In the small building where the Academy of Magic was, Xu Yi, Stiel, Akali, and Evita were sitting around a small table. Four pairs of eyes were staring at a cylindrical object on the table without blinking.
Traces of white mist floated out from the top of the cylindrical object. It rose up and floated onto the four people's faces, condensing into small droplets of water on their hair. However, the four of them didn't care as they continued to stare at the cylindrical object, as if there was something special about the black metal object that attracted them.
"I smell the fragrance!" Akali suddenly shouted in excitement.
"Do you smell it?
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I smell it too. "Stiel also had a happy expression as she turned to look at Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, this should be considered done, right?"
Xu Yi sniffed but didn't reply. Instead, he turned to Evita, "Evita, you're the best cook out of us, so you should be the one to judge if it's done or not."
"Ah?
But it's different this time ….. "Evita was surprised as she waved her hand to refuse.
"It's fine, it's just a change in form. The basic principle is still the same. Smell it, if it's done, we'll check the result." Xu Yi said.
"Oh ….. Alright then."
Evita replied. She pushed aside the hair by her ear and leaned close to the cylindrical object. She took a deep breath and then closed her eyes to savor it. She then stood up and nodded at the three people who were full of expectation.
"Yes, it should be done."
"Then what are we waiting for, let's get it done!" Akali cheered as she reached towards the lid of the cylindrical object.
Xu Yi was shocked when he saw this. He quickly grabbed Akali's hand and stopped her.
"Do you want to be scalded to death?" Xu Yi angrily rebuked.
Akali finally woke up and stuck her tongue out at Xu Yi in embarrassment.
Seeing that her right hand was still grabbed by Xu Yi's large hand, Akali's face turned red.
Although she was cheerful and lively, she had never had any intimate contact with a male outside of her family.
However, Xu Yi didn't think that much. After stopping Akali's actions, he let go of her hand. This made Akali let out a sigh of relief, but also a bit disappointed.
Xu Yi found a cloth and placed it in his hand before lifting the lid of the cylindrical object.
As soon as the lid was lifted, a thick white mist accompanied by a strong fragrance wafted out, causing the entire room to be filled with the fragrance.
When the fog dissipated, the four of them took a closer look and saw that the inside of the cylinder was filled to the brim with white, sparkling rice. It looked extremely tempting.
Stiel had already scooped a spoonful of rice and blew on it before putting it in her mouth.
"En, it's cooked just right. The taste isn't bad.
Here, Xu Yi, try it. "
Stiel scooped another spoonful and very naturally put it in front of Xu Yi's mouth.
Xu Yi swallowed it in one bite and chewed twice. He felt that the rice in his mouth was tender and delicious. It was soft and chewy at the same time. Just one bite was enough to stimulate one's appetite. It even made Xu Yi feel that he could eat two big bowls of rice with it.
Xu Yi had only eaten rice like this when he was very young. After that, the rice that he ate almost all lost that taste.
"En, it's indeed better." Xu Yi laughed.
"Very good. This also means that our experiment is a success!
Here, Akali, Evita, you guys come and try it. You guys also contributed a lot to the success of this.
Come ….. I say, why do you two have such strange expressions? "
Akali and Evita looked at Xu Yi before looking at Stiel. They looked at each other and smiled at the same time. Then they found another spoon to take two bites before nodding in satisfaction.
"Great!
Chairman, this ….. This ….. What is this? "Akali was suddenly stuck.
"The Magic Rice Cooker." Xu Yi added.
"Oh, right, the Magic Rice Cooker. Is this considered a complete success?"
"It can't be considered a complete success, but there are still many things that can be improved."
Xu Yi looked at the black cylinder on the table and thought that although he had made this thing based on the rice cooker on earth, if he really calculated it, it was still lacking quite a bit.
At least the rice cookers on earth were completely insulated, so he didn't need to worry about burning his hand when he opened it.
But this was a small problem, he just needed to make a few small changes when it was put into production.
That's right, this Magic Rice Cooker was the product that Xu Yi was preparing for the Magic Fan workshop to produce.
When summer had just passed, Xu Yi had already considered the problem that Heinz had been worried about for the past few days. After thinking about it, Xu Yi had a long term plan and changed the Magic Fan workshop to a household magic machine factory.
