Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 610: Aunt Elena and the Clouds

On the tall yew tree, the house carved out of the trunk has a primitive and warm texture. It may not be luxurious, but it is definitely comfortable.

At this moment, Inor was lying on the wooden bed by the window reading a novel. On the small table next to her was her favorite copper kettle player, which was playing melodious and soothing music. Occasionally, a few birds flew through the leaves in the tree canopy, came to the windowsill, stood on it, and then jumped away.

Time passed leisurely, and the elf singer occasionally flipped the wooden recording board in front of her. The words projected on it changed from time to time as if they were carved.

"Dong Dong--" A series of light footsteps came from downstairs. Although it was still far away, because the whole house was surrounded by big trees, the sound was transmitted quickly and was easy to hear.

Inoer, who was reading a book, raised her head, thought for a moment, hid the recording board under her pillow, then picked up the lyre in the room, held it in her hand and plucked it lightly, and the tune gradually became synchronized with the song in the player.

Soon, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." She put the piano down, then looked up and saw a handsome elf with silver-gray hair walking in.

"Phyllis, is there something that brings you to me right now?" Inor said the name of the handsome elf.

"Lady Inol, the celebration is about to begin. According to convention, you as a singer have to attend the event. This is the schedule sent by the organizer." Phyllis then handed over the clipboard in her hand.

"And this, I remember it now." Inor remembered that it seemed to be the same three years ago, but she didn't pay much attention to it at that time, and just went through it according to the formal process.

"Let me see."

“Are these the projects for this year?”

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The first item is the feathered robe of flaming clouds.

The second item is the shaping of water that does not hurt

The third item is the distant view of the star in the sky
Item 4: Broken Branches of the Lake Tree
Item 5: Roar of the Shining Song

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"Yes." Phyllis explained the five competition events in detail to Inol.

"First of all, the feathers of the flaming clouds refer to the 'flaming' wonder that can be seen on this planet once every ten years. It is probably a coincidence of the planet's orbit and the geomagnetic field. During these two months, you can see the magnificent colorful summer at dusk. According to a certain secret skill of our elves, the special rhythm of the rosy clouds can be woven into the spinning process to make a special 'rosy clouds cloth'. This is a very advanced skill, and only a few people with clever hands can learn it."

"So the first test is whether you can weave the rosy cloth in one go, and then cut and sew it into a rosy feather robe according to the special secret method issued. This feather robe sewing secret method comes from the ancient East Continent. It is said that it was once a secret passed down by a certain major sect, but it is now semi-publicized."

"It sounds difficult. Doesn't that mean that the participants in the first event are all fabric masters or tailors?"

"That's true. Other extraordinary people can also learn the relevant secret techniques to participate, but the quality of the clothes they sew is unlikely to surpass those of the skilled masters."

"Let's talk about the second item." Inor became curious.

"The second item is to use invisible water to shape and complete a certain sculpture. Different from the previous stone sculptures, the difficulty of this test lies in the fact that the harmless water needs to be condensed into a work of art in one go. There cannot be a drop of water more or less, and you cannot cut off the excess parts or add the missing parts afterwards. It is an extreme test of your ability to do mental arithmetic and design in advance." Phyllis replied.

"This seems quite simple." Inoer thought about it.

"It's not that easy. The reason why it's called harmless water is that this water is extremely light and can even float in the air. So once the bottle is opened, it will dissipate into the air if it is not properly controlled. That's why we need to use special abilities to confine it."

"I see. What about the third item?"

"The third item, the Star of Heaven, is to promote the long-lost star magic. This type of magic was once promoted by the Land of Oz in the Third Age, but later on, due to the destruction of the Land of Oz, many of them were lost. Although this type of magic is no longer needed to deal with battles now, there are still many things worth learning and drawing lessons from, especially the 'star combination'."

"I'm not very interested in magic." Inoer shook her head.

"The fourth event is a duel competition in the lake. It is the most common and popular event. However, in order to avoid it being too bloody, only wooden weapons are allowed in the competition, and they must be picked from the tree on the lake."

"The last event is a singing contest, using the now popular glittering crystals. They have different reactions when receiving magic powers of different frequencies, so they are often used in various performances. This last competition is also for better performance effects to satisfy the audience." Phyllis finished explaining.

"To satisfy the audience, yes. After all, the first two items are not very entertaining to watch. The third item is a bit of a fight, but the process is probably very academic and boring. If the last two items are still so boring, no tourists will come to watch this celebration in the future." Inoer understood something and made a few jokes.

"Yes, Master Inor, many people in the star field have been preparing for this celebration for a long time. The media in the entire star field will broadcast it to increase the influence of the celebration."

