Chapter 272: Wisdom Enlightenment, the Headmaster’s Attention
“Thank you, guest… Xiao Han, this is the fastest reincarnation I’ve ever experienced. We still have plenty of time. Previous guests have explained to me the importance of this moment. If you need my help, please don’t hesitate.”
“Thank you. I indeed want to try some things, but before that, there are a few other matters I wish to inquire about.” I looked at Fool Lake and spoke.
At this moment, Fool Dream no longer appeared as terrifying as before, tainted by nightmares, but at least the part of her that was Fool Dream and the part that was nightmare were clearly distinct. The most prominent rune was currently the greatest “contributor” to maintaining this state.
“The reincarnation isn’t over yet… Xiao Han, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask directly. Perhaps my state right now can answer more of your doubts, and after the reincarnation, I won’t be able to respond to you like I am now.”
“Well, I want to verify something: if the reincarnation fails and you lose your memory in rebirth, do you have a backup plan?”
“I write my memories into stories and keep them in my house. It’s such a big house that I can’t fill it all. The rest of the space is filled with stories woven from my memories…”
“So you do have a backup. Can I see them when we return? Though it might be a bit presumptuous to say…”
“It won’t be a bother if you don’t mind that those stories could be dull… But if the reincarnation fails, I would also need to bear the consequences. Even if I inherit those stories, I wouldn’t consider it ‘me’ anymore…”
“Just now, when you were doing those things to the nightmare, the surging memories… Fool Dream… you want to become a true life form, right?”
“Yes…”
“Alright…”
I watched Fool Lake’s behavior at this moment. Perhaps she wasn’t a true life form yet, but I had guessed that the memory piece was seemingly “deliberately” released by her.
However, I wouldn’t expose her. She wanted to seize every opportunity to seek help from the outside world, so innocent and reckless. Should I say she was foolish or… clever?
But she had made it this far, and surely the cuteness of Fool Dreams also accounted for a large part of it.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to look at your memories.”
“No… please don’t… apologize for that… this… I…”
“Since you have forgiven me, shall I consider it as if nothing happened?”
“Mm! Yes! That… do you have any more questions?” Fool Lake quickly nodded, shifting the topic.
“Yes… I have many questions, but our time is limited, and I have other important matters to attend to. My last question: do you know what wisdom enlightenment is? Tell me completely, what else did the being in the memory say? What kind of wisdom enlightenment do you need?” I inquired.
If wisdom enlightenment is a spell that grants wisdom, then perhaps I could still achieve it. If wisdom enlightenment is just a concept, then I might be of no assistance.
I came to the Fool Village Secret Realm. Aside from the thought of being with Sister Bai, my second drive was that the related task had “wisdom enlightenment” in its wording. Naturally, I wished to benefit from it; even if it wouldn’t just be for me, I could accept that. However, if it weren’t for me, judging by how cute Fool Dreams are, I wouldn’t turn around heartlessly, but my unpleasant feelings would be real.
“I… don’t know… That great being said her methods end here, but something is still missing, and under such circumstances, she mentioned that we need wisdom enlightenment…”
“Methods…”
I grasped the words and continually speculated about the possibilities. That great being was most likely the Headmaster, and if methods could be understood as spells, then what kind of existence could achieve tasks that even extraordinary witches couldn’t?
Now if the situation develops like this, it would actually become simpler—what matters is not related to the powers one possesses?
Knowledge, skills, and… talents derived from spells.
What spell derivation?
What do I currently possess?
Beginner Meditation Technique.
Is there a connection between wisdom enlightenment… and meditation technique?
I’m not sure; I’d have to try to find out.
The Headmaster’s arrangement likely isn’t over at this point. She has also implied that meditation techniques have intermediate and advanced levels, so is the complete meditation technique related to wisdom enlightenment?
Thoughts are thoughts; actions are actions.
“Xiao Han…?” Fool Lake no longer used that distant address but directly called out “Xiao Han.”
“It’s nothing; I have a few ideas.” I shook my head, returning to the main topic. “Now, I need you to cooperate with me… By the way, there’s one more thing I want to ask: if… I’m saying if, Fool Dreams lost your blessing, meaning these runes, what would happen to you?”
“I don’t know… but it would probably be a very bad outcome. If I lost the runes… I might completely become a dream creature, with thoughts becoming chaotic and disordered…”
“So in this state with these runes alongside me, what is this? This spell is mine, and this rune is yours. In reality, can we achieve something like this?”
“I don’t know…”
“Do you really not know this either…”
At this moment, I no longer pressed for answers. After all, any complications could spell disaster for Fool Dreams.
