Cooking

"Listen to my summons, flames of hell, and grant the enemy before my eyes the most colorful strike."

Li Yan covered his sinful right pupil, and a fiery magic array emerged as a three-meter-thick Flame Ray shot straight toward Frieren.

Frieren calmly moved a few steps slightly to the right as the fiery attack shot past her side, scraping up a trace of scorching sparks.

"No way, this reaction speed."

Li Yan frowned. He had already held Frieren in high regard, yet he did not expect that after just a single probing strike, she could perceive and dodge it with such sharpness, making her practically a born combat mage.

"Hellfire!"

Frieren calmly released the high-power Hellfire spell. Li Yan retreated with a calm expression; the Hellfire spell was one of the spells created by Flamme. Although its power was great, its speed was truly slow, and its accuracy was very low, much like shooting a shotgun at a small bird a hundred meters away.

"Flame Ray Version 2.0, a gift from the God of Flames, making the enemy facing you feel the terror of flame."

Li Yan unleashed his mana, and several small magic arrays converged before him. As the mana construction was completed, the several small magic arrays emitted Flame Rays that had very little power but a very bold aura.

Facing the densely packed Flame Ray attacks, Frieren unleashed her mana output, and the Hellfire once again spewed forth. In the collision between the scorching Flame Ray and the Hellfire, the Hellfire clearly gained the upper hand in terms of power, but the Flame Ray attacks did not exist as a single entity; the next second, the Flame Rays bypassed the Hellfire and shot straight toward Frieren.

Facing this suddenly attacking Flame Ray, Frieren could not help but increase her mana usage, and the massive Hellfire instantly surged, instantly melting the Flame Ray that attempted to attack her.

"You lost, Junior Sister."

Li Yan smiled and put down his staff, while Frieren with a dejected expression once again controlled the erupted mana, keeping it at the level of level 10 mana.

"Senior Brother Li Yan, your mana control ability is still somewhat stronger."

Frieren spoke with a blank and calm expression, then sat back down in the same spot and continued trying to adjust the Magic of Restraint.

"It's alright, I've just learned more spells, so I'm relatively proficient in mana construction."

Li Yan walked close to Frieren modestly, watching Frieren adjust various movements for the Magic of Restraint.

Various movements in combat could potentially expose one's mana, so in order to achieve foolproof preparation, adjusting various movements was a necessary homework.

"A Yan, your junior sister's spirit toward magic is an example for you to learn from, and these tiny details are also things that need attention in combat."

Flamme looked at Frieren with gratification and slowly spoke out.

Afterwards, in order to study whether rolling would affect the Magic of Restraint, Frieren started rolling around on the ground, and her pure white dress instantly became stained with dirt. Flamme's eyelids twitched; she could not imagine that if Li Yan listened to her and also learned from Frieren by rolling around on the ground, it would simply be an unbearable scene to watch.

"You don't need to learn this; it loses status and etiquette." Flamme stroked Li Yan's head, her solemn little face drawing close to Li Yan as she spoke with complete seriousness.

Watching Frieren happily rolling on the ground and studying whether the Magic of Restraint would leak mana because of it, Li Yan could not help covering his mouth and chuckling. He did not care at all about his own combat failure, but rather took pleasure in studying magic. Was this really Frieren?

She truly was a cute junior sister.

The learning of magic was wonderfully exquisite, and once Frieren completely mastered the Magic of Restraint, she also officially began to experience the wonderful life of learning magic.

The Magic Tomes collected by Flamme were countless, resembling a pile of elementary school math, middle school math, high school math, and advanced mathematics books.

Frieren's daily routine was to leaf through Magic Tomes, occasionally practice new magic, and improve her mana foundation, while Flamme explained things whenever Frieren had questions about magic.

Although sometimes this arduous task was handed over to Li Yan, watching Frieren's perplexed and yearning gaze, Li Yan naturally used all the knowledge he had learned in his life to answer her perplexities.

Daily life could not be without eating meals. Sometimes when Flamme was lazy and didn't want to cook meals, Li Yan basically did the cooking, and although the taste was very mediocre, it was barely edible.

With the arrival of Junior Sister Frieren, naturally an extra ruthless cooking machine was added. The moment Flamme stated that Frieren would make lunch, Li Yan was too late to speak up to refuse on Frieren's behalf; he had a dangerous premonition in his heart, but his memories of the manga's plot were already somewhat hazy, and he could no longer remember it.

Frieren was an obedient and good child; whatever Flamme said, she would basically obediently finish it. On matters such as cooking meals, although she was not good at it, she still bravely agreed.

