It's weird to apply for Witch Academy as a boy

"Yeah." I nodded, but I still felt uneasy. Was he being beaten at his doorstep?

Maybe even the dean felt that this matter had caused a big mess. It was clearly just a planned distribution of luck, but the abyss demon interfered.

"Then... Dean, you came to me not just to tell me these things, right?"

After learning about the existence of nightmares, I roughly understood the situation. Since the dean said that nightmares will not cause harm to people, then the only thing that can kill people is nightmares.

So I won’t waste any more time and get straight to the point.

I know very well that the dean has no obligation to come and educate me on various things. It is very likely that he wants me to do something, but don't forget to deviate from the script... If you want to deviate from the script, you need to listen to the dean's arrangements.

Actually, I don't have a choice, right?

"Of course. Didn't I text you earlier? You want to deviate from the script, and this is a good opportunity."

"But... Dean, the way you said to get out of the script is to cut off the earth vein shackles, right?"

"It's not a conflict, is it? I know you have a lot of questions, such as what are the earth vein shackles, how to cut off the earth vein shackles, and what does this have to do with going to the dream world. Just listen to me and I will explain it to you slowly. This is why I created this clone. This matter can only be explained to you in person with every detail."

I nodded and was not so anxious anymore. After all, even the dean was not anxious, so why should I be anxious?

Keep a calm mind, many things are that simple.

"Last time, I simply told you about the concept of the Earth Vein Shackles, but it's just a name. Although it's called a shackle, it's also a form of protection for you. The Earth Vein carries the movement of the world and the flow of souls. The flow of souls in the world represents the birth and death of life. After death, souls return to the Earth Vein to circulate. After rebirth, the Earth Vein condenses souls and gives life. This is the most basic life cycle for the movement of the world. The Earth Vein Shackles are equivalent to... the umbilical cord for you. I guess that's the metaphor. I hope you can understand."

“It guarantees the necessary conditions for your life in this world, and it is also the proof of your relationship with this world.”

"If we look at it from a developmental perspective, a person will eventually leave the mother's body and have their umbilical cord cut short, which means cutting off the earth vein shackles and leaving their own world. But if we look at it now, if you choose not to be born, that is, not to leave this world, it is not necessary for you to cut the umbilical cord."

"I use the metaphor of mother and baby just to help you understand your relationship with the world. If you don't cut the umbilical cord, it means you are still connected to the mother, and the mother can have complete control over you, including... life and death."

"World consciousness is analogous to maternal consciousness. The script is similar to prenatal education, where the best child is selected and given birth. However, not all children are eligible for prenatal education. The luck seed is that qualification. Now you understand the situation of the script. The qualifications for prenatal education are dispersed, but only one is born. This means that the others will become nutrients for the one who survives to the end. Children who are not eligible for prenatal education should feel honored to even become nutrients, because without external help, those children will never be able to leave this world."

"So... the Son of Destiny is the only one who has left this world with the world's consent?"

"Yes, but I want to correct you. You are an existence that must leave because that is the result of the world consciousness's choice. If you are chosen to leave, you must go out and struggle, instead of still relying on your parents inside the matrix. That's probably what it means."

"So the Son of Fortune is a worker chosen by the World Consciousness to provide for her in her old age? Then how can the World Consciousness guarantee that the Son of Fortune will repay it if it escapes its control?"

"So this requires doing a good job of prenatal education, and this is the significance of the script," the dean explained.

Similarly, because of this, as a child chosen by the world consciousness, the behavior of the Son of Fortune can also influence the decision of the world consciousness. Controlling the Son of Fortune is the first step to changing the main world and replacing the soul essence world with the soul essence world.

But there is one thing Mei Lind didn't say, which is what role those who invaded the main world and interfered with the script played.

If I have to say...I guess he's a bad guy?

They interfere with prenatal education and cultivate the children of the world. They are responsible for providing resources and ultimately controlling the children of destiny. The world does not resist them, which means it acquiesces. This is equivalent to the world consciousness "selling children". They are simply complete bad guys.

