Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?

“Wow ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍it’s Sage Sis!”

The ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Fool’s Dream, who was preparing to mix the Fool’s Dream Drink for us, recognized me the moment she arrived, even though I was currently in the form of my clone.

And ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the Fool’s Dreams who liked to call me Sage Sis were naturally the ones from Fool’s Village.

The ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Fool’s Dreams I first encountered preferred to call me Big Sis Xiao Han.

“Mhm ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍how is it? How is the experience of life outside Fool’s Village? Is it boring?”

I ‍​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍raised a smile, quite enjoying the interaction with the Fool’s Dream.

“Not at all! Every day I meet different big sisters, they are very friendly to me, and they even feed me snacks.”

“Is that so are there any big sisters who come to see you often?”

“Mhm! There are! But… recently she hasn’t come much. She seemingly said... the consumption is too high?”

“Is that right?”

“Mhm!”

This Fool’s Dream nodded, then looked at Cheryl on the side.

“Eh? It’s you! I didn’t expect us to meet again so soon!”

“It seems so.”

Cheryl smiled and greeted this Fool’s Dream.

The one before her eyes was precisely the one she had met during that time she came over with Academy Head Mei.

Her name seemed to be... Fool’s Tea?

“Little cutie your name is Fool’s Tea, right? I shouldn’t have remembered wrong.”

“Hehe! You really do remember me! I didn’t expect you, Big Sister, to actually be friends with Sage Sis! To be able to serve Sage Sis, I am truly too happy.”

“Yes we are indeed friends.”

Cheryl smiled, then her gaze turned toward me opposite her, looking as if she were very satisfied with Fool’s Tea’s assist.

After all... in front of a Fool’s Dream, admitting to a friendship could at least ease the estrangement between them.

“Mhm.”

I remained smiling throughout the process without refuting anything.

The world of the Fool’s Dreams was just that pure.

Although I wasn’t sure if others would care about the thoughts of the Fool’s Dreams this way, if it were me, I would absolutely not dampen the Fool’s Dream’s happiness.

Before long, two cups of Fool’s Dream Drink were mixed.

“Sage Sis, please enjoy. Although everyone says the flavor I mix is good, mixing it in reality for Sage Sis to taste... is the first time...”

“Even in reality, you should be a bit more confident.”

I picked up the cup and took a sip.

At the same time, Fool’s Tea waited for my praise, her heart full of expectation and unease.

After entering my mouth, this cup of Fool’s Dream Drink was a type whose flavor was not quite the same as the Fool’s Dream Drinks I had drunk in the past.

After all, I had already verified this point: the Fool’s Dream Drinks mixed by every Fool’s Dream had subtle differences.

The taste was very good; in terms of flavor alone, it belonged to an extremely unique type.

“The taste is very unique, and the flavor is great too.”

“Yay Sage Sis likes it!”

Fool’s Tea cheered very happily at this moment, truly attracting the gazes of many people.

“Fool’s Tea you still need to pay attention to the experience of the other guests.”

I spoke up slightly to remind her.

“Um... understood, understood!”

Fool’s Tea nodded repeatedly, but that joy originating from her heart could not be hidden no matter what.

But ultimately, under Fool’s Tea’s reluctant gaze, she still left the area.

After all, she was still at work, and Cheryl and I still had some other things to talk about.

Although it wasn’t clear what they were yet, I instinctively felt these were matters best not heard by a Fool’s Dream.

“Just now... that Fool’s Dream called you Sage Sis?”

Cheryl mentioned quite casually.

“Mhm.”

I also nodded quite casually in response.

“Do you mind telling me a bit about the story behind that?”

Cheryl took a light sip of the Fool’s Dream Drink and pressed further, “If it’s inconvenient, just act as if I didn’t ask.”

“It’s actually nothing. I brought them from the Primal Dream State to reality. They addressed me with respect as Sage, but I actually don’t quite like such a distant title, so in the end it was just changed to Sage Sis.”

“So that’s how it was.”

Cheryl gave a light laugh and said nothing more.

This wasn’t the story she expected.

She had to say she felt this little witch before her had some level of skill in speaking; even if she was easily led astray by topics and easily guided, not a single part of what she said was a key point.

Perhaps this was an extraordinary natural gift?

One could say her speech was full of offensiveness, yet her defense and evasion were maxed out against being pried for information.

