Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 517 -

Chapter 517: The Support of the Two Academy Heads

After Academy Head Mei took a moment to recover, sort out the current situation, and confirm some information, she finally sat back down in her seat.

After taking the Seed of Great Knowledge from my hand, she asked me for detailed information about this Seed.

I told her the truth directly, without much concealment, especially the precautions regarding the Tree of Knowledge's growth in the second stage.

If the Academy Head also tried to insert any Black History Memory, I was afraid my patron, Academy Head Mei, would vaporize me.

I felt that even Academy Head Bev next to me wouldn't be able to save me, so I naturally avoided unnecessary provocations.

Academy Head Bev, as Academy Head Mei had said, liked to seek fun and also asked me for a Seed to play around with and try out.

Facing two Academy Heads, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous, but the two Academy Heads were very kind to me and didn't put too much pressure on me.

Furthermore, Big Sis Bai was also next to me; although she didn't say a word, she gave me immense courage because I knew Big Sis Bai was on my side.

“So this is the Tree of Knowledge nurtured in the Sea of Consciousness by the Seed of Great Knowledge… It's just a spell effect, inheriting the permanent spell effect of the Grand Spellbook, and having no extra consumption during use…”

Mei Linde spoke to herself, sensing the budding of the Seed of Great Knowledge in her Sea of Consciousness and summarizing the information she was currently obtaining, recording all of it in the Tree of Knowledge and sharing it with me.

In just a short moment, having just gotten started, the Academy Head, with her abundant knowledge and experience, completed the testing and summarization of the basic information that I had gathered from the condensation of the Seed of Great Knowledge until now.

Then, a figure appeared in the sight of both Academy Head Mei and me.

The Seed of Great Knowledge was my spell effect, so even after the Academy Head used the Shadow of Knowledge, I could still see the figure that didn't exist in reality.

“Hello, Academy Head Mei. May I ask why the Academy Head summoned me? The things I currently know can't help the Academy Head understand the Seed of Great Knowledge any further, oh.”

The figure that suddenly appeared spoke to Mei Linde in a relaxed tone, carrying a hint of respect for a senior.

“Interesting.”

Academy Head Mei only commented on the "interesting idea" of the Little Han in front of her.

Because she could tell that this attached ability seemed to be an interconnected derivation achieved by leveraging spells like the Illusory Clone.

Compared to the original Little Han, the Little Han formed by this illusion seemed to lack that sense of distance and had a more active personality.

Perhaps this was how she subconsciously believed Little Han should be?

The real Little Han had not overcome the inferiority complex stemming from her own cognition, maintained a sense of distance in her interactions with people, and lacked the ability to perceive emotional information between people.

This, combined with her inferiority complex, formed a combo that resulted in the current situation where Academy Head Mei cared for Little Han greatly, yet Little Han reciprocated with a distant respect, making their emotional information exchange unequal.

Recognizing this disparity in their respective perspectives, Mei Linde felt a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

However, she didn't directly explain it; she didn't dislike this relationship.

If Little Han had been the lively, cheerful, and boisterous type, the current Witch Academy might have been a layer more chaotic.

Furthermore, this so-called Seed of Great Knowledge might have been promoted throughout the Witch Academy before she even fully understood it, only for her, the Academy Head, to later realize it and pull Little Han aside for a lecture.

But… it would only be a lecture.

Now, she glanced back at Little Han.

Mei Linde silently continued to fill the Tree of Knowledge with some information.

The information seed also hinted at her own attitude.

She also hoped Little Han could more clearly feel the care she was giving her.

However, just as this subtly hinted information was filled into the Tree of Knowledge, Mei Linde realized a problem.

“Little Han, you plan to promote this Seed of Great Knowledge, don't you?”

“Eh? Yes.”

Hearing the Academy Head suddenly speak to me, I quickly nodded in response.

“Then have you thought about creating a Knowledge Firewall for your Great Tree of Knowledge?”

Mei Linde asked.

She didn't even need to ask this question, because she knew the answer was definitely no.

She only needed to bring up this concept to make the other party aware of an area they hadn't considered.

“You have to understand that you want to acquire knowledge from others, but knowledge itself is a very abstract concept. Even knowledge that doesn't involve Transcendent power contains a considerable portion of suggestive nature. Prolonged exposure to this kind of knowledge will subtly change a person's cognition.”

