Before Baiyi could finish his work, he heard a piercing shriek coming from the mansion. "AHHHHH!!!!"
"Wa wa wa wa, what just happened?" Baiyi quickly stopped what he was doing and ran towards the source of the scream. Coincidentally, it came from the kitchen. When he pushed the door open, the floor was littered with ice shards. Mia and Attie were also covered in ice shards. Like two kittens that had fallen into the water, they were shivering slightly as they looked at him pitifully.
Baiyi quickly took out two blankets from his storage pouch and wrapped them around the two little ones. Grabbing a corner of the blanket, he wiped Mia's face dry and asked, "What's going on?"
"Ugh …" Mia let out a whine that sounded like a little animal before telling Baiyi the idea that she had come up with while patting her head.
It turned out that she was bored at home and missed the taste of shaved ice from yesterday. However, it was too far to walk to the commercial street, so she simply went out to buy some fruits. She planned to use ice magic to make some ice and make it herself.
This process naturally required Attie's help, so the two of them went to the kitchen and started cooking. As Mia was already at the level of an Advanced Sorcerer, she was unable to control the sudden increase in her magic output. It was supposed to be a simple Freeze spell, but because she lost control of her magic, both of them were caught in the crossfire.
"You … You …" Baiyi put on a helpless look as he pulled the two girls into his arms and used his Mana to release some heat to warm them up. He wanted to teach Mia a lesson but seeing how the two girls were shivering in fear, he did not have the heart to do so.
However, it was only today that he realized that his strength had increased. Was this little fellow really that slow? Baiyi thought to himself. But then, he shook his head. It was not entirely Mia's fault. When a sorcerer advanced from the Intermediate Level to the Advanced Level, the most obvious feature would be the sudden increase in the total amount of Mana. There would be a sense of satisfaction as if the Mana in the body was filled to the brim. When such a feeling appeared, the sorcerer would be able to tell that he had made a breakthrough.
However, as his Soul Armature Practitioner, Mia was always in a state where her mana was so abundant that she had forgotten what it felt like to have her mana depleted. Therefore, after she had leveled up, she did not notice the other minor changes such as the increase in her mana output and the enhancement of her Spiritual Power.
Looks like I have to remind her properly in the future. Baiyi thought to himself. Initially, he wanted to let Mia discover it on her own so that she could have a better understanding of the power. However, due to Mia's uniqueness, in order to prevent more accidents from happening in the future, he had to keep a close eye on her.
"I'm sorry, Attie, I didn't mean to." Mia said apologetically to Attie. Because of the sudden attack, Attie's pink lips had turned purple, but she still said generously, "It's okay, Mia. I know you didn't mean it …"
She struggled out of Baiyi's arms and said softly, "It's alright, Master. I'm fine now."
"Why don't we take a break today?" Baiyi tried to ask. In a situation like this where she was suddenly hit by a freezing spell, it was not as simple as setting a fire to melt her body. The cold had already invaded her body and it was not something that could be cured with magic.
"It's alright. Today is my first official day of work. I can't just interrupt my work because of such a small matter." Attie shook her head stubbornly and went to clean up the leftover ice in the kitchen.
Baiyi could only reach out and pinch Mia's soft cheeks. Pulling them to the left and right, he scolded, "Next time, remember to tell me in advance what you're going to do. Magic is a very dangerous thing, especially those that you're not familiar with. You must wait for me to watch over you, okay?"
"Ughhh … Ouch …" Tears were almost flowing out of Mia's eyes as she was pinched by Baiyi. She quickly nodded her head vigorously, "I won't do it again …" Only then did Baiyi let go of her and rubbed her cheeks.
"Go help Attie clean up." Baiyi patted her head gently and put the blanket back into his storage pouch. He walked to the stove and looked at the frozen fruits on the table. Shaking his head, he released his mana and crushed the fruits, squeezing out the juice. Then, he crushed the bowl of ice that Mia had frozen earlier and crushed it into tiny ice chips before placing them into a wooden bowl. He poured the juice on the chips and personally made shaved ice for the little ones.
"I didn't know that you're quite good at making cold drinks for children. You're really good at it! "The Archmage did not forget to tease his student in the Void.
