Chapter 280: Shock, the First New Student Actually Did This!
“Xiao Han, you finally came out! I, I thought you didn’t make it out of that secret realm.”
This is the first time I’ve seen Sister Bai look so worried and sad.
Although I was also worried about Sister Bai’s safety in the secret realm at that time, I only relaxed when the headmaster told me everyone was out. I forgot that Sister Bai would worry about me too…
“It’s okay, Sister Bai. See, I’m back already, aren’t I?” I reached out and touched Sister Bai’s face, wiping away the little pearl at the corner of her eye.
At this moment, any words felt powerless; what Sister Bai needed was just an outlet for her emotions.
After comforting her for a while, Sister Bai finally felt slightly reassured, but I didn’t mention anything about the headmaster.
Even more so about the Great Spellbook; it was strictly forbidden by the headmaster. Sometimes just because information isn’t expressly said doesn’t mean it won’t spread. With enemies skilled in terrifying information gathering techniques, even if you don’t say anything, it doesn’t mean they won’t know.
For beings that haven’t reached the extraordinary level, extraordinary means and techniques are absolute dimensional strikes.
However, at this moment, I didn’t think about the huge commotion caused outside the secret realm.
Even the Witch Secret Realm Association fell into a temporary “shutdown” state, no longer accepting entries into the secret realm.
Moreover, the terrifying noise attracted many bystanders from the academy.
After all, such a big event is seldom seen at the Witch Academy, especially since even the headmaster appeared.
Something significant must have happened.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Sister Bai and I left that place of trouble, sitting down only after reaching a relatively safe location.
“Xiao Han, do you want to eat something?”
We casually stumbled upon a café where Sister Bai led me inside. She handed me the order form and asked.
“A cup of black coffee, no sugar, and that blueberry muffin, please…” I replied. After staying in Fool Village Secret Realm for so long, eating nothing but the food we took in or fruits, I wanted to try something with stronger flavors to stimulate my taste buds.
I pushed the order over to Sister Bai.
“I’ll have the same as Xiao Han, but make mine with sugar,” Bai Yu said to the waitress.
“Ha… Xiao Han, you have no idea how worried I was when the secret realm collapsed,” Bai Yu said, though she had expressed her worries before, now that she relaxed, the fear surged back.
“There’s no need to be too scared. See, I’m already safely back, without even a scratch.”
I smiled and showed her my forearm; in fact, I had quietly healed those scrapes with the Flesh Healing spellbook, as they were just small injuries. “Even in the worst-case scenario, the academy has a Resurrection Spell, and the Witch Secret Realm Association provides revival methods too.”
“Resurrection is not omnipotent. Being able to resurrect means you weren’t truly dead. I’ve seen too many instances where d*ath was so complete that not even resurrection spells could bring them back, which is why I wouldn’t dare approach the boundary of d*ath. Xiao Han, promise me not to test it, okay? At least until you have powerful enough abilities, don’t touch d*ath and don’t treat resurrection as your fallback.”
“Hmm, I’ll be obedient.”
Facing Sister Bai’s serious tone, I nodded earnestly, but I was also pondering the issues of d*ath and resurrection. Wasn’t I just faced with d*ath that cannot be resurrected?
That unfortunate soul who died from the Void Rifts, and I even had a sense that if that guy hadn’t died, he might have killed me, and I could likely not resurrect then?
That was probably the closest I’ve ever been to d*ath.
“Right, just be obedient…” Sister Bai nodded. She believed in Xiao Han’s promise and didn’t extend the conversation on the topic any further.
“Xiao Han, while we were in the secret realm, was that series of abnormalities… caused by you?”
“Um… strictly speaking, it seems it wasn’t just me. I might have just been a catalyst. Sister Bai, do you remember the information on that spellbook? This secret realm is the property of Headmaster Mei Linde, and I guess my actions touched upon the headmaster’s arrangements, which led to this.”
I thought for a moment, explaining to Sister Bai. Some things were hard to conceal, especially in her presence, but I absolutely couldn’t mention the Great Spellbook and those related trial tasks.
Moreover, I’ll have to care for a bunch of Fool Dreams; I need some sort of explanation for them too, as they wouldn’t be able to keep it hidden.
“The headmaster’s arrangements… did you mess up this task?” Bai Yu instinctively asked.
“No, Sister Bai, can’t you think of something positive?”
“Not possible. Your actions might have directly or indirectly destroyed a Witch Secret Realm! How can I think positively? I’m already contemplating how to compensate for an entire Witch Secret Realm.” Bai Yu said this in a lower voice, laced with a bit of distress.
