Chapter 301: The Abnormal Effects of Spells in the Dream World
“Sister Bai, you actually came!”
I was both surprised and happy to see Sister Bai. Although it seemed like only a short time had passed, so much had happened: the separation from Sister Bai, the attack of the Nightmare, the assault by the Dream Demon… and now our reunion.
“Mm.” At this moment, Sister Bai lightly waved her long sword, which then transformed into light spots and dissipated.
Then Bai Yu quickly flew to my side, “Xiao Han, are you okay? You scared me! I just realized you weren’t beside me and I… I…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Look, everything’s fine now.” I wasn’t sure how to comfort Sister Bai, but this time I took the initiative to reach out and hug her.
“Hey, the move Sister Bai pulled off just now was so cool! I’ve never seen such a side of you before.” After hugging for a while, I tried to change the topic.
“Mm, what’s wrong? Xiao Han, are you envious?”
“Totally! That slash was amazing! But… I thought you would use magic… I’ve never seen you use spells in battle before.”
“Spells, huh… maybe it’s a bias from back then. When it comes to spells… I mean spellbooks, I see them more as tools rather than something to master,” Bai Yu explained while shaking her head at my words. “Xiao Han, when you first came across the existence of spellbooks, did you have this feeling? Spells should be knowledge and skills to learn, not just tools to pick up and use at will.”
“Exactly, I feel the same way.” I nodded.
“So, I guess I’m somewhat of a practitioner of body techniques in a way. Anyway… once you’ve grasped the spellbook and are somewhat familiar with it, you can use spells normally. That was my initial thought.”
“And now?” I asked knowingly as I looked at Sister Bai. Since she began to value runes alongside me, this was enough for me to get an answer.
“Of course, I’ve started to value spells. Some things can only be seen once you reach a certain level. Besides, if a witch isn’t proficient in spells but is in body techniques, that would be a laughingstock, right?”
“But I wouldn’t laugh at you, Sister Bai. When you have time later… how about teaching me body techniques?”
“Why? Xiao Han, you don’t need to practice body techniques, do you? You have such great talent in spells; you shouldn’t waste that.”
“Eh? Don’t forget that my mental power isn’t compatible—how does that count as spell talent?”
“Xiao Han, you know what I mean.”
“But that’s just a side issue. You know, real editing skills can only be learned at the extraordinary level, what I’m doing now is just enhancing some negligible combat power.”
“Haha, why does the power others work hard to enhance become trivial when it’s your mouth?” Bai Yu chuckled.
“That’s just how it is. The Witch Academy is naturally a place to learn knowledge and skills, not just to learn how to hit people with tools. At least, that’s how I see it.”
“Yes, if only I had understood this clearly from the start, like you.” Saying this, Sister Bai couldn’t help but sigh, “Alright, let’s not waste time here. We should leave quickly; the commotion caused by that guy earlier was too big.”
“Mm, it was indeed too big.”
I nodded and followed Sister Bai to leave this place.
“By the way, who was that guy? Even if the sleeping curse erupts in each academy, I have no impression of any academy possessing that kind of means.”
“He’s a Dream Demon, and he’s the real reason behind the deaths in this Nightmare incident. That being feeds on people’s energy and even soul material,” I explained.
“What? Eats soul material? Does that mean even resurrection spells can’t…” Bai Yu suddenly grasped the key point and asked.
“Pretty much.” I nodded. For the average person, whose essence of life is still soul material, it is indeed like that. Once the soul material is completely consumed, resurrection spells would be helpless.
At this moment, Bai Yu also truly felt a sense of crisis.
“Let’s not talk about this. How did you find me so quickly?”
“Ah? Oh, of course, it’s with a spell search.”
“Eh? That kind of spell? But this is a dream world.”
“Of course.”
“Sister Bai, did you notice that using spells here feels enhanced? When I just used Fireball Spell, it was so big it was almost my entire size.”
“Is that so? Then did you realize that even without spellbooks, you can cast spells with just your bare hands here?”
