Chapter 66: The Purifying Spell

Early in the morning, Jiangyou knocked on the door of the Witch Forest Canteen. Amidst the disapproving gaze of the chubby cook Jasmine and her constant scolding like "Eggs can only be boiled in water!", he took the flour, eggs and green onions, and skillfully mixed the batter, lit the fire, and made pancakes. Soon, a stack of fragrant and soft whole wheat and green onion pancakes piled higher and higher on the plate.

"These cakes are for the witches in charge," Jiang You told the cook Jasmine. She estimated Polina's appetite and took out six cakes and packed them separately. "That's all for today's breakfast sharing. I hope you've learned it~ Hey~"

She didn't care whether Jasmine, the cook, understood or not, and quickly slipped out of the kitchen and took the breakfast pancakes to find Polina.

If you ask the magic teacher to go to work so early in the morning, he must bring some souvenirs, right?

Improving the Witch Forest's food supply was part of a previously agreed-upon collaboration. The witches had already sincerely paid Takumi Yu with the Spirit Wood, so naturally, Takumi Yu had to share some recipes. She had already demonstrated how to make whole-wheat scallion omelets in front of the cook, but if the cook wasn't willing or able to learn, then that was none of her business.

No matter which world, there will always be stubborn people who stick to their own opinions and find reasons to oppose new things no matter how good or convenient they are. It is obvious that Aunt Jasmine is one of them.

Jasmine, the cook, had a bad temper. However, Jasmine wasn't just bad-tempered towards Takumi Yuu; she was also bad-tempered towards everyone in the Witch Forest, even the witches in charge.

Since it wasn't directed at Jiangyou personally, she didn't take it personally. After all, she hadn't met many good-tempered cafeteria ladies. The job wasn't easy either. She had to get up early every morning to prepare and cut vegetables, her face flushed from the smoke from the stove, and she had to cater to over three hundred hungry mouths. And then, after finishing her work, she had to be criticized for her cooking, which would ignite anyone's anger.

——Well, thinking about that scene, Jiangyou felt that his bone claws and fists were very hard!

While that's understandable, Jiangyou doesn't enjoy getting herself into trouble. If someone has a bad attitude and isn't willing to learn, she won't be too eager to please and rush to teach them. It's just work, done and done. Hey!

She knocked on Polina's door, carrying a tray. There was a rustling noise in the room for a while. Finally, Polina, yawning and wearing a nightcap and a violet puffy nightgown, opened the door: "Ah... It's you, so early..."

Jiangyou grinned, revealing a smile that was unique to a skeleton, and lifted the napkin covering the plate. The light but tempting aroma of the scallion omelet went straight into Polina's nose. The black magician, like an office worker standing in front of a breakfast stall, gradually opened his eyes wide at the tempting aroma.

"Teacher, let's have breakfast and start teaching~" Jiang You said with a smile, "This is a whole wheat scallion omelet, it's best eaten while it's hot."

Polina's stomach growled a few times, clearly having woken up before her master. She rubbed her eyes, glanced at the fragrant omelet, and said decisively, "Sit down first. I'll go wash up and be back."

She rushed into the bedroom like a gust of wind, and came out a moment later with a completely new look. Her cute pajamas and nightcap were replaced with violet magician robes. Her breath was fresh, and even her hair was neatly combed and braided into two pigtails.

The black magician was clearly fully awake, his eyes gleaming like stars, his moves swift as lightning. Jiang You felt a whiff of violet wind whizz past, and half the pancakes on the plate vanished. When he looked up again, Polina was holding a pancake in her left hand and another in her right, still chewing on one, eating eagerly and savory.

"Delicious, delicious!" Polina kept chewing and praising, "So soft and fragrant! What's that smell... Could it be egg? But it doesn't smell fishy at all!"

There was a hint of sympathy in Jiangyou's eyes as he looked at her - there was a cook who believed that "boiled eggs are justice". In this era of low-quality raw materials and almost non-existent ingredients, it was almost impossible to eat eggs that were not fishy and delicious.

Polina enjoyed this breakfast very much. When she was happy, her teaching efficiency naturally increased.

This set of detection and sterilization magic, invented by Doctor Bird's Beak and repeatedly improved by witches during brewing and production, is scientifically called the [Purification Spell]. It consists of five types of magic: [Soul Appearance Spell], [Purification Spell], [Soul Nurturing Spell], [Soul Exorcism Spell], and [Poison Appearance Spell]. Among them, the [Purification Spell], [Soul Nurturing Spell], and [Soul Exorcism Spell] even have improved versions of magic arrays with long-lasting effects.

These five types of magic each have their own functions. Simply put, doctors and witches of this era already recognized the existence of microorganisms, but they didn't further refine them, continuing to distinguish between bacteria and viruses, simply referring to them collectively as "spirits."

Previously, Jiangyou's translation of the Lich card magic was obviously too advanced and mixed with Jiangyou's own cross-era understanding. The words spoken by the witches sounded like "sterilization" and "disinfection" to Jiangyou, but in fact, a more accurate translation is "purification" or "exorcism".

The [Spirit Appearance Spell] is a detection spell capable of detecting all "spirits" within the target, from bacteria and viruses to tiny parasites, distinguishing them with various colored auras. Spirits deemed harmful appear with a red aura, while harmless or beneficial spirits glow with a pale blue aura. Spirits currently undetermined as good or bad appear yellow.

"Magic is the accumulation of human knowledge," Polina said. "As you continue to use magic, you'll get to know more 'spirits,' and this knowledge will be integrated into your magic. The most obvious example is that when you discover a new harmful spirit, its color in your vision will change from yellow to red."

“Wow, so convenient!”

The [Purification Spell] kills all spirits in a wide range, regardless of whether they are beneficial or harmful; the [Exorcism Spell] is slightly different, it only kills the specific spirits selected by the caster, and can be used to retain beneficial lactic acid bacteria during the fermentation process and kill other harmful bacteria.

The [Spirit Nurturing Spell] selects a specific spirit for cultivation and breeding. Whether identifying bacterial strains for specific cultivation or identifying beneficial bacteria for artificial cultivation, this spell is particularly useful.

——You should know that some bacteria and viruses can only be identified when they have grown to certain specific stages. Whether it is a hospital or a biological testing institution, they need to conduct corresponding "cultivation" when detecting unknown pathogens. Only after recognizing what the other party is can they respond effectively.

The last one is [Poison Detection Spell]. This spell is similar to [Spirit Detection and Appearance Spell] but different. It does not identify microorganisms, but only identifies the components and toxicity of the target.

By combining several spells, one can accurately identify the ingredients and bacteria in brewed products, and whether they contain harmful toxic substances... Even though there is no modern chemical industry, magic can still play the same role.