"Actually, I'm a little curious about how you can take out the stalls from your storage pouch. You seem to have brought a total of six or seven storage pouches with you. What do you have in them? You don't seem to have much at all, do you? Did you use all the materials you collected on Mia-chan and the plushie? "The Thane Walker asked curiously.
"Quilts, mattresses, blankets, tents, pickled food, potions …" Baiyi rattled off a long list of daily necessities. At the end, he added, "And my own vest."
"Have you been reading too many apocalyptic novels?" The Devil asked from the side.
"Just in case …" Baiyi casually explained.
"Although it's impossible, I still have a feeling that even if the zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out, the three little ones around you will still be able to live a good life …" The Devil said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
I didn't know that you're a zombie fanatic! No wonder you can get along with the Lich … Baiyi thought to himself. Then, he heard Mia saying something behind his back.
"Mr. Hope is the best!" Mia, who had been secretly observing Baiyi's movements, quickly said. Then, she looked at the shaved ice that Baiyi had made with anticipation.
Is this little girl a greedy cat? Why didn't she learn her lesson?
"You're only allowed to eat it tomorrow." Baiyi hardened his heart and cast a Level Five Spell, Ice Seal, freezing the wooden bowl of shaved ice into a block of ice. Then, he used a magical rope to hang the ice block on the roof where Mia could not reach.
"Urgh …" Mia reluctantly looked at the delicious ice block on top of her head and continued to help Attie clean the kitchen.
After that, Baiyi went back to the yard and continued to polish the parts of the glider.
The rest of the morning was relatively peaceful. Baiyi only returned to the house when it was lunchtime and had lunch with the three girls. Tisdale was discussing with him about the recent profits of the workshop. There was still not much improvement. The sales of the batch of magical gems were still quite good but the production capacity was still not enough. They had already tried to recruit a group of apprentice alchemists but they were still in training so they could not be put to use.
"Strange? Didn't any rich nobles come to you to talk about cooperation? " Baiyi asked curiously, "There should be people who have noticed the huge profits, right?"
"Yes! Yes!" Tisdale quickly replied. She took out a bunch of fancy invitation cards from behind her and placed them in front of Baiyi, "They were sent here together with the account book. Some of them were sent before and some of them were just sent this morning."
Baiyi casually flipped through the invitations and shook his head in disappointment. They were all from ordinary nobles. Some of them invited Tisdale for tea while some invited her to attend banquets, balls and even salons. All of them were worthless. None of them could be compared to Undine's. Baiyi did not even bother to look at them in the eyes of Baiyi.
Baiyi paid special attention to the family that wanted to invite Tisdale to the French Salon in the Otherworld. After memorizing their names, he burned all the invitations and said in dissatisfaction, "They're all scums. Some of them even came for you. Just ignore them. If you must find someone to cooperate with, it must be a noble with a high position."
"That's what I thought too!" Tisdale swallowed a muscle and replied, "Actually, it doesn't really matter if I cooperate with someone or not. Right now, the workshop is doing very well. It's much better than before. It's good that it can continue like this."
'Useless!' Baiyi thought to himself. "If it's possible, please contact some farmers to send some fresh ingredients over here every day. We won't have time to buy them anymore anyway. As for money …" Baiyi reached into his storage pouch and was shocked to find that all the money that he had saved up previously had been squandered away.
This is a little embarrassing …
Fortunately, Tisdale was very sensible. She quickly said, "You don't have to worry about the money, teacher! The current profit of the alchemy workshop is enough to support the four of us. "
"That's all for now then," Baiyi said. At the same time, he was wondering why Undine still hasn't sent the money over yet.
At that moment, Undine naturally wanted to come over and continue to discuss the issue of the air trade route with him. However, she had just returned and there were still a lot of things waiting for her to deal with. She had to explain to the family, pay the pensions to the deceased, appease the business partners and so on. She was really busy. She was not the only one. The whole family was busy as well. The young sorcerer and the shield warrior had been sent out to help send the pensions. They did not even have time to take care of Undine's uncle's condition. Until now, the black Soul Armature Lille could only lie on his bed and stare blankly at the ceiling. He had become the most idle person in the family.
That was why Baiyi still had to live in a pinch for a while.
However, just as he was about to prepare himself to live in a pinch, a sudden thud came from beside him. Turning around, he saw that Attie had fallen on the dining table, knocking over the tableware beside her and breaking it into pieces. Her face was an unhealthy shade of red as she gasped for air.
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