Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 542 -

Chapter 542: Explanation and Conversation

“Does Little Han know those people?”

Seeing my demeanor, Xia Li didn't know how to start the conversation, so Tan Han finally broke the silence.

“Not exactly. As of now, it seems only they recognize me.”

“Then how do you know each other? Is it convenient to tell us?”

“Mmm, I met them in another world,” I said.

“Another world?”

Xia Li finally spoke up at this moment.

She was clearly surprised and confused by my answer, her tone carrying a degree of bewilderment.

“Does Shop Manager not believe it?”

I was naturally not surprised by the Shop Manager's reaction, but I was thinking about how to explain it later.

“It's not that I don’t believe it, but objectively, we fundamentally cannot leave our world before achieving Transcendent Witch status.”

“Whether you can leave our world does not depend on whether you become a Transcendent Witch or not, but on the Earth Vein Chains. Shop Manager, you should know this concept, right?”

I asked the Shop Manager with a smile.

After all, she was a seasoned graduate senior.

Even if she hadn't achieved Transcendent Witch status, she had most likely learned about how to achieve Transcendent Witch status, as well as other precautions.

“…I know.”

Xia Li seemed to recall something, her gaze complicated.

She did not delve deeper into this question.

The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence.

But thinking about the people present—me, Tan Han, and the Shop Manager—the relationship between us was somewhat subtle, so subtle that discussing any topic seemed inappropriate.

Only discussing the objective facts that had just occurred could mask that subtle awkwardness.

“Then, Little Han, what do you mean by calling them Players and so on?”

Tan Han finally spoke again, breaking the silence.

“Players… as the name suggests, people who play games. Those guys are a bunch of lunatics who treat the real world as a game and play without any restraint.”

“The real world as… a game?”

Tan Han still couldn't grasp why such people existed.

“They are not people from our world, right?”

“Yes, they are indeed not people from our world. They are a group of very aggressive individuals, somewhat notorious outside the world, who like to invade various worlds and seize resources.”

“Then you must quickly inform the Academy's high-level staff about this! Such an important matter…”

“Do you think the Academy's high-level staff doesn't know? If I can access this level of information, how could the Academy Head and the others not know?”

I immediately retorted to Tan Han’s somewhat naive statement.

This matter had affected too widely, causing the paralysis of a city in the Main World.

The high-level staff of the Transcendent Academies simply couldn't ignore it.

If they didn't make some kind of statement, the Main World could not withstand these guys continuing to wreak havoc like this.

But I definitely wasn't going to tell Tan Han and the others about the Academy Head’s deliberate schemes.

“Then why do they know and not take any action? These guys are too dangerous. If they were to unknowingly install so-called nuclear bombs all over the world, destroying our entire world's civilization would only take a snap of the fingers!”

“I know, but let's not be so hasty. The enemy is not a piece of wood standing in front of us for us to hit. This matter cannot be solved by anger or assumptions alone.”

I said in a somewhat soothing tone.

“Then… are you saying that we just let those guys run rampant in our world like this?”

Tan Han was a little agitated at first, but quickly controlled her emotions and asked.

“The strength of these guys is not very strong. Their individual strength is very weak. The high aggression they possess relies on a very special type of weapon. You should be able to see that, right? To use an analogy, they are like deadly viral insects. They are pervasive, and… have never been fully exterminated. This is the predicament we face. If the Transcendent Mentors were to act, it would indeed be a massacre, but what would be the cost?”

“The cost…”

Hearing my words, both of them fell silent.

“The cost is that we expose our trump cards, and those insects will still gnaw at our world in the dark corners. And there is another issue.”

Saying this, I posed another question, but before they could figure it out, I began to mislead them again… oh no, I began to explain.

“You probably haven't seen a Mentor making a full-power move, right? Even if you have, it was only a point of contact. There have never been any full-scale Transcendent conflicts; you haven't even heard of them, because our world cannot withstand the full power of a Transcendent being. Therefore, the mode of conflict between Transcendent Academies is always based on students fighting.”

“…”

“Do you still remember the trip to Ninglan New City?”

Seeing that the other parties weren't speaking, I took the opportunity to bring up a topic.

“Ninglan New City…”

Tan Han naturally remembered.

It was an unforgettable experience.

“Was that another world?!”

“How should I put it? It is and it isn't. Because the place where Ninglan New City is located is also part of our world, but it is in… another space. This is a different concept from the world of those Players. But what I want to talk about is not this. It’s… didn’t you feel something was wrong during that trip? The abnormal power of Spells there.”

“Indeed, there… although we were not physical entities, we could still cast spells, but the power of the spells was terrifyingly strong…”

Tan Han recalled the time.

It was true.

At that time, when she learned it was a dream, she thought it was due to the nature of the dream.

But even though they possessed greater power, they ran into an enemy that could not be defeated just by sheer power.

“I can tell you some truth. That experience showed the true intensity of Spells, and the world we are currently in is enveloped by a terrifying Spell effect.”

“The power of the spells we use is weakened. Even the Transcendent Mentors are similarly weakened. The difference is that we are unknowingly and forcibly weakened, while the Transcendent Mentors are… actively and knowingly accepting it.”

“And all of this is to… prevent the unintentional force of the Transcendent level from causing more irreversible damage to our world.”

“So… Little Han, you explained so much… does this mean that… the Mentors are also going to stand by this time… is that right?”

After listening to my explanation, Tan Han quickly grasped the true meaning from my deliberate long speech.

“Tan Han, do you want to be a… Savior?”

I avoided Tan Han’s question and instead asked a seemingly unrelated one.

And Tan Han was stunned when she heard this question, because this was not the first time I had asked her this.

When was the last time… when was the last time?

The last time, she was still very naive and a little impulsive, but now… she had learned to calmly think: why should she care about this matter?

When the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.

So, was she willing to become such a tall person?

“I don't want to be a Savior… but this matter is happening right in front of me… and it has affected so many people…”

“You haven't changed, Tan Han,” I said in a flat tone, neither complimentary nor derogatory.

Although she hadn't changed, she had improved, visibly so.

At least this time, she was much calmer and didn't yell at me.

Wait… did she yell at me last time?

I forgot.

I generally forget unimportant things very quickly.

“Then will you still be like last time…”

“Maybe? But I’m very busy now. Maybe you don’t have any concept of how busy I am, but it’s the kind where I can’t free myself.”

I didn't give any promises.

Although I would actively involve myself in this incident, I wouldn't tell them explicitly.

Having reliance and not knowing whether you have reliance are two different concepts.

If I was participating in this incident for benefit, then Tan Han and the others were merely forced into it.

They were indeed Children of Destiny—so emotional.

I truly didn't know if Tan Han would eventually shout something about the power of friendship at the final boss and completely drive these Players out of the world.

Speaking of this, I remembered something else.

“Oh, I almost forgot. Did I miss updating my contact information for you two when I updated my contacts? It’s just a small matter anyway…”

I took out two business cards and handed them over.

I had recently made too many Witch Sisters acquaintances, to the point where, after one of the Witch Sisters mentioned the business card that could summon me, they became highly sought after, causing me to refine many of them overnight, even stockpiling them just in case.

Then, I marked them so that if they wanted to summon me later, I would know who was summoning me.

“This is… a business card?”

Xia Li hesitantly took the business card.

Looking at such an exquisite business card, which even had traces of refining, she was a little confused and looked up at me.

“Yes, it is indeed a business card. It has a Reverse Summoning Spell Ritual on it, just like the small object Tan Han used earlier. This is the finished product after an updated version. I will also know who is summoning me. Next time I encounter an unknown Summoning Ritual, I might ignore it because I’m busy. If you encounter such a crisis again, I might not respond, so this will have to do for now.”

I explained to them.

“Thank you…”

“Thank you, Little Han.”

“It’s nothing. Just be safe in the future. By the way, do you have any more questions? If not, I have quite a few questions myself.”

I asked.

“What do you want to know, Little Han?”

“Hmm, firstly, I'm naturally curious…”

I said, looking at Shop Manager Xia Li.

She looked slightly uncomfortable under my gaze, her eyes darting away.

“Shop Manager What exactly is that item that makes those mad dogs so covetous?”

“It is… ahem…”

Xia Li didn't know how to start the conversation.

Should she directly say [Transcendent Knowledge]?

But she had already decided to give this item to Tan Han, and had already told Tan Han.

And the previous Little Han had expressed a desire for it… Although it was her own item and she could give it to whoever she wanted, the complexity of the matter was far beyond what this one point could explain.

As an Old Fritter who had been around for a while, how could she not know the difficulty of managing favors and obligations?

“Those guys called it a Technology Core. Since they are so fixated on it, it shouldn't be a simple item, right?”

Seeing the Shop Manager hesitate like this, I asked again.

“Mmm… Technology Core… but it has another name in Witch Academy… [Transcendent Knowledge].”

“Oh, I see.”

I wasn't too surprised to hear this answer.

It was so bland that the Shop Manager found my reaction somewhat unreal.

In fact, this matter was pretty much explained when I chatted with Senior Ying Shiqian, right?

I hadn't expected those Players to already be eyeing the Shop Manager’s Transcendent Knowledge.

“No wonder, Shop Manager, you’ve been stubbornly guarding it. This item really cannot be given to them. I remember you valued this item more than your life, Shop Manager. By the way, Shop Manager, why did you suddenly carry such an important item outside? It's quite chaotic outside right now, and you can easily run into big trouble, like you did now.”

When I finished saying this, the Shop Manager fell silent again.

Although I roughly guessed the reason, I still asked the question.

Should I say I was a topic killer… I felt a bit inappropriate after saying that, but… I was also very curious about how the Shop Manager would answer.

The first time the Shop Manager took me into her little treasury, she fiercely guarded that piece of [Transcendent Knowledge], saying she would never give it away.

Now, she was going to give it to Tan Han.

Although I had removed the macroscopic influence of Destiny for her at that time, she still couldn't escape the fate of giving the item to Tan Han.

One had to say that Destiny was truly compelling.

Those involved in the game had no free will; it was probably just like this.

If I were someone who knew nothing, I would probably blame the Shop Manager for not giving it to me, right?

Even if I didn't say it, I would still feel a slight imbalance inside.

But now, I was someone who possessed two Grand Spellbooks, and I was even planning to turn a third piece of [Transcendent Knowledge] into my third Grand Spellbook.

Looking back at the one in the Shop Manager’s hand now… it seemed completely dispensable.

What's more, this was an incomplete piece of [Transcendent Knowledge].

As for the other "fragments" of this Transcendent Knowledge, they were probably closely related to the Script, which looked very troublesome.

“I… originally decided to… give this to Tan Han…”

After saying this, Xia Li felt as if most of her strength had been drained away, but there was no helping it; this was the decision she had made.

“I never said I would take it.”

Tan Han suddenly spoke up.

“It should belong to the person who is more suitable for it.”

Watching these two cooperate so tacitly, I suddenly felt like laughing.

“Then, Tan Han, who do you think is more suitable for it?”

“More suitable…”

Tan Han was momentarily speechless by my question, but at this moment, she seemed to have made some kind of decision.

But just as she was about to speak, I interrupted her.

“Think carefully before you speak, alright? What decision did you make when you faced a similar situation last time? And who did those Spellbooks you didn’t want eventually end up with…”

“This… this is different!”

Prompted by my reminder, Tan Han’s pupils instantly contracted, and she quickly reacted and tried to explain.

“It’s the same, all… the same. Why don’t you ask Shop Manager Xia Li?”

My gaze carried a slight smile, and then I led Tan Han to look at Xia Li.

Xia Li was also a bit helpless, not knowing what to say.

But I spoke for her.

“Some concepts are already public knowledge, yet some people choose to turn a blind eye. Destiny is the invisible hand pushing, and the Script is the summary of the process… the sentence circulating on the Academy Network is not wrong: those who possess the Seed of Destiny are the ones who will ultimately compete for everything in this world.”

“It’s… this again…”

Hearing what I said, Tan Han’s hand instinctively clenched…

Prompted by me, she suddenly found that many things were instantly explained.

Tan Han at this moment was like an uninformed ordinary person learning about the concept of a "Conspiracy Theory."

All the absurdities of the world could be perfectly explained by it.

“Is it Destiny again…”

Tan Han muttered, her tone filled with unwillingness.

“Destiny? Perhaps you misunderstood one thing, Tan Han. Destiny is never your enemy, and no one has predetermined your life.”

“If you are willing to look forward, you still see infinite possibilities. But if you look backward, you only see one predetermined path, and that path is called Destiny. The meaning of 'Destiny cannot be changed' is that the past cannot be changed.”

“If you allow the concept to be subtly replaced, and believe that resisting Destiny means resisting the predetermined facts forced upon you by others, that is the tragedy. Because what you are resisting is always your past self. The moment you believe you have succeeded, that is the beginning of the tragedy. You negate everything about yourself, and the current you, without the support of your past, is only a castle in the air. You don't even have the qualification to move forward.”