But at that moment, I felt an unusual movement from the second spellbook within me, and I quickly followed that thought, and a spellbook appeared in my hand.
“Xiao Han, what are you…”
“I don’t know; it’s just a sudden feeling…” I shook my head and opened the blank page in my hand.
But just as I opened it, Fool Lake seemed to be guided toward it. She dove into the book with the rune and came out shortly after.
“I just… used some of the blessing’s power? What happened?”
“I understand now.” I suddenly looked around, but didn’t find anything. Fool Lake had left an impression of a rune on this blank book!
This was definitely not an accident; someone was guiding this.
Whether it was my sudden release of the spellbook or Fool Lake diving into it, the person behind it… there’s no need to guess; it’s most likely the Headmaster.
But… is the Headmaster that free?
Logically, managing an entire witch academy full of troublemakers should keep her busy, right?
But regardless, since there’s external interference, it indicates another situation—someone is “keeping an eye” on me.
The Headmaster actually thinks I might complete this task; otherwise, why would she provide assistance? After all, I’m just a new student.
And now, it seems everything has been arranged. I’ve imprinted the rune, and based on this method, it seems I can enhance the meditation technique.
Perhaps this is the correct way to obtain the intermediate and advanced meditation techniques.
Now, one question remains: this spellbook weapon that summons weapons is completely random. How can I ensure that I happened to get the books that can imprint runes, etc.?
After some thought, I realized that the threshold… this also seems to be a screening threshold.
I passed it and thus obtained it; because I fit the criteria, I can make it this far smoothly.
So, the things I could do here are actually quite limited.
I have just imprinted a rune; now I need to deconstruct the spellbook, and according to the normal process, I should rely on insight to advance the meditation technique to Beginner Meditation Technique, and then discover the information left by the Headmaster.
Those who pass the threshold will receive insight and understand that they need to imprint runes, continuing to return here to refine the meditation technique.
That’s probably it.
I feel like I’ve gone in circles, only to end up spinning in place.
With Fool Lake’s help, I added the rune I imprinted from her into the spellbook, but I lacked insight and the placement of the runes, so I could only keep trying.
In the end… I succeeded, and at that moment, the Beginner Meditation Technique seemed to be slightly beyond my expectations, but it had not yet transformed into Intermediate Meditation Technique.
“Alright… I have nothing else to do now.”
As soon as I finished speaking, I exited this place. The moment I returned to reality, I suddenly realized I needed to check my spellbook.
But I discovered that my spellbook wasn’t within my body; it was instead within the giant stone before me.
“Sure enough… the operations done inside were the true spellbook.” I floated my mental power to retrieve both spellbooks. When I opened the weapon summoning book, the first page was the imprinted rune, and the meditation spellbook contained the deconstructed form which I had refined in the consciousness space.
When I truly saw these events happen, I understood what I needed to do next.
First, cultivate the meditation technique.
Second, find Fool Dreams to imprint runes.
Third, constantly observe the various behaviors of the Fool Dream Clan to gain insight, which may harbor the arrangement of runes within the spellbook.
That’s about it for now. I’m not even at the advanced level of meditation, so I naturally won’t recklessly think of spell derivation; meals should be eaten bite by bite, and paths should be walked step by step.
“Xiao Han, did you succeed?”
“Mm.” I looked up at Sister Bai who was coming from behind and took a step back into her embrace. Sure enough, this way, my body and mind would feel more at ease…
My thoughts have become clearer.
“Eh? Xiao Han, you…”
“It’s nothing; I’ve thought about too many things. I need to relax a bit; things can be considered to have come to a temporary halt, and from now on, we should proceed step by step.”
“Mm.” Bai Yu didn’t resist at this moment; she simply reached out her hand to hug me from behind, resting her head on my shoulder.
At this moment, Fool Lake also emerged from the giant stone, melding into a blooming flower bud under her guidance.
Then, a brand new Fool Lake was born into this world once again.
“Fool Lake… how do you feel?” I asked as I held the currently very small Fool Lake.
“Mm… everything… good…” Fool Lake said in a very soft voice, even carrying the tone of a newborn’s cry.
Bai Yu, upon witnessing this scene and composition, was momentarily in a daze… such imagery triggered Bai Yu’s untouched fantasies: herself, Xiao Han, and a child… just like the most ordinary family of three, giving birth and raising daughters…
This might be the result that Bai Yu hoped for the most at this moment; the most ordinary and yet the greatest revelation, stemming from the enlightenment of ordinary people’s lives. She seemed to understand, understanding somewhat in advance, something ethereal, like a tower in the air.
