Chapter 439: Event Resolution
“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you again so soon after just leaving.”
With the use of the Reverse Summoning Spell, I reappeared in Sofiry’s plantation, but I was somewhat surprised to see her still here; she is truly dedicated.
“It’s fine, there’s no need to apologize. But what did you mean by what you couldn’t explain over the phone? I noticed you sounded quite urgent just now,” Sofiry quickly waved her hand, but soon changed the subject to inquire about the earlier matter.
“It’s still trouble related to the Fool Dream Drink… sigh…” I summarized my thoughts, followed by another sigh; after all, I didn’t want such things happening to the Fool Dreams.
I originally thought that since the monthly exam had just ended today, and if I resolved the Fool Dream Drink matter, I would have time to do what I wanted. I didn’t expect this unexpected development; however, fortunately, it’s not too troublesome to resolve.
“Trouble related to the Fool Dream Drink? What happened? Was there an obstacle in its promotion at the Witch Cat Café?”
“Sigh… If it was just a simple obstacle in promotion, that would be easy to resolve. The current problem is that the Fool Dream Drink has now become something urgently needed. You haven’t been to the Witch Cat Café recently, have you?”
“Yes, I haven’t been, mainly due to a lack of time. To be honest, the social scene there doesn’t suit me much, but the cats there are indeed very cute, and so are the Fool Dreams. I like sitting there alone petting the cats, although I only held those adorable Fool Dreams once after going there.”
“Hmm, you’ve only held them once? That’s such a pity… But now a more serious issue has arisen; those Fool Dreams are sick, and only the Fool Dream Drink can save them.” After I said this, I felt it sounded odd since, from the other person’s perspective, the Fool Dream Drink probably seemed akin to a mixed fruit juice or something… Can this thing really cure illnesses?
But the reality is indeed so; even though the Fool Dreams aren’t sick in the conventional sense, the Fool Dream Drink isn’t a medicine either.
“What? Sick?!”
At that moment, hearing this outcome, Sofiry’s reaction was even more intense than mine.
“My fantasy about the Witch Cat Café revolves around those cute Fool Dreams; is the café exploiting the catgirls?”
“Calm down, calm down, that’s not the case. It’s a problem with the Fool Dreams themselves; do you remember I told you those Fool Dreams come from the Witch Secret Realm?” I quickly gestured for her not to be too agitated and explained to her, “They need the Fool Dream Drink to sustain a good life, similar to how we humans can’t live without food. That’s about it.”
“Is that so? Then doesn’t that mean the situation is very bad? I don’t even know when the next batch of fruits I’m cultivating will mature; the current batch isn’t completely set yet… I don’t know how to speed up the cultivation process…” After my explanation, Sofiry quickly grasped the crux of the problem and then rapidly thought of the main issue.
“It’s fine, I’m here to discuss this with you, not to make you anxious. I know the manager of the Witch Cat Café; she’s also one of the mentors at the Witch Academy, named Teacher Deina. She’ll help come up with a solution; she mentioned she would find a mentor to assist with plant accelerating.”
“Oh, so there’s already a mentor backing this?” Upon hearing what I said, Sofiry understood immediately and sighed with relief. She then quickly added, “Why don’t you ask Teacher Deina not to call anyone else? Since this matter has already involved an Extraordinary Mentor, I can try asking my mentor. She’s pretty good, just… doesn’t manage me much… but if I ask her, she shouldn’t neglect me.”
“Oh! Almost forgot.” I quickly realized, I had been a bit too anxious earlier and almost forgot that Sofiry’s teacher had given her an entire plantation!
That witch, whom I’ve barely met, should at least be a mentor well-versed in plants, right?
“Maybe it’s better not to, would it be inappropriate to call in two Extraordinary Mentors all at once for this?”
“This isn’t a small matter! Do you not know how popular Fool Dreams are…?”
“Wait, haven’t you not been there in a long time? How do you know so much about the Fool Dreams?” I interrupted with a question.
“Um… I watch short videos, the short video big data on the academy’s phone has been pushing this to me. I originally planned to wait until after your monthly exam and then, once the Fool Dream Drink is formulated… take the chance to see if I can catch any Fool Dreams… No, I meant I was going to feed them, after all, you told me that those Fool Dreams drink too…”
“Fine…” I slapped my forehead with one hand and didn’t stop Sofiry from calling her mentor.
At this point, I had done everything I could do; I just came to tell Sofiry and to cooperate positively when the time comes. Afterward, whether it was the so-called cultivation or acceleration, those were beyond my capabilities.
