Chapter 148: The Chosen One?
Chapter 148: The Chosen One?
"Nee, Ella, when will Ely be home? It's already dusk..." Evelyn asked the question she had been asked many times.
"Um, it's 6 o'clock now. I thought Ely would be here in a bit. She said she'd come home at dusk, right?" While tidying up the kitchen table, Ella answered kindly. She never failed to entertain Evelyn whenever a similar question came to her.
"..." Evelyn wanted to ask a question about something Ella was unlikely to know or answer.
However, she swallowed it back because she would sound like someone who was overly worried about anything.
When the two girls worked together to clean up the kitchen table after cooking the pizzas that were considered a failure, suddenly the voice of a girl they knew so well came from behind them.
"I'm home. Um, making dinner?" Elysia put Vanessa on the sofa and moved closer to the kitchen.
"Ah! Ely, welcome home. Are you all right? Are you done with your business? Have you had dinner?" It only took Evelyn a moment to greet Elysia with a barrage of greetings and worried questions.
"En, yes, but I have to take care of some affairs regularly. Vanessa and I haven't had dinner yet, what did you two cook? Oh, a pizza?" Elysia gently answered all the questions that came to her without missing a single thing.
"Welcome back, Ely. Yes, this is our second try at making pizza without your help. Unfortunately, our pizza always failed, not as good as this morning when the three of us made pizza together." Ella picked up the pizza and showed it to Elysia.
"Un, un, that's right, Ely. Do you have a secret technique of your own? I think we've followed the same steps you did this morning." Eve pumped her hand excitedly. She was very curious about this.
Elysia only lightly smiled when that question arose, how could she know what they did to make this pizza? How did she know they were following the same stage as this morning? She just came, surely she couldn't answer.
Even so, Elysia took one slice of pizza that was at first glance quite the same as the one she made. But that was after washing her hands first, for goodness... Cleanliness was always the most essential thing to maintain health.
It only took her one bite to figure out where the common mistakes in pizza making lie, Eve and Ella's mistakes were only in the dough, but it was crucial for good taste.
"Nee, I'll make pizza, and at that time, I'll explain everything and you two will help me. That way, you can know where the mistakes that might make this pizza unsatisfactory. How does that sound?" Elysia spoke after finishing that one slice of pizza.
"Woah, that's a great thing! Let's cook again, and this time we won't fail! We've also been shopping for a lot of kitchen ingredients, so we have lots of choices and variations." Eve felt very happy about the invitation, so she could enjoy a proper pizza for dinner.
"En! That sounds good, Ely. Um, but, can we make some for my grandfather too?" Ella asked, a little embarrassed. She thought of her grandfather that might just come home, and he could not find dinner for him.
"Sure, we'll make some for Grandpa. Wait a moment, okay? I want to change clothes first." Elysia waved her hand then fled to the room to change her academy uniform into a casual dress.
She immediately returned to the kitchen, put on the apron, then washed her hands one more time. Finally, she was ready to make some pizza.
Elysia explained it step by step while working in the kitchen. She was followed by two girls who were excited to explore new knowledge and not only to help around but to make it themselves.
Until they managed to make eight ball pizza dough that was neatly arranged on the kitchen table.
"Well, until this dough step, what's different?" Elysia spoke as she coated a small portion of the cleaned kitchen table with flour.
"Ah, umm, maybe yeast? Ah, I wonder, have we added any special seasoning for the savory bread, Ella?" Eve touched her finger together with hesitation. She immediately asked for help.
"Er, err, I think we added that, but just too little." Ella also smiled awkwardly. That was just the first mistake she noticed.
"Okay, too little, that's worth remembering, Eve, Ella. Next, I honestly used magic to speed up this stage of the dough. In general, we have to wait for the dough, for at least 30 minutes before we make the dough flat." Elysia explained shyly. It was an essential matter that neither Eve nor Ella knew.
