Chapter 283: The Gossipy Roommates

“I'm back.”

Pushing open the door to the villa I hadn't returned to in a long time, my back was aching from sleeping in a tent before.

I really missed my big bed after all.

I looked at the time.

A lot of major events had happened in the academy today.

The students were here for the spectacle, while the teachers were here to see the real deal.

The Transcendent Witches who knew the inside story naturally understood what had happened today.

Today was the day a new Grand Spellbook was born in the Witch Academy of the Main World!

And it was also the moment when the attacks from outside the world were at their fiercest.

Don't forget, there was still an Abyssal Demon race outside the world eyeing this world covetously.

It could be said that taking advantage of the phenomenon of the Grand Spellbook's birth, the Abyssal Demons had made a new move.

It could be said that the days ahead for the Main World would not be peaceful.

And resisting foreign enemies, naturally, couldn't rely on just one Academy Head.

Many Transcendent Witches had also spontaneously followed in Academy Head Mei Linde's footsteps.

Even if it was just to lend support, it was a chance to show their faces.

Moreover, the Academy Head had just completed the creation of a Grand Spellbook.

The significance of this for reference was simply too great.

In the Witch Academy, there were plenty of Transcendent Witches who had dedicated their entire lives to the research of Grand Spellbooks.

Perhaps they didn't necessarily want to create a Grand Spellbook.

Because in the process of researching [Transcendent Knowledge], a large number of spell models could also be derived, and it wasn't even impossible for a primal spell sequence to appear.

But all of this had nothing to do with me, and it had nothing to do with all the students in the academy.

If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up, and the Academy Head is the tallest one.

All I know now is that when I really started to slow down the pace of my life, I already have endless things to do.

And this requires a very clear plan for my own life.

The previous plan, which was like playing house, was indeed a bit out of sync with my rhythm, and I also had to truly start a new life and make new friends, just as I had thought before.

Entering the door, I thought the villa would be as it used to be, with them gathered downstairs at night.

However, it seems I was overthinking it.

The only one who came to greet me was the smart housekeeper, Little Workhorse, which was like a robotic vacuum cleaner.

As soon as I saw it, I thought of this energy-guzzling household.

I subconsciously looked at how much reserve magic power the villa had left at the entrance.

After a quick look, there were still three digits, so I added some more to it.

I'm afraid that in the newcomer stage, my villa is the only one that dares to squander magic power like this.

“Little Workhorse, where are they?”

I tapped on Little Workhorse's top and asked.

“In the bedroom.”

Little Workhorse gave me a concise and clear answer to my question, but it didn't reveal any further information.

Saying more might involve personal privacy.

I didn't expect them to be in the bedroom.

I thought they had gone out to have fun.

Just as I was about to close the door with my front foot, a figure appeared at the doorway.

“Hmm? Little Han? You're back?”

A surprised voice sounded at the door.

This voice was very familiar to me.

I looked up and saw that it was Yu Yetian.

However, as soon as I looked up, my pupils instantly dilated!

At this moment, the girl in front of me was wearing a black dress that looked like a nun's habit.

It didn't have the cheap plastic feel of a cosplay costume.

The white base color and the black cloth hem formed a strong visual contrast.

The overall design was bold and avant-garde.

The tight-fitting top wrapped around a slightly flat chest, with a high-slit skirt, and the bare legs inside were faintly visible under the ceiling light in the entrance hall.

“Huh? Yu Yetian… what are you…?”

I looked at Yu Yetian in disbelief.

After a few days, she dared to dress so boldly?

Could it be that she has been corrupted by the others in the dormitory and has joined them in their ways?

“Oh, the new club I joined. The uniformly issued ascetic uniform. I should have told you that my original club disbanded, right, Little Han? I joined this club with a senior I know who is also an ascetic. For now… besides the clothes being designed to be a bit revealing, everything else is very good.”

Yu Yetian explained to me very calmly.

“Uh… it is indeed quite revealing.”

“I don't care about the opinions of others. Ascetics are like this. Besides, I have already become a girl, so I accept reality and experience a different life. On this point, Big Sis Xiao Han, you should see it more clearly than I do.”

Yu Yetian closed the door and changed her shoes.

I felt that at this moment, Yu Yetian had already completely integrated into the identity of a girl and had incorporated this behavior into various details.

I couldn't even find any proof that Yu Yetian was once a boy.

“By the way, I heard that you went to the Witch's Secret Realm for some kind of trial, Big Sis Xiao Han. You've been gone for so long, you must have made a lot of progress, right?”