"There's no need to be so serious." Inor waved her hand.

"How can this be possible? It's a rare occasion for Lady Inor to appear in the celebration, so we must achieve the best effect." The other party's voice became excited.

"You said before that you wanted to attend in person, and this year is different from three years ago. You were still a little green then. Now the situation is turbulent, and it is the time for you to demonstrate your strength and reputation..." The other party became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Ahem..." Inol interrupted Phyllis.

"You are a little too active. In fact, I suddenly don't want to participate this time, and I have given the temporary disguise to someone else."

"Ah." This time Phyllis was slow to react, and her surprise was mixed with disappointment and regret.

"Why don't you participate, Master Inor?"

"If I don't want to attend, then I won't attend. Cousin Phyllis, we have known each other since childhood, right? You know I do things spontaneously, so it's normal for me to change my mind occasionally."

"But..." It was obvious that there was something else he wanted to say.

“But I also know that you have tried very hard and will remember the good things about Phyllis. Cousin Phyllis is the best.” The elf girl’s three consecutive words immediately made the other party happy, and then she went downstairs with peace of mind.

After the other party left, Inor threw down the lyre in her hand and took out the clipboard under the pillow to read the novel again.

"You're so easy to please, cousin Phyllis." While reading a novel, she picked up a snack biscuit on the table and put it into her mouth.

“I don’t know if Tilan has given up. Although the difficulty of these five competition items is not extremely high, it is not easy to prepare for them completely within a few days. Well, if you fail, I will be merciful and let you beg me. Maybe I will agree, hehe~” Thinking of happy things, she lay on the bed, raised her two little feet, and dangled back and forth in the air.

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On the other side, Tilan and Dolores walked through a forest full of giant trees. There was an extremely quaint walking path here, which was paved with gravel and went along the stream.

"Aunt Elina's house is in front. She has been living here now. I visit her every 2-3 days." Leading the way was a young elf. She wore a traditional white headscarf and a green and white ethnic costume. It is said that this is a custom of a branch of the forest elves.

"Aunt Elina is my mother's sister, but the age difference between them is nearly 100 years. She is also the oldest person in the family."

"When she was young, she went to the Central Star Region to study and worked as a fashion designer there for 30 years. Later, she returned to the Moonthorn Star Region to start her own clothing studio. Later, she got tired of constantly chasing trends and designing clothes, so she returned to her hometown to study traditional textile techniques, and eventually became a master in this field."

"Later, as she grew older and her energy declined, she gave up many things and lived quietly in a small house upstream of the river, occasionally taking a walk in her own small garden."

"Most people don't know that she lives in seclusion here. You are amazing. You even got a recommendation letter." The elf said as he walked. "You don't look like locals. You must be here to learn something from Aunt Elena. I have seen similar people before, but they are becoming less and less in recent years."

"Nowadays, the Internet in Aijieka is very developed. Many people like to use the immersive network to learn things. They don't want to travel such a long distance and have to solve various problems of living and traveling back and forth."

"But I still like this kind of offline teaching because the process is more delicate and full of life."

She led them across the stream, skipping gently over the rocks that stood out from the water.

"We're here. Aunt Elena's house is under the cherry tree in front. I was in high school when it was built. Now it's been almost 20 years."

As she spoke, she led the two of them to the front of the courtyard and slightly rang the doorbell, and then the sound spread into the courtyard.

All the facilities here are very simple and simple, without too many traces of modernization.

Hearing the sound, an old man walked to the gate of the courtyard and opened the fence gate.

"Little Wu Ni is here again. What's the matter that you brought people here this time?" The old elf was hunched over, with frosty hair, a slightly short stature, and an orange knitted coat draped over his body.

"Aunt Elena, two people came to you with a letter of recommendation and wanted to learn some knitting skills."

"Oh, is there still any now?" The old man raised his sunken eye sockets and looked at Tilan and Dolores, his gaze lingering for a long time.

"There haven't been any guests here for a long time. Please wait a moment." She went back to the house and came back a few minutes later.

"Just clean up, come in."

"Okay, Aunt Elena." Then the elf led the two people in.

Tilan looked at the furnishings in the house with curiosity. There were many herbs and dried vegetables hanging here. The red brick kitchen and wooden dining table could be seen directly from the house. There was a cat lying on the stove. When it saw a stranger coming into the room, it first meowed, then jumped away and disappeared behind the bedroom door.

"Please sit down first. I'll make tea for you." The local fairy flower tea is also a tradition. The old man took out a glass pot, put in the dried petals and herbs in the drawer beside, then poured in clean water, and then turned on the stove to boil it slowly.

Soon the water boiled. The old man first poured out the first batch of water, then added clean water, and then came to sit down at the table where the three people were.

