Chapter 1087: The Placement Issues of the Newborn Fool Dreams
Witch Cat Café.
Inside one of the cat houses, Teacher Deina was smiling at me, holding a Fool Dream in her arms, who was thoroughly enjoying having her long hair groomed.
She was very much looking forward to my visit.
“It’s rare for Xiao Han to actively invite me to meet, although we just saw each other a while ago, I still hope you bring good news.”
“I fainted from the Fool Dream Realm – a hundred Fool Dreams have arrived in reality, can it be considered good news?” I asked directly.
“Oh—one hundred!” Teacher Deina’s eyes immediately lit up!
“But don’t get too excited just yet. I respect the wishes of the Fool Dreams themselves, so I have conditions; I cannot use any coercive means to make them stay and work at the Witch Cat Café.” I explained the situation directly without any beating around the bush.
“I understand~ How could I bear to force these lovely little beings to work?” Each cup of Fool Dream Drink made by them is a love for life! If you don’t believe it, just ask them a question, hehe.” Deina lifted the little Fool Dream in her arms, and the one claiming to be Yu Le cooperatively raised both hands.
“Sister Xiao Han! I really love it here! Sister Deina is also very nice to me!”
“And the benefits in the Cat Café are quite good~” Deina continued,
“After all… fulfilling the little needs of the Fool Dreams is nothing significant for me, I am an Extraordinary Witch~ Even my supervision of the Witch Cat Café in the Main World is not purely for the mundane matter of making money, Xiao Han~ you understand, right?”
“Yes, I understand. Generally speaking, money holds no allure for Extraordinary Witches.” I nodded.
Not just for Extraordinary Witches; it was the same for me.
“Exactly~ Since Xiao Han, you like to get straight to the point, I’ll stop jabbering—where are those hundred Fool Dreams? Can I meet them? I promise— even if they don’t want to stay at the Witch Cat Café, I will arrange for them to go elsewhere!”
Deina was so excited at this moment that she couldn’t help but stand up from her seat, moving closer to where I was.
“Sister Deina, can you not be so over the top? You’re making me feel like I’m some kind of shady agent selling Fool Dreams to black coal mines for work…” I gestured for her to tone it down.
“Tone it down for what? If you like it, then do it boldly! If you like it, express it without reservations! Xiao Han—you can’t be so reserved, you need to practice!” Deina said with the confidence of a seasoned witch, smiling, “If you had been a bit more proactive, that Bai Yu girl—would have been yours long ago, right?”
“Ah? I looked at Deina with a puzzled expression: “What do you mean? Relationship? We’d already confirmed that.”
“Have you done anything?”
“Mm.”
“What’s with the little fox sister? Yu Le asked a question she didn’t understand amidst the mutual confusion.
Deina, with her gossiping expression, seemed to freeze before she could react.
“Eh… don’t lead Yu Meng astray!” I covered my mouth and used magic to transmit my voice to Deina, then turned toward the curious Yu Le, saying, “Little fox sister, my relationship with Bai Yu is a very special intimate one, and it is a ceremony that can only be performed between those who entrust their lives to each other.”
“Eh? Can Yu Le do that kind of ceremony with little fox sister?”
“No, you can’t~” I maintained a serious expression as I continued to explain, “I am the Sage of all Fool Dreams, guiding you toward your own paths; I am not here to be the one you entrust your life to. You should experience life for yourself, feel all the good and evil around you, and seek a pact that belongs to you and your other half.”
“Eh? Then what about Deina?”
With Yu Le’s words, I glanced awkwardly at Deina. Although I knew the Fool Dreams didn’t understand the deeper meaning, from their perspective and narrative…
“Uh! That… let’s not talk about that for now, Yu Le. After we sort this out, I will discuss it with you again. For now, let’s welcome our one hundred new sisters who have arrived in the real world, shall we?”
Deina quickly changed the subject, shifting the conversation somewhere else, her gaze slightly evading mine.
But I understood through my heart sense what Deina meant.
She had scared away Yu Le!
Just like that Betraying Witch!