As the name implied, the products that this workshop would produce in the future would all be household magic machines for normal families.
Although they were limited by the conditions of the Sines and couldn't copy many household appliances from earth, there were many things that could be copied.
The rice cooker was one of them.
Compared to the Magic Fan, this Magic Rice Cooker that was copied based on the principles of the rice cooker was much simpler. The entire research process had been completed in less than a week.
While researching the Magic Rice Cooker, Xu Yi found another advantage of the magic machine. It was that because the magic machine used magic from the Magic Array as its power source, it didn't need to be like the electrical appliances on earth where it had to be converted into electricity and could directly generate the power needed.
For example, this Magic Rice Cooker. Compared to the electric rice cooker that used heat pipes to convert electricity into heat, the Magic Rice Cooker directly used a low level Flame Magic Array. After pressing the switch, with the support of the Magic Crystal, this Flame Magic Array would directly generate heat that could completely envelop the insides. Not only was the heat generated quickly, because of the characteristics of the Magic Array, the heat efficiency was very high.
On earth, there were many people who pursued the original taste of firewood. They felt that it tasted better than the electric rice cooker because the heat generated by firewood was higher and more direct, so it had a better effect than the heat generated by electricity.
But this Magic Rice Cooker didn't have this problem. Because of the careful research of Stiel, Akali, and Evita, the heat generated by the Flame Magic Array inside the Magic Rice Cooker enveloped the insides, allowing the insides to be evenly heated. There was no flaw in the cooked rice at all.
Xu Yi ate a few more mouthfuls of rice and was very satisfied.
If he gave this thing to Heinz, he wouldn't look at him with hidden bitterness every day like a woman.
"Sir chairman, sit down and eat together."
On the other side, Evita had already tidied up a table and brought out a few dishes that she had already prepared.
"Oh, alright."
Xu Yi sat down at the table with a smile. Seeing the four exquisite dishes and the meat soup that looked appetizing, he couldn't help saying with a smile, "Evita, your culinary skills really aren't bad. Whoever marries you in the future really is blessed."
Evita's hand that was scooping the rice froze and her face turned a bit red.
"Hey, uncle, you're harassing me."
Stiel tapped the table in front of Xu Yi and said with a cold snort, "Let me tell you, Evita was very popular in our school, there were many male students who were head over heels for her.
If they knew that an uncle like you was harassing the goddess in their hearts, do you believe that those fellows would charge over to take care of you? "
Xu Yi couldn't help laughing, "It's that terrifying?
Alright, I'll just obediently eat and not speak nonsense. "
Evita brought the rice over with a red face and placed a bowl in front of Xu Yi.
"Sir chairman, don't mention Stiel's nonsense.
If we're talking about popularity, Stiel is the most popular person in our Lampuri Royal Academy, I can't compare to her. "
"That's right.
If it wasn't for the fact that Stiel's heart belonged to someone else, as long as she said a word, there would be a line of boys willing to chase her from here to the gates of Banta City. "
Akali on the side gave an emotional sigh before asking Stiel, "Right, Stiel, I always forgot to ask you, didn't you always like that Vincent?
How is it now?
Did you look for him again after you graduated?
I feel that you should at least tell him that you like him, right? "
"Vincent?"
Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that this was the male student that Stiel liked before, but after seeing his true face, she called him a "pervert"?
"I did, but he was already engaged, so would I steal someone else's fiance?" Stiel gave a casual shrug, looking like she didn't care at all.
Xu Yi seriously looked at Stiel's expression and found that although she looked relaxed, under that relaxed expression, there was a trace of a shadow.
It seemed like the hurt from this matter wouldn't fade in a short period of time.
"Engaged?
Why didn't I hear about it?
Who is he engaged to?
That girl shouldn't be as beautiful as you, right?
Steele, why don't you go and snatch him?
I feel that with your ….. "
"Akali," Seeing that Akali was about to keep asking, Xu Yi suddenly spoke up and cut her off.
"Un?
What is it?
Chairman? "Akali was surprised before asking back.
"Un ….. Also Evita, are you two interested in shooting an advertisement?"
"Shooting an advertisement?"
Akali and Evita looked at each other, not understanding what Xu Yi meant at all.