Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 548 -

Chapter 548: Resurrection Spell and the Wan Shi Wu Club

As I looked at the information presented by the Appraisal Spell, my face grew somber.

This girl was a Child of Destiny that the Witch Academy had brought back earlier.

She was in the same batch as Lucianne, but I hadn't expected her to be so unremarkable that I had no impression of her name.

Sang Yuan.

This was her name.

She originally belonged to a Beast Academy Affiliated Half-beastman Academy.

No wonder there was no commotion when she was brought in.

The guys from the Beast Academy... no wonder they kept silent.

They wouldn't dare challenge the Witch Academy.

Moreover, the information indicated that the opponent was abused before her death.

If it was only this... it would be acceptable, but... her entire family was also killed!

This was not the primary scene of her death.

The information I could acquire was not extensive, but if I wanted to use the Resurrection Spell later, the required ritual and the consumed casting materials, especially those for attracting the Soul-substance, would be substantial.

Therefore, the Resurrection Spell was best cast at the moment of death, where the consumption was minimal.

When I first used the Resurrection Spell, I didn't even use any extra casting materials.

However, no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't change the current, established fact.

The occurrence of this incident also seemed to clarify how the situation I observed in the Destiny Gazing Technique—the Players rising to besiege a Child of Destiny—came about.

If this Child of Destiny was used as a sacrifice to acquire a certain amount of Destiny threads, the Players could then deploy more Players, and use this opportunity to strike again…

Their target was definitely not just these unimportant Children of Destiny.

What they needed were the Destiny threads.

The time frame when those Players realized there was more than one Child of Destiny might be earlier than I had anticipated!

Furthermore… one more thing needed attention.

This already deceased "former Child of Destiny"... seemed to have lost her identity.

The Seed of Destiny inside her, which hadn't bloomed much, was now riddled with cracks.

This state was worse than even Qiu Ruxin's initial state; it could no longer retain Destiny.

So, even if she was resurrected, she would permanently lose the identity of a Child of Destiny.

However, I naturally wouldn't be satisfied with just this information; I needed to know more.

I wanted to understand how those Players plundered Destiny... was it really just by killing a Child of Destiny?

That might not be the case.

As time passed, a Mentor finally arrived late.

This Mentor was carrying some ritual tools and quite a few materials.

She had probably been delayed this long by looking for these things.

After arriving here, she only glanced around, but her gaze immediately fixed on me amidst the dense crowd.

She gave me a slight smile, as if only I in the crowd was worth a second look.

However, her gaze did not linger for too long.

She then walked to the side of the person who had collapsed on the ground.

She knelt down, symbolically examined the dead body, and then rummaged through a small box for some pre-prepared material powders and unknown biological blood used for compounding.

After some tinkering, she picked up a pen-like object and began drawing the Rune Ritual on the spot.

Her hand was like a printer.

Without the aid of any rulers or tools, she quickly completed a very regular ritual formation.

It wasn't until she finished drawing that I suddenly realized the method she used… did not seem to involve using a Resurrection Spell Spellbook?

Instead, it was Bare-handed Casting, completely detached from a Spellbook!

No wonder she needed the assistance of casting materials and a Ritual.

It turned out they were used to counteract the suppression of the Great Weakening Spell.

However, as I had guessed earlier, most of the purpose of the casting materials and the Ritual was to use the original body as an Anchor to draw the Soul-substance back.

After a brief observation, I completely understood the technique of this Mentor.

However, I was still very curious as to why this Mentor didn't directly use the Resurrection Spell...

But I didn't rush to ask.

Instead, I pondered the reason myself.

After a short while, I seemed to figure it out.

After advancing to Transcendent status, one's Immortality might reach a state I couldn't understand, so the death state of a Transcendent powerhouse might also be a terrifying, special state.

Therefore, the general Resurrection Spell was no longer applicable to them.

And a Resurrection Spell like that was useless to them, so it would naturally be eliminated.

The reason they eliminated it so decisively was that they could choose to perform Bare-handed Casting to achieve such a Spell.

I had almost fallen into a misconception: that Witches absolutely must use a Spellbook.

Did the Witch Race not cast Spells before the invention of the Spellbook?

Definitely not.

The Great Weakening Spell was only a special product of the Main World.

But even with the Great Weakening Spell, it didn't mean that a Witch's direct Spell Casting was weak.

For a Witch, resurrecting a living organism that they fully understood, from its simple body structure to its Soul-substance being clear at a glance, naturally didn't require too much mental effort.

As the light of the Spell Ritual shone brightly, the terrifying power immediately caused the surrounding crowd to back away.

This was also the first time many students had seen the Resurrection Spell being cast.

After all, within the Witch Academy, outside of the Open-air Arena, genuine death cases were rarely seen under normal circumstances, let alone in a setting like this.

As the Soul-substance of the deceased gathered into a humanoid phantom carrying enormous memories, I roughly understood that this resurrection was about to conclude.

I also quietly used the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell to acquire more information.

Of course, I was not targeting the Soul-substance or the direct memory of this deceased girl, but the nearby Earth Vein.

After all, a flying goose leaves a trace.

Her Soul-substance and memory, after such an ordeal, must have left some information behind.

Even after she was resurrected, I estimated she might not remember many things.

After obtaining some information that satisfied me, I was about to leave the crowd when I suddenly saw a familiar figure at the main entrance of the Wan Shi Wu Club.

“Oh So this was all planned. How interesting.”

I muttered to myself subconsciously.

I seemed to be starting to like the Script.

This life, where coincidences happened everywhere, was somewhat captivating to me.

It was as if one never needed to be confused at any point in life; Destiny would guide the final direction.

“Hello, we meet again.”

I was the first to greet them.

They were quite surprised to see me, possibly not expecting to run into me in this particular place.

Of course, I was also surprised.

It wasn't strange for me to run into Lucianne here, but… Qiu Ruxin was also following the senior sister named Daphne.

“Big Sis Little Han!”

Qiu Ruxin was undoubtedly the most excited one of the group when she saw me.

“Shh, quiet down.”

I said, gently stroking Qiu Ruxin’s little head.

“Something has happened here. It’s best not to be loud.”

“Mmm, mmm! I understand.”

Qiu Ruxin quickly lowered her voice.

At this moment, Daphne brought Lucianne forward to greet me.

After all, the difference in status between us now was that of a student and a teacher.

“Hello, Teacher Little Han.”

Daphne stepped forward and spoke.

This time, she didn't even call me a Teaching Assistant but addressed me directly as a Teacher.

“May I ask what happened here?”

“Roughly, a student was killed, and that Mentor is using the Resurrection Spell to revive her. That’s about the situation,” I said concisely.

“Killed a student from the Witch Academy?!”

Daphne was greatly astonished by my words.

However, she was a member of the Wan Shi Wu Club, and this was the headquarters of the Wan Shi Wu Club.

She wanted to step forward to understand the situation but found that the resurrection was currently in a critical stage.

As the deceased person opened her eyes again, experiencing death and resurrection for the first time, she still seemed somewhat shaken.

Especially the dense crowd around her caused her to panic.

Carrying the emotions from before her death, she instinctively tried to resist and scream, but she was eventually soothed by the Mentor.

The matter seemed to have concluded just like that.

The Spell Ritual drawn on the ground had already turned into ashes, which scattered with a blow.

At this moment, the Mentor also left with the recently resurrected student.

Seeing the matter concluded, the surrounding crowd also gradually dispersed.

Daphne closely followed the departing Mentor.

It was clear she wanted to continue to understand the situation.

However, the Mentor did not explain the details to her.

Or rather, this Mentor didn't understand them herself; she was only responsible for casting the Resurrection Spell.

After failing to obtain any useful information, Daphne suddenly realized she had done something rather foolish.

“Sorry, sorry… Teacher Little Han, I was too eager just now. Teacher Little Han, do you have any business coming here this time?”

“Nothing in particular.”

I didn't care much about Daphne's sudden return.

“I just wandered here. This is my first time visiting, and I happened to catch a good show of the Resurrection Spell.”

“I see. In that case, let me take you to the reception room. It’s quite crowded here, and it will be quieter there.”

Daphne said, leading the way and preparing to take me to the reception room.

Regardless of my purpose for coming this time, even if I was just here to watch the show, they felt it was necessary to host me.

The distance from the front hall of the Wan Shi Wu Club to the reception room in the back was not far.

However, Daphne was still very excited about my arrival and spoke to me a lot, including some things about Qiu Ruxin, her tone carrying a hint of eagerness, until we entered the reception room.

This was the first time I had received such treatment.

“Does Teacher Little Han want anything to drink?”

“Coffee, please, anything is fine,” I said.

I was quite fond of coffee after all.

She then asked Qiu Ruxin and Lucianne what they wanted before letting the girl responsible for the refreshments in the reception room go and prepare them.

“I didn't expect to meet you here today, Teacher Little Han. Since this is the Wan Shi Wu Club's territory, we should extend a bit of host's courtesy…”

“Oh, no need for formalities. I prefer a more natural chat. Just treat me as an ordinary person.”

I quickly waved my hand, signaling the other party to stop her stiff words.

“A-alright…”

Daphne quickly nodded.

This was one of the few times she had dealt with someone of my status.

It was a lie to say she wasn't nervous.

If this were before, she would naturally treat the opponent as a Teaching Assistant, and she wouldn't be so reserved.

But after learning some of the publicly noted information about the Wan Shi Wu Club, her mentality changed.

“That’s strange… you weren't so reserved the last time you saw me. By the way, did something happen to the Wan Shi Wu Club? That person clearly died outside the school. Why was she brought to the Wan Shi Wu Club after being brought back to the Academy?”

“I… I’m really sorry. I don't know much about this. Perhaps the person who brought her back was a member of the Wan Shi Wu Club. After all, they all know there is a Mentor here who possesses the Resurrection Spell. Since the Wan Shi Wu Club is the offline location for the Academy’s mission releases, it’s normal to look for the Wan Shi Wu Club when something happens.”

“I see.”

I did not continue to press the issue.

My reason for coming to the Wan Shi Wu Club was partly coincidence, and partly to understand the extent of the students' knowledge about the outside world's situation at this stage.

But this was indeed an unexpected event.

I hadn't expected to run into Qiu Ruxin here.

“Let's change the topic. I didn't expect to see Qiu Ruxin here. Is she following you here because she joined the Wan Shi Wu Club?”

“Yes, Big Sis Little Han, I did join the Wan Shi Wu Club,” Qiu Ruxin nodded and spoke first.

“Little Sister Qiu Ruxin is quite special. We noticed her shortly after she appeared in the Academy, and then we extended an invitation to her. Teacher Little Han, you don't mind, do you?”

“Of course, I don’t mind. I left in a hurry back then, and I forgot to leave my contact information. I didn’t expect our next meeting to be now. In any case, thank you, members of the Wan Shi Wu Club, for helping to look after Qiu Ruxin.”

After all, I had lost contact with her ever since I brought her into the Witch Academy.

Perhaps Big Sis Bai was a bit jealous when she learned that Qiu Ruxin had that kind of intention towards me.

But now that Big Sis Bai had calmed down, she shouldn't do something like that again.

I had always treated Qiu Ruxin as a normal friend, and… she also contributed to the formation of my Great Tree of Knowledge.

Regardless, this relationship couldn't be denied.

Furthermore, I also intended to give Qiu Ruxin a Seed of Great Knowledge.

As I was talking with Daphne, the desire in her words to establish a connection with me was somewhat unconcealed.

However, I wasn't particularly averse to her attitude.

Perhaps it was because I had been interacting with the Witch Sisters too much lately, and I had somewhat adapted to this way of getting along and connecting with others.

Moreover, she had genuinely been taking care of Qiu Ruxin recently.

Just at this moment, the girl who had been preparing the refreshments pushed the door open from the side.

But along with her, a tall girl also entered.

The moment the other party came in, her gaze immediately fixed on me.

“Teacher Little Han, I just heard from a student that you actually came here. You really didn’t say a word. Let me introduce myself. My name is Xing Anlei, one of the Vice Presidents of the Wan Shi Wu Club. If you want to learn anything, or accept or commission anything from the Wan Shi Wu Club, just tell me.”

The girl, who introduced herself as Xing Anlei, spoke to me very familiarly.

“Hello. I didn't expect that I was just wandering here to join the fun, and yet this would make you pay so much attention to me.”