I slightly composed my emotions, feeling as if there was a sense of “a mother’s daughter running off with a blonde before she even comes of age.” The key being, Yu Meng didn’t understand anything yet!
“I understand… this is Yu Le’s freedom, and I will not interfere. Besides… you are not the first one.” I sighed.
“What?! Deina’s eyes widened. She had thought Xiao Han would be angry or something, but the way Yu Meng spoke, it was just too adorable. She even wanted to ask Xiao Han how to adopt them, but never found the courage, thus continuing in this cooperative manner with Yu Meng.
But what did she hear?
She wasn’t the first, and there were even other witches who had taken an interest in Yu Meng!
She seemed to feel a sense of “rivalry”… uh, no, that’s not quite accurate. It was more like she sensed the existence of “Fool Dream traffickers” and felt a deep sense of crisis!
“Who? Who is it that got to her before me?!”
“It’s a Betraying Witch.”
“…… Upon hearing the words ‘Betraying Witch,’ the previously defiant look on Deina’s face evaporated in an instant: “Cough… um, Xiao Han~ where were we discussing? Oh! It was about that dream business. When can we meet those Fool Dreams?”
“Anytime.” I replied.
After all, the hundred Fool Dreams had already completely shed their former selves; of course, I needed to settle them well before I could focus on other matters.
Temporarily leaving them with Deina was the most loving choice. Though it seemed a bit unreliable, it was truly something the Fool Dreams cherished, and she also had great patience.
While one hundred Fool Dreams may sound like a lot, it was still manageable. I certainly couldn’t let them leave the instance realm to roam freely at the Witch Cat Café.
Thus, after discussing further with Deina, we headed to the branch academy.
According to Deina, the branch academy had submitted an application to establish a Witch Cat Café. Though the construction was completed, they hadn’t had any Fool Dreams settle there, which felt like a waste.
Currently, the main crowd at the branch academy consisted of lower-year students, so the foot traffic was low, making it suitable for these newcomers to the service industry to get acquainted with the real world.
Deina also mentioned that she had applied to the academy to establish a street for Fool Dreams, but that proposal was ruthlessly rejected. Not to mention there weren’t enough Fool Dreams to comply, the academy wouldn’t build a special venue just for her XP.
In my view, Deina was treating the Fool Dreams as a cash cow while dreaming of a Fool Dream street… her ideas were quite far-fetched!
However, that concept… could create a stunning scene, just imagining it makes the picture seem beautiful!
But right now, there just wasn’t enough foundational condition for that.
At the Witch Academy’s expanding realm.
I opened the portal to the instance realm, and over a hundred Fool Dreams crossed the spatial gate, all spilling out at once.
“Wow… so many Fool Dreams!”
Deina managed to shout this one sentence before she was completely overwhelmed by the Fool Dreams.
“Alright everyone—come and meet your Sister Deina! Whenever I cannot accompany you temporarily, you can find Sister Deina directly for anything; she will help you solve the troubles you encounter in reality~” I raised my hands over my head and clapped, introducing the crowd of Fool Dreams.
“Come—let’s all call Sister Deina!”
“Sister Deina~ hello!” *104
Soon, amidst the shouts of “Sister Deina,” Deina became lost in a whirlwind of joy.
This process continued for quite a while until Deina regained her composure. Managing and taking care of over a hundred Fool Dreams was no easy task.
Even though they had explored the instance realm and arrived in reality, their excitement didn’t last too long.
However, Deina had her own methods; just one phone call, and before long, staff from the Witch Academy’s Witch Cat Café arrived here.
After all, to care for the intentions of the dreams, they couldn’t be placed directly to work at the café, especially when… training and the like hadn’t even begun yet!
Very soon, the part-time employees who arrived were stunned by the sight of over a hundred Fool Dreams. But under Deina’s arrangement, they quickly began to take statistics and register information about the Fool Dreams.
Even the Fool Dreams who didn’t intend to stay and work at the Witch Cat Café, Deina would still customize exclusive information plaques for them, detailing their names, interests, personalities, and so forth.
