Shade didn't know why, but he found this scene quite funny. After all, they were fighting a dangerous thing not long ago, but now they were all frowning because of the bitterness of the tea.
But watching everyone chewing tea leaves together and listening to the sound of the bonfire in front of him, the last chill was dispelled. He felt a strange sense of security for some reason, but this sense of security was not enough to free Shade from the bitter taste.
Let him feel the so-called "happiness" feeling.
"So what exactly is happiness?"
Shade chewed and touched little Mia while recalling:
"Having breakfast at home with little Mia on a sunny morning? Happiness indeed, but it seems not enough;
On a late winter night when snowflakes are falling, holding Luvia in your arms and reading a storybook together under the quilt? It’s very warm, but it doesn’t seem like it’s enough;
When I wake up in the morning, I see ladies either washing up or reading newspapers, and Tifa says "good morning" to me? Speaking of which, I haven't had the chance to say a few words to Tifa recently because I'm too busy.
;
Or is it a gift they prepared for their birthday this year? No, no, now is not the time to think about that."
"She" chuckled in her ear.
This kind of memory had no effect. Instead, Xia De felt that the skin in his mouth was dry and tight because of chewing tea leaves.
Probably others also had this trouble. Iluna puffed her cheeks and frowned, chewing as if taking medicine; Gray Wolf girl chewed extremely hard, as if the tea leaves had turned into undercooked beef that was difficult to swallow.
The movements of Miss Metz, who wears glasses, are not that exaggerated, but she obviously has not found the trick.
But Miss Wilder's own progress was quite smooth, because Shade had already felt the traces of the spell on her body.
The green dragon girl was chewing tea leaves with a very happy look, and she was secretly looking at Shade while chewing, but Shade didn't notice it because she was concentrating on meditation. The dragon maids wanted to choose the best tea leaves
, often chews tea leaves to distinguish the quality of each batch of tea leaves. She is more tolerant of the bitter taste of tea leaves than others.
"It's really bitter. Speaking of which, is tea considered food?"
Shade then remembered that his [Toymaker] spirit rune was also related to the thaumaturgy of "candy making", which allowed Shade to transform things he thought were food into candies he had tasted.
Thinking of this, Shade had a new idea. The next time his mouth chewed and his teeth separated, the tea leaves had been turned into candy.
It's just that if you don't control this thaumaturgy carefully, the "made" candies will be transformed into Shade's favorite flavor at the moment according to his mental state. And in the mouth full of bitterness and the depression caused by the environment, the taste of the tea leaves
After the next time the teeth are closed, the taste changes into a faint sweetness that outsiders have almost forgotten.
It's not the high-end chocolate from my hometown, nor is it the high-end pastry made by Tifa herself. That taste.
A certain memory that had been dormant for a long time came up again. It was a summer afternoon when a foreigner was just a child. He bent down and picked red flowers from the potted plants celebrating the festival on the street, and then put them in his mouth.
Suck nectar.
At that time, he did not understand the difficulty of life, the suffering in the future, or the troubles that were destined to come. He only remembered that in the sound of busy traffic, the taste of nectar was indeed sweet, although it was not as sweet as real candy.
Said, the taste is not very sweet, but at this moment it is still flooding in the memory, making foreigners remember the happiness of that moment.
He understood why the "happiness" he just thought of could not touch thaumaturgy, because those "happiness" would happen again. Only the faint sweetness of childhood, even if he returned to his childhood or even his hometown, would never come back.
Can't find it either.
After all, he already knows what life is all about.
[Outlander, you have obtained the thaumaturgy "Tea Extraction Method", which allows you to restore some spirit by chewing tea leaves, corresponding to the "Toy Maker" spirit rune. 】
"Her" voice was light and gentle in his ears. The success of thaumaturgy did not excite Shade. He continued to slowly taste the faint sweetness, trying to catch the fading memories that were surging.
Miss Wilder sensed Shade's success in some way, and when "she" reminded him softly in her ear, she already looked at Shade, and then congratulated him with gestures.
Iluna had been inattentive just now because the tea was too bitter. Now seeing that Shade seemed to have succeeded, she wanted to congratulate her in a low voice. But maybe the continuous chewing action made her make a mistake in her busy schedule. She opened her mouth and froze.
After a while, he said to the green dragon witch in an embarrassed lowered voice:
"Can you give me some more tea?"
