Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 23 Bone Transformation, The Mage's Hand (Please continue reading)
Putting the heretical matters aside for now, what Celia needs to do now is to carve runes all over the Bluescale Lizard fish bones.

The cartilage on the bones could not be used by the puppet, so it has been completely removed and used as one of the materials for copying and engraving runes.

This was a large undertaking, and while Ross was instructing Celia on how to inscribe the runes, he also manipulated the puppets to help with the inscription.

There's no need for Celia to do repetitive tasks alone; once her proficiency improves, working together will be more efficient.

They were busy until late at night before all the fish bones were finally burned.

"The puppet's spine connects the Arcane Furnace and the Puppet Heart, transmitting their magical power throughout the body. There can be no carelessness. The bones of the Bluescale Lizardfish are considered relatively good materials among first-tier magical beasts, enough to last until second-tier."

The spine is roughly equivalent to the motherboard, connecting the operation of various components. As a fragment of the water god's divine essence, which acts as the CPU, it can be used by Ross to unleash 100% of its performance. It is only limited by the fact that other components cannot function properly, but it can also greatly enhance the combat power of this magical puppet.

If we go to investigate the heretics tomorrow, we need to strengthen the puppets so that we can have the means to snipe them; otherwise, we can only watch helplessly.

Celia did this job very seriously and completed it meticulously. Under Ross's command and inspection, there were basically no problems.

It wasn't until evening that the entire spine of the puppet was replaced.

"Phew, finally done. I was starving."

The girl rubbed her flat little belly, and a gurgling sound came from inside.

Her cheeks, glistening with a fine sheen of sweat, flushed slightly.

She checked the time and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! The school cafeteria has already closed for dinner and is no longer serving dinner."

"Let's have fish tonight, blue-scaled lizardfish."

Ross picked up the carving knife for engraving runes, took the blue-scaled lizard fish meat that had been tossed aside, cut off a piece of meat, and then sliced ​​it into fillets.

Celia hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

Using a rune carving knife to slice fish fillets is too extravagant!

However, there were no other tools in the room, so this was the only option.

"But, although I can cook, there are no cooking utensils here..."

Before entering the school, Celia would help the high priest cook, but after arriving at the school, the school waived all her meal fees. In order to save money, she didn't buy any cooking utensils and ate all her meals at the school.

"Do you know Mage Hand?" Ross asked.

Celia shook her head. "The only spells I know are Holy Word Persuasion, Basic Fireball, and Ice Spike. Instructor Elena said that you shouldn't learn too many spells, as it's a waste of time and not conducive to advancing your rank. You should find the spells that suit you best and learn them. As for the other spells, just store them in your puppet."

"The Mage's Hand is a non-elemental magic. The principle is to use mental power to condense a hand to control physical entities. It can be used as a way to train mental power besides meditation. There's no harm in learning it. Let me teach you."

After saying that, Ross directly instilled information about the [Hand of the Mage] into Celia, including some experience and knowledge from her early learning. Although he couldn't let her directly get started, he could help her quickly condense the Hand of the Mage and thus get started.

The infusion process was somewhat painful, and Celia frowned as she endured the pain.

After a moment, his furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

"I think I've got it." The girl recalled the magic Rose had instilled in her, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to project her mental energy outward, slowly forming the shape of a hand in the air in front of her.

The mage's hand was invisible, but Celia could sense its presence.

Rose tossed a piece of fish into her mage's hand.

Looking at the floating fish slices, Celia showed interest. "This magic has no magical fluctuations, it's invisible and colorless, how amazing."

"Because it is pure spiritual energy." Ross rubbed his hands together, and a flame appeared in his (the puppet's) hand.

With a flick of his finger, the flame was tossed into the mage's hand.

Celia felt the heat of the flames, but did not feel any burning sensation.

The heat of the flames penetrated the mage's hand and reached the fish fillets.

"Control the mage's hand, flip the ladle, cough, flip the fish, it's going to burn."

"Oh, oh." Celia quickly controlled the mage's hand to flip it over, and the fish slices fell down the flipped mage's hand and were caught by Ross.

"Ah, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it's normal to be unfamiliar with it, try again."

Ross flipped the fish fillet over and tossed it into the mage's hand.

Celia was full of confidence and successfully flipped the fish fillet this time.

"It's actually quite simple!"

Ross remained silent, but simply tossed the other fish slices onto the surface, filling the entire mage's hand.

"continue."

The girl was silent.

The girl tried to flip the mage's hand.

The girl was drenched in sweat.

……

After half an hour.

“Is it okay?”

Celia, who was trying her best to maintain the Mage's Hand, was trembling all over and her face was pale.

"Alright." Ross placed the last slice of fish on the plate—a plate he had hastily made from scraps of puppet materials.

He handed over the plate: "Here you go, blue-scaled lizard fish meat. It can restore your mental strength and enhance it."

The strength of Celia's mental power is linked to the strength of her displayed mental power.

It can be said that the strength of his mental power is basically the same as that of Celia.

However, his utilization rate is 100%, while Celia's is probably only... 10%.

"The strength of your mental energy is affected not only by the total amount but also by your proficiency. From now on, you should use the Mage's Hand to grill fish every day. Grilling it will replenish your mental energy."

Celia picked up a slice of fish, took a bite, and found that the blue-scaled lizard fish meat, which had only been seasoned with a little salt, had a strange aroma and a unique fishy smell, not strong at all, and was quite delicious.

As she swallowed it, a warm current flowed from her stomach, reaching her mental space and instantly clearing her tired mind.

“This is the best fish I’ve ever eaten,” Celia said happily.

She handed the plate to Ross: "Mr. Ross, you can eat with us too."

Ross pointed to himself (the puppet) and asked, "Have you added a feeding function to this puppet?"

Celia lowered her head shyly, "It seems...not."

"That's it, you can eat it yourself."

"I will enhance the puppet's feeding function, as well as its sense of taste, touch, and hearing..."

Ross couldn't help but chuckle: "Are you planning to keep me inside the puppet forever?"

"Ah? This, that's not what I meant, I just, I just..."

Facing Ross, Celia, who was originally a bit tongue-tied, didn't know what to say and stammered for a long time.

Ross chuckled softly, and seeing the blushing girl, he couldn't help but reach out and pat her head.

"Just kidding. Eat the fish, or it'll get cold."

(End of this chapter)