Annie's Otherworldly Adventure

The Feast of the 15th Chapter of the Ritual

In the Magic Garden, the roses are still vibrant this season, for it is a festival for all the people of the continent—the Festival of the Gods. Kane's festival begins amidst the fragrance of roses.

The sacrificial festival has a long history. Before the war of the gods, the gods on the continent lived in peace, and the people on the continent worshipped their own gods. Every year, when the winter snow was the coldest and the east wind was the harshest, people would worship the gods.

During the two-week festival, people neither work nor study, but instead engage in various activities to worship the gods.

After the sacrifice, the gods bestowed their blessings upon the earth, the winter snow began to melt into spring water, and the winter wind dissipated into the green of the earth, thus beginning a new year.

In other words, the festival of sacrifice is equivalent to the Lunar New Year on Earth.

After the war of the gods, some gods perished and some disappeared, but the people of the earth still continued the sacrificial customs of a thousand years ago, and still used the year's harvest to worship the gods at the end of each year.

Of course, a thousand years have passed, and the festival is no longer as pure as it once was. In some countries, the rituals have been downplayed, and more emphasis has been placed on revelry. But in any case, the festival remains the most important festival on the mainland.

Before the festival, Kerry and Mark returned with the students who had gone out for trials. After learning about Anne's new situation from Aunt Mary, Mark was very happy, while Kerry thought to himself: He was right about her. This little one is a real genius.

Although Anne hadn't earned much money in the past few months and was far from wealthy, she still spent a lot of money after the two returned, buying the finest lamb and beef, and even a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits that the nobles had kept in the freezer.

Anne prepared a sumptuous meal to welcome Kerry and Ma.

Anne set up a small table in the kitchen to entertain her guests. The fire on the stove was burning brightly, and the room was very warm.

Lamb stewed with a little konjac until tender, seasoned with a pinch of salt; beef cut into small pieces and roasted until fragrant, sprinkled with black pepper; a bowl of fruit salad—a typical mainland Chinese meal.

Because they didn't know if Kerry and Mark could accept Chinese food, just like Lynn, who loves sweets and especially likes konjac salad, but couldn't get used to Annie's popular innovative Chinese konjac salad, Lynn even apologized to her, making Annie feel very embarrassed, after all, everyone has different eating habits.

However, since Anne prefers Chinese food, she stir-fried a plate of vegetables instead of making a vegetable soup, and she also made chili peppers into a dipping sauce and put it on the table with sweet and sour sauce.

The heartwarming feast of the festival was thus completed. According to the festival's tradition, every meal during the festival requires prayers to the gods. So, the three of them sat around the small table, put their hands together, closed their eyes, and began to pray. Oh, and there was also a little squirrel lying on the table, mimicking their prayers.

Gods above, please bless me to earn more gold coins!

Gods above, bless Annie to earn lots of money so she can buy me sparkly things!

Gods above, please bless little Annie with healthy growth and a smooth life, and bless Kerry and me with a successful graduation.

Mark opened his eyes and found that Kerry had already finished praying, and even Abag had put down his little paws, leaving only Anne still praying devoutly.

Gods above, please bless my loved ones on Earth with happiness and joy, and may they forget me soon...

May the gods help them forget her and their pain!

Anne prayed, opened her eyes, and saw a cunning, an honest, and a pair of small, beady eyes staring at her. Anne calmed herself down and smiled.

"Brother Mark, Kerry, let's eat!"

The two, who had been training hard outside for a long time, devoured the food on the table like a whirlwind. Annie didn't even have time to eat a few bites. To her surprise, Mark and Kelly especially liked chili peppers, and stir-fried vegetables were also their favorite.

Fortunately, Annie ate as she cooked, and was already half full. Even so, her hands kept grabbing at the food, because poor Abag had no hands to grab and could only pitifully beg Annie for help.

Thus, the meal ended amidst a frenzied scramble.

After dinner, Mark took out the gift he had brought back for Anne.

A spatial bracelet, an unexpected bonus from this trip, and Mark's mercenary reward.

Before the Great War of the Gods, when the God of Space had not yet disappeared, there were many spatial artifacts.

At that time, the God of Space would occasionally impart the secrets of spatial magic to people. On the continent, some people became spatial magicians, and people used the secrets of spatial magic to create spatial artifacts.

During the Age of Gods, space mages fought alongside the space god in war. In the end, the space god disappeared, the space mages perished, and space magic was almost lost on the continent.

