Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 471 -

Chapter 471: Fool's Dream's Small Request

As the villa door was pushed open, a figure immediately darted to the second floor, seeing the empty villa.

"Big Sis Xiao Han isn't here! Quick, quick, quick! Set up the scene, we'll give Big Sis Xiao Han a surprise!"

Hong Chenyi, who had first confirmed no one was in the second-floor bedroom, immediately directed everyone to quickly set up the scene.

Bang!

With a blast of air, a shower of colorful ribbons shot towards the ceiling, then fluttered down like snowflakes.

"Wow!"

"Who accidentally set off the party popper?"

Hong Chenyi also looked down from the second floor; some of the falling ribbons drifted to the second floor, a commotion she naturally didn't miss.

"Sorry, that was me."

Dongli Yiren looked slightly apologetic.

"It's my first time seeing this thing... I was curious..."

"Then hurry up and clean the floor. Phew good thing we prepared a few more. Where's Fool's Dream? Did that scare Fool's Dream just now?"

Hong Chenyi breathed a sigh of relief, then asked.

"I'm fine! It felt so fun!"

At this moment, the petite figure by Dongli Yiren's feet poked out her head and said.

"As long as you're fine, be careful. Big Sis Xiao Han should be here soon, didn't she pop up in the group chat earlier? Everyone get ready, we'll celebrate Big Sis Xiao Han becoming a Teaching Assistant!"

Hong Chenyi encouraged.

There were two Fool's Dreams that came along this time, brought by Guan Qiuling from the Witch Cat Cafe.

After learning about the Fool's Dreams' relationship with Xiao Han, the Fool's Dreams also had a good relationship with Guan Qiuling.

However, this time, these two Fool's Dreams actively requested to come along.

Afterward, Guan Qiuling met up with Hong Chenyi and the others, who had just finished their class meeting, for this simple celebration.

Due to the hurried timing, and for this surprise, they hadn't prepared much, only buying some celebratory party poppers, the disposable kind, on their way back.

As everyone completed the simple setup, the enthusiasm they had prepared earlier quickly died down.

"Big Sis Dongli Yiren... I'm sorry, I was the one who used this party popper just now..."

At this moment, another Fool's Dream, helping to pick up the scattered ribbons, hurried forward to apologize to Dongli Yiren.

"...It's fine, it's fine."

Dongli Yiren was momentarily stunned.

This was her first time being called "Big Sis Dongli Yiren" by someone, especially that soft "Big Sis" that made her freeze on the spot. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Then, she squatted down and reached out to stroke Fool's Dream's small head.

Both cat ears were now flattened back, forming "airplane ears," looking pitiful as if they had done something wrong.

"It's just a small matter. Today is a happy day, don't let Big Sis Xiao Han see you looking unhappy."

"Mhm! Right! Then... next time Big Sis Dongli Yiren comes to the Witch Cat Cafe, I'll treat you to a Fool's Dream Drink."

"Mhm, I will."

Dongli Yiren nodded and stood up.

The brief conversation didn't attract the attention of those nearby, or perhaps they pretended not to notice?

"Hey speaking of which, did we prepare too little? If I had known Big Sis Xiao Han would be so late, we should have prepared more things."

Hong Chenyi said, leaning over the second-floor railing, looking at the people below.

"I think it's enough. Don't you think this kind of thing is... well, not very fitting for Big Sis Xiao Han?"

Dongli Yiren picked up an extra thorn-like decorative ribbon and threw it aside.

"Oh, come on, the atmosphere is what matters. Big Sis Xiao Han just doesn't like to talk, it's not like she doesn't have normal human needs, as long as the surprise is there, it's enough."

"Mhm, should we send someone out to see when Big Sis Xiao Han will be back? We can't just wait like this, can we?"

"True, who wants to keep an eye out from the window?"

Hong Chenyi nodded, then suggested.

"I will."

Guan Qiuling spoke up.

"Then I'll trouble Qiuling."

Seeing Guan Qiuling volunteer, Hong Chenyi quickly thanked her.

"Oh dear it's almost time, but... why isn't Big Sis Xiao Han back yet? Usually, if Big Sis Xiao Han were coming back, she'd be quick, she has a Flying License, and Teleportation... Oh! Wait! Don't we have something to summon Big Sis Xiao Han with? Wouldn't it be great to just summon Big Sis Xiao Han back? It would save Big Sis Xiao Han the trouble of rushing back."

"What if Big Sis Xiao Han isn't convenient?"

Guan Qiuling asked, leaning by the window.

"How could it be inconvenient? Didn't Big Sis Xiao Han say she was coming back? She can't possibly be 'inconvenient' right now, can she?"

Hong Chenyi said, taking out a business card.

"Don't tell me, Big Sis Xiao Han is really skillful; even a business card is an alchemy item. This summoning item is much more convenient to carry than the one we used before."

