Chapter 841: The Unexpected "Visitor" of Fool's Village, the Witch Aina
"This is…… hmm?"
I looked at this "visitor" who had arrived at Fool's Village with a bit of surprise, because the one before my eyes was not a Nightmare Demon, nor one of those consciousnesses caught into the dream.
Rather, it was a "living" soul consciousness.
Merely through perception, I could feel the racial concept belonging exclusively to witches upon her soul essence, as well as a life essence sufficient to touch True Time.
Without a doubt, the one before me…… was one of those who had intruded into the Primal Dream State and ultimately became lost, as I had learned from Big Sis Bai.
As for exactly which one she was… I had no way of knowing.
Even though there were Earth Veins within the dream, and my Great Tree of Knowledge's Earth Vein Appraisal Spell had completed its "reconstruction" by relying on dream information, the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell within the dream did not possess information belonging to Transcendent Witches from reality.
Since this was a witch mentor I hadn't met before, my actions were naturally not as rough as they were toward the Nightmare Demons and those chaotic consciousnesses.
I crossed the false sky above Fool's Village and descended into Fool's Village.
Subsequently, the surrounding Fool's Dreams seemed to gather over out of curiosity.
"It's Sage Sis."
"Sage Sis, who is this? She seems different from the Nightmare Demons the Village Chief mentioned?"
Several Fool's Dreams huddled closer and inquired with curiosity.
After spending time together previously, I had changed from "Sage" to "Sage Sis" in their mouths.
Originally, I preferred for them to call me Big Sis Xiao Han, but they clearly identified more with the title of Sage.
"This one is naturally not a Nightmare Demon. She is a Transcendent Witch. You can understand her as being of the same race as me, though I am still a Lesser Witch right now. Even I must address this person as Big Sis."
"She's Sage Sis's Big Sis? Then what should we call her?"
"She's the same race as Sage Sis? Then she must definitely be a good person too?"
Several Fool's Dreams spoke with great curiosity, asking very interesting questions.
And right at this moment, this witch had a reaction.
I wasn't too surprised by this.
After all, when I caught this witch, I knew she wasn't in a deep coma, but was instead experiencing the impact of the Primal Dream State on her soul and consciousness—somewhat similar to a brief consciousness blackout.
At this moment, Aina's "vision" was somewhat blurry.
When she opened her eyes, she discovered her line of sight was filled with a "cerulean" sky, and at the edges of her vision, there seemed to be curious heads watching her.
Actually, she could be considered to have experienced similar things.
She had an experience in the Void where she accidentally fell into a strange, unformed Small World, and upon waking up, she discovered the animals of that world watching her like this by her side.
Then, upon finding she was alive, one had directly opened its mouth and bitten her.
However, Aina was not afraid of such things happening.
The physical strength of a Transcendent Witch was not something an ordinary beast could bite through.
Furthermore, she had not confirmed the current situation yet.
But as she adjusted her state and her vision became clear, Aina suddenly discovered something was wrong.
"Wait…… Little Han?!"
Aina suddenly discovered the abnormality!
Then she suddenly recalled her circumstances.
She was supposed to be exploring the breakthrough point of the Primal Dream State riot in the Expansion Realm, and then at the final moment…… was she captured by the dream world?
"Hmm? Does this witch sister recognize me?"
Hearing the witch before me directly call out my name, I also inquired following the conversation.
"How could I not recognize you?"
Aina sat up, her gaze instinctively looking at the surroundings only to discover that those small heads in her vision just now… were actually all Fool's Dreams?
"Perhaps there are many witches in the Witch Academy who do not use your Seed of Great Knowledge, but witches who do not recognize you… are absolutely extremely rare."
"Ha? Is it that exaggerated?"
I scratched my head in disbelief and asked with a smile.
"Mhm…"
Aina instinctively hummed a response, but she clearly didn't want to waste time on this topic.
"Where is this place? Have we returned to the academy?"
"We haven't. This is Fool's Village within the Primal Dream State, a paradise for Fool's Dreams. Since this sister already knows my name is Little Han, I wonder how I should address you?"
"Fool's Village?"
Clearly, Aina was still shocked by this miraculous place.
Then she reacted.