Even witches who are outsiders and other races have deep connections with the world, but these cannot be said directly.

"It seems that I have gone off topic. Let's talk about how to cut off the shackles of the earth veins. The process of cutting off the earth veins is actually a process of playing a game with the world consciousness. Only the son of destiny can leave the main world, and that is recognized by the world consciousness."

"Other people provide a living environment for the Son of Luck. Just like you, your existence is just like a resource that circulates within the world. Your departure means a reduction in the world's resources. The stronger you are, the more resources you take away, but the greater the resistance you will encounter. So if you want to leave, you need to at least exchange equivalent resources from outside the world. But generally speaking, the world consciousness will want more resources than you represent."

"Does it have to be a resource from outside this world?" I asked, but I probably already knew the answer in my mind.

"Of course, you think that the resources you have belong to the world consciousness. This is meaningless. It's like you took your parents' money and said you wanted to redeem yourself. Would your parents agree? No, because it originally belonged to them. Even you are your parents' asset. This is the reality. The world is such an emotionless parent."

"So troublesome? Doesn't that mean I can't do it at all?"

"So I am here, right? I will help you with what I promised. I will provide you with enough resources to make the world consciousness make an exchange. Anyway, they are basically nothing to me."

"Thank you, Dean."

"It's nothing. You don't have to thank me, because compared to what you need to do, these are nothing." The dean shook his head and continued.

"The world consciousness generally does not communicate with the outside world. Do you know what this means? It means that if there is no way to communicate, no matter how many resources you have, it cannot exchange you out, because it cannot understand that these resources are used to exchange with you. You need to obtain a qualification to communicate with the world consciousness, even if it is passive communication, or even just a line of sight."

"Then... Is it so difficult for those graduated seniors to cut off the earth vein shackles?"

"Of course not. To you, graduating senior sister means becoming an extraordinary witch. The extraordinary level itself can do a lot of things just by relying on the life level. Although you will still be blocked by the world if you want to leave, the world can understand your intention to leave. When you have proved your determination and paid equal resources or costs, the world consciousness will judge the pros and cons. As you give more chips, until the world consciousness makes a choice to let you leave, this is a deal, but you are not qualified to do so. In the final analysis, it is because you are not strong enough. This strength does not refer to combat power, but your life level has not reached the level of playing games with the world consciousness."

The dean took the trouble to explain to me the reasons behind this. This principle sounds simple, and it is indeed so in practice, but in the final analysis it is still a game of qualifications, and strength is the qualification for conducting this transaction.

I am not qualified, so I need to pay more.

"Well... actually you can help me do this kind of thing, Dean?" For example, if the Dean wants to take me away from this world, the world consciousness can also understand what the Dean wants to do, but I didn't ask it directly.

"Yes, and it's easy, but you have to be prepared to bear the consequences of doing so."

"Consequences? What consequences?" I was a little surprised. I didn't expect the dean to say it so directly.

"Then you will owe me an extra favor. It is difficult to repay a favor. You know that, right? Now there is a way in front of you that does not require you to repay the favor. How will you choose?"

When I heard the dean say this, I was stunned. Just a favor?

But I soon realized that the dean had planned this. Although it seemed that he was letting me fight for it on my own, he would definitely help her accomplish something along the way, such as resolving this battle of luck?

If I choose to repay the favor, the dean might still ask me to help her complete the task. It's the same end result... Anyway, she's got me.

It's probably similar to when I asked the dean to help me cut off the earth vein shackles, and I was willing to do anything, but in the end the dean asked me to cut off the earth vein shackles by my own efforts...

It's up to me to choose whether to be a tool actively or passively...

"Okay... Dean, what should I do?" I spread my hands, looked at the Dean, and accepted this fact.

"It seems that you understand it very well. Intervene in the script and destroy the plans of the abyss demons. Don't let them gain luck. It's best if you don't gain luck in the middle of the process. This is what you need to do."

"What if I accidentally get luck?"

"Then die once and return your luck, and leave the rest to me."

"Die...die once?"

"It's not true death, it's just a change of body, or are you still reluctant to leave your current body?"

