A Journey Of A Delusional Witch
Chapter 87: The Girl Who Can't Cook

My name is April Benita, 16.

Both of my parents were owners of a Simple Dining House which I may say was quite popular and was always filled with customers who wanted to fill their stomachs.

Thank you for the ability of both my parents in terms of cooking that made our Dining House popular. Because of their great cooking skills, making many people beg to become their students.

Although I am a Princess of the owner of the Eating House, unfortunately I did not inherit their cooking talent.

No matter how hard I study, somehow all my cooking always ends as a failure.

Sometimes my cooking became bland, sometimes too salty, and once my cooking had a mixed taste that made my father who at that time tasted it ended up stuck in the toilet for two whole hours.

Really, all I can do is cook water, instant noodles, and boiled eggs. It will always end in failure.

Thanks to that I was trapped as a waitress in my own family's Dining House.

I would love to be able to cook. Not only so that I could help my parents in the kitchen, but so that I could inherit the family recipe that has been passed down for generations since the days of my Grandmother.

Again, no matter how much I spend my free time learning to cook. It will all just end in vain.

"April...!!! Want to play a game together?!"

Say one of my classmates aloud when it is still morning and he just got to class. In his hand was a promotional sheet he had taken out of nowhere. On the promotional sheet it shows

a VR game called Freedom 2.

Honestly this is not the first time he invites (Forcing) others to try new games with him. In the end he will always end up engrossed himself and forget to play together.

"What game is this?"

Pretending to be interested as usual, I managed to get my friend excited and started explaining about the new game.

"It's a VRMMORPG game. But rumors say that the game is super realistic until there is a warning for those who are mentally weak are advised not to play this game!"

Is this a horror game? But his next explanation caught my attention.

"Here you can also play as other non-human races such as Elves, Mermaids, Vampires, Cat Humans, Mermaids, Elves, Dwarves, Mermaids, oh, did I mention you could play

as a Mermaid here?!"

"You just want to play as a Mermaid, right? Is that how you want to turn into foam in the ocean?"

"Hey! I'm not a heartbroken girl! Look, here you can't just fight. You can also play as a production worker like Forger and Woodworker... You can be a chef here"

Hearing this, I became interested in trying it.

...

"Sad... Let's eat!"

"Later! Not hungry!"

Refusing a letter to eat from my mother, I immediately picked up my VR gear and tried to get Log In back... Only to find that my bedroom door was forcibly broken and I was dragged into the kitchen to

the meal.

With a plate of food in front of me, I was told to finish it off as my mother stood right behind me with a towel in her hand.

"Jeez deck... You are already big, already beautiful like this mother of yours... But yes if you have a shower, your hair is dried first"

With my mother trying to dry my wet hair with a towel, I tried to swallow a plate of food that was served to me even though I was not hungry.

I don't know why I haven't had an appetite lately. Even once because I was so hungry, so that all day I did not eat or drink even a little to make my parents

apprehensive.

Thanks to that they would do anything to force me to eat even if it meant breaking down my bedroom door and dragging me into the kitchen to eat like I am today.

"Your skin is pale too... After this sunbathing there to be healthy mumpung still morning"

Looking at my own hands, my originally ripe skin now looks pale like a sick person.

As a defense, every day I have sunbathed while sweeping the courtyard of the Eating House so that it is impossible for me to lack sunlight. It's just that lately my skin has been paling more and more by itself. My father even intended to go take me to the doctor to check my health even though I did not feel sick.

"Oh deck, you take a shower with shampoo what the hell..."

Having my hair still wet no matter how hard she tried to dry it, my mother became frustrated until she started rubbing my hair violently until it started to hurt.

Immediately getting up from the chair, I secured my hair before it was made damaged by a rough towel swab.

Not that I did not understand my mother's frustration, I also felt strange myself because either since when my hair that was originally ordinary now will always feel wet even though I did not touch the water in the slightest.

Although I admit that my bath time is quite long, but I swear it has nothing to do with the texture of my hair.

Just as I was busy driving away Mother who was still trying to dry my hair, my father who was supposed to be busy preparing to open the Dining House came into the kitchen.

"April, it's your friend coming to visit"

"Friends? Who?"