“Eh? I really haven’t tried that.”
I vaguely remembered that when I cast Fireball Spell by hand before, I could only produce a little flame, but now…
After trying again, I found that even without a spellbook, I could conjure a normal fireball just by using magic!
“That’s amazing!”
“This place is truly magical, or rather, this is what I initially hoped for—to learn spells, research spells, and use spells… how great would it be if such a world really existed instead of just in dreams?”
“Who knows? Once we have the ability to roam the void, we can look for such a world.”
“And then try living there…”
“Eh? Why did you think of living there first?”
“Eh? When encountering a beautiful landscape, isn’t the first thought whether we can live there?”
“That seems true, but if you settle down, you’d miss out on other prettier worlds～ Indeed, Sister Bai, you’re quite prudent, thinking about a stable daily life…”
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
“Sure, it is very good. But when we have that ability, we’d almost be senior extraordinary witches, right? The lifespan of an extraordinary witch is long. There will definitely come a time when one gets bored of it.”
“That’s fine too; enjoying until bored means a long time ahead.”
“Alright…”
As I followed Sister Bai aimlessly forward, looking for a seemingly safe place, I was also thinking about other matters.
That is, the earlier Dream Demon incident wasn’t just about her alluring figure, but rather her ability to traverse between the dream world and reality.
This ability… reminded me of the Dream Spell Teacher Ji had shown me, a spell that could only be obtained by reaching the extraordinary witch level, replacing the cumbersome dream equipment.
That spell seemed capable of traversing between dreams and reality as well, right?
But the Dream Demon seemed to be even more special.
However, this raised another question: where was the reality corresponded to this dream?
The Witch Academy?
Those Dream Demons shouldn’t be able to traverse between reality and dreams within the Witch Academy. The Academy Head also mentioned that they blocked Abyss Demons from infiltrating the Main World through dreams.
It appeared that the relationship between dreams and reality was no longer just an ordinary spatial overlap.
I had still been thinking too simply about dreams.
So… what was the matter with the ruins here?
In dreams, I could see that the creations within the dream were all illusions, very easy to distinguish. The feedback from Spirit Vision showed that dream creations and real materials were two completely different existences.
I realized this during the Dream Communication Competition.
But here… it felt as if they genuinely existed, yet somewhat different. I was very clear that my consciousness existed in the dream, but… the surrounding environment…
Indeed… the dream world is truly a magical place.
Along the way, we encountered Nightmares again. The Nightmare that fled during my battle with the Dream Demon was initially something I wanted to study, to observe the existence of Nightmares from a close distance, but at that time, I wasn’t in the mood, so I let it escape.
Now, encountering it again, I only advised Sister Bai to fend it off; I didn’t want her to get involved in the script.
Though… I had already seen several threads of fortune on Sister Bai.
But it was okay… Sister Bai was about to become an extraordinary witch. After cutting off the Earth Vein Shackles, these threads of fortune wouldn’t matter.
But thinking back to what the Academy Head told me about not touching the threads of fortune, or it would be troublesome… I worried a little that Sister Bai’s ascension to extraordinary witch would be obstructed by this.
But compared to these, I was more curious about what exactly Sister Bai did to attract the threads of fortune…
Sister Bai wasn’t a Child of Fortune, nor did she have a Fortune Seed; fortune couldn’t just appear out of nowhere on her. Surely she did something to shift it.
But it was difficult to directly ask Sister Bai about such matters.
“Hey~ Sister Bai, in this atmosphere, lighting a bonfire while waiting for the sunset to descend doesn’t feel…”
“Mm… but compared to that, I still hope you can quickly finish what you promised me. Dreams are too dangerous; I can’t just let you stay here forever.”
“But you’re here, Sister Bai~”
“This…” Bai Yu looked at me, her thoughts conflicted; one part wanted Xiao Han to finish her tasks quickly and not take risks, while another part wanted Xiao Han to keep relying on her like this…
“But that’s not possible. I can’t protect you for a lifetime. What if something happens? Don’t joke with your life.” But in the end, reason overcame desire.