But one thing wouldn’t be wrong: when Bai Yu finally arrives at this step again, she will naturally walk this path smoothly, leading to… the extraordinary.
This is Bai Yu’s topic, the soul, the opposing subject, ordinary yet great.
Ordinary for all beings, yet great for the individual.
This scene lasted for a long time, until I finally opened my eyes. “Let’s go~ it’s time to head back.”
“Mm, it’s time to go back.” Bai Yu nodded and said.
When we stepped outside, it was the best morning basked in warm sunshine, seemingly cheering for Fool Lake’s rebirth.
The Fool Dreams, without the Village Head’s organization, spontaneously held a ceremony for Fool Lake.
Once I understood certain matters, I realized why Fool Dreams loved ceremonies and the sense of ritual.
Because they are not life; their existence relies on runes, and the runes themselves are rituals. Their behaviors imply certain revelations, and these revelations are no longer the deliberate arrangement of anyone, but rather their spontaneous actions.
Their actions are influenced by the ceremony; it seems they celebrate with their autonomy, but in reality, this results from randomly combined outcomes facilitated by the ceremonies, an expressive form based on Fool Dreams.
This is the true meaning of revelation.
So this indeed becomes a long-term task, requiring constant observation and finding ways to hold ceremonies for them.
Though this means my intentions might not be pure, the innocent Fool Dreams wouldn’t think this deeply; for them, this is true joy, and I am indeed a guest who celebrates with them.
…
At this moment, in the Witch Academy.
Teacher Ji was preparing to head to the Headmaster’s office, holding the letter that the Headmaster personally wrote to her. This is proof for her meeting with the Headmaster.
The Headmaster holds a very high position in the Witch Academy; even if everyone is an extraordinary witch, there are still ranks among extraordinary witches.
Currently, the Headmaster of the Witch Academy is one of the powerful extraordinary witches from that initial batch who established the academy.
They used strong means to break through the blockade of the three extraordinary races in the main world, becoming the fourth extraordinary race in the main world, and they have maintained the presence of only four extraordinary races to this day.
Even Teacher Ji finding an opportunity to meet the Headmaster alone is quite difficult.
But now she has this chance, or rather the Headmaster is actively looking for her.
Did she really think that her suggestion to Xiao Han to try to complete the wisdom enlightenment task was a casual remark?
Although she did indeed have the idea of letting Xiao Han try, it was not at this time, nor would she deliberately mention it like a prompt. Only the Headmaster’s letter could carry such a purposeful hint.
“Xiao Han, oh Xiao Han… your floating world-level spirit vision has even caught the Headmaster’s attention~” Teacher Ji shook her head, seemingly talking to herself.
But she understood very well what she was doing. This was a fair trade, at least Teacher Ji thought so; it required some effort. Regardless of success or failure, making an appearance in front of a Headmaster in the Witch Academy was enough to feel proud, and it also made an impression on the Headmaster. This event’s symbolic significance outweighed its actual significance but was highly useful in the Witch Academy.
If she could gamble on that slim possibility of success, then Xiao Han would have the Headmaster’s protection, which would at least ensure no worries within the script.
The Headmaster… is the master of the script, and the script is merely a tool that can be utilized in her hands.
Thus, the Witch Academy doesn’t attach much importance to the so-called Child of Fortune. Those who value the benefits of such a child are merely extraordinary witches interested in fortune, but the Headmaster generally isn’t included in that category.
However, this Mei Linde Headmaster certainly might be different. If Xiao Han fails to complete this task, then Mei Linde might intervene in the script, incorporating the wisdom enlightenment task into it, making it a part of the script.
The script itself is an unreasonable driving force, and it is quite likely to be completed…
“Mm? Lina, you’re here too?” Teacher Ji noticed Lina walking toward her from behind, feeling a bad premonition.
“What are you doing here? I’m about the same thing~ Fair competition! I want to try sending Tan Han in as well.”
“Are you interfering with the Headmaster’s decision?”
“No, I’m just making a suggestion. By suggesting this, we won’t need the Headmaster to personally intervene in the script. Xi Lan, you can’t monopolize all the good things, right? Xiao Han + Xiao Han, don’t you think this is more efficient?”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself.” Teacher Ji shot Lina a glare, saying irritably.
“Hehe, Xiao Han relies on floating world-level spirit vision, and Xiao Han relies on the script and fortune; they are pretty much the same. Why should we worry about such metaphysical matters? Let’s go together and chat a bit, right? After all, you’re also a first-time counselor; how does it feel? It’s not easy, right?”
Lina smiled and walked closer to Teacher Ji, waiting for the “elevator” leading to the Headmaster.
