Candy Wizard and Travel

Xi Di passed by here and was attracted by the bright colors and fish kisses. He remembered that his teacher seemed to like fish relatively, but since winter, he only had dried fish and fish balls.

For the teacher's sake, he can do it even if it's a fish.

Enduring the fishy smell, Xidi stepped forward and asked about her favorite part.

……

Fran's lunch consisted of fried fish steak, stuffed fish balls and braised swordfish skin. Hidi sat opposite her, cooking tomato and beef pasta. There was a small stove between the two of them, and the cleaned squid was sizzling.

"Ah..."

After blowing the fish balls to cool down, Fran took a bite. The seasoned deliciousness of the surimi and springy squid particles bloomed on the tip of her tongue. Even though it was still a little hot, she didn't want to let go.

"How do you feel, teacher? I made it according to the recipe." Xi Di looked at the teacher's face, looking forward to her evaluation.

Fran didn't care to speak and showed her thumb.

After swallowing it and taking a sip of the fish soup, the witch narrowed her eyes in contentment: "It feels very good. Xiao Xidi's craftsmanship always surprises the teacher."

"That's good, but you can eat slower." Xidi stroked her bangs and felt relieved.

"Uh-huh!"

She took another "click" bite of the fried fish steak dipped in tomato sauce, and her blue eyes narrowed into thin slits.

The swordfish skin is simmered with soy sauce and rice wine. After soaking in the soup, basil is added to enhance the flavor when it is taken out of the pot. It feels smooth and waxy in the mouth, very tasty and quite tough. It is also a dish that Fran can write in her diary. dishes.

Holding his chin in one hand, Xi Di gradually stopped holding the fork in his hand, and just stared at the opposite side quietly. The teacher's expression made him feel more happy than the food.

He doesn't have much experience in handling fish. Fortunately, most sea fish don't have a troublesome earthy smell and can be eaten with a little seasoning - I heard that there are still people who eat raw fish fillets, and it is even a custom in the Republic of China...

Is that a terrible punishment?

Hidi, who was helpless against the fishy smell, shivered.

The entire process was done using magic. After the process was completed, the entire kitchen was cleaned with cleaning magic. At this time, a barrier was used to isolate the ventilation.

Compared to swordfish, Xidi prefers cephalopod marine creatures such as octopus and squid. Yesterday, she found a recipe for takoyaki in the teacher's book collection, so she can try it tonight.

Lunch is grilled squid. Whether fried or stewed, the fishy smell of this thing is still not acceptable to Xi Di. However, when shabu-shabu is paired with a rich enough dipping sauce, and the dry aroma of charcoal fire after grilling, it is On the contrary, Xidi liked it very much.

"Here, teacher, it's baked, slightly spicy."

"Oh, thanks."

Fran took it and bit the tentacle, as if thinking of something, she spoke vaguely.

"Teacher, when I was a kid, I thought octopuses were scary. You see, they live very deep, are sticky and wet, and have scary eyes. They eat their own kind and themselves. Such cruel and cunning creatures are very difficult for humans to see. Looking at the sea from nowhere...

Master sometimes used giant octopus monsters to scare me, saying that there were monsters bigger than boats huddled in the dark sea. They liked to destroy passing boats. After smashing the planks of the boats with a few claws, Just tie a human and bring it to the mouth. The person who is swallowed moves around in the octopus's head. You can still see the octopus's brain before you die...

Another guy would sometimes use this to tease me, pretending to be worried, saying that the octopuses are gathering an army and digging holes under the continent with their tentacles. Eventually, octopuses will appear everywhere in the world, and the continent will be covered by sea water. The army of claw fish lays eggs in the human body, and the little octopus blooms on the human body like flowers... Wow, it's really disgusting. Now that I think about it, I will have to talk about her next time we meet. "

Xidi shivered. He was not afraid of octopuses, but he was afraid of darkness and water. The deep sea was probably a place he would never go in his life.

"Then when did the teacher not be afraid?"

"When I was knocking down a big tree with a magic cannon," Fran dipped in chili sauce and tasted the squid tentacles with relish, "and when I was learning more knowledge, magic is produced by plants, and the ocean There are no species that can produce magic power yet. The magic power that sea water can bring to the deep sea is limited, and the content is not even as good as the shallow sea. Without the conditions for magic power enrichment, things like octopuses cannot grow indefinitely. The largest individual at present is less than four Ten feet (12 meters), a magic can solve it.