"Said her name was Feline"

The feline? What does that mean Feline?!

Getting the right reasons, I was finally able to escape the clutches of my mother's towel. Arriving in front of the Dining House which was actually the front of my house, sitting at one of the tables that were close to the entrance was a girl wearing a black training suit with a white complexion was sitting casually.

The girl had shoulder-length black hair with a sharp eye gaze. In his hand was an iron bracelet with a cat motif that at first glance looked artistic.

However, I don't know why I could feel something was wrong with the bracelet.

I've never met Feline in person before.

All I know is that he is a famous Player who joined a Party called The Guardian whose name is already known by all existing Players.

My only interaction with him was through forums.

So I don't know if the person in front of me right now is the real Feline or not. No, even if he really is Feline. What purpose does he have to

meet me in person like this?

Before that, where did he get my address?

Seeming aware of my arrival, the girl who claimed to be Feline turned to me before finally waving her hand while saying hello.

"Hello, June, right? Introduce, my name there is Feline. My name here is Yasmin"

"...Of June. Her real name is April. So, who are you and why do you know my address?"

"I told you I was Feline... The address is confidential"

Rise up from his seat, Feline or I can call Yasmin walking leisurely towards me. Alert, I took a step back while grabbing the ketchup bottle that was on the table right beside me just in case.

"Just relax, I'm just here to..."

Yasmin had not yet finished speaking, deftly she immediately shifted her head to the side. Thanks to that a plastic plate that flew rapidly towards him missed and ended up hitting the table at

behind him before bouncing off the wall and ending up lying on the floor that was still not on the broom.

The culprit who threw the plate was none other than my own father who now had a special knife of meat in his hand. Right next to him was Mother who was now grasping the sampu

with a combat-ready expression on his face.

"I don't know who you are but don't you dare take another step forward"

As Dad threatened Yasmin with a butcher knife, Mom grabbed me and told me to take cover behind them.

Seeing this, Yasmin could only sigh tiredly...

"Geez, I came here just to offer you a job... April, in Freedom 2 you play with the Naiads race right?"

"...Thas right. Everyone knows that too... Why why?"

"Naiad. The water girl. They are the Spirit race (Spirit) who have the characteristics of beautiful face, pale skin, and their hair that always looks wet"

What Yasmin said was indeed the traits of the Naiads race which was the race I played in the Freedom 2 game. The reason why I chose this race was because of the coercion of my now possible friend

still swimming with the fish.

But why would Yasmin offend that now?

"See from appearance... I don't think it needs to be mentioned anymore. Oh, aye. As a Spirit race (Spirit) you don't need to eat. So, what about your appetite?"

When Yasmin finished saying that, Mom and Dad both turned their heads towards me.

"Basic ******! You want to call my daughter a demon!"

With wrath Dad pointed his butcher knife right at Yasmin as if to threaten her. However, Yasmin still looked ordinary as if she did not feel threatened at all.

"Mr Benita take it easy. Even though it's true that your daughter's race has changed. She's still..."

Once again, Yasmin again did not have time to finish her sentence because now a chair was hovering right at her. And once again he easily dodged... Where did he go?

"Gee!"

Suddenly the butcher knife that Dad was holding slipped out of his grasp. Simultaneously, Dad immediately fell on the floor with Yasmin who was now standing on the body of Dad while holding back

his wrist was used to hold a butcher knife.

I don't know if Yasmin really disappeared or if she moved too fast for me to follow. What was clear was that what he had just done was not commonplace and could be done by ordinary Humans.

"Sir, run!"

Pushed by Mom towards the kitchen, Mom seemed to want to stay behind to buy time so I could run away.

"You're serious?"

Although Feline displayed a lazy expression, but she still slid forward with clenched hands. The goal is none other than my mother who is ready with a broom in hand.

Seeing what happened to Dad, I obviously didn't stand a chance!

Hoping to stop Feline, I fired (Aqua Shoot) right at him. A blue magic circle was created right in front of my palm that created a water ball that then shot out quickly like a bullet that pointed straight towards the Feline.

And once again, just by shifting his body a little Feline could already dodge the attack from me.

Thanks to that my attack missed and ended up destroying a chair in its path to pieces.