"It will be fine in a moment," she explained simply, then looked at the two of them again.

"You are here to learn weaving techniques as well, right?"

"Yes." Tilan and Dolores nodded.

"Okay, okay, but I'm old, so I may not be able to teach you quickly."

"This..." Tilan thought about it and decided to just say it straight away.

"Actually, it's mainly because of the celebration competition three days later. I want to temporarily learn the secret method of 'Sunlight Cloth'."

"There are many people who know this secret technique. I don't know why you come to me to learn it." The old man was a little puzzled and unhappy.

“I know this may sound a bit presumptuous and hasty, but I really have to participate in this celebration and win the championship,” Tilan answered sincerely.

After listening to this, the old man looked at Tilan for a long time.

"I don't know what makes you so anxious to learn this difficult weaving secret method within three days, but seeing your sincere attitude, you don't seem to be the kind of impetuous and utilitarian person."

"As for the reason, there is no need to explain. I can try my best to teach you the skills of this secret method as quickly as possible, but there is a condition. You must make up for the other lacking knowledge and foundation in the next three years. I don't want to see someone treat this skill with a rough and contemptuous attitude, because it is like someone wasting my years of research and collection without cherishing it."

"Three years? That's not too bad." Tilan thought about it and realized that she was a quick learner.

“Oh, this is not an easy thing to do. Many people cannot learn it even after ten years. I only agreed because I see that you two have smart eyes and don’t look like those kids who have been brainwashed by worldly gain.” The old man shook his head.

The glass teapot in this household made a clanging sound, and the steam occasionally lifted the lid.

"The tea is ready." The old man walked over slowly, picked up the glass pot, and poured the tea into the glass cups prepared on the side. Then a slight cool breeze blew continuously, and the cups of tea quickly cooled down.

"Drink some. It tastes a little bitter, but the aftertaste is very long-lasting."

The two people who were originally a little anxious, now holding the scented tea, slowly calmed down.

On that day, the two of them stayed in the old man's hut. They first helped the old man collect flowers and plants planted in the backyard. Then, under the old man's instructions, they separated the stems, leaves and petals, picked them up and sorted them out, and then began to grind and purify them. The old man explained in detail every step, what to pay attention to, what purpose it was for, and so on.

"'Sunlight Cloth' is a special secret method created by fairies in the First Age. Later, some spiritual elves learned it and passed it down."

"This set of weaving secrets has many branches, such as the 'Fire Cloud Cloth' that uses the glow of fire, the 'Sea Cloud Cloth' that uses the glow of the sea and sky, and so on. During the Mercury Dynasty, those wizards captured many elf craftsmen and obtained this secret method. Later, the witches created the 'Twilight Cloth' that uses the afterglow of sunset."

"Each type of 'Sunlight Cloth' has different materials. If you just want to win this competition, then choose dyes made from 'Red Scarlet Grass Stems' and 'Orange Flame Chrysanthemum Petals'. Before weaving, prepare the special 'Flowing Cloud Silk'. Don't worry about that. The organizers will prepare it in advance during the competition. If you really want to learn it completely, you have to start with how to cultivate 'Floating Cloud Cotton', and then wash the cotton, reel out the silk, spin the yarn, and so on."

"It's a long process." Tilan sighed.

"Of course, every link is important and will affect the final result. It's just that industrialization has hidden the original appearance of many things." The old man stood in front of the two people, leaning on his crutches, watching them complete the operation step by step.

"Many children think that food comes out of the shelves, pineapples grow on trees, cucumbers are green, and butterflies can fly when they are born." The old man shook his head.

"There is so much bizarre information and all kinds of hype that people only look at the most superficial aspects of many things and think they understand everything, just like using existing building blocks to assemble and modify them and then they become their own work."

"If they were asked to complete a work from scratch, they would be overwhelmed."

"When I was young, I was obsessed with all kinds of fashion designs. I would often take popular styles and combine them with other styles, then add some independent and different elements to create a new item."

"Later, when I learned these weaving techniques from my hometown, I discovered that there was another world in them. Whether it was the weaving of silk threads, the effects brought by various dyeing techniques, or the color deflection brought by the structure of the fabric itself, they all gave me countless inspirations and imagination. So later, I really entered this field and was respected and praised by others."

“So, if you really want to complete a work to perfection, you must thoroughly master all the elements that make it up.”

"Is that so..." While Tilan was mixing the dye in her hand, she thought of other things.

If she wanted to build an ideal world, what would she need to ensure the smooth flow of each link and avoid the various mistakes made by the Federation today?

It seems that she still has a long way to go, and the singer's talent is just the key to open this road.

(End of this chapter)