“How’s that? Efficient, right? Handing them over to me is your best decision!” Deina said as she watched the cafe employees actively cooperating, walking over to me.
“That’s why I can entrust them to Sister Deina.”
“Heehee~” Deina’s joy upon receiving my affirmation was evident, then she seemed to realize something and said, “By the way, Xiao Han, these Fool Dreams, I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but they seem a bit different from the initial batch of Fool Dreams… they feel more like they are closer to life.”
“Exactly, Sister Deina should understand, right? The Fool Dreams are products of my exploration into dream life; these one hundred Fool Dreams prove that I’ve traveled further down this path.”
“I see… then what about Yu Le? Xiao Han, can you let Yu Le also…”
“Is there any difference?” I interrupted Deina’s words and countered, “Even if their results are further, they still haven’t become true dream beings. This isn’t the endpoint, so there’s no need to be so obsessed. Regardless of what form Yu Le takes, she will be by your side, right?”
“…… Deina fell silent for a moment before smiling with relief: “What you said is correct… well then, I’ll wait for you to succeed, Xiao Han! When that happens, don’t forget about my Yu Le!”
“Is it that easy for her to be yours? I said with a smile.
“Isn’t it possible?”
“Of course, it is, as long as you carry Yu Le’s trust. Otherwise, if Yu Le comes back crying to find me, I will take her to visit Sister Deina.”
“Are you actually threatening me? Well… you do have the right to threaten me, and I swear I won’t! I’m willing to sign a Witch Contract!” Deina chuckled helplessly, then assured me.
“You don’t need a contract; as long as your heart doesn’t change, that’s more binding than any contract.” I shook my head, for if the heart truly changes, no contract can withstand the betrayal of one’s heart.
In the time that followed, I accompanied Deina and the café employees in resolving many of the arrangements and placements for the Fool Dreams.
Asking each Fool Dream about their intentions, the vast majority willingly wanted to follow Deina to work at the Witch Cat Café. Although I could tell many Fool Dreams were drawn in by the benefits of drinking Fool Dream Drink.
Among these Fool Dreams, some were eager to experience more exciting things, and faced with such ambitions, Deina would offer plenty of help, but wouldn’t simply give them too much money, allowing them to become endlessly infatuated with wealth.
The first step for the Fool Dreams stepping into the real world was probably to realize the magical concept of money that could “exchange” for anything.
This kept us busy until nightfall, and just like that, a whole day passed.
During this time, Deina also prepared a lot of Fool Dream Drinks for the Fool Dreams, and along the way, taught them how to prepare Fool Dream Drinks in reality.
Additionally, many other “senior Fool Dreams” came here to share their experiences, teaching them how to survive in real life.
After all, in reality, unlike dreams, there are concepts such as “d*ath” and “hunger.”
Eventually, I bid a somewhat reluctant farewell to these Fool Dreams, promising that I would often come to visit them.
“Hey, hey, hey? Xiao Han, why did you still take four with you… are you not trusting me?”
At the last farewell, after calling Yu Lan and her three little friends, Deina suddenly had a motherly possessiveness.
“Sister Deina, were you enchanted by the way the Fool Dreams called you ‘sister’? Yu Lan, Yu Yun, Yu Guo, and Yu Xing are my initial experimental assistants who have walked the furthest on the path of dream life. If you keep them, are you taking over my dream life experiment?” I teased with a smile.
“Uh… yes! Is it? Haha—how could that be?” Deina awkwardly laughed and quickly countered, “I’m not afraid you don’t trust me—absolutely not afraid you coveting the Fool Dreams! No way!”
“You just accidentally revealed your thoughts, didn’t you?” I sighed helplessly, “Regardless, I hope Sister Deina takes good care of these Fool Dreams~ I almost forgot, this batch of Fool Dreams has a unique talent; I hope they won’t bring you too much trouble.”
“Talent? Trouble? What is it?” At this moment, Deina was still unclear about what kind of talent the Fool Dreams had, but in her understanding, even if the Fool Dreams had some talent, it wouldn’t be a problem! Trouble was trivial in the face of cuteness!
