Customized Wish Cuisine

Outside the golden curtains, Sanders stood with his arms folded, leaning against the wall. Beside him, Flora hovered barefoot in midair, drifting leisurely up and down.

"Tsk, so it really was this bunch. They cling on like restless ghosts." Gloria covered her mouth and feigned surprise, but the next second, her usual smile returned. "Still, I didn't expect the gold cardholder to be an ordinary person. He was probably still aboard the Bauhinia when we came in. No wonder we didn't notice him."

Gloria suddenly put on an angry look. "These people really have thick skins, taking advantage of an ordinary person to eat and drink for free. Shameless, truly shameless. Ah, but the most important thing is that it's a gold card! Gloria would definitely make customized food for him. Using a customized wish on an ordinary person is such a waste!"

"Oh, right. Since he's only an ordinary person, why don't I go in and threaten him into including me too? Then I can eat and drink for free as well. What a brilliant idea—I'm so clever!"

Gloria talked to herself, while Sanders offered no opinion. Only after she had finished did he say lightly, "Barbie Restaurant's highest-level defensive magic arrays are all set up here, with layers upon layers of magic-powered mechanisms. Are you sure you want to force your way in?"

Flora blinked at Sanders. "Mentor, aren't you going to help me?"

Sanders gave her a sidelong glance. "If you want Barbie Restaurant to be completely annihilated, I can help you."

Even Mentor couldn't enter through normal means? Flora silently thought. The defenses of this gold card banquet hall were far too high!

Inside the banquet hall—

Gloria casually glanced toward the curtains. Naturally, she knew that Sanders and his disciple were eavesdropping outside. If it had been anyone else, she might have sent Neo to drive them away. But Sanders... just as he had said himself, though he could not enter the banquet hall by normal means in a short time, he absolutely had the power to reduce Barbie Restaurant to ashes. Gloria would not lightly offend such an expert.

"Angel, as the gold card guest of this banquet, according to the restaurant's custom, I will tailor a unique dish to your requirements." After Gloria spoke in a solemn voice, it was as though she had completed some ritual. Then she became frivolous again, even using her folding fan to lift Angel's chin. "Little brother, you can make whatever requests you like for the effect you want your customized delicacy to achieve~ Ohohoho~"

"You're still an ordinary person right now. I suggest choosing a delicacy that can raise your talent or your mental power limit. It will be of great help in whether you can advance to become an official wizard in the future~"

After saying that, Gloria fell silent.

Something that could raise one's mental power limit? Or even improve one's innate talent?

Every wizard apprentice present stared with eyes wide and round. They dreamed of improving even one of those things! Official wizards did not care much about them because, after advancing to become official wizards, the importance of mental power and aptitude greatly diminished. What official wizards needed to accumulate was knowledge, as well as an understanding of themselves.

But for wizard apprentices, even the slightest improvement in aptitude gave them a chance to vie for the heights of wizardhood. Without becoming a wizard, one would eventually decay. As for pursuing knowledge and truth, those things were still far, far too distant for apprentices who could barely secure their next day.

The restlessness of the wizard apprentices seemed to catch Gloria's attention. She shifted her gaze away from Angel and looked at the others seated there.

Gloria said, "Ohohoho, I nearly forgot. At my Barbie Restaurant, bronze card guests can only choose customized delicacies of levels 1 to 2, and they cannot share them with others. Silver card guests can customize delicacies up to level 3. They can share them with others, but I'll only make one serving. Whether you eat it or someone else does is none of my business. As for gold card guests..."

Everyone pricked up their ears.

Only after whetting everyone's appetite did Gloria reveal the answer. "For gold card guests, the customized delicacy is still level 3, but I will prepare a serving for every person present."

"There are eight of you altogether, so I'll make eight servings. Speaking of which, you're all benefiting from little brother Angel this time. You're getting a free bargain."

Gloria's words stirred up even greater commotion. The wizard apprentices' eyes practically shone! They would receive a share too!

Whether Angel chose to improve talent or raise mental power points, they would all be able to further improve their aptitudes. That meant they would be one step closer to becoming official wizards!

Moro was so excited he nearly jumped up. A fortunate opportunity, a fortunate opportunity! Wasn't this the opportunity he had prayed for so painstakingly?

He had not expected that after leaving Pat Manor, Angel would bring him another fortunate opportunity! He had originally believed that after advancing to a level 3 wizard apprentice, his life might remain that way forever. Yet before long, another opportunity had come his way! And it had been brought by that very same boy!

At that moment, Moro suddenly felt some regret. If he had known Angel was such a lucky star, he should have taught Angel the Triangle Guidance Method as well after boarding the ship, so Angel's impression of him would not have worsened. Ah, what regret! But it did not matter. Once they left today, he would still have a chance to mend their relationship!

On the other side, Isley—the weakest member of this trip to Barbie Restaurant and the biggest tagalong today—was equally excited. Over the 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 it was for advancing to an official wizard to improve one's talent and mental power limit?

Isley's mental power had reached as high as 23 points. If his talent improved a little more, wouldn't becoming an official wizard be as certain as nails in a board?!

Watching Angel hesitate, Isley wished he could roar into his ear, "Choose the one that improves talent!" But as the person with the least right to speak here, there was nothing he could do. He could only wear an anxious expression and pray silently in his heart.

Nearly all the wizard apprentices were already prepared to embrace and celebrate. They believed Angel would certainly choose one of the two, because either would be the greatest improvement he could obtain!

Angel himself was inclined to choose one of the two, and since Gloria was the head chef, she probably would not deceive him. But he did not know what his talent and mental power were actually like.

Just as Angel was wrestling with his choice—

On the other side, Jeral, who had kept a stern face all this time, 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, the moment a Fragment Mayfly appeared in the world, wizards who caught wind of it would swarm in droves. Its function was unique: it could open a new two-way passage through a stable plane. Although the passage was one-use only, it was still immensely useful to wizards. It allowed them to make a smuggling journey without relying on the planar passages of large wizard organizations. If they happened upon a fortunate opportunity, they would make a killing. Its value was so high that it was enough to make the vast majority of wizards shrink back.

However, matching 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. But there were rumors that behind every appearance of a Fragment Mayfly lay the shadow of Fairy Tale Town.

Barbie Restaurant belonged to Candy House, which was under Fairy Tale Town. That was why Jeral asked the question.