"Wait, what? 30 minutes? But you immediately formed it into flatbread... So, it was magic... What magic did you use, Ely?" Evelyn blinked her eyes repeatedly as if she couldn't believe it. It was the most fatal thing that had just been discovered.
No wonder the pizza she made with Ella still tasted the same, even after two trials. If they ignored the sauce and toppings' taste, their bread was a little bland and not soft, then cracked when it was done.
"Ah, because of magic... Ely's secret technique, no doubt... That's the next thing we've missed. May we know what kind of magic?" Ella nodded slowly with understanding. She finally realized this missed step, just like Evelyn.
"You know, if you don't want to wait 30 minutes, Healing Magic can be useful here. Like Healing wounds but not real wounds, we speed up the dough process to become soft and smooth instantly. Like this..."
Elysia immediately practiced that to one of the dough balls. A greenish light shone from her palm, indicating she was using Healing Magic to make the dough ready to be processed. "Now look at the difference between this and that dough ball, see?"
"Ah, you're right... This one feels softer than what just turned into a dough ball. However, when did you use this magic this morning, Ely? I didn't even notice." Evelyn squeezed the dough ball in Ely's hand with great curiosity and compared it to other dough.
"En, I also had absolutely no idea you were using magic at that time." Ella delivered her response while comparing the dough that was speeded up with magic and those that had not.
"Ah, ahaha... Maybe it's because you were too engrossed and didn't realize it. If you can heal wounds with Healing Magic, you can also do the same thing as me earlier. The method and theory are the same." Elysia laughed somewhat strangely, but no one found it strange other than herself.
At that time, she used the same magic, but without the greenish aura typical of Healing Magic... Only her unique magic without pretending to emit a distinctive energy aura of Healing Magic.
"Ely! I just realized the most important thing!" Evelyn suddenly exclaimed. She was not looking at the dough but at the girl who had just used Healing Magic.
"What is it, Eve?" Ella also became interested in that. Meanwhile, the girl who became the topic only tilted her head slightly, as if there was a question mark above her head.
"You just used Healing Magic without Hypmond's help and without a magic circle! Silent cast, something cast, ow what's it called again?" Forgetting the name, Evelyn spoiled the statement she made.
"That's true instant cast, Eve. Mmm, I just realized Ely, it turns out, your talent and understanding in Holy Magic are very high. You never cease to amaze me." Ella held Elysia's hand in utter admiration.
"Wait, ah, uh, uuu..." Elysia became instantly overwhelmed by these two golden blonde-haired girls. She forgot to use her Hymond to pretend with any other magic!
'Ely, just explain to them it's your natural talent. You used that while Healing the claw wound on Brian's hand, right? Fufu, you've also explained about innate talent or something, they'll quickly understand.' As if an angel had come to save the day, Elena provided the solution to the overwhelmed girl.
"Em, that's my innate talent. I can use Healing Magic without Hymond's help or need to create a magic circle. I just want to use it, and poof, that's it." Elysia took a breath and explained it.
"Oh my goodness, by the name of the Goddess who protects the Human Race... Ely, are you a girl who was blessed directly by the Goddess? I just realized, you are still an Apprentice but can use Healing Magic as easily as a Priest at Master level, oh no. but at Spirit level?" Ella covered her mouth with a new sense of shock.
Her mind was running a little slower, and she just remembered another important thing. As far as she knew, there wasn't anyone capable of using the instant cast for Holy Magic before they reached at least Spirit level.
However, Elysia could easily use Healing Magic, one of the highest Holy Magic levels, and she was still at the Apprentice level! Only one answer came to Ella's mind when she realized this, maybe Ely was the chosen one.
"Eh? Ely has been blessed directly by the Goddess? The Goddess of Blessing? Have you ever met our Goddess in the past, Ely?" Evelyn asked cluelessly, but her eyes were sparkling.
"Eh..." Elysia didn't know how to respond. Even Elena didn't know what to suggest at that time.
"Eh?" Evelyn and Ella did not understand the answer. The two of them looked at Elysia in admiration while waiting for an answer.