“Huh? Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

“I'm just curious. Today, the academy network is abuzz with discussions about the strange phenomenon in the academy. I saw that many people are pointing the finger at you, so I'm a little curious.”

“Even you saw it?”

I rubbed my forehead slightly, feeling a little helpless.

“Yes, I'm not a primitive person, I can use a phone. This matter… Big Sis Xiao Han, you should be fine, right?”

“Of course I'm fine. Let's not talk about me. Yu Yetian, what have you been doing recently? I feel like I don't really know what you guys usually do.”

“Me? Naturally, I attend classes when there are classes, and when there are no classes, I go to the library to read books or something. I know too little about the transcendent world and transcendent power. I need to understand a lot of common sense myself. The popular science course on transcendent common sense theory is also too general, there's nothing I can do about it.”

“I didn't expect you to be so diligent?”

“It's alright. Students who can enter the Witch Academy basically have some strength. They naturally know very well what they need. And… Big Sis Xiao Han, you might have underestimated the influence of newcomers like you. Not just you, but also Tan Han and the others. It has greatly stimulated many people to compete fiercely among themselves.”

“Everyone is competing… good, good, good.”

I smiled and shook my head.

I had just planned to relax, but others had started to compete.

I hope those people don't develop any problems from the competition.

While Yu Yetian and I were having an awkward chat downstairs, there was a commotion upstairs at this moment.

“Who's back, Hong Chenyi? My food… hmm? Little Han… sis?”

“Hi Dongli Yiren, it's been a while. How are you?”

I looked up and smiled at Dongli Yiren.

So the one in the bedroom Little Workhorse mentioned was Dongli Yiren.

At this moment, Dongli Yiren was wearing loose pajamas and holding a pen in her hand.

But after seeing me, she seemed to have thought of something and scurried back into her room.

“What's with her?”

I turned to Yu Yetian next to me and asked.

“I'm not sure. Dongli Yiren has been working very hard these days. She's even growing some plants and flowers on the top floor. I heard her say that you guided her…”

“Oh.”

I nodded.

It seems Dongli Yiren has changed a lot.

After recognizing the current situation, she has also burst out with such motivation.

Not long after, Dongli Yiren came out of the bedroom again, but with several notebooks in her hand.

“Uh… Big Sis Xiao Han, um… I’ve written down everything in this notebook, I'm returning it to you…”

“You can keep it. You don't have to return it anyway. You can keep it as a souvenir.”

I waved my hand and said.

Anyway, this thing would just collect dust in my hands.

“What's the situation with you guys?”

“Well, it’s like this…”

“I’ve figured out what I want to do. Big Sis Xiao Han helped me borrow the notes.”

At this moment, Dongli Yiren explained to Yu Yetian before I could, “Um, in that case, I’ll put these notebooks away for now.”

“Mm, as you wish.”

I nodded.

Seeing how cautiously Dongli Yiren was treating them, it seems these notebooks had a great impact on her.

“By the way, Dongli Yiren, just asking, are you interested in working as a part-time helper at a plantation? You might be able to come into contact with many rare transcendent plants.”

“Plantation?”

Faced with my sudden question, Dongli Yiren quickly grasped the key word.

“Yes, a place in the Witch Academy that specializes in cultivating transcendent plants. It’s very large and troublesome to manage. There are always places where spells can’t reach. There…”

“I understand. I'll go take a look when I have time.”

Obviously, at this moment, Dongli Yiren naturally had her own plans.

Seeing her like this, I didn't make a decision for her without her permission.

It was a good thing I didn't tell Sofili that I was going to recommend Dongli Yiren.

But at this moment, compared to these trivial matters, they were more interested in my sudden return and the big commotion I had caused today.

And I also briefly told them what had happened in the secret realm.

Of course, I skipped over the parts that couldn't be said.

They listened with great interest, especially about the Fool's Dream race.

This was a new intelligent existence they had seen besides humans.

As for the other races from other academies, I only vaguely realized at this moment that they didn't care about this change in race.

They still considered themselves human, just that transcendent power made them appear in a different form to others.

This kind of thought or idea might be a concept that had been constantly instilled in them since birth.

They might think that everything was very reasonable, but I found it awkward, especially my aversion to academies like the Imp Academy.

And there were many such academies.

Even such academies could recruit a large number of students, which already explained the problem.

“And then? What about those Fool's Dream? The secret realm has collapsed, don't they have nowhere to go?”

“Yeah… Big Sis Xiao Han, you really are something else. The explosion of the secret realm really has something to do with you?”

“Wait… Hong Chenyi? When did you get back?”

At this moment, Dongli Yiren also noticed that there was another person here, “Didn't you bring me food?”

“Aiya, I did, of course I did. The hungry Yiren in the dormitory is still waiting for my feeding, how could I not bring it?”

Hong Chenyi stretched out her hand and revealed the already packed bag.

“That’s more like it.”

Dongli Yiren took the bento box and then sat down quietly waiting for my response.

“Big Sis Xiao Han, you still haven't said what to do with those Fool's Dream?”

“What else can be done? But I do know some inside information.”

I said.

“What inside information?”

“Those Fool's Dreams might appear in the Witch Academy in a different form. I heard that the Academy Head personally took action to reshape their bodies. Maybe we can see them in the academy then.”

“Really? I'm already looking forward to it!”

“By the way, Big Sis Xiao Han, since you’re back from the secret realm, do you want to pop up in the group chat to prove that you’re back? After all, Big Sis Xiao Han, you are the nominal class president of our Class 14!”

“This… is probably not necessary.”

I looked at Hong Chenyi.

Although I said so, I subconsciously opened my phone.

At this moment, the class group chat and mutual aid group on my phone could no longer be described as exploding.

That would be an understatement.

“Big Sis Xiao Han, if you don't want to be too troubled, then leave it all to me. Can I tell them about your situation in the class group chat? I think the people in the class will be very interested in this.”

“I don't mind. Just don't add too much fuel to the fire and make it too outrageous.”

I waved my hand.

For someone like Hong Chenyi who likes to gossip and chat in group chats, I naturally wouldn't care too much.

Even if she took my picture at the beginning of the semester, I didn't care.

I'll just take it as promoting the class's understanding of me.

But speaking of understanding between classmates, they are always constantly trying to understand me, but I seem to have never taken the initiative to understand them.

As the days passed, the heat of the many topics that were being spread on the academy network also slowly cooled down.

No one received any announcement about the person responsible for the collapse of the Witch's Secret Realm.

In the end, all they got was an announcement that Academy Head Mei Linde had successfully created a Grand Spellbook.

But unfortunately, this announcement didn't cause much of a stir.

After all, a considerable number of people in the Witch Academy didn't know what a Grand Spellbook represented, and they didn't even know that such a thing as a Grand Spellbook existed.

And the seniors who had a little bit of knowledge also knew very well that they were not qualified to obtain such a Grand Spellbook.

And I also completely relaxed for a few days.

Of course, it wasn't really just lying around and doing nothing.

Instead, I started to carefully plan my future studies and life.

After calming down and carefully calculating, I really had a lot of things to do.

Not to mention the matter with the Academy Head, just organizing and understanding the new spellbooks I had obtained would take a lot of time.

Even if I don't plan to continue to struggle with spellbooks at this stage, it doesn't mean I don't need to understand my own means.

Sometimes, understanding yourself is more important than understanding anything else.

The next thing is to make use of the prizes from this exchange competition, such as the opportunity to customize an alchemy item.

However, I haven't thought about this yet, so I plan to save it for now.

Anyway, there is no time limit for this.

Next is… Shop Manager Xia Li. Regarding the promise of the little treasury before the exchange competition, I still haven't cashed it in with the shop manager.

But I have already contacted the shop manager by phone.

The shop manager said that she will not go back on her word.

As long as I want it, she will open her little treasury for me at the first opportunity.

Finally, I originally planned to master a skill.

It was originally alchemy.

I had even deliberately learned the runes of the related alchemy ritual.

But seeing Big Sis Bai's powerful physical arts that crushed everything in the Fool's Village secret realm, I also wanted to try cultivating physical arts.

But my energy is limited, so I plan to continue learning alchemy as planned.

Even the things I redeem with the shop manager later, I plan to exchange them for some alchemy-related things.

As for the magic power source for the spellbook, it is not a rigid need.

Besides, I already have so many spellbooks that I can't use them all.

More would just be the icing on the cake and enrich my foundation.

If I want to enrich my foundation, I also have other plans, which is the Lesser Spellbook collection plan.

Although the effect and power of a Lesser Spellbook are much worse than an ordinary spellbook, the effect it has is very good.

It is suitable for all aspects of life, such as… Illumination Spell, Fire Starting Spell, Invisible Hand, and so on.

Just as I was excitedly continuing to plan my future studies and life, a phone call came.

“Hello, Teacher Ji Niang, what's the matter?”

“There is something, something big. Come to my place right away. The Academy Head wants to see you. I'll take you there.”