The Academy Head's expression suddenly turned grave as she said this, seemingly indicating that the matter she was about to discuss was extremely important.

“Furthermore, there is a category of knowledge in the world where even just knowing or understanding it will bring irreversible cognitive damage to the comprehender. Little Han, have you considered the consequences if this type of knowledge information reaches you?”

“This…”

My face turned slightly pale after the Academy Head's words, because I truly hadn't thought about this aspect… I was only thinking about how to exploit others…

Indeed, I was still being carried away by my own inertial thinking and enormous achievements.

This was the Transcendent world!

Besides ordinary knowledge, there was [Transcendent Knowledge].

I hadn't even considered that things like polluting knowledge, memes, or forbidden knowledge could be real.

“You haven't, have you?”

The Academy Head revealed a benevolent smile.

In the current stage, the solution to this problem was not a necessity.

At least in the Main World, she didn't think there would be knowledge specifically used to harm Little Han.

However, precautions were still necessary.

For example, the memory and cognition seeds she was sharing contained her goodwill, aimed at indirectly changing the current situation of Little Han's distant behavior toward her.

Because the current Little Han deserved better.

Why couldn't a student favored by the Academy Head have privileges?

Moreover, she was genuinely excellent.

No, based on Little Han's achievements so far, "excellent" was no longer sufficient to describe her.

“It's alright, take your time. Let's continue to discuss this problem… Oh, right, what was the original question you wanted to ask me, Little Han?”

Mei Linde was now trying her best to show her gentleness as the Academy Head toward a student.

Perhaps she had been too serious when interacting with Little Han in the past?

However, it was probably not too late to slightly change the preconceived impression now.

“Uh, actually… I just wanted to ask if this could be promoted in the Witch Academy? After all, in my opinion… this thing might have a significant impact on the academy… I wanted to ask the Academy Head if there was anything I should be aware of…”

Seeing the Academy Head finally return to the main topic, I quickly explained the reason for my visit.

Although the Academy Head helping me research the Seed of Great Knowledge and providing constructive suggestions and inspiration was excellent, the premise of all this was that I needed a "target audience" to serve as a carrier for the spread of this ability.

“Why not? This should also be a good thing for the students of the Witch Academy, shouldn't it? What are you afraid of?”

Mei Linde affirmed my idea without hesitation.

“If you have any inspiration, go for it. There's no need to be timid in the Witch Academy. At worst, if you create a mess, can't I, as the Academy Head, clean it up? You need to know that a true genius will not fear so-called rules. Of course, disregarding rules doesn't mean ignoring the bottom line. Everyone needs a bottom line when doing things, and the bottom line is what cannot be broken.”

“I understand.”

I nodded, but the joy in my heart was hard to conceal.

This was even more freedom than Big Sis Bai had estimated.

These words were equivalent to the Academy Head personally endorsing me and providing support.

And seeing Academy Head Bev Ailana next to her having fun as well, with two Academy Heads of the Witch Academy supporting me… this was practically a perfect start!

“Of course, before you promote it, there are still many details that need to be perfected, such as… this Earth Vein Information Appraisal Spell you named? This is truly an interesting concept.”

Mei Linde said, looking at the information screen in front of her.

The information recorded on it was extremely detailed.

With the Witch Academy's research on the Earth Vein, this was roughly the limit, and this technique was the foundation and core technology of the Academy Network.

The Earth Vein Operating System was the Earth Vein information interaction device primarily structured around this.

The Earth Vein Operating System with the highest permission could indeed retrieve the history and past recorded in the Earth Vein.

Furthermore, with the help of external equipment, one could even use Earth Vein Energy to accomplish quite incredible things, essentially bypassing the use restrictions of "Earth Vein Spells" to control Earth Vein Energy.

And this spell, in the form of a Grand Spellbook's fundamental property, directly bypassed the stage of "controlling Earth Vein Energy" to read Earth Vein Information.

This was an unreplicable ability, but one had to admit that this ability, through a curve-overtaking method, had achieved the same level as the Witch Academy's Academy Network in a certain aspect.

Moreover… Mei Linde noticed that the information retrieved by the Appraisal could also form basic images and sounds.