"Yes, but the amount of tea will not make learning any less difficult."
The dragon maid reminded, and Iluna pursed her lips:
"Well, sorry, I accidentally swallowed the tea."
"Ahem!"
Hearing this, the gray wolf girl on the other side of Iluna failed to adjust her breathing rhythm and made obvious swallowing movements. She even choked because of it. Seeing that Iluna and Miss Wilder were both choked by her.
Attracted by the cough, the wolf behind her swung its tail to hide it, then blushed and whispered in an equally embarrassed voice:
"I want some more tea, too."
Fortunately, the only remaining Miss Metz was in a very stable mood. She just chewed tea and looked at these people. When she recalled the happy scene just now, she somehow thought of many things that she didn't know.
That was her early memory. She seemed to have lived in a huge academy. But she had no idea that she had such an experience.
The forty minutes this time seemed to be enough, but because I went out once, it came to the end in a blink of an eye. And before the time came to an end, except for Shade who really learned the power through a tricky method, the others
All three girls just felt that the dry tea leaves were really bitter when chewed.
However, they have more time to stay here than Shade, so what limits their study is not time, but the total amount of tea brought by Shade.
Fortunately, based on this calculation, the "courses" of the gray wolf girl Miss Bister and the green dragon witch Miss Wilder should be considered completed. Iluna's course can be carried out while Shade is away. She is still very confident about this.
of.
The last one left is Miss Metz, who is wearing glasses. As long as she completes her course next time, everyone can listen to the teachings of the gods, and then return to their starting points safely with their respective gains. In this way,
Although this time adventure requires diving and fighting, it is not actually very complicated.
Before Shade was about to leave, he did not forget to remind Metz to write a new list of required materials. At this time, Iluna and Miss Bist were still chewing tea leaves hard. The latter even wanted to "feel happiness" better,
It had turned into a small gray wolf and huddled on the mat, while little Mia lay on Shade's lap and looked at her curiously.
In the small corner of my outsider's heart, I hope that little Mia can learn something from Miss Bister.
The green dragon girl who had put on her apron again was standing by the fire making new black tea. She seemed to be in a really good mood. Miss Metz, who had taken the pen and paper from Shade, turned her head and put the tea leaves in her hands.
After spitting out the dregs, he said:
"I originally thought about what I needed, but when I was chewing tea leaves just now, I recalled some things from the past."
Speaking of the companions this time, Shade almost knew the origins and stories of the gray wolf and the green dragon, but he and Miss Metz barely exchanged a few words:
"This is a strange statement. Have you ever experienced amnesia?"
Shade asked curiously. The human witch wearing glasses hesitated for a moment before shaking her head:
"At least I don't know that I have ever lost my memory. My memory of my life experience is very complete. But just now, for some reason, I suddenly remembered that I lived in a very big college for a long time. But I completely
I don’t know which stage of my life that belongs to.”
Shade immediately looked at Miss Wilder, and the dragon maid who was wagging her tail and making tea immediately denied:
"No, these teas are not hallucinogenic!"
"It has nothing to do with tea. I feel that those are not hallucinations, those are very real memories."
Miss Metz shook her head vigorously and then began to write on the papers:
"There are many scenes of my study in those memories. I found that the content in the memories overlapped with the content in this book "The Blessing of Books". So I adjusted the original teaching content so that you might be able to learn it.
More useful knowledge.”
Iluna, who quietly spat out the tea leaves, said:
"But are those memories really okay? My job is to investigate and deal with abnormal events. When strange memories suddenly appear like this, and there is also knowledge attached to the memory, there will usually be no good results."
So the gray wolf on the cushion also spit out the tea leaves quietly. Although the werewolf's sense of taste is similar to that of humans, it is more sensitive. She has long been unable to stand the bitter taste of these specially processed tea leaves:
"Ms. Metz, in what college do you remember your college life?"
As he spoke, he changed from the gray wolf form back to the human form, which made the cat's big amber eyes brighter.
"Sorry, that memory is not very complete yet."
She hurriedly wrote a few more lines in the notebook that Sha De handed over, and then handed the notebook to Sha De:
"After those memories appeared, they became clearer and clearer like a spring. I need time to sort them out, but I am very sure that those memories are not some kind of mental pollution."
Shade nodded worriedly and motioned to the strongest gray wolf witch with his eyes to pay attention to Miss Metz's situation.