

Since Ms. Amisha had told her to refer to this book, Moran certainly wasn't going to be polite about it.

Using these summarized key points, she directly integrated them into an essay.

She blew on the ink on the parchment, read it from beginning to end to check it, and her Basic Magic Theory assignment was complete!

It wasn't due until next Monday, so Moran used a paperclip to attach the essay to the relevant page in the *Book of Witches*.

Since she wouldn't be putting the book away anytime soon, clipping something inside wouldn't hurt.

With her evening tasks finished and her harvest plentiful, Moran let out a yawn and went to sleep, feeling quite satisfied.

When the six o'clock bell rang in the morning, Moran reached out blindly for the breadfruit hanging in the pouch by her bed and took a bite. "Eek~"

The sourness woke her up.

As she brushed her teeth, she thought

"What should I read on the way to school today?

Should I continue *What Exactly is Magic*, or preview *A History of Witches*?

Hmm... let's go with *A History of Witches*..."

The *Book of Witches* beside her flipped open automatically to the page for *A History of Witches*

"Witches originated from human females..."

She walked out the door while reading.

"Moran! Vasida! My Windbell Flower has grown another small leaf!"

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

"At this rate, it won't be long before the Windbell Flower is fully grown!"

"Yeah!"

"Moran, what are you reading?"

"*A History of Witches*."

"I read a bit of it last night too. This book is much more interesting than the Magic Theory textbook!"

"Really? I've only just started!"

...

On the way to school today, all the little witches were reading *A History of Witches* to prepare for the upcoming history class.

It was another dreaded theory class.

As a result, even while reading, the little witches were all preoccupied with thinking about the upcoming lesson.