Chapter 471: Fool's Dream's Small Request
As the villa door was pushed open, a figure imdiately 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 confird no one was in the second-floor bedroom, imdiately 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; so of the falling ribbons drifted to the second floor, a commotion she naturally didn't miss.
"Sorry, that was ."
Dongli Yiren looked slightly apologetic.
"It's my first ti 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 mont, 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 ca along this ti, 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 ti, these two Fool's Dreams actively requested to co along.
Afterward, Guan Qiuling t up with Hong Chenyi and the others, who had just finished their class eting, for this simple celebration.
Due to the hurried timing, and for this surprise, they hadn't prepared much, only buying so 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 mont, 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 montarily stunned.
This was her first ti being called "Big Sis Dongli Yiren" by soone, especially that soft "Big Sis" that made her freeze on the spot.
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 sothing 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 ti Big Sis Dongli Yiren cos 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, co 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 soone 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 ti, 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 sothing 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 , 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 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 sothing more, but then noticed that the people downstairs suddenly beca silent.
Just as she was about to try and say sothing, 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 sothing 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 confird you weren't in the bedroom... how co 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 ? 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 co 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 , let treat you too. How about we go out for a simple al? My treat."
"Alright we won't be polite with Big Sis Xiao Han! Really, Big Sis Xiao Han, you secretly beca 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 eting started. When she said your student registration was canceled, it gave a fright, then I found out you directly beca 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 eting probably talked about the joint exam, right? Why don't you tell 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 assessnt?"
"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 beco a proctor?!"
"Proctor? Not to that extent, right? I'm just a Teaching Assistant assisting the ntor, at most handling so 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 al.
"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 so 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 beco 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 sa path anymore or sothing."
"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 al, we didn't talk about anything else, only discussing so matters concerning the multi-school joint exam.
Dongli Yiren and Guan Qiuling listened very carefully, as their class had not yet held a class eting, 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 assessnt 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 sa 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 imnse.
A gathered team could divide scores equally, or give everything to one person.
So, at that ti, various situations might arise, such as inter-school cooperation, backstabbing, internal strife, and betrayal, which might even beco commonplace.
Moreover, these resource points also contained essential food and water resources for daily supplies, which were extrely important.
And this ti, scores could not be forcibly taken, which greatly reduced the situation where students would fight to the death upon eting.
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 ford 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 ntors in the fourth year.
As for the judgnt 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 extrely tedious and ti-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 rely 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 ntor to leave the joint exam venue.
Once one voluntarily left, the joint exam would be completely over, and the outco of their score would be left to fate.
...
This celebratory al finished quickly.
Hong Chenyi and the others wanted to make so 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 eting in the afternoon.
Taking the academy's bus would make them a bit tight on ti.
Even though they had learned a lot of rules during this al, they were not so willful as to skip the class eting.
In the end, only the two Fool's Dreams were left with .
"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 ca this ti because we have sothing 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 sothing to tell ? What is it?"
I raised an eyebrow, a little surprised, but still asked.
"Big Sis Xiao Han, actually, the main reason we ca this ti is to tell you sothing. So 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 so 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 fragnted, 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 , just like when my Dream State ca to Ninglan New City, where Fool's Dream handled everything for , and I was conducting experints 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 experintal assistants for .
But seeing Fool's Dream's expectant expressions... and then thinking about my trial agreent with the Academy Head, I naturally couldn't ignore Fool's Dream.
However, I still had no clue how Fool's Dream could beco a true life form.
But an idea imdiately 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 erged within them.
Moreover, they were closely related to the Great Wisdom Enlightennt Spell, and the Great Wisdom Enlightennt 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 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 must completely obey my requirents."
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