In her mind, magic and cooking should be the same thing. In order to make meals that both her senior brother and Master would like, she specifically found a Magic Tome suitable for cooking.

Li Yan, who was currently attempting to use Space Magic outside the house, looked toward Flamme with some worry. "Godmother, is it really okay to leave the task of cooking to Frieren? I'm worried..."

Flamme gently patted Li Yan's head. "Distractions are not allowed when casting spells. In combat, no one will let you off when you are distracted."

With Flamme's earnest guidance, Li Yan could only sigh and believe. As an elf whose age was dozens of times his, Frieren should know how to cook meals; otherwise, she would have starved to death long ago.

"When using magic, you must firmly believe in the magic you cast. Only when you believe in yourself can you successfully cast it." Flamme instructed thus, with a trace of anticipation on her face. Space Magic was a realm that humans could not successfully step into, yet now her disciple actually showed great interest and talent in Space Magic.

She could not help but believe that in the near future of humanity, this disciple of hers would become the greatest mage, kill the demons without leaving a single piece of armor, guard the country, and leave her own resounding name in history.

"Spatial Movement!"

Li Yan constructed in his mind the idea of a human stepping into space and then arriving at the position where they needed to appear. He referenced Soru from One Piece in his previous life, the Flying Thunder God from Naruto, Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and the spatial Teigu Shangri-La from Akame ga Kill!.

With countless successful cases of Spatial Movement, Li Yan had the most basic confidence in his heart. Others could do it, so why couldn't he? He even had the golden finger of Immortality; he even had reincarnation into another world; his master was the greatest mage Flamme, and his junior sister was Frieren—everything ordinary people could not possess, he possessed all of it. Therefore, he concluded that him being able to use Spatial Movement was also something that could be realized.

With the basic concept of success established in his heart, Li Yan's confidence grew increasingly sufficient; magic could realize anything, so Spatial Movement naturally could too.

The next second, Li Yan left his original spot and appeared high in the air. What he had thought of just now was the Shangri-La Teigu, so the coordinates of his instantaneous movement also looked toward a height of three meters.

"You did it! A Yan, you did it!"

Flamme widened her eyes, and a trace of joy added to her face. The first step for humans to successfully step into the field of Space Magic was cracked. Although there was currently only one successful case, with the first starting point, a second, third, and fourth naturally would not be far away.

Caught happily by Flamme from the ground, a trace of joy also appeared on Li Yan's face.

In the kitchen, Frieren looked at the Magic Tome and put Dark Bird feathers, Potato Cow horns, Spiny Hedgehog toes, Three-Headed Turtle shells, and Rainbow Frog heads into the pot...

"A Yan, practice more, and you'll naturally be able to skillfully use Space Magic in the future." Flamme said warmly. Today, she could be considered to have witnessed the bright future of a new generation of young mages. She was incomparably grateful to have a good friend, and incomparably grateful for the disciple she took in because she had some passing interest in finding an assistant.

If she hadn't taken in Li Yan as a genius disciple, Space Magic would still be a forbidden zone for humans and a realm impossible to step into.

"I know, Godmother. All of this is thanks to Godmother's help; otherwise, I couldn't have so smoothly researched the magic I like."

Li Yan buried his head in a comfortable position within Flamme's embrace, enjoying Flamme's gentlest moment.

"A Yan, I plan to take you to see your grandmaster, which is my master."

Flamme said softly. As a human, being able to possess such rich magic knowledge was entirely because she had a very, very powerful master.

"Grandmaster?"

A trace of anticipation grew within Li Yan's heart. A figure at the pinnacle of the magic pyramid, an elf magic mentor who had lived for thousands of years, possessed the most powerful and numerous magic knowledge. Even Space Magic, she would definitely hold the core knowledge.

As Li Yan briefly familiarized himself with Space Magic a bit more, Frieren stood at the doorway of the small house and enthusiastically waved her small hands. "It's time to eat, Senior Brother, Master."

At mealtime, Flamme called a halt to Li Yan's training and, carrying a wonderful mood, stepped into the dining room with Li Yan.

"Today's food is a bit strange."

Li Yan looked at the soups and liquids before him that could not be described with words, and could not help saying with worry.

"Strange? I think it's normal."

Flamme glanced at the purple liquid before her, picked up the spoon, and calmly started eating.

"The taste is a bit bland."

Seeing that his master had already started eating, Li Yan no longer hesitated and immediately drank a large mouthful. Gourmet food made by Frieren—he actually held a few traces of anticipation for it.