The office cafeteria was located in the dining room of the original house. It was breakfast time, and a large pot of freshly cooked wheat porridge was placed on the table. On the table were three basins filled with steamed corn cobs, bread, and steamed bread.
Li Jia, Tang Feng, and seven or eight other people from the business and intelligence groups were sitting around a long table eating breakfast. Ye Zi was sitting on the windowsill, flipping through a book and eating steamed bread. Li Tianrui and Luo Jie and other guards were using corn cobs as troops, gesturing a classic battle that Luo Jie had participated in.
A yellow dog was lying lazily on the ground, eating the corn kernels in the bowl. Its eating movements were very awkward, with strange angles and slow rhythms. It was shaking and dazed from time to time, like a zombie dog. A simple meal, but it made the corn kernels all over the ground. This unusual dog was the book spirit of "The Shadow Scroll of the Sea of Consciousness". Now he has a new name, Wangcai. Wangcai lost his patience at the end of eating. He supported himself on the ground with his front legs, opened his mouth, and stared at the corn in the bowl with his dog eyes. After a while, the corn kernels began to float up slowly, and slowly lined up and floated into his mouth one by one. This is clearly the realm of divine thoughts affecting objects.
"Wangcai, it seems that the title of the world's first magic dog will be yours." Xiao Chen squatted beside Wangcai with interest.
As soon as he interrupted, Wangcai naturally looked at him. This time his mental strength was out of control, and the corns in the air fell down and scattered all over the ground.
"Woof woof!" Wangcai roared at Xiao Chen angrily a few times, then whined and ran towards Tang Feng, wagging his tail. Only Tang Feng and Li Tianrui had no grudge against him, and when he was in a good mood, they would even tease him.
"I'm looking forward to the day when you start chanting spells." Xiao Chen said. He greeted everyone and came to the table, but there was no sign of gingerbread.
"Wait a minute," Katerina whispered, and took out a silver plate covered with a white cloth from the sideboard. She lifted the cloth to reveal a plate full of gingerbread.
"Hey, what is this?" Li Tianrui came closer and smelled a sweet scent. "Katerina, why did you hide the good stuff? Are you deliberately not giving it to us?"
"If I had taken out these gingerbreads in advance, you greedy guys would have already divided them up. How could people who get up late get any?" She glanced at Xiao Chen and said.
"I don't think it's about getting up early or late, but about being afraid that Xiao Chen won't be able to eat. This heart is too biased." Li Tianrui said.
"What do you care!" Catalina's hands were as fast as lightning. She snatched the gingerbread that Li Tianrui had already held in his hand, stuffed it into her mouth, and said vaguely, "Go, go, go and eat your bread."
"Wow, even if you feed all these gingerbreads to Xiao Chen, he won't be able to eat them all." Li Tianrui shouted.
"I only give it to quiet people." Catalina threw a gingerbread to Ye Zi on the windowsill, who took it with a smile.
Li Jia and Roger also came over to take one, but when Li Tianrui reached out again, he was hit back by Catalina.
Catalina's gingerbread is very unique. It is not a figurine or an animal, but a bunch of sunflowers with smiling faces painted on the center of the sunflowers, just like children's graffiti.
Xiao Chen picked up one from the table and put it in his mouth. It tasted good. He asked, "Is there any special meaning in making gingerbread into sunflowers?"
"Sunflower?" Catalina was stunned.
"Isn't it?" Li Jiaqi asked, "No matter how you look at it, it's all sunflowers. Here are the flowers, here are the flower stems, and here are the branches and leaves."
"But that's a cat! Look, this is its head, the pointed things around it are whiskers, this is the tail, and here are the limbs!" Catalina blushed and explained carefully.
Several people around laughed secretly. Li Tianrui laughed out loud. But then a piece of gingerbread mixed with fighting spirit hit him on the forehead, causing him to scream in pain.
"Ahem, I figured it out. It must be a cat!" Li Jia immediately declared seriously.
"Well, although it's a bit abstract, but now that you mention it, I can see that it's a cat. It's still kind of cute." Xiao Chen said, suppressing his laughter.
"Alas, Catalina is not like you who have taken art classes and watched cartoons. She has at least eight or ten cartoon cat images in her memory. I think her original creation is pretty good." Ye Zi said while holding the gingerbread in his hand, "Although, mine looks like a lame little lion no matter how you look at it."
When everyone thought about it, this was indeed the truth. The gap between people in the two worlds was really reflected in every detail.
"What is anime?" Catalina didn't care about others laughing at her and quickly diverted her attention.
"This is a good thing, but it doesn't exist in this world," said Li Jia.
Xiao Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Maybe there will be one in the future?"
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Before Xiao Chen left the office and headed for the Royal Magic Tower, everyone came to see him off.
Although the Royal Magic Tower was not a dangerous place and Xiao Chen had been there once, this assessment was a challenge for Xiao Chen.
Master Banderas had already reminded them that the Magicians Association would grant corresponding rights to those who joined based on their performance. Similarly, for the king, the ability of a wizard also represented his value, and the magic titles and fiefs granted to the wizard would also be different.
Xiao Chen stepped into a black carriage, and Catalina followed him into the carriage. Roger's adjutant Jacob changed into a coachman's outfit and sat on the driver's seat, with Roger sitting next to him.
Xiao Chen leaned out of the car window and found Li Jia hesitant to speak, so he said, "Want me to go check on Serinda?"
Li Jia was a little embarrassed: "Yes. She has been in the Spirit Refining Tower for a week. I haven't heard from her in these days. If you have a chance, please ask about her situation for me."
"Don't you have a spiritual resonance with her?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Our resonance can only sense some simple emotions and thoughts." Li Jia showed a trace of distress, "I can feel that she has been in a bad mood these days, and I have tried every way to convey my feelings of persuasion. But I don't understand why she is unhappy. This feeling is very bad, so I have to rely on you."
"Maybe the progress of the treatment is not satisfactory. You know how impatient she is. She studied magic in the Royal Magic Tower. Returning there is like returning home. Don't worry about it."
"Care can lead to confusion." Ye Zi said, "Senior's attitude towards Serinda is really beyond reproach."
"After all, he is still alone in an empty room and feels lonely," said Li Tianrui.
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Jia punched Li Tianrui. The punch was soft and weak, very much like a magician.
"Okay. I said I practiced spiritual magic, so the one who came to evaluate me must be a magician from the Spirit Refining Tower. I'll ask for you. But don't think about Serinda every day. You're already close to the bottleneck of spiritual thoughts and objects, and we're still waiting for you to be promoted to a mid-level magician." Xiao Chen said, "Right now, the capital is relying on the two of us to hold the fort, so you have to work harder."
"I know, I know. But if Serinda hadn't helped me clear my mind, I wouldn't have gotten to where I am now so quickly."
"Then I'm leaving. Remember to keep an eye on the dog!"