But the most useful measure was after eating charcoal-grilled squid and octopus during my trip. I thought, 'Oh, it's so delicious. I can enjoy eating such a delicious thing if it can grow so big.' "

Xidi covered her mouth and laughed softly. It was the first time she heard that the teacher was so childlike.

"Thinking about it carefully, I was still inexplicably afraid of many things when I was a child, but after traveling and studying, I started to understand them and found them less scary and even a little cute. Of course, sometimes I would also be attracted to something that was originally cute. Things that create a bad impression, like seals and penguins..."

She held her hair in distress again.

So the lunch finally turned into a discussion about the taste and habits of various animals, as well as some giant creatures affected by magic, such as giant foxes, dragons, super-large catfish...

After chatting happily, Fran was still talking about an alienated swordfish somewhere. After it overturned the fishing boat, the fish's snout got stuck on the board of the boat. After a while, people found it stuck on the cliff on the coast. It seemed that it wanted to Knock that metal plate off.

It's a pity that it got stuck again. The snout strengthened by magic has endured the weight of the fish body and has not broken. It is said that the best local weapons have not been able to cut it off. It seems that a certain magician took it away and prepared it. Magic props.

I don’t know what’s going on now…

Fran said, lying lazily on the sofa and rubbing her belly, like some kind of orange creature.

After eating and feeling sleepy, she talked for a while. The belated fatigue from yesterday came over again, and she fell asleep on her disciple's legs.

Xidi laughed more today than she had in the entire winter. She covered her teacher with a blanket and looked through the travel notes that she had not finished reading last night.

I also learned about the teacher’s story.

The teacher in his impression was exactly like this, a free traveler who saw all kinds of magical people and things during his travels. It was precisely because of his travels that he met the witch, and it was precisely because of his travels that Fran became what she is today. Fran.

Xidi had a strange premonition. If she wanted to understand her teacher, if she wanted to cross the longing distance and truly get in touch with Fran, it would be impossible without experiencing that.

One day he will also embark on his own journey.

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In the afternoon, Xidi began to try to make takoyaki. The octopus in the water basin was still trying to escape from prison, and laughed at the same kind that rushed to the street at noon.

Now they are complete.

Xi Di has not seen that kind of meatball-shaped container for sale on the street, but there is no problem. This is a problem that can be solved by transformation magic. Anyway, it does not require too high precision, as long as it is octopus balls instead of octopus cubes. .

Heating is performed by fire magic to ensure that the container is heated evenly.

Xi Di is responsible for all the materials, seasonings, equipment, and production, while Teacher Fran is responsible for tasting the food and pointing out the deficiencies——

It's strange, she is the type who can eat, but is not very good at eating. She can't explain why. Give her the name of a taster and let her stay, so that she won't sneak over from time to time to take away the semi-finished products, and sometimes even despicably Use magic.

After eliminating unstable factors, Xidi began to make preliminary attempts.

……

It feels like it's not difficult at all.

With his experience in making desserts, he easily tried out the most suitable batter thickness, the timing of frying and turning over, and how to turn it into a beautiful ball shape.

Next came the issue of seasoning, but Fran would only say it was delicious no matter which one he tasted, so he could only try to use his experience to make a finished product that best suited the teacher's taste.

After all, it is snack-level food, which is accessible to students. If you want to make different styles, you need to be attentive. It is no problem to follow the recipe to get started.

"how do you feel?"

"I'm not full, can I have another plate?"

"No," Xidi refused bluntly and cleared the table, "Snacks cannot be eaten as meals. It's already three o'clock. If you have a full dinner, you will lose your appetite. At night, you have to eat secretly again. This is a burden on the stomach. …”

Fran silently covered her ears.

"I don't want to hear that!"

……

After being yelled at, Fran still got a plate of takoyaki.

The witch squinted her eyes and enjoyed the food, as she had already expected it.

Hehehe, the duplicitous disciple is quite cute. No matter how disgusted she is or how embarrassed her face is, as long as she puts down her face and acts coquettishly, she will definitely agree to her request...

Wait, is there something wrong with this role positioning?

Fran's expression became serious as she held the meatballs on a long bamboo stick and brought them to her mouth.

Immediately, the meatballs coated with teriyaki sauce and salad dressing exploded between her teeth, and she quickly stuffed them into her mouth.

The steaming heat makes the thin bonito fillets dance like a dance, which is almost impossible to catch on the tip of the tongue. The crackling sound of the crispy shell is very pleasant. It feels like eating fried potato balls, but the salty and fresh flavor is It’s more layered and has chewy octopus meat.

——What was I thinking about just now?

Forget it is not important.