Spatial magic has gradually disappeared over the millennia. Fewer and fewer people have mastered its mysteries, and spatial items have become increasingly rare.

The reason why Annie's spatial magic talent was not detected during the entrance exam was because spatial magic had long been lost on the continent. Therefore, the magic talent testing crystal balls made by alchemists did not test spatial magic talent at all. Dark magic, which was despised by the entire continent, was treated the same way.

Therefore, Anne Aishi may be the only space mage on this continent!

There are few records of the War of the Gods on the continent of Gerson. All that is known is that the War of the Gods severely damaged the continent. Therefore, Annie did not think about why she would encounter the legendary Space God who had disappeared.

Getting back to the story, alchemists on the continent can still create spatial devices, but most of them are very small and have no practical value. The magical materials and the alchemist's effort are not proportional to the value of the final product, so very few alchemists will make them.

Think about it, for the average person, a space device with only 10 cubic centimeters is not as convenient as simply using a bag. However, for people who own valuables, they would prefer to buy a larger space device.

Therefore, small-scale spacecraft on the mainland lack sufficient practical value and are too expensive, so few people make them or buy them. Large-scale spacecraft, on the other hand, can only be manufactured by a very small number of people, making them expensive but unavailable.

The space bracelet that Mark brought to Annie only had a volume of about ten cubic centimeters inside, roughly the size of a drinking cup.

The magical materials used to create spatial artifacts are quite expensive, so making them into bracelets would be a real waste.

This item was a work made by a noble alchemist in his youth. After it was completed, he casually left it at home. One of Mark's clients for this mission happened to be this alchemist. When they completed the mission, as a reward, the alchemist opened his alchemy warehouse, which had been sealed for many years, and took out these things from his youth for the two of them to choose from.

Kerry naturally chose the more valuable and marketable alchemical items, while Mark immediately took a liking to the bracelet.

This bracelet was more expensive to make than other alchemical items, but when it came to selling, it wasn't as good as the others. The wealthy alchemist didn't care about the money. Mark happily took the bracelet as a gift for Annie.

The two-week festival quickly came to an end, and Mark and his friends were about to begin a new round of trials. Annie prepared a meal to send them off, but Mark and his friends had to leave early due to some circumstances. Annie was a little disappointed that she couldn't give her brother Mark a proper send-off.

Kane's academic system is 3+, which means three years of basic study plus a graduation trial. Kane's trial is very unique. It requires students to register as mercenaries, form adventure teams to carry out mercenary missions, and be awarded trial points according to the corresponding missions. Only when the trial points reach a certain number can they graduate smoothly.

"Superior magic and martial arts are no match for the experience of a hundred battles"—this is one of the mottoes of the Kane Kane Royal Magic Academy.

Before the festival, the students underwent many trials. Upon returning to school for the festival, the school examined the students' trial results. The students then submitted their final trial tasks, which the school approved. They would then embark on another journey, completing their final tasks with blood and sweat. They would need to exchange honor for points, and they would not be allowed to return to school until they became qualified magicians or swordsmen.

In other words, Mark and Kerry's hasty farewell means they don't know when they will meet again, and when they return to school, they will become proud graduates of the Cain Cain Royal Magic Academy!

Anne waved goodbye to Mark with red eyes. The gold coins Anne returned to Kerry were returned to her by Mark.

On this continent, Mark was her only family. Although the original host, Miss Ashe, had her own family, even in Miss Ashe's memories, she didn't experience much familial affection.

Miss Ash is a collateral descendant of the Ash family and has always been neglected until her magical talent was discovered, at which point she became the center of attention. Several months have passed since her attack, and no one from her family has come looking for her. Therefore, whether it is Annie or Ash, Mark is the person on this continent who treats Annie and Ash the most kindly.

Annie returned to her monotonous life of selling konjac and practicing magic.

According to Gerson's calendar calculation, Anne should be a 13-year-old girl. She pinched her little arms, and despite her hard work in practicing martial arts and fighting, she hadn't gained much weight, although she had become stronger. But to fight with martial arts and fighting was a pipe dream; Rome wasn't built in a day.

After several months of practice, Annie was able to use her basic nature and light magic quite well. Unfortunately, she couldn't go any further, but Annie would still practice them often. If she couldn't cast more advanced magic, then at least she should be able to cast basic magic instantly and continuously, right?

At the beginning of the new year, to Annie's delight, her spatial magic had finally made progress, and she had opened up and established her own spatial domain!