“That’s true… Sorry, for making you worry about these things. What if I had never come to the Witch Academy… would everything be different?”
“There is no ‘what if’, Xiao Han, no ‘what if’.”
“I was just thinking… I know there is no ‘what if’ in the world… because after all we’ve been through, I can’t imagine any choice that would lead to a better now than what we have.”
“Is that so? As long as you don’t regret it, then everything is fine.”
“Alright~ let’s not talk so seriously. It’s rare to be in such an atmosphere. I wonder how things are with us outside right now. Someone should have noticed, right? Maybe we’re all lying in our beds.”
“Indeed, but Xiao Han, your actions this time were a bit… reckless. You had no preparation.”
“That’s true, but… if I think of something, I want to do it, to execute it. Isn’t that good?”
“Indeed. So Xiao Han, have you thought about what to do next? We can’t stay here forever, even if this is just a temporary stop we’ve found.”
“Hehe… Actually, regarding the current situation, I don’t know what to do… but…”
But I understood what I needed to do: stop the Abyss Demon from acquiring fortune, and at the moment the Children of Fortune complete their distribution of fortune, have the Academy Head cut off the Earth Vein Shackles, and after being excluded from the world’s consciousness, use the Grand Wisdom Enlightenment Spell on Fool Dream, leveraging the script’s driving force to completely sever Fool Dream’s connection to the Nightmare.
Although there are many arrangements that I cannot accomplish alone, for instance, I still don’t know where the Academy Head has placed Fool Dream.
I guess I’ll see it when the time is right.
At this moment, Bai Yu noticing that I paused and didn’t continue speaking, understood that what was left was unspeakable.
“As long as you understand your own goals, that’s enough. I will quietly stay by your side.”
“So you are the one who makes me feel the most at ease… I really want to keep this going.”
The next day.
“Has Yang Yuelan contacted you yet, Sister Tan Han?”
“No… I sent her a message last night… but she didn’t reply.” Tan Han shook her head and sighed.
“How could Xiao Han be like this? I don’t remember her being this kind of person!”
“Well, each person has their own ambitions. Not everyone likes troublesome matters; you can’t force it. Besides, there’s something else that’s quite troubling. Luxien hasn’t come either, and I can’t contact her now.” Tan Han shook her head, trying to comfort the agitated girl.
“Luxien? Is she the one in Xiao Han’s class? Does this mean Xiao Han is even meddling with her classmates?”
“It’s also possible she was affected by the sleeping curse early…”
“It’s not impossible. We don’t know how that sleeping curse can affect someone. It’s been said that Luxien has always been visited by that friend of hers, and couldn’t find me, but now it’s very likely she has also fallen victim.”
“Ah? That…”
“That’s alright; at least we are still here.”
“So, what do we do next, Sister Tan Han? We know nothing about this so-called sleeping curse.”
“We will find a way.” Tan Han glanced at the time, and the next moment, a figure appeared before everyone.
“Teacher Lina.” In the midst of everyone’s confusion, Tan Han politely greeted her.
“Yo~ Quite a few people showed up. Tan Han, it seems your determination is even greater than I expected.”
“Yes, Teacher Lina, please trouble yourself.” At this moment, everyone realized that Lina and Tan Han were actually in cahoots!
With this new student year director helping Tan Han with this matter, everyone felt a sense of reassurance, as if things were finally on track.
“I’ll handle things with the Academy Head; the rest is up to you. Really, after living so long, I didn’t expect to be messing around with you little ones again—sigh…”
Lina shook her head as she followed them. However, from an angle that no one noticed, a touch of tranquility flashed in her eyes, as if she were simply playing with them.
When they arrived at the medical room, they could see the familiar figure lying there.
“It’s Luxien, indeed, she’s already ahead of us…”
“Wait… wait, that… isn’t that Xiao Han?”
“What?”