The most I could do was to help in the final formulation of the Fool Dream Drink, and perhaps that Extraordinary Mentor Deina would grasp it after a glance; after all, the terror of an Extraordinary Witch is always beyond my imagination.
So, for now, I enjoyed a rare moment of leisure. Just as I took out my phone to waste some time, I noticed a flurry of wailing in the dormitory group chat.
“Hmm… Is it their turn now?”
I opened the dormitory group chat and started lurking; they should be discussing the monthly exam right now.
Originally, they thought it would follow the previous monthly exam format and didn’t expect this time to become my personal challenge, earlier they were quite smug, thinking they wouldn’t encounter it, but now it was all too close.
Currently, the loudest in the group was Hong Chanyi, after all, she is one of the two from our dormitory who had the morning evaluation, the other being me.
Hong Chanyi may even become reclusive.
However, seeing her so active in the group, bouncing happily between the dorm group and class group, she should be fine.
While I was enjoying a leisurely chat, suddenly, an energy fluctuation came from Sofiry’s plantation, which alerted my senses.
When I looked up, I saw two figures appearing inside the plantation.
“Mentor!” With Sofiry calling out, I realized that one of them was the big shot Sofiry had summoned.
But when I put away my phone and locked eyes with the other, I was dumbfounded.
This person… shouldn’t she be in that small world?
At that moment, my thoughts went back to when I was still in the small world; the team of Void Witches led by Principal Beif Alanna, which included this one.
At that time, I didn’t inquire about any news from her since she often wasn’t at that inn; she seemed like the type who preferred field research, and many times I couldn’t see her.
But the critical issue is not this; despite my familiarity with her, what does it mean that Deina is following her?
The one Deina is bringing wouldn’t be Sofiry’s mentor, right…
What a coincidence?
No, maybe it’s not a coincidence. After all, those capable tend to work more… When someone excels in a particular field, mentioning any issue in that area would first bring to mind that person.
Sofiry thinks of her mentor when she encounters a problem; Deina thinks of this witch when she has troubles; and Principal Beif brings her along to explore new small worlds.
It’s probably an investigation into the field of plants in the new world.
Although that small world seems primarily focused on plant technology… it should be a perfect match for her. She should be quite busy, so how did she come back?
Moreover, she was summoned by a single phone call from Sofiry!
But the return of this mentor indicates a signal: that the small world and the main world have been artificially connected; otherwise, she couldn’t return so easily.
In that case… if I want to go over there, maybe I won’t need to use the Reverse Summoning Spell anymore.
“Oh? Has Xiao Han already come?” At this moment, Deina didn’t seem surprised to see me, instead warmly greeting me.
At this moment, both witches turned their attention to me. Even the one called a mentor by Sofiry just took a glance at her student.
“Hello, teachers.” I quickly greeted politely.
“I’ve told you, just call me Sister Deina, and this is Sister Afla~”
“Um… Okay, Sister Deina, hello. Sister Afla, hello.”
“Don’t mess around with Deina; just call me Mentor Afla. Sofiry has mentioned you to me; I didn’t expect you to be that Xiao Han. I was wondering why I kept hearing about so many students named Xiao Han lately.”
“This means Xiao Han is impressive; she will definitely become a very powerful witch in the future.” Deina smiled from the side, “Looking at you two… it seems like your relationship is more than just familiar names, huh? Where have you met?”
“Yes, we’ve met a few times.” I replied and then quickly decided to address the matter at hand; it wasn’t the time for small talk. “Uh… Mentor, about the Fool Dream Drink and the fruit plants…”
“I know, originally I didn’t want to come; this girl has been very annoying, plus my good student…” At this moment, Afla turned her head to look at Sofiry, who had her head down, not daring to lift it, with an expression of disappointment.
At this point, Sofiry had completely lost the confidence she had earlier when making the phone call; it seemed she was also the type to be scared of her mentor.
However, Sofiry appeared to have this kind of personality, but she was quite open around familiar people.
“You’re going to help the Fool Dreams at the cat café, right? For the sake of the Fool Dreams…” Afla’s tone seemed a bit reluctant, as if the Fool Dreams’ importance outweighed everyone and every witch present.
In that moment, I finally understood what Sofiry said earlier about the importance of those Fool Dreams… she had indeed understated it.
And just as I was thinking about this, Afla had already led Sofiry to the cultivation area.
I followed behind to see if I could witness the methods of an Extraordinary Witch.
“Is this all?”
Afla, guided by Sofiry to her cultivation area, looked at the seeds that had only progressed to a standard level, and the more she looked, the more her brows furrowed. “Sofiry, come here; is this how I taught you to cultivate?”
