"Does this look like cotton? Is it candy too?"
Her Royal Highness the Princess tasted some and smiled faintly at the sweetness.
"Cotton candy?"
"Turning food into candy also requires the color and shape to be similar. I can't turn a piece of bread into sugar water. I remember there should already be something like cotton candy, shouldn't there?"
The well-traveled princess nodded.
"If you whip egg whites and syrup into foam, you can make a candy resembling cotton, but neither its appearance nor texture can compare to yours."
"This can actually be made nowadays too, but it requires machinery."
He briefly explained how cotton candy was made. Of course, the Outlander's knowledge was only superficial. Leisha listened carefully and sighed only after Shade had finished.
"You always have all sorts of novel ideas, and they're all quite good. Like Miss Sylvia's inventions."
Shade flushed and coughed.
"This cotton candy tastes quite good, doesn't it? If you like it, I can make even more candies you've never tried."
As he spoke, Shade did not forget to deactivate the Mystic Lock. Otherwise, with candy all over the floor, cleaning up would be troublesome. He set Little Mia back on the table and gave the cat a small portion from the bowl of cotton candy.
"It's breakfast time, and I'm not a child who likes sweets. Besides, I need to help Dorothy keep an eye on her figure."
Leisha spoke, then looked at the bowl of candy again.
"The target of the spell is anything you consider food? If it doesn't forcibly alter cognition and could cause a Ring Arcanist to lose control, then this ability has even more uses."
Leisha said with a smile.
"And your composite Mystic Lock has become even more like a fairy tale. When the Match Girl