“It seems you truly do like this group of little cuties. I heard that for their sake, you even dismantled that fellow Mei’s Grand Spellbook?”

“You know about that too?”

“Naturally there are quite a few witches who know. Actually, there are still many witches who don’t understand this at all. However... although I don’t understand the full process of the matter, just for your courage to do such a thing, I feel the thing you want to do is definitely not simple.”

“That is overestimating me too much. Perhaps... I simply dismantled the Grand Spellbook and then gave the Fool’s Dreams a home?”

“Then that is also very great, isn’t it? Great for the Fool’s Dreams.”

Cheryl said with a smile.

Only witches who had never obtained a Grand Spellbook would be superstitious about the power of a Grand Spellbook.

Although she did not possess a Grand Spellbook, her cognition had long since jumped out of those inherent impressions through experience after experience.

What did dismantling a Grand Spellbook count for?

She had even seen even more ridiculous cases, making a portion of [Transcendent Knowledge] into a Grand Spellbook just to understand its characteristics, and then dismantling it to treat that portion of [Transcendent Knowledge] as a consumable to perform an experiment she wasn’t qualified to witness personally.

It could be said that among the witch race, there was never a lack of madmen.

“Perhaps...”

I nodded, not caring whether the Cheryl before me truly understood or was just faking it.

“It looks like... your desire to chat isn’t very high, so let me proactively look for a topic.”

Cheryl, seeing that I was somewhat distracted after the Fool’s Dream left, took the opportunity to inquire, “For example... the dream overlap that erupted from the experimental area earlier should have been your handiwork, right?”

“Um... roughly speaking it can only be said to be related to me.”

I corrected her.

“And then immediately following was that announcement, and the subsequently released breakthrough in Primal Dream State techniques. It was a play Mei specifically asked you to act out, right?”

“Acting?”

I raised my head with some confusion to look at Cheryl, “Why would you feel this was acting?”

“Oh, was it not? Then can you tell me what it was? After all, that place isn’t easy for me to enter, and I truly am not clear on what happened there.”

“Did you not go ask the Academy Head?”

I asked in return.

“Naturally I asked but that fellow wouldn’t say anything. What a pity. I faintly feel... there is something inside that is inconvenient for me to know.”

“Then why ask me? Do you feel I am the type who would talk?”

“Are you unwilling too? Just because your Academy Head won’t tell me, you won’t either? Little Han you should have some independent opinions. Why do you just follow whatever other witches do?”

“Because under normal circumstances, I don’t quite like proactively causing trouble for people.”

“Are you sure?”

Cheryl instinctively smiled upon hearing my words, subsequently recalling the way Mei Linde busied herself with everything because of Little Han’s affairs.

“I said not proactively; accidents aren’t included.”

I emphasized with a normal expression.

“Alright, alright geez, really. However... even if you don’t tell me, I actually have some conjectures of my own want to hear them?”

“Sure, as you wish.”

I nodded and did not refuse.

After mastering Emotional Body Cultivation, I could achieve a state where my emotions were no longer displayed externally.

Naturally, I wasn’t afraid of the other party seeing anything or using spell powers like mind reading on me.

However, under normal circumstances, I didn’t quite like this emotionless posture, because it would make my already sparse emotional expression even rarer, and I would become poker-faced.

“First of all... just now you denied the possibility of acting, then... this also shows you might have really produced something. Just like when you reported an experiment before and produced a Dream Domain. This time... it’s probably something even more incredible, right?”

“Maybe.”

I did not deny it.

After all, verifying the “learnable” characteristic of a Dream Domain truly was quite “incredible.”

At least the Academy Head acknowledged it at the time, even to the point of not pursuing the massive commotion Big Sis Bai and I caused.

“Truly cunning Little Han, not even giving a single hint?”

“Weren’t you speaking of your own conjectures? What does that have to do with my giving hints?”

“Alright, alright then I’ll continue. Along with the breakthrough in that special technique regarding the Primal Dream State, a very abnormal phenomenon appeared in the academy, which was... a Body Cultivation craze, and one that affected the level of Transcendent Witches.”

“So? What does that have to do with anything?”

“And the source of this craze basically points directly to several academic witches within the experimental area. So this matter is actually in essence an extension of that accident. And speaking of Body Cultivation, then one cannot bypass a certain witch, which is... Bai Yu.”

