Chapter 55: A Busy Saturday

Chapter 55: A Busy Saturday

The little witches also wanted the small crossbody bags Moran spoke of, but... none of them knew how to use a needle and thread.

"It's okay, it's just a small crossbody bag, it's very simple. I'll teach you! You can finish it in a few hours."

Moran said, "Isn't there a book in the required reading list called *Learning Sewing Magic from Scratch*? I reckon sewing, much like cooking, is a must-learn skill. It's a good thing to get an early start!"

"That would take up too much of your time. We can just wait until we've learned sewing magic to make them."

Unless absolutely necessary, the little witches were reluctant to trouble her again.

Sewing was different from cooking.

If they didn't learn cooking, they would have to gnaw on breadfruit every day, which would be too much suffering.

If they didn't learn sewing, it wasn't a big deal not to have a small crossbody bag.

They could just hold their wands in their hands, tie them to their waists, or tuck them into their pockets.

Witches had more talent than witches, and likewise, the things they had to learn were many times more than those of a witch; their time was much more precious.

Moran had no choice but to go to the castle warehouse to pick out materials herself.

By evening, she had crafted a large, soft leather crossbody bag with several pockets.

It could not only hold wands but also many miscellaneous items.

The bag looked a bit large on her, but as long as it could hold things, it was fine.

After finishing the bag, Moran opened the *Newcomer's Guide*.

This booklet was different from the books in the library; the maps and schedules inside could not be transcribed or copied; the entire book had to be received into the Book of Witches.

Thus, the *Newcomer's Guide* had now become one of the pages in her Book of Witches.

Today was Friday, and the schedule for next week would be updated tonight. She wanted to see what classes were coming up.

As expected, the course arrangement was different.

The mornings were all theoretical classes.

Monday and Wednesday mornings were "Basic Magic Theory," with the textbook *What Exactly is Magic*.

Tuesday and Thursday mornings were "Witch History," with the textbook *Witch History*.

Friday mornings were "World History," with the textbook *The Changing Eras of the Valen Continent*.

The afternoons were entirely practical magic classes.

There was only one—"Cooking Magic," with the textbook *Learning Cooking Magic from Scratch*.

The morning theory classes were held at the castle, while the afternoon classes were held in the cooking classroom next to the ingredient collection point.

Furthermore, the afternoon classes all started at four o'clock, extending the lunch break.

This meant that next week, they would have to climb the mountain to the castle in the morning, descend the mountain at noon, and then head to the ingredient collection point for afternoon classes.

The commuting time for classes was becoming increasingly long.

However, since the cooking magic class ran from four to six, the things they made could likely serve as dinner.

Moran shook her head. It seemed the academy's magic classes were learned one by one, rather than progressing synchronously by learning a bit of this and a bit of that every day.

Relying on the castle bell tower to estimate the time was truly inconvenient.

Moreover, the bell only chimed during the day.

So, Moran used her Book of Cards to make herself a lady's mechanical wristwatch.

The card, produced by combining Blue Star craftsmanship with Valen time calculation methods, had a very low production cost.

Moran didn't have the heart to specifically sell this watch card.

Even with a fivefold profit, she wouldn't make much Mana. Senior Lilith already had a magic pocket watch, which was reportedly made by her studying second-year alchemy classes in advance.

In other words, starting from the second year, everyone would be able to make their own portable timing tools.

Instead of spending time promoting cards, she might as well read more books.

Once her knowledge accumulation was sufficient, she could make more powerful cards and earn greater returns.

She would just sell the watch card whenever the opportunity arose.

Moran took the watch out of the card and put it on her wrist. Looking at the dial, it was 11:40.

It was a good thing she had made a watch; otherwise, she had planned to read *The Birth of an Exquisite Cover* a bit longer before sleeping, and she might have accidentally missed midnight again.

Her current mana reserve was 969 Mana, and her total mana capacity had increased by 1 point today, making it 990 Mana.

The card sales income that would arrive after midnight was 591 Mana; she would deposit this part directly into the Book of Cards.

She would also keep half of her own mana, charging 474 Mana into the Book of Cards, leaving 495 to maximize the mana she could recover tomorrow.

As soon as midnight arrived, Moran checked her two cards.

{Character Card—Intermediate} [Mana: 495/990]

{Book of Cards} [Stored Energy: 1272 Mana]

This way, she wouldn't waste the naturally recovering mana.

Moran fell asleep peacefully.

When the six o'clock bell rang in the morning, she was still a bit sleepy, but she reached for her "waking tool," the breadfruit, by her bedside and took a light bite.

She immediately became alert and bounced out of bed.

Sleeping until she woke up naturally was absolutely impossible.

The bell tower worked through the weekend, and how could a little witch with so much to do sleep in?

Moran dragged out her laundry basket.

Inside was a week's worth of dirty clothes.

With her usual routine of leaving early and returning late for classes, washing her underwear and socks was already quite an achievement.

She simply had no time or energy for anything else.

Fortunately, she had collected several extra standard school robes later on, which allowed her to have clean clothes every day.

Unfortunately, school robes could not be collected indefinitely; each little witch could only have a maximum of seven sets at a time, just enough for one week.

Moran didn't need to ask Lady Amisha to know why: it was to increase the demand for "Cleaning Magic," so they would study it more diligently.

Moran understood, but she still didn't want to hand-wash.

The Book of Cards already stored over a thousand Mana; she could certainly make a Washing Machine Card.

Even if she couldn't sell it to other little witches, it would save her own time!

Even with a washing machine, Moran had plenty of motivation to learn cleaning magic.

While the washing machine was running, Moran squeezed a bottle of breadfruit juice and made honey breadfruit water.

She didn't waste the remaining pulp and turned it into fruit cakes.

She put the juice into a water skin, wrapped the fruit cakes in greaseproof paper, and placed them in her crossbody bag.

She also put her Book of Witches and her wand inside.

After hanging the washed clothes in the courtyard, Moran set off with her bag.

Today, she was the only one on the mountain path to the academy castle.

She went to the alchemy classroom in the West Tower and began sketching the cover design for her Book of Witches.

She wanted to make a Book of Witches in the same style as the Book of Cards.

However, she didn't need the card slots from the Book of Cards; instead, Moran planned to embellish it with several purple gemstones and gold-engraved craftsmanship to fill that gap.

After finishing the design, she consulted the production methods for corresponding decorative elements in *The Birth of an Exquisite Cover*. Once she understood the production process and the required materials, Moran took her list to the material warehouse next to the classroom.

The West Tower warehouse was said to be a low-level magic material warehouse, but it actually contained some ordinary metals and ores as well.

After all, witches could use magic power to imbue ordinary materials with magical properties.