“Huh? Ah! Mentor, please have mercy!”
Sofiry said this but didn’t dare to dodge at all; she just closed her eyes and let Afla pull her by the ear.
In my view, the force was still too light; if it had been Betty’s mentor, she might have gotten serious.
Watching Afla educate Sofiry, I was quite entertained alongside Teacher Deina.
After finishing with Sofiry, she directly took over Sofiry’s cultivation nursery.
Looking at Sofiry, who appeared quite wronged next to me, I thought I must properly comfort her later; it’s really tough for her to bear such grievances for the Fool Dreams…
And at this moment, as Afla intervened, the cultivation that Sofiry couldn’t accomplish quickly was completed at a speed visible to the n*ked eye, which exceeded my expectations. I thought it would take a long time.
“These seeds aren’t from extraordinary plants; they’re just ordinary plants that adapt to extraordinary energy. Haven’t you learned the techniques for solidifying these plants yet?” Afla said while casually giving Sofiry a light smack on the head.
“I got it… I’ll go review…”
“By the way, do you have any topics you’re working on recently? If not, you can use these plants as research samples. Don’t always be idle; you haven’t fully utilized your plantation yet, and my efforts have been wasted.”
“Um… Yes…”
“I’ll leave the cultivation matters to Sofiry.”
“Hey! Wait, Afla, I’ve personally invited you here; can’t you give me the goods today?” At this moment, Deina hurriedly stopped Afla and asked.
“Give it to you today? What do you think plants are? If it were some ordinary grass, I could grow a whole head for you right now, but these involve extraordinary power plants; it’ll take a few days, you can’t possibly expect me to help accelerate the growth of extraordinary fruit plants, right?”
“Have you helped accelerate the growth before? It’s not like I’m missing this one?”
“Not helping.”
“Then how about I give you a custom cat card from the cat café? Fool Dream card back, specially customized? I’ve been planning this lately.”
“Deal.”
At that moment, I stood by, dumbfounded, listening to the conversation between these two witches; it felt somewhat off…
Custom cat card?
Fool Dream card back?
What’s going on here?
“What’s wrong? If you want, I can get you one, limited edition,” Deina said with a smile as she approached me after sealing the deal.
“Th… Thanks.” I eventually agreed, after all, no one can refuse a “limited edition.”
“That’s more like it, Xiao Han. I noticed you seemed to know Afla earlier; how do you know her?”
“Um… Must I say?” Since it involves the small world, I didn’t want too many witches to know I had been there before the exploration team; after all, that felt too flashy.
“You don’t have to say, but… could you teach me some of the techniques for formulating the Fool Dream Drink? I see shadows of potion-making in it, and I think it might inspire me in potion brewing.”
“Well, I originally planned to teach the technique for formulating the Fool Dream Drink to the Fool Dreams, since it rightfully belongs to them, Sister Deina can learn, of course.”
“What a good child, then I’ll thank you in advance~”
“By the way, Sister Deina～” Seeing the perfect opportunity, I quickly called out to Deina to mention the promotion of the Fool Dream Drink at the Witch Cat Café.
“Is there anything else? Hmm… Let me guess, you want to promote the Fool Dream Drink in the Witch Cat Café?” Deina, seeing my expression along with the earlier actions and hints, had likely guessed it long ago.
Or perhaps Deina knew that even if I didn’t bring it up, she would suggest it because the Fool Dream Drink is very important for the Fool Dreams, a benefit to them.
“Looks like Sister Deina knows…” I shifted my body a bit, intentionally showing an embarrassed demeanor.
“Of course, this matter can definitely proceed; or even if you didn’t want to do it, I would persuade you to do so.”
“Oh, is that so… then let’s do it according to Sister Deina’s wishes; I’m not very familiar with this…” I scratched my head, saying.
“Are you not afraid of me taking advantage of you? Just handing everything over to me like this?”
“Um… I trust Sister Deina won’t deceive me, right?”
“That’s not necessarily true, huh? Just joking, you encountered me this time; you need to be careful in the future. Just be pure and watch out for others selling you out.”
“Alright~ That’s enough talk; someone will come and sign a contract for you regarding this matter. You’re a new student, right? If you’re short on money, you can tell me, but I think you won’t lack money later.”
“Money is enough for me as long as I can spend it… Um, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first; I want to see how those Fool Dreams are doing. I’m a bit worried leaving them there.”
“Go ahead; say hello to those Fool Dreams for me. Tomorrow at the latest, there should be enough materials.”