Even though my attack missed, it worked to make Feline stop.

"Look, you can use skill right"

Right after Feline said that, I realized what I had just done. Seeing me who had just used magic, made Mother look at me with a shocked and incredulous expression.

But nevertheless. The one who was most shocked and disbelieved was myself.

...

After all has calmed down, the Dining House will be closed for today because thanks to Yasmin's attack the hand of Father became dislocated and some furniture destroyed after the fight ended.

Sitting at the dining table in the kitchen, our new father and family listened to Yasmin's explanation.

Although I myself have been able to use magic that should be impossible in this world, it is still difficult to believe that the game I have been playing is real and the fact that this world and

freedom 2 is connected to each other.

Not to mention when Yasmin told me that what I did in the world there would have an effect on me in this world. It was also what made me grow closer to my avatar which was

a Naiads.

At first I still didn't believe it until Yasmin removed the bracelet in her hand.

"Cat Smiles!?!"

Right after Yasmin removed her bracelet, a pair of cat ears appeared above her head as well as a long black hairy tail poking out from her back.

Not wrong anymore.

The person in front of me right now is none other than Feline.

This is all so hard to believe.

The game I played was real. The fact that games and the real world are connected. I am capable of using magic and my race is now Naiads and no longer Human.

All

it's really hard to believe. No matter how hard

I want to deny it, reality is reality.

"So, is there any way to bring our daughter back to what she was?"

Ask my father with his wrist wrapped in a bidai. Fortunately the contents of P3K in our house are quite complete and I am now able to use (Aqua Heal) so we do not need to go to the doctor.

"can't. If only it could and there was a way, I would have used it a long time ago"

What Yasmin said made sense.

This reminds me that this is the real world.

Unlike in anime or most movies where even if you have turned into a giant monster disgusting though, if you have the antidote then you can return as usual as if not

something's happened.

Hearing this Father became speechless and even Mother was unable to open her mouth. All Mom did was continue to caress my back with a sad look in her eyes.

After being quiet for a while, I also ventured to ask something that I wanted to ask.

"What's the real reason you came here?"

As if he had just remembered why he had come here, Yasmin smiled at me as she said... "Do you know the Lavender Witch?".

...

Log In back to Freedom 2, I realized it was night.

Remembering all the things that Yasmin... Feline said this morning, now I see the game, no, this world in a very different way.

Looking at my own shop, I immediately imagined all the things that happened until I could finally establish my own Dining House. Although the scale is still smaller than the House Eating my family,

considering this was the result of my own efforts made me feel more comfortable being in this small stall.

"Hmm? Customer?"

I'm usually only open from noon until late afternoon game time... This world. So it's awkward to see someone waiting in front of the stall these nights.

Curious, I decided to check it out.

Opening the door of the stall, there was a young girl with long wavy blonde hair whose body was full of jewelry and other trinkets that made her overall appearance look crowded.

"Oh, Accessories? What's the need for these nights?"

"ah! Ma'am June! I thought I'd close the tables..."

Without asking permission, Asesori just entered the stall before sitting casually at an empty table.

"Geez, I intend to take a day off"

"Come on June... Just one serving, already this rumbling!"

I had no choice but to go to the kitchen to cook her favorite food.

Not like in the real world... I mean in the world there, I who are here can cook or even somewhat good at cooking. Thanks to this I was finally able to channel my pent-up desire to cook good food as I pleased.

It's a pity that this can only happen in the game.

I don't know why my cooking ability is no longer helped in the world there. Even after my race changed though but my cooking ability remained the same.

"Mbak Jun looked upset, what's wrong?"

Because the position of the kitchen is clearly visible from the customer's table, making every existing customer able to see me while cooking food.

Judging it would be better if I were to talk about this with someone, so would I

decided to tell this matter to the Asesori.

Of course I can't tell you everything. That's why I have to be careful in choosing my words.

"...This morning there was a messenger from the Lavender Witch who offered me a job"

"Lavender's Witch?!" hearing that name, Asesori became excited. Without any manners at all he rushed into the kitchen while I was still busy cutting vegetables.

"Quick tell!"

"Please, I'm holding a knife!"

After taking pains to calm the excited Asesori, I started to tell her.