When half of the plate was left, the disciple had just finished preparing the ingredients for dinner, cleaned up the things and returned to the living room.

Looking at the steaming meatballs, Fran picked up one and called to her disciples: "Come on, Xiao Xidi, open your mouth. You have been busy for so long, this is your reward, ah~"

"Why do you act like an adult buying snacks to reward a child?"

Saying this, Xidi still sat down next to the teacher, leaned over, opened her mouth, and carefully took it in her mouth. The temperature was just right, and she managed to swallow it after two mouthfuls.

"Teacher, you can eat the rest by yourself. I'm not very interested in snacks other than desserts." He opened the unfinished travel notes and continued reading.

"it is good!"

As she ate, perhaps because she felt the sound was a bit loud, or perhaps because her remaining conscience was cheating, Fran was a little uncomfortable with the quiet atmosphere at the moment, and began to think about the topic.

"By the way, Xiao Xidi, do you know the 'Lying Game'? Each person says a few words, and let others point out which words are lies. In the end, punishment will be based on the number of wrong words guessed. When I was traveling I played with my master and my sisters and lost a week’s worth of bread, and they all said I can’t lie.”

"A party game? Never heard of it."

Xidi shook her head honestly, not to mention anything else, it was difficult just to find someone who could play this game with him.

A simple analysis shows that this game requires participants to have a certain understanding of each other's lives - this can exclude students who are familiar with each other in the school, but too much familiarity will lose the fun.

It seems difficult to find someone in this range, but students are quite suitable.

"I can try, teacher, does the content of the story revolve around a certain thing or is it just about anything?"

"Well, just talk about something related to yourself. It can't be something too vague like 'What was I just thinking about?' It's best to say something that happened or something that can be confirmed - but no one can play this kind of game. Just don’t deny it. Let’s start with five sentences. If the person is guessed correctly or the wrong person is guessed, how about making a delicious meal in one sentence? "

"Not very good. If you guess it right, I will die."

Xidi decisively refused. He was quite confident in the teacher's cooking skills.

Let's put it this way, if she insisted on cooking by herself all these years, when Xi Di came here, she could only cry silently in front of her grave.

"What I mean here is that one sentence corresponds to getting up early. Teachers can't stop getting up and have breakfast just because it's winter."

"You are unexpectedly serious. As expected of Xiao Xidi, let's start from the teacher. Let me think about it..."

Fran chewed the meatballs and started to use her brain to imagine the scene where the table would be full of delicious food after the game became a success.

lose?How is it possible that a 20-year-old master cannot cheat, but a ten-year-old disciple can still lose?

However, out of caution, she had to think carefully. It was a sign of respect for her disciples and it was definitely not something she wanted to win.

"The first sentence is, I... wore very sexy underwear today."

She turned her face slightly and twisted her upper body slightly, looking shy.

But his cheeks were still moving, chewing food, looking particularly nondescript.

Xidi sat upright, her expression unchanged at all.

"Then the second sentence..."

Fran quietly observed her disciple's expression. Surprisingly, there was no fluctuation. Also, she was a child after all. What she said just now was not appropriate. Let's change the topic.

"The teacher's junior sister is still a bad girl."

——This despicable adult blurred the word "now". She often told Xidi about her master and junior sister, but the recent situation was rarely mentioned.

Forgive teacher, Xiao Xidi, this is not the last time.

The white-haired child still sat quietly, as if thinking seriously.

Out of caution, she turned her back to her disciple, not to let her eyes and expression betray her.

——Do you really want to win?

There seemed to be a voice questioning myself in my heart, which was instantly diluted by the fragrance of the small balls.

If there is something delicious, you can put it away for a while and pick it up when you use it. It is not shabby.

"The third sentence, the teacher's favorite food is fish."

"The fourth sentence, the teacher's favorite living animal is a cat."

"The last sentence - Teacher, I like winter the most all year round, because I can sleep comfortably all day." Fran stuffed the last ball into her mouth and clapped her hands, "Okay, Xiao Xidi can tell you the answer. Oh, let’s see how many days the teacher has to get up early?”

Satisfied.

Xidi calmly stroked the slightly longer bangs around her left eye and said softly.

"Five days."

"what?"

The food that Fran had not yet swallowed was stuck in her throat, and she coughed violently. She took the black tea handed over by her disciple and drank it all in one gulp. Her face began to waver visibly, and her eyes wandered around.

This kind of deception still persists.

"Ahaha... that... how is that possible, Xiao Xidi, it's a violation to scare people, so you have to explain your reasons clearly."