"Changing bodies... this..."

"So you still have some concerns, right?"

"No, no." I shook my head. I am a time traveler and definitely not the type who would care about my body.

"That's good. If you are really worried, you can just not touch your luck and you won't have to go through so much trouble."

Chapter 297 A burden? You are my spiritual support...

“Leave…?”

I was also a little dazed as I watched the dean's clone disappear.

After asking those questions, I talked with the dean about other things to enrich my knowledge.

I understand that I have no choice but to stir up this muddy water, and my expectations for Sister Bai may be dashed again.

I was willing to do whatever the dean asked me to do, after all, I had a duty to repay the favor. When I showed some abnormality, the dean had already noticed me. I have been so "smoothly sailing" all the way here, and it can be said that a lot of it was the dean who pushed me behind the scenes.

Including but not limited to the spell book of the unity of knowledge and action, as well as other benefits that I myself have not yet understood.

So, the only problem now is Sister Bai.

Sister Bai and I both signed a confidentiality agreement, which Sister Bai knew, but she certainly didn't know as much as I did, so I needed an excuse to convince Sister Bai, or... no excuse.

After all, Sister Bai called him not long ago, but now he is going against Sister Bai's behavior.

This is not something I can do on my own. Just like in the secret realm of Yucun, I thought everything would be fine as long as Sister Bai was safe outside. But when I saw Sister Bai was worried about me, I realized that I was overthinking.

"Oh... I'm starting to think too much again."

I slapped myself on the forehead. I realized that I seemed to be stuck in a dead end again. This kind of thing should be confessed directly to Sister Bai. What can't I tell Sister Bai?

Maybe there is, for example, the matter of the big spell book. It’s not that I don’t believe Sister Bai, but even knowing about this kind of thing may bring unimaginable disasters.

So I called Sister Bai again. I was going to tell Sister Bai some things. At least... if I explained it clearly, Sister Bai should understand whether what I was doing had any meaning.

And the meeting place...is at the Witch Cat Cafe.

This is already a place I am very familiar with. I have even met the "boss" behind it. Maybe we will cooperate in the future, so I naturally became familiar with this place.

It was just like last time, but this time I went to a themed cat house, which was a private room. After all, what Sister Bai and I talked about couldn't be heard by outsiders.

"Little Dark Cloud~ What a fate, seeing you again~"

As I walked into the Witch Cat Cafe, I ran into the pure black kitten I met before.

I walked up to it, picked it up, and brought it into the themed cat house, ignoring its meowing.

Then I ordered a dessert, coffee and a cat food set for Xiao Wuyun, and the rest of me just waited quietly for Sister Bai to arrive.

Not long after, before Little Wuyun had taken a few bites of the wool, Sister Bai came.

"Sister Bai, you're here." I quickly put down the cat strip and Little Black Cloud. I didn't expect Sister Bai to come so soon.

"Xiao Han, why are you contacting me so urgently? I even made an appointment with you at a cat cafe. What's going on?"

"Well, there are indeed some things I want to talk to you, Sister Bai." I nodded and said.

"Is it related to this sleeping curse?" Sister Bai asked tentatively.

The outside world does not know what caused this abnormal sleep, so the most direct name circulated on the academy website is the Sleeping Curse.

"There is indeed some relationship, but it is a little different from what Sister Bai thinks." I pushed the ordered drinks in front of Sister Bai, not knowing how to start the conversation for a moment. If I said it directly without any preparation, Sister Bai would definitely not agree, right?

"Is it really related to this? The death at Holy Angel College has spread across the college's website. The situation is not looking good. Xiaohan, you called me here...you're not trying to tell me that you want to get involved in this, are you?"

At this moment, Bai Yu naturally had some guesses of her own. She was most afraid that the person she cared about would do something stupid.

"Sister Bai, I know the cause of this incident. Can we put aside this serious matter and listen to something else?" I said softly.

"Well, okay." Bai Yu nodded. She was willing to listen to Xiaohan's explanation. She understood that she might not be able to stop Xiaohan from doing what she wanted to do, but at least she wanted to know why.