“Ah, it’s not like I did it. It was the headmaster, she did it; it has nothing to do with me. Don’t you know why I left in the end?” I immediately distanced myself from the issue.
“Why? Did you get caught by the headmaster or something?”
“Kind of… after all, I’m the catalyst. But it’s really nothing bad; the headmaster briefly chatted with me, and then she entrusted me with looking after those Fool Dreams in Fool Village Secret Realm…”
“Ah?”
At that moment, my words left Sister Bai at a loss, completely unexpected in developing this way.
“Wait, that’s over a hundred Fool Dreams! Can you care for them? Just the daily expenses must be astronomical.” Ultimately, Bai Yu couldn’t help but confirm with me.
“Um… it shouldn’t be too much…”
In fact, I knew the number of Fool Dreams was not just over a hundred, but even more!
This number was much larger than anticipated.
But for now, they hadn’t followed me and remained with the headmaster. After all, the headmaster had customized their sustainable bodies for me, which could not be completed all at once.
“It’s undoubtedly a lot. Even if the Fool Dreams are tiny, they still need housing, right? Do you plan on giving them a cat nest like in a cat café to sleep in? And food and drinks; these all require money. Wouldn’t you be bothered if your Aoqin were spent on these places?”
“Y-Yeah, it does sting.” I nodded in agreement.
But I accepted the headmaster’s trial task, which involved two primordial spell sequences, so I had to collect from the Fool Dreams.
However, it’s best not to mention this to Sister Bai. Once I do, many things would be hard to hide.
The headmaster has already planned everything for me: the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell is derived from the Fool Dreams, but the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell won’t instantly transform the Fool Dreams into true Fool Dream Clan members. However, the derived spells of the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell can continuously improve.
Because the core of this Great Spellbook, the Extraordinary Knowledge, is obtained from them, there’s definitely a connection to their becoming true life.
This is the insight the headmaster has garnered from the Extraordinary Knowledge.
“So you just naively agreed to this?” Sister Bai tapped my forehead and asked, “Did the headmaster have any remarks?”
“Um… what could she say… oh… the secret realm was destroyed, and the Fool Dreams were affected. Their original bodies were destroyed, so the headmaster granted me the privilege to customize bodies for the Fool Dreams.”
“You just accepted that?”
“The headmaster only gave me that. Her time is so precious; how could she spend that much time on such a trivial matter?”
“Sigh, well, since things have already developed this way, I’ll just have to accept it…”
As I was still thinking about discussing this matter with Sister Bai, my phone rang.
Looking at it, I saw several missed calls from Teacher Ji.
“Oh dear…”
“What happened? Who is it?”
“It’s Teacher Ji. Maybe she guessed that such a big commotion was caused by me?” I shrugged and helplessly answered the call.
“Hello, Xiao Han, are you alone?” Soon, Teacher Ji’s voice came from the other end of the line.
“I’m at a café; there are quite a few people here, and I’m with Sister Bai,” I said, as Teacher Ji’s first question about whether I was alone indicated she probably wanted to discuss something not meant for too many ears.
At this moment, Sister Bai also heard this. With a snap of her fingers, a soundproof spell enveloped us, also isolating Sister Bai from the outside.
Afterward, Sister Bai gestured for me to continue.
“Um… now we have a soundproof spell.”
“Okay, was that commotion at the Witch Academy related to you?” Teacher Ji directly got to the point.
“Um… indeed… Teacher Ji, your intuition is sharp; Fool Village Secret Realm might… be gone now.” I said with a silly tone, pretending to be clueless.
“I know it’s gone. We teachers find out about this kind of info faster than you students. Was it you who caused it?”
“Kind of… I guess? But I’m not paying for it; the headmaster hasn’t asked me for compensation!” I quickly explained and clarified.
“It’s not about compensation, the situation is bigger than you think. But you’ve seen the headmaster, right? Sigh, fine, knowing it’s you is enough; I’ll hang up for now.”
“Eh? Hanging up already? Teacher, aren’t you going to ask anything else? Like what the headmaster is doing…”
“What else could there be? I know more than you do. Am I going to ask you about the Great Spellbook? I recognize the phenomenon around the Great Spellbook’s creation; the Void Rifts opened above the Witch Academy.”
“Um…” It turns out Teacher Ji knew as well. It seems the birth of the Great Spellbook was too conspicuous.
“If you really want me to ask, I just want to know if you caused more trouble in the secret realm again? I can already trace the Witch Secret Realm explosion back to you; it seems those students who were in the secret realm with you have revealed it. You better behave lately and go out in disguise.”