"Have you ever summoned Big Sis Xiao Han?"

"No, Big Sis Xiao Han just taught me how to use it. Speaking of which, should we use it or not? Huh? What are all your expressions? Why are you all..."

Hong Chenyi was playing with the business card, wanting to say something more, but then noticed that the people downstairs suddenly became silent.

Just as she was about to try and say something, a hand suddenly clapped her shoulder.

"What are you all doing?"

"Big! Big Sis Xiao Han!"

Hong Chenyi was startled by my voice, and the business card in her hand instinctively slipped through her fingers.

"Doing something bad, scared like that?"

I smiled slightly, hooked my hand, and the business card was blown by a gust of wind into my hand.

Then I handed it back to Hong Chenyi.

"Here, you dropped it."

"Big... Big Sis Xiao Han? How are you here?"

"Why can't I be here? What kind of question is that?"

"I clearly confirmed you weren't in the bedroom... how come there was no sound at all?"

Hong Chenyi still asked, looking incredulous.

"Of course, I just got back. Isn't it normal for my bedroom to have a Spatial Teleportation Marker?"

I said with a smile, then looked down from the second floor.

"Oh? You're all here. Are you trying to surprise me? Thank you."

Bang! Bang!

As I spoke, two not-so-loud explosive sounds, accompanied by confetti, headed towards the second floor.

"Big Sis Xiao Han, congratulations on becoming a Teaching Assistant."

"Fool's Dream? You kidnapped Fool's Dream to the dorm?"

I looked in surprise at the two small Fool's Dreams holding party poppers downstairs, then turned my head to Hong Chenyi, as if asking if it was her idea.

"No, no! Big Sis Xiao Han, we wanted to come back with Big Sis Guan Qiuling!"

The two Fool's Dreams quickly explained.

"Is that so?"

I went down the stairs, using the handrail, looking at everyone.

However, I noticed a different feeling in their eyes, a subtle, unconscious distance, or rather, a distant probing.

"Speaking of which, since you all prepared a surprise for me, let me treat you too. How about we go out for a simple meal? My treat."

"Alright we won't be polite with Big Sis Xiao Han! Really, Big Sis Xiao Han, you secretly became a Teaching Assistant without telling us, and we didn't even prepare a proper surprise."

"Exactly, it was Teacher Ji Niang who told us before the class meeting started. When she said your student registration was canceled, it gave me a fright, then I found out you directly became a Teaching Assistant."

Yu Yetian also stepped forward and said.

"Is that so? I was just afraid of affecting you, afraid you'd overthink things."

I briefly explained, then quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, your class meeting probably talked about the joint exam, right? Why don't you tell me about it? I'm not too familiar with it yet."

"Big Sis Xiao Han, you're already a Teaching Assistant, are you still interested in the assessment?"

"Yes, although I won't participate in the joint exam as a student, I will maintain it as a Teaching Assistant, so I naturally want to understand the situation of your joint exam."

"Damn! Big Sis Xiao Han, you've become a proctor?!"

"Proctor? Not to that extent, right? I'm just a Teaching Assistant assisting the mentor, at most handling some trivial matters."

I explained as I walked out of the dorm with everyone, just as I had said earlier, to go out for a nice meal.

"That's still very impressive. By the way, Big Sis Xiao Han, only a few of us are celebrating your becoming a Teaching Assistant. How about we invite some others to liven things up? It would be more lively that way."

Hong Chenyi suggested.

"More people, more lively... Mm... maybe not. Actually, I don't really like crowded and lively occasions, and I don't have many friends. I consider you all as friends, and even though I've become a Teaching Assistant, I haven't changed that view."

"Haha Big Sis Xiao Han, with those words, we can rest assured! You don't know, we were all worried that we wouldn't be on the same path anymore or something."

"Then I can only say you were overthinking it?"

As I said this, we went to a decent restaurant nearby, chatting and laughing.

A strange group of five people, plus two Fool's Dreams, entered a private room in the restaurant.

During this meal, we didn't talk about anything else, only discussing some matters concerning the multi-school joint exam.

Dongli Yiren and Guan Qiuling listened very carefully, as their class had not yet held a class meeting, and it wouldn't start until the afternoon.

Through the conversation, I also learned more details about the joint exam.

For example, the practical combat assessment of this multi-school joint exam was not the Battle Royale type of indiscriminate confrontation I had imagined.

Instead, it encouraged a resource point occupation and scoring system where students from the same school could form teams.

They would descend upon the dangerous Bobapus Archipelago, filled with various strange monsters.

Dangers would abound on land, underwater, and in the air.

Killing these monsters would yield a small score, while occupying resource points would yield a large score.

The distribution of these scores, when facing team groups, would need to be decided by themselves.

Compared to students from different academies but still fellow students, their main opponents were those small monsters and such.

