Outside the golden curtains, Sanders stood with his arms folded, leaning against the wall. Beside him, Flora floated barefoot in midair, drifting lazily up and down.
"Tsk, so it really is this lot. They cling like lingering ghosts." Gloria covered her mouth, feigning surprise, but the next moment she returned to her usual smile. "Still, I never expected the Gold Card holder to be an ordinary person. When we came in, that person was probably still aboard the Bauhinia. No wonder we didn't notice."
Gloria suddenly put on an angry expression again. "These people really have thick skins, taking advantage of an ordinary person to eat and drink for free. How shameless. Ah-la-la-la, and most importantly, it's a Gold Card! Gloria will definitely make customized food for him. Using a customized wish on an ordinary person is such a waste!"
"Right, since he's only an ordinary person, why don't I go in and threaten him into including me? Then I can eat and drink for free too, can't I? What a brilliant idea. I'm so clever!"
Gloria talked to herself, and Sanders offered no opinion. Only after she had finished did Sanders lightly say, "The highest-grade protective magic-pattern arrays of Barbie Restaurant are all set up here, with layers upon layers of magical mechanisms. Are you sure you want to force your way in?"
Flora blinked at Sanders. "Mentor, aren't you going to help me?"
Sanders glanced sideways at her. "If you want Barbie Restaurant to be completely Annihilated, I can help you."
Even Mentor couldn't get in by normal means? Flora silently thought. The defenses of this Gold Card Banquet Hall were far too formidable!
Inside the banquet hall—
Gloria casually glanced toward the curtains. Naturally, she knew Sanders and his apprentice were eavesdropping outside. If it had been anyone else, she might have had Neo drive them away. But Sanders... just as he had said himself, while he could not enter the banquet hall by normal means in a short time, he absolutely possessed the strength to reduce Barbie Restaurant to ashes. Therefore, Gloria would not easily offend such an expert.
"Angel, as the Gold Card guest of this banquet, according to the restaurant's rules, I will customize an exclusive dish according to your request." After Gloria finished speaking in a solemn tone, it was as though she had completed a ceremony. Then she became frivolous again, even lifting Angel's chin with her folding fan. "Little brother, you can make as many requests as you like about what effect or requirements you want your customized cuisine to achieve~ Oh-ho-ho-ho~"
"You are still an ordinary person. I suggest choosing cuisine that can increase your talent or the upper limit of your spiritual power. It will be of great help to whether you can advance to a Formal Wizard in the future~"
After saying that, Gloria stopped speaking.
It could increase the upper limit of spiritual power? It could even improve one's innate talent?
Every Wizard Apprentice present stared with round eyes. They dreamed of improving even one of those things! Formal Wizards did not care much for them because, after advancing to Formal Wizard, the importance of spiritual power and aptitude would diminish greatly. What Formal Wizards needed to accumulate was knowledge, as well as understanding of themselves.
But for Wizard Apprentices, even the slightest improvement in aptitude would give them a chance to vie for the summit of wizardhood. Without becoming a wizard, they would eventually wither away. As for pursuing knowledge and truth, those things were still far, far too distant for apprentices who never knew whether they would live to see tomorrow.
The restlessness of the Wizard Apprentices seemed to catch Gloria's attention. She shifted her gaze away from Angel and looked at the others present.
Gloria said, "Oh-ho-ho-ho, I nearly forgot. At my Barbie Restaurant, Bronze Card guests may only choose customized cuisine of levels 1 to 2, and it cannot be shared with others. Silver Card guests may raise their customized cuisine to level 3 and share it with others, but I will only make one serving. Whether you eat it or someone else does is none of my concern. As for Gold Card guests..."
Everyone's ears pricked up.
After whetting everyone's appetite, Gloria finally revealed the answer. "For Gold Card guests, the customized cuisine is still level 3, and I will prepare as many servings as there are people present."
"There are eight of you altogether, so I will make eight servings. Speaking of which, you are all benefiting from little brother Angel this time. You're getting a bargain for nothing."
Gloria's words made the commotion in the hall grow even greater. The Wizard Apprentices' eyes nearly shone! They would get a share too!
Whether Angel chose to improve talent or increase spiritual power points, they could further improve their aptitude. That meant they would be one step closer to becoming Formal Wizards!
Moro was so excited he nearly jumped up. Opportunity, opportunity! Wasn't this the opportunity he had prayed so hard for?
He had never expected that after leaving Pat Manor, Angel would bring him another opportunity! He had originally thought that after advancing to a level-3 Wizard Apprentice, his life might remain like this forever. Yet not long afterward, another opportunity had arrived! And it had been brought by that very boy!
At this moment, Moro suddenly regretted it. Had he known Angel was such a lucky star, he should have taught Angel the Triangle Guidance Method after boarding the ship, so Angel would not think less of him. Ah, regret! But it was all right. After they left today, he would still have a chance to mend their relationship!
On the other side, Isley—who had the lowest strength among this visit to Barbie Restaurant and was the biggest tagalong today—was also extremely excited. These past few days, he had lived on the upper levels of the Bauhinia, where Madam Meline had taught him with utmost dedication and let him learn much common knowledge about wizards. How could he not know how important raising one's talent and spiritual power limit was for advancing to a Formal Wizard?
Isley's spiritual power was as high as 23 points. If his talent improved a little more, wouldn't advancing to a Formal Wizard be as certain as a nail driven into a board?!
Watching Angel's hesitant expression, Isley wished he could roar into his ear, "Choose the one that improves talent!" But as the person present with the least right to speak, he could do nothing but pray anxiously in his heart.
Nearly all the Wizard Apprentices were already preparing to celebrate in an embrace. They believed Angel would definitely choose one of the two, because this would be the greatest possible improvement for him!
Angel himself was inclined to choose between the two as well, and as the head chef, Gloria should not deceive him. But he did not know what his talent and spiritual power were actually like.
While Angel was wavering.
On the other side, Jeral, who had kept a stern face all along, suddenly asked, "Do you have Fragment Mayflies here?"
Like the Twisted Baworm, the Fragment Mayfly was a creature that did not exist. Yet unlike the Twisted Baworm, for which there was almost no demand, whenever a Fragment Mayfly appeared in the world, wizards who caught the scent of the wind would swarm in. Its function was unique: it could open a new two-way passage in a stable plane. Although the passage was one-use only, it was still immensely useful to wizards. They could undertake a smuggling journey without relying on the plane passages of large wizard organizations. If they stumbled upon an opportunity, they would make a fortune beyond measure. Its value was therefore so high that it was enough to make the vast majority of wizards shrink back.
However, corresponding to its immense value was the Fragment Mayfly's rarity. No one knew how it appeared in the Wizarding World or where it could be found. Yet there were rumors that every appearance of a Fragment Mayfly carried the shadow of Fairy Tale Town behind it.
Barbie Restaurant belonged to the Candy House under Fairy Tale Town. That was why Jeral asked.
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