With a few more technological breakthroughs, it could completely reach the high-definition standard of the Earth Vein Live Broadcast from the Academy Network at that time.

“Little Han, have you thought about placing restrictions on the information appraisal of the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell? Or perhaps tiered display of the appraised information? This ability is too heaven-defying…”

Mei Linde said, but didn't finish.

After all, she had just boasted that she would cover all the problems, but if every student possessed such a terrifying means of information acquisition, the impact on the Witch Academy as a whole would be enormous.

Only now did she have to admit that the thing Little Han had created this time truly had too big of an impact.

“Information tiers… Right! It should indeed be tiered. Some information really shouldn't be known to everyone, or it might cause a certain degree of collective panic. The content of the Appraisal should even be linked to the Shadow of Knowledge to filter and censor some inappropriate content to jointly maintain the harmonious atmosphere of the Witch Academy!”

I nodded, fully agreeing with the Academy Head's statement.

“Ha… there's no need to be so serious.”

Mei Linde said, slightly embarrassed.

After all, even she, as the Academy Head, hadn't considered the Witch Academy so much.

“Little Han, since you plan to promote the Seed of Great Knowledge, according to your personality, do you want to stand at the forefront and be sought after, or be hidden in the dark and silently reap the benefits? I guess you would choose the latter, right?”

The Academy Head prepared to change the subject, as she was a bit worried about Little Han saying something shocking again.

“That… I really haven't thought about it, but the rate at which I cultivate the Seed of Great Knowledge is a bit slow right now, so I shouldn't be that anxious to think about these things. However, if I had to decide now, I would indeed choose the latter. I don't like being too high-profile.”

I said after thinking for a moment.

“In that case, have you tried to change the image of the Shadow of Knowledge? You probably don't want everyone to have a Little Han in the future, do you? Perhaps you need a substitute to replace your image.”

“Substitute…”

Being reminded by the Academy Head, an image quickly flashed through my mind.

“A Fool's Dream! How about trying a Fool's Dream? After all, Fool's Dreams are quite popular in the Witch Cat Cafe…”

“A Fool's Dream, huh? That's an idea.”

Mei Linde was naturally familiar with Fool's Dreams.

Thinking of the image she had helped to create, it was indeed a very cute little fellow.

At this point, the promotion plan and prototype of the Seed of Great Knowledge reached its initial conclusion.

The conversation that followed was about a professional field that Academy Head Bev Ailana and Big Sis Bai could not participate in.

“Bai Yu, sis We've been excluded by those two.”

Bev Ailana was the first to approach Bai Yu, with a sense of shared misfortune.

After all, she had come here this time to talk to "old witch Mei" about the Game World they had encountered in the Small World.

She had already cast the bait first and asked questions later.

That world had now, with the audacity of a newborn calf, begun dispatching advance exploration "Players" to descend upon the Main World.

One must know that world contained a [Transcendent Knowledge].

The various academies were "fairly" competing for that [Transcendent Knowledge] from that world.

Although the Witch Academy was not short of this item, the Witch Academy was not generous enough to simply hand it over.

So, the next node of the World Script would be the collision between the Children of Destiny in the Main World and these Players, and the seizing of the Main World Destiny collected by those Players.

The Witch Academy knew its own affairs.

If an event was included in a Script Node, it was a tacit hidden rule that those at the Transcendent level could not interfere.

However, they had Little Han as a hidden card, so they didn't worry too much.

After all, Little Han was someone who liked to stir up trouble.

If Little Han had the ability to get that thing, why not give Little Han another [Transcendent Knowledge]?

“Mhm, but I truly don't have the ability to participate in conversations of this level. Academy Head Bev's visit to Academy Head Mei must be for a very important matter, right? Did we disturb you too much with our arrival this time?”

Big Sis Bai responded to Bev Ailana.

“Just call me Bev, or address me as sister, either works. I did come here this time to discuss some things with old witch Mei, but I'm not in a hurry anyway. How about I tell you about it? After all, while they're talking about their stuff, we can chat too. We should have quite a few common topics.”

Bev Ailana extended her hand and placed it on Bai Yu's shoulder in a familiar manner, acting like a close sister.

“Do you want to know more secrets of the Main World? As an Academy Head, I know quite a lot. I rarely tell others about these things, but this time… let's just say the circumstances are special.”