"Then I'll tell you." I nodded, and then with a snap of my fingers, a soundproof spell barrier appeared. This soundproof spell was just a small spell book, and it was physical soundproofing, but it was enough for use at the moment.

The soundproofing spell also has a powerful spellbook with a high cost, but I don't need such a high level of soundproofing.

"Sister Bai, do you still remember what happened to us in the secret realm of Yu Village?" I thought about it and decided to sort out some things starting from the Yu Village dream. If I remove the contents of the big spell book, it would make sense.

"In the secret realm of Yucun? Does it mean the secret realm collapsed or something happened?"

"I mean the nightmares I encountered, the nightmares that were part of stupid dreams."

"A nightmare that is part of a stupid dream... nightmare? Wait, do you mean that this incident was actually caused by a nightmare?" Bai Yu was naturally very smart. After the reminder and his own association, he quickly came up with the answer.

"We are very close. This incident was indeed caused by a nightmare. The nightmare is part of the foolish dream. The secret realm of the foolish village collapsed, and the foolish dream had nowhere to go. The sealed nightmare is even more so. Of course, the dean also had a hand in this."

"This matter also involves the dean? Wait...Xiao Han, how do you know so much?"

At this moment, Bai Yu frowned deeply. She didn't expect that this matter would be related to the dean. The dean also came out to calm everyone down before... so the water here is even deeper.

"The dean told me. Have you forgotten that the dean entrusted Yu Meng to me? You can understand that Yu Village Secret Realm was set up by the dean himself, and our arrival, my discovery, and other actions have helped the dean a lot. I can't say more."

"I understand. If you can't tell me, don't force me. Sister Bai, I'm not the kind of person who wants to know everything."

"Thank you, Sister Bai, for your understanding. Anyway, after the destruction of the Yu Village Secret Realm, the dean also accomplished what she wanted to do, and I also entered the dean's field of vision. Sister Bai, you know my special features, right? Clairvoyance..."

"Well, so the dean values ​​you because of this?" At this point, Bai Yu's eyes were filled with worry. Being valued by someone like the dean doesn't mean it's all good things. It also means greater danger. Even a small fluctuation in the dean's level may cause the little people around him to be doomed.

This is not an exaggeration. What the dean values ​​also needs to demonstrate corresponding value, which is not something Xiaohan can bear now. At least... this is what Bai Yu thinks.

"That's about right... Sister Bai, be happy. This is a good thing, isn't it? Why does Sister Bai always want to live a comfortable life like an ordinary person?"

"This...I..." At this moment, Bai Yu didn't know how to explain it. Should she just say that this was her topic?

Ordinary topics... make her always subconsciously bring this perspective into play, ordinary pursuit of comfort... this is a subconscious behavior.

"It's okay, Sister Bai, you have your own persistence, but I also have mine. So we need to find the fulcrum of balance among our differences." I shook my head to break the awkwardness at the moment. Is there anything that Sister Bai is unwilling to say?

Just like what Sister Bai just said about her behavior, she would not pursue it to the end.

"Actually, Sister Bai, nightmares don't kill people, but they are still dangerous. After all, we have all seen monsters like that before."

"Yeah." Bai Yu also nodded, recalling the time when he was dragged into the dream by that monster. Although it was thrilling, it did not cause any substantial harm to us. "Xiao Han, then you want to say that the death was actually fake?"

"No, it's true, but it's not caused by a nightmare." I shook my head.

"Not a nightmare? Then why did you mention nightmares, Xiaohan..."

"Sleep is caused by nightmares, but death is not. They are two different things," I corrected.

"This matter is just like...％&#hmm..." Just when I wanted to continue speaking, my mouth suddenly became uncontrollable and my words were not clear. In the end, I couldn't even make a sound.

I realized that what I wanted to say had already touched upon the hint of the script's meaning.

This naturally won’t provide any useful information to ordinary people, but Sister Bai has also signed a confidentiality agreement, so the implication I want to express is that the binding force of the contract can no longer be stopped.