“Ah? That fast?”
“Do you think the students at the Witch Academy are blind? Plus, it has been a while since the incident; why didn’t you answer my calls?”
“Um… I was chatting with the headmaster.”
“Hmm? The headmaster kept you? She’s not… oh! Is she a clone?”
“Teacher Ji, you know that too?”
“Boring, hanging up.”
As the call ended, I slowly put my phone down, looking at Sister Bai, who promptly lifted the soundproof spell.
At that moment, our coffee and muffin arrived.
“Um… Sister Bai, aren’t you curious about what I talked about with Teacher Ji?”
“If it’s private, I naturally wouldn’t pry; if it’s trivial, I trust that if you want to share, you’ll tell me,” Bai Yu said, stirring a lump of sugar into her coffee, as if she truly didn’t care.
“Actually, it was nothing; she just asked if I was related to the big commotion, but I must say, Teacher Ji is really perceptive, figuring it out so quickly.”
“Is it because you cause too much trouble?” Bai Yu teased me at that moment.
“Eh? Do you think that way about me too, Sister Bai?”
“Have you forgotten your title? Before entering the Fool Village Secret Realm, everyone called you the Disaster Witch, Catastrophe Witch and so on. Isn’t that enough to make you a little self-aware?” Bai Yu said in a half-joking tone.
“Not really, I’ve been quiet for so long; this sort of storm is already past!” I explained, my face falling.
“But the moment you ended your silence, you went for something big. This is the Witch Secret Realm; throughout the history of the Witch Academy, that’s a rare occurrence.” Bai Yu shook her head at this point, turning her phone to face me. “Look, the first new student, Yang Yuelan, who was quiet for a month, actually schemed to blow up the Witch Secret Realm.”
“Th-This is slander! Defamation!” I protested as Sister Bai read the title of the post on her phone word for word.
“Maybe you could log in to clarify it, but I still suggest you don’t. The more you say this, the darker it gets, and the buzz doesn’t go down.”
“That’s true; I can’t be bothered to argue with them. I’ve come to understand the Witch Academy; it’s full of fun-loving witches. They don’t care about the truth; as long as there’s something entertaining to watch, they’ll gather around. The academy hasn’t taken any action to directly name and punish anyone, which says a lot. Anyone with eyes can see clearly; they just want to see the fun.”
“It’s good that you see through it, so you don’t need to care about what’s circulated online. Even if it’s rumored to be despicable, if the Witch Academy doesn’t interfere, you’ll have no issues.”
“Hmm.” I sipped my coffee appreciatively.
Then I couldn’t help but stick out my tongue; I hadn’t had coffee in a while, and going straight for black coffee without sugar made my mouth feel unbearably bitter.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s so bitter…”
“Sigh, I’ll give you the sugar I have left here.” Seeing my jumping thoughts, Sister Bai couldn’t help but laugh lightly, shaking her head and pushing her sugar over to me.
However, seeing Xiao Han with her tongue out was quite a rare and cute expression, something I hadn’t seen before.
Indeed, Xiao Han is more suited to be a girl; if only she could be a bit more carefree.
“No, no, a little bitterness is good; it helps me stay alert.”
“Stay alert? You’ve gone through an entire secret realm and experienced such a big event; you should rest well!” Bai Yu’s tone raised a few degrees, especially with the words “rest well.”
“But… didn’t we rest all the time in Fool Village Secret Realm~” I weakly retorted.
“Was that rest? Although I’m not clear on exactly what you did, it must have been much harder than what I saw. Whether it was training with the Meditation Technique, the insights you mentioned, or the magically modified Meditation Technique, all of that consumes a large amount of energy. Don’t downplay it!”
“But… I also don’t know what to do…”
“Aren’t you supposed to take care of the Fool Dreams? I’ll accompany you; let’s at least arrange the Fool Dreams’ eating, living, and other matters, and slow down the pace of life, shall we? The Witch Academy isn’t like other extraordinary academies. Don’t push yourself so hard. No one is forcing you but yourself. Don’t always live in your own world and overthink, okay? I can accompany you with whatever you do…”
“Hmm…” I looked at Sister Bai, her words so serious, as if I truly was doing so. “Am I… really forcing myself?”
“Hmm, don’t you listen to your Sister Bai? Trust me; you won’t go wrong.”
“Hmm.” I nodded, seeming to understand many things, yet feeling like I still understood nothing. Suddenly, I looked up, smiling at Sister Bai.
“Sister Bai, you’re so concerned about me; do you have ideas about me?”