Cheryl spoke this way until she finally mentioned Bai Yu’s name, but she was disappointed; she did not see any redundant micro-expressions on my face from which she could analyze any information.

“Then... this range, can I narrow it down to... some kind of breakthrough was made between you and Bai Yu? And the final result was primarily based on Bai Yu.”

“……”

“Added to the feeling I’ve had while contacting Bai Yu over these past few days, from instinct alone, Bai Yu now gives me a very special transformation. Previously, she gave me a feeling of being very alert and guarded, her gaze filled entirely with a resolution to fight to the death if I dared touch you. To be honest, that look was terrifying, and it’s also the type I’m least skilled at dealing with.”

Cheryl spoke with some helplessness.

And she truly wasn’t lying; Bai Yu’s type was indeed the kind she didn’t like dealing with much.

The kind of look that said as soon as she lost something important, she would disregard her life entirely and think only of seeking death... if she were made to kill such a witch who was forced to become her enemy because of her own choices, she would truly feel terrible.

But she was an Anti-Witch; she similarly wouldn’t be soft-hearted toward Traitor witches who deserved to be killed, it was just that after killing them, she would need time to calm her inner heart.

“The current Bai Yu gives me a very special feeling, which is that within that resolute gaze, there has appeared a sliver of... confidence that she definitely has a way to drag me into death as well.”

“And what can kill me... currently in the Main World, I feel the greatest possibility is... becoming lost in the Primal Dream State, right?”

“I guess Bai Yu might have mastered a Dream Domain. Maybe incomplete, maybe even unable to exert much power... when I arrived at this answer, I only felt it was absurd. But I have heard some witch describe the cultivation method for a Dream Domain; roughly it’s... Body Cultivation or something? Unfortunately, I don’t know much about Body Cultivation, but I guess the general situation is like that.”

“You collaborated with Bai Yu in the experimental area and completed the replication of a Dream Domain. The one who caused that commotion was Bai Yu. Although I saw the affected range was a bit small and still very weak... but that doesn’t affect things, does it? After all, everything is hard at the beginning.”

“……”

“Not speaking—I’ll take that as my being right. I didn’t expect it to be true.”

Cheryl smiled and shook her head, recalling a certain witch unwilling to be ordinary, her heart constantly sighing at the coincidence.

This time... the only lie she had told was also filled in.

“If you wish to think so, then think so...”

I didn’t say anything more either, but I still had to sigh at the other party’s deductive ability.

Moreover, did she know a bit too much?

Had there been a bit less information, she might not necessarily have deduced it.

However, she usually did nothing in the academy and just wandered around... knowing many things seemed normal.

“Actually, there is no need for you to be so guarded against me. No matter what the truth is, just as you wouldn’t care, I similarly don’t care. What? You don’t believe me?”

“I believe you.”

I nodded, because within the instinctive perception of my Heart Sense, I felt her sincerity.

It had to be said that throughout this entire conversation, even if I didn’t purposefully perceive it, I could feel the sincerity blowing against my face, and this was why I was willing to accompany her in wasting time here.

After all, so-called sincerity... sometimes really can move others.

“Then I’ll believe that you believe me.”

Cheryl said with a smile, “Since I said just now that I don’t care about those things and matters, do you know who I care about?”

“Not clear.”

“Me... I care about you a lot! Of course, not the kind of care your Big Sis Bai has, but care on another level.”

“……”

“What? Silent again? Are you shy?”

“No, I just know that by not speaking, at least I won’t say the wrong thing.”

“That thought isn’t very good. It instinctively gives one a thought based on the premise of pleasing others. Language should be spoken freely, without fear of offending. Your strength is high enough that no one will care whom you offend.”

“I just like reasoning with people.”

At least when I was in the right, I could act without any reservations or qualms!

Perhaps... in my bones I am the type who convinces with logic, it’s just that I often encounter people who don’t listen to reason, making it look as if I only know how to use brute force.

“Like reasoning with people? That shows you have principles that is a merit. However... I have looked into many of your affairs, and your actions aren’t quite consistent with what you say.”

“Some people aren’t worthy of me reasoning with them.”

“Hmph hmph.”

Hearing my response, Cheryl was satisfied to the point of letting out a snorted laugh.

“I like this response of yours. Then... looking at it this way, you no longer want to face the people of this Main World, right? Have you thought about... going to a larger stage to showcase yourself?”