Chapter 130

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Chapter 130: The Girl Carrying the Fate of the Continent and the Talking Turtle

After hearing Lolth’s words, Kanor still felt greatly impacted.

Although she knew it was reasonable, as the Wizard Association had stood in Cloud City for thousands of years, and countless extraordinary wizards had emerged on this continent, her own "created" spells were not new in terms of complexity or effect; someone had surely developed similar ones long ago.

However, having known since she was little that she was a genius, she still felt somewhat guilty for Lolth’s earnest teachings.

"Master Lolth, I’m sorry, I’m just too stupid!"

The talent I was proud of is really nothing in front of Master Lolth.

No wonder Master Lolth can be the lord of Hillenbrand Town, and in every city we visit, she is very respected!

It’s not just her cooking skills; she is strong in many areas!

Seeing Kanor looking so down, Lolth didn’t know what to say.

She always felt this girl was special, but the sadness in her soul was very real.

"Is this what genius is? Such high standards for oneself."

Comparing herself to her "teacher’s" lazy personality, Lolth felt a slight pain in her heart.

But after all, she is the teacher; she still needs to comfort and guide her student through these negative feelings.

Lolth tapped Kanor on the shoulder and spoke up.

"Well, Kanor… actually, when I first learned magic, I spent a whole day just to learn the first spell."

Hearing Lolth’s words, Kanor lifted her head and looked at Lolth with a look of surprise.

"Really, Teacher Lolth?"

"Of course, I wouldn’t lie to you about such things," Lolth said seriously, gently bending down to meet Kanor’s dark eyes. "So, creating spells is a really difficult task. Even a Great Sage can’t just create brand new spells easily… Don’t feel discouraged because of this. Asking you to create three spells is just to encourage you."

Kanor nodded slightly when she heard Lolth say this.

Seeing Kanor’s expression soften, Lolth stood up straight and shook the iron bucket in her hand. "Alright, stop worrying. Let’s go make some food—we’ll talk about how to prepare different kinds of fish in cooking today. Fishing in the wild is also a skill!"

Hearing Lolth say this, Kanor’s eyes brightened a little.

"Okay—yay—!"

Finally, the moment she looked forward to every day had arrived!

Although there was a practical teaching area for life skills, it mostly consisted of places for teaching things like crafting, medicine, and wilderness survival.

Real cooking lessons, however, had to take place in the modern kitchen built at a great cost by Lolth!

Taking Kanor out of the classroom and into the kitchen, the two of them ceremoniously changed from their wizard robes into chef outfits, and Lolth even put on a tall chef hat.

The kitchen was as spacious, clean, and tidy as ever. She placed the bucket of freshly caught fish on the table, picked out a few smaller ones, and fed them to the large turtle in the water basin, which had not been eaten since their last catch.

Watching the turtle stretch its neck to eat the fish, Kanor was quite surprised.

This turtle had previously been fed by Tina, who thought, "I don’t understand why this creature is still alive, but Master Lolth brought it home, so let’s just take care of it for now."

This was Kanor’s first time seeing the turtle eat.

Lolth didn’t pay much attention; after feeding the turtle, she shook the water off her hands, took out four fish from the bucket, and began to gut and scale them while explaining the important steps to Kanor.

Soon, all four fish taken from the bucket were cleaned up.

"Kanor, today I’ll teach you four common ways to cook fish: grilling, making soup, steaming, and frying fish fillets—since we didn’t catch the right fish for sashimi today, I won’t teach that for now."

Lolth said this as she arranged the four nice-sized fish on a plate to prepare.

"I will go get some side dishes and seasonings; you can move around freely here for a while, or if you want to practice, there are more fish in the bucket you can try."

Saying this, she washed her hands and walked towards the walk-in refrigerator.

Kanor watched Lolth leave and was getting ready to try cleaning a fish herself.

But just then, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Hey, young lady."

It sounded like a woman’s tone, similar to when an older lady is claiming her space while dancing in the square, which startled Kanor.

She looked around and instinctively cast a protective spell, finally fixing her gaze on the bowl of water from earlier.

Kanor saw the giant turtle from before, waving its front paws at her!

"Are you calling me?"

Looking at the turtle, Kanor said uncertainly.

"Yes, it’s me, who else could it be?" the turtle said nervously, "Come quickly, I have something good to show you… If that succubus comes back, I won’t be able to talk! Today’s chance is very rare; there are two powerful demon races in this tower! It’s not often they both get distracted at the same time!"

But hearing the turtle say this made Kanor more cautious.

"You can say anything to my face; why hide it from Master Lolth?"

"Oh, that succubus is your master," the turtle was shocked to hear this, "How strange, how strange—I thought you were captured by her in some odd way to be used as backup food!"

The turtle kept talking to itself, making Kanor’s opinion of it drop even more.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will call Master Lolth over!"

Kanor said this, but it really scared the turtle.

"No, no, no, I am just trying to help… Look," the turtle reached into its shell and after a moment pulled out a brass key, "this is the special gift I want to give you!"

"A key?"

Kanor asked, a bit confused.

"Yes—a key that can open the box in the corner of the kitchen," the turtle laughed, "inside is a treasure that will shock the whole continent—I can sense something special about you; it seems you carry the fate of the whole continent…"

The turtle lowered its voice and said mysteriously, "You were born special and are destined to be the owner of that treasure, so I give you this key… But you don’t need to worry about my intentions; I just hope that once you become a true ‘strong one’, you can help me escape this trouble."

"I understand."

Kanor looked at the turtle, listened to its long story, took the key, and nodded.

Then, she shouted towards Lolth, who was picking vegetables in the walk-in fridge.

"Master Lolth, this turtle can talk! It also gave me a key and said there is a great treasure in the box in the corner!"