The room for manipulation in this was immense.

A gathered team could divide scores equally, or give everything to one person.

So, at that time, various situations might arise, such as inter-school cooperation, backstabbing, internal strife, and betrayal, which might even become commonplace.

Moreover, these resource points also contained essential food and water resources for daily supplies, which were extremely important.

And this time, scores could not be forcibly taken, which greatly reduced the situation where students would fight to the death upon meeting.

This joint exam would last for a week.

The practical final score would no longer be judged by actual points but recorded as qualified or unqualified.

Currently, because the practical combat test has not yet formed a systematic summary like the theoretical exam, there is no such thing as failing a course.

However, being rated qualified or unqualified will be recorded in personal information and may affect the choice of mentors in the fourth year.

As for the judgment of qualified or unqualified, the academy would conduct a full data analysis using the Earth Vein System to ensure no student was overlooked or made a mistake.

It has to be said that any combat test involving a large number of people is always a headache.

If they were to fight one-on-one, it would undoubtedly be extremely tedious and time-consuming.

A massive battle royale also has too many limitations, making it difficult to comprehensively evaluate an individual.

Combat power is not the sole standard for judging a person's value, so a team division of labor can maximize a person's abilities in a certain aspect.

Undoubtedly, the leader of a team would naturally receive a higher score, as there were remarks like "good" and "excellent" within the qualified rating.

However, a leader is merely a figurehead and provides no guiding role in the division of labor within the group, so their score would be appropriately downgraded.

Regarding this joint exam, the Witch Academy also advised students to cooperate as much as possible, as this was a real combat situation, and one could "lose their life" if careless.

If faced with irresistible danger, one could actively call for a mentor to leave the joint exam venue.

Once one voluntarily left, the joint exam would be completely over, and the outcome of their score would be left to fate.

...

This celebratory meal finished quickly.

Hong Chenyi and the others wanted to make some more preparations for this joint exam, while Dongli Yiren and the others had to rush to the Central Teaching Area to attend the impromptu class meeting in the afternoon.

Taking the academy's bus would make them a bit tight on time.

Even though they had learned a lot of rules during this meal, they were not so willful as to skip the class meeting.

In the end, only the two Fool's Dreams were left with me.

"How about I take you back? To your residence, or the Witch Cat Cafe?"

I leaned down, stroked Fool's Dream's head, and asked softly.

"Big Sis Xiao Han, we actually came this time because we have something we want to tell you."

"That's right, that's right. We never had a chance to tell Big Sis Xiao Han earlier, so we had to wait until now."

"You have something to tell me? What is it?"

I raised an eyebrow, a little surprised, but still asked.

"Big Sis Xiao Han, actually, the main reason we came this time is to tell you something. Some of our sisters are actually..."

"Actually, Big Sis Xiao Han allowed us to work at the Witch Cat Cafe to support ourselves. Now we've also lived in the academy for a while, but some of our sisters might not like this kind of work very much. They want to follow Big Sis Xiao Han more, they want to help Big Sis Xiao Han alleviate her worries!"

"Actually... they just want to return to how it was in the base, being able to help Big Sis Xiao Han... We want to be Big Sis Xiao Han's assistants!"

"Ah?"

Listening to the two Fool's Dreams, one after another, though the information was a bit fragmented, I generally understood.

Now that they had settled down in the Witch Academy, they didn't need to worry about their livelihoods.

After adapting to the academy, they wanted to do their best to help me, just like when my Dream State came to Ninglan New City, where Fool's Dream handled everything for me, and I was conducting experiments in reality.

After realizing what Fool's Dream wanted to do, my first thought was actually to refuse.

After all, with Fool's Dream's personality and their unclear intelligent behavior, they wouldn't make very good experimental assistants for me.

But seeing Fool's Dream's expectant expressions... and then thinking about my trial agreement with the Academy Head, I naturally couldn't ignore Fool's Dream.

However, I still had no clue how Fool's Dream could become a true life form.

But an idea immediately sprouted in my mind.

Perhaps... I could try to introduce the concept of the Transcendent to Fool's Dream, letting them try and decide for themselves where the Fool's Dream race should go.

After all, becoming a true living race was a deeper, innate desire that had emerged within them.

Moreover, they were closely related to the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell, and the Great Wisdom Enlightenment Spell was also connected to the Great Tree of Knowledge.

But since I possessed the Great Tree of Knowledge, I was at least confident that I could teach them Transcendent techniques.

In fact... if Fool's Dream were to cooperate with me in trying to derive the abilities of the Great Tree of Knowledge, then the Great Tree of Knowledge's plan might unfold even faster.

"Alright, I'll adopt your idea, but initially, I won't take too many Fool's Dreams as my assistants, at most two or three. And the Fool's Dreams who follow me must completely obey my requirements."