"I am Aina. Just call me Big Sis Aina."
"Then… Hello, Big Sis Aina."
"Hello, Big Sis Aina."
Accompanying my address, the Fool's Dreams on the side all imitated my words and called out to Aina.
"This……"
Aina was also made somewhat at a loss by this group of Fool's Dreams before her.
After all, she couldn't bear to lay a hand on such a group of cute things.
"Speaking of which, Little Han, exactly what is the situation? Can you tell me? These Fool's Dreams… and… you, why are you here?"
"Alright… I knew you might not quite understand yet, Big Sis Aina."
At this moment, I naturally understood Aina's confusion well, so I began to explain in great detail.
"Big Sis Aina, you should still remember that you were previously within the Primal Dream State, right? This is the Primal Dream State, only this is a very special dream within the Primal Dream State which I call Fool's Village. Although I want to say this really was just a coincidence, this place is indeed the origin site of the Fool's Dreams. Even that group of Fool's Dreams in the academy belongs to the same origin……"
"Meaning that… this place is still the Primal Dream State, and this is related to you, right? Academy Head Mei said you were conducting a life experiment, so you chose to enter here from the Expansion Realm?"
Aina inquired.
"Um… pretty much? But my arriving here really was just an accident," I emphasized additionally.
"I know, I know… mhm, mhm. So this place is considered barely safe, right?"
Aina nodded, ignoring my emphasis.
"It's not considered especially safe. Occasionally, some Nightmare Demons or consciousnesses that have already gone manic will intrude—sorry, excuse me for a moment. Another new visitor has arrived over there. I'm going to receive them. If you have anything to ask, Big Sis Aina, you can ask the Fool's Dreams here!"
I was only halfway through my sentence when I suddenly sensed an anomaly in the sky above Fool's Village again, which instantly made me alert.
Accompanying the first Nightmare Demon's descent into Fool's Village back then, the frequency of visitors arriving here had become higher and higher, so I had to clear these fellows out at the first moment.
Aina, watching me leave like a bird in flight, was still looking on in a daze.
She instinctively reached out her hand, as if to cast a spell, but she couldn't even rub out half a spark in her hand.
Spellbooks simply could not be used within the Primal Dream State!
This was a conflict between rules and order.
As a witch who was an explorer of the Great Project of the Soul, she had tried and scouted within the Primal Dream State more than once.
Not many witches knew better than she did that spells could not be released within the Primal Dream State.
So… how did Little Han fly away?
Aina was extremely confused at this moment, but Little Han leaving was a fact.
At this moment, only she, a single witch, remained here along with the Fool's Dreams surrounding her.
They looked up and blinked their eyes, watching her with great curiosity, their gazes filled entirely with interest in her.
"Hello, everyone."
Aina rested her hands on her knees and half-crouched down, then raised a gentle smile and greeted these Fool's Dreams.
"Hello, Big Sis Aina."
"Mhm, so well-behaved."
Aina instinctively reached out her hand, wanting to rub the pair of cat ears atop a Fool's Dream's head.
She also went to the Witch Cat Cafe occasionally, so she was naturally not unfamiliar with the Fool's Dreams.
Unfortunately, the Fool's Dreams at the Witch Cat Cafe were very hard to pet.
But over here… there were actually so many!
And they were surrounding her!
For a time, these cute little fellows even washed away the fact that she had just encountered danger.
"You are all Fool's Dreams, are you?"
"Mhm Is Big Sis Aina Sage Sis's mentor?"
"Then doesn't that mean Big Sis Aina is even more impressive than Sage Sis?"
"Ah, this……"
Suddenly asked this, Aina didn't quite know how to answer.
Now that she was in the Primal Dream State, it could be said the vast majority of her power could not be used.
At this moment, she was at most harder to kill than an ordinary person in the Primal Dream State.
So to avoid embarrassment, Aina quickly shifted the topic.
"Wait, you call Little Han a Sage? Why do you address her that way?"
"Hmm? Because… the Sage is the Sage."
"Because… the Village Chief said she is our Sage?"
"Because Sage Sis said she wants us to become true lives!"
The Fool's Dreams gave their answers one after another.
Some answers were ridiculous, and similarly, some answers made her feel even more ridiculous.
