Chapter 878: A Sincere Conversation from the Betraying Witch
“Wow~ It’s Sage Sister!”
The Fool who was preparing to mix the Fool Dream Drink for us immediately recognized me as soon as she arrived here, even though I was currently in a clone form.
The Fool who likes to call me Sage Sister is naturally the same Fools from Fool Village.
When I first met these Fools, they preferred to call me Sister Xiao Han.
“How is it? How’s the experience of living outside Fool Village? Isn’t it boring?” I smiled, genuinely enjoying the interaction with the Fool.
“Not at all! Every day, I can meet different big sisters. They are very friendly to me and even feed me!”
“Oh really? Are there big sisters who come to see you often?”
“Yes! But… lately it seems like she hasn’t been coming as often. It seems… too costly?”
“Is that so?”
The Fool nodded, then glanced at Sheryl beside her.
“Ah? It’s you! I didn’t expect we’d meet again so soon!”
“It seems so~”
Sheryl greeted this Fool with a smile. The Fool in front of them was the same one she met with Principal Mei earlier.
Her name seems to be… Fool Tea?
“Cutie~ Your name is Fool Tea, right? I hope I remembered correctly.”
“Hehe! You even remember me! I didn’t expect that big sister and Sage Sister are friends! I’m really so happy to serve Sage Sister~”
“Yes~ We are indeed friends!” Sheryl smiled, then her gaze turned to me, seemingly very satisfied with Fool Tea’s attitude.
After all… in front of the Fools, being serious is a sign of friendship, at least it can ease the gap between them.
“Mm.”
I also smiled throughout, not contradicting anything. The world of the Fools is so simple, although I’m not sure how others would think about this mindset in a regular Fool, but it’s me who’s in control, and I definitely won’t ruin the happiness of the Fools.
Before long, two cups of Fool Dream Drinks were ready.
“Sage Sister~ Enjoy it slowly~ Although everyone says the flavor I mixed is quite good, it’s actually the first time mixing one for you in reality…”
“You should be more confident even in reality,” I said as I picked up the cup and took a sip.
At the same time, Fool Tea eagerly and anxiously awaited my response.
After tasting it, this cup of Fool Dream Drink didn’t taste significantly different from the ones I had before.
They are of the same type; after all, I’ve already verified that every Fool’s mix of Fool Dream Drink has subtle differences, and the flavor is quite good. In terms of taste, it belongs to the peculiar type.
“The taste is quite unique, and the flavor is great~”
“Yay~ Sage Sister likes it!”
Fool Tea cheered happily at this moment, truly drawing the attention of quite a few people.
“Fool Tea~ You still need to pay attention to the experience of other guests~” I gently reminded her.
“Mm… Got it, got it!”
Fool Tea nodded repeatedly, but her heartfelt joy couldn’t be concealed at all.
Ultimately, under Fool Tea’s reluctant gaze, she still left here since she was still working, and Sheryl and I had some other matters to discuss. Although I wasn’t clear about what they were, I had a feeling these were things that the Fools better not hear.
“Just now… that Fool called you Sage Sister?” Sheryl casually brought it up.
“Mm.” I nodded in agreement.
“Would you like to share the story behind this?” Sheryl gently sipped her Fool Dream Drink and continued, “If it’s inconvenient, just pretend I didn’t ask~”
“Actually, it’s nothing much. I brought them from the Primordial Dream to reality. They respectfully call me Sage Master, but I don’t really like such distant titles, so it eventually changed to Sage Sister.”
“Is that so~” Sheryl chuckled lightly and didn’t say more.
This wasn’t the story she expected. I had to admit, she felt the little Witch in front of her had some level of discourse, even if she was easily led off-topic and had trouble staying focused.
Maybe this was a rare talent?
Her speech was quite aggressive, yet filled with defensive and evasive tactics.
“It seems you actually really like this group of cuties~ I heard that for them, you even took apart Mei’s Great Spellbook?”
“You know about this too?”
“Of course~ There are quite a few Witches aware of it. In fact, many Witches are quite baffled by it. However… although I don’t know the whole story, just based on your courage to do such a thing, I feel what you need to do is not simple.”
“You might be overestimating me; perhaps… I just simply dismantled the Great Spellbook and gave the Fools a home?”
“That’s still quite meaningful, isn’t it? Great for the Fools.” Sheryl said with a smile.
Only those who have never encountered a Great Spellbook would overly believe in its power. Although she didn’t have one, her understanding had already escaped those preconceived notions through various experiences.
What does removing a Great Spellbook matter?
She had seen even more outrageous examples, such as creating a piece of Extraordinary Knowledge into a Great Spellbook, just to understand its characteristics, then dismantling it, treating this Extraordinary Knowledge as a consumable to conduct an experiment she wasn’t qualified to witness.
It could be said that the Witch race never lacked for madmen.
“Perhaps,” I nodded, not caring whether Sheryl truly understood or feigned understanding.
“It seems like… your desire to chat isn’t that high, so let me take the initiative to find a topic,” Sheryl remarked when she saw me zone out after Fool Tea left. “For example… the dream overlap that erupted from the experiment zone was likely your doing, right?”
“Mm… I can only say it relates to me,” I corrected her.
“Right after that was the announcement, and then the subsequent breakthrough of the techniques from the Primordial Dream; that was a play that Mei orchestrated with you, right?”
“A play?” I raised my head, puzzled, to look at Sheryl. “Why do you think this was a play?”
“Eh~ Isn’t it? Then can you tell me what it actually is? After all, that place is difficult for me to enter; I really don’t know what happened there.”
“Didn’t you ask the Academy Head about it?” I retorted.
“Of course I did~ But that guy didn’t say anything. What a pity, I vaguely feel… there’s something inconvenient for me to know in this.”
“Then why are you asking me? Do you think I’m the type to spill secrets?”
“Don’t you want to? Just because your Academy Head doesn’t tell me, you won’t either? Xiao Han~ you should share these experiences; why have other Witches do the learning?”
“Because generally, I don’t like to be a bother.”
“Are you sure?” Sheryl laughed involuntarily upon hearing my words, then she thought of Mei Linde busying herself around Xiao Han’s matters.
“I meant not proactively, unexpected situations don’t count.” I emphasized calmly.
“Alright, alright~ Oh, come on~ But even if you don’t tell me, I actually have some of my own speculations~ Want to hear them?”
“Sure, go ahead.” I nodded without refusal.
After mastering the emotional cultivation, I could keep my emotions from showing outwardly, so I naturally wasn’t afraid of the other person seeing anything or using mind-reading spells on me. However, generally speaking, I didn’t like this emotionless demeanor much because it would make my already minimal emotional expression even rarer, almost leading me to look expressionless.
“First of all… just now you denied the possibility of it being a play, so… this also suggests that you might have really created something. Just like how you previously reported conducting an experiment to produce a Dream Realm, this time… it might be even more incredible, right?”
“Maybe.” I didn’t deny it; after all, I had verified the ‘learnable’ nature of the Dream Realm, which was indeed quite ‘incredible.’ The Academy Head at the time was very approving, even not pursuing the significance of the large stir that my sister and I caused.
How cunning~ Xiao Han, not even a hint?
Aren’t you the one talking about your speculations? What does that have to do with me giving hints?
“Alright, alright~ So, continuing on~ With the breakthrough of the Primordial Dream in that special technique, another very unusual phenomenon appeared in the Academy, which is… the wave of body cultivation, and it also affects the extraordinary female level~”
So? What’s the relevance?
“And the source of this wave basically points directly to several scholarly Witches in the experiment zone, so this thing actually stems from extending this incident. Speaking of body cultivation, it cannot avoid a certain Witch, which is… Bai Yu.”
Sheryl said this, knowing she had mentioned Bai Yu’s name last, but she was disappointed that she didn’t see any additional emotional expression on her face capable of analyzing any information.
“So… can I narrow this down to the breakthrough made between you and Bai Yu? And it’s centered around Bai Yu’s ultimate result.”
“……”
“Plus, in recent days from my interactions with Bai Yu, instinctively, Bai Yu currently gives me a very special transformation. Previously, she seemed very wary and defensive; her eyes were full of a ‘I dare you to move and I’ll fight you to the death’ resolve. That kind of gaze was truly terrifying, and it’s the type I’m least good at dealing with.” Sheryl said helplessly.
And she wasn’t lying; that type of Bai Yu was indeed one she didn’t like to handle.
That kind of gaze, where one would throw their life away the moment they lose something important… If she had to kill a Witch who had become an enemy due to her own choices, she would really struggle.
But she is a Betraying Witch; the traitor Witch that needs to be dealt with… she also wouldn’t hold back. However, after the kill, she would need time to calm her heart.
“Right now, Bai Yu gives me a very special feeling, that is, from within that decisive gaze, there’s a trace of confidence that she must have a way to drag me into death.”
“And the one who could kill me… currently in the Main World, I believe the highest possibility is… the loss of the Original Dream, right?”
“I speculate that Bai Yu might have grasped the Dream Realm, perhaps not completely, or she might not be able to exert too much power… When I came to this conclusion, I felt deep in my heart that I understood. However, I had heard a certain Witch describe the cultivation methods of the Dream Realm; it roughly involves… body cultivation or something? Unfortunately, I don’t know much about cultivation, but I guess that’s how it is.”
“You collaborated with Bai Yu to replicate the Dream Realm in the experiment zone, causing that uproar to be Bai Yu’s doing, but I see that the affected range is a bit small and weak… However, it doesn’t matter, right? After all, everything is just difficult at the beginning.”
“……”
“Not saying anything? Just take it as me guessing correctly~ I didn’t expect it to be true.” Sheryl laughed and shook her head, reminiscing about a certain Witch who was unwilling to be ordinary, constantly sensing coincidences within her heart.
Now… the only hurry she felt was filled.
“If you wish to think that way, then let’s go with that…” I didn’t remark further but felt obligated to admire her deductive ability; after all, didn’t she know too much?
Without some information, she probably wouldn’t be able to deduce anything. However, she usually doesn’t do much in the Academy, wandering around… it’s normal for her to know a lot.
“Actually, you don’t need to guard against me; no matter what the truth is, just like you don’t care, I likewise don’t care. What? Don’t you believe me?”
“I believe.” I nodded, sensing her sincerity through my instinct of Heart Sense.
I must say, after this exchange, even without me making an effort to perceive, I could feel the sincerity that came straight at me from her; that’s also why I was willing to spend time with her here.
After all, so-called sincerity… can sometimes really move others.
“Then I’m going to believe you~” Sheryl said with a smile, “Since I just said I don’t care about those things or affairs, do you know who I care about?”
“I don’t know.”
“Me… I care about you! Of course, not in the way of your Sister Bai, but another level of care.”
“……”
“What’s wrong? Not speaking again? Are you shy?”
“No, I just know that staying silent at least won’t lead me to say the wrong thing.”
“This kind of thinking is quite bad~ It gives an impression of why one is trying to please others; language should be spoken freely without fear of offending. You’re strong enough; no one will mind who you offend.”
“I just like to reason with people.” At least when I reason, I can act without restraint, without regard!
Or… maybe deep down, I’m just that type who reasons with others; it just seems that I often encounter those who won’t reason with me, making it appear I can only resort to brute force.
“Like reasoning with people? Then that shows you have principles~ That’s a strength, but… I know quite a bit about you, yet your actions don’t quite match your words~”
“Some people aren’t worthy of me reasoning with them.”
“Hehe~” Upon hearing my response, Sheryl was so satisfied that she let out a chuckle.
“I like your answer. So… in this case, it seems you really don’t want to face the people of this Main World, right? Have you considered… going to a bigger stage to showcase yourself?”