Letting dream creatures become true lives?
She had heard Academy Head Mei say this before, and also said that this time Little Han was conducting a life experiment.
She finally knew why the life experiment would lead to a Primal Dream State riot.
It turned out that in the end, what Little Han was working on was dream life?!
"Right, how did Little Han use special power? Do you know?"
At this moment, Aina was even more curious about why Little Han could use power within the Primal Dream State.
Whether it was flight or whatever means, her mental power could at most influence things within the dream on a large scale over here, smashing or dispersing those dream creations.
But these means had no effect; even against dream creatures, they could only achieve driving them away.
But Little Han was clearly different!
"Maybe… because of the Sacred Object?"
"Sacred Object? What is that?"
Aina looked with some curiosity at a Fool's Dream walking toward her.
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she felt this Fool's Dream had some differences from the other Fool's Dreams.
"That is the most precious thing for our Fool's Dream race, and also the root that stabilizes the existence of the Fool's Village dream village. Currently, the Sacred Object is divided into two parts: one part remains in Fool's Village, and the other part is in the Sage's hands."
"Sacred Object……"
Aina was still not quite clear on this description, but she guessed from another angle that this so-called Sacred Object had a high probability of being [Transcendent Knowledge].
After all, as a witch of the Great Project of the Soul, she naturally knew that a Grand Spellbook could play some role within a dream world.
Although not much… It was very useful.
And coincidentally, Little Han also had a Grand Spellbook—and she had two at once!
This truly made her very envious.
After all… those were Grand Spellbooks!
While she still wanted to learn more from this Fool's Dream, my figure suddenly appeared here, and another consciousness body had been added to my hand.
"Oh? The Village Chief came over too?"
Seeing the Village Chief of Fool's Village standing here, I was also a bit surprised.
"Sage, you are back. I didn't expect that with just one trip away, you would resolve another trouble for Fool's Village."
The Village Chief spoke with a humble posture.
"Alright actually there's no need to talk to me in this way."
"Village Chief?"
Aina was also a bit surprised at this moment.
She truly hadn't thought that this somewhat peculiar Fool's Dream was actually the Village Chief of this Fool's Village!
No wonder she knew about the Sacred Object, and from this Village Chief's attitude, she put herself very low before Little Han.
"Yes, she is the Village Chief of Fool's Village, and also the guardian of the entire Fool's Village. She is a very great existence."
"A great existence?"
Aina looked at the Fool's Dream before her; she truly couldn't see this characteristic.
However, now was not the time to question that.
"The one in your hand is……"
"Probably some unlucky experimental cannon fodder pushed into the Primal Dream State by those Transcendent academies."
I shrugged and casually shook the "person" in my hand.
He had completely gone mad, and there was already not a sliver of possibility for recovery.
Facing such an existence, the only thing I could do was send them out of this world with dignity.
Aina, watching me send this consciousness away with a single blow like that, had an indescribable feeling of strangeness.
But this time, she had truly and clearly felt the power mastered by Little Han!
It was a very special power, a reasonable power originating from beneath this layer of order.
But the more "reasonable" it was, the more unreasonable it felt!
How did Little Han manage to use Transcendent means within the Primal Dream State!
That Village Chief just now said Little Han might have borrowed the power of the Sacred Object, but she hadn't seen any trace of a Grand Spellbook.
On the contrary, it gave her a very familiar feeling, which was…… the aura of order of a Saint Stage domain!
After all, she was a Saint Stage witch herself.
Although the domain she mastered was a very common spell domain, once a domain appeared, it could already crush many Transcendents.
So, Aina directly utilized the good habit of asking if she didn't understand and asked straight out:
"Little Han, how did you master Transcendent power within the Primal Dream State? Is it by borrowing the Grand Spellbook?"
"Transcendent power?"
I looked at Aina with some surprise.
"Oh, that. To say I'm borrowing the Grand Spellbook isn't quite accurate. How should I put it? This isn't exactly some concrete Transcendent power, but a type of Dream Domain."
"Dream…… Domain?! What is that? A domain can be born within a dream?"
Hearing my description, Aina was instantly dazed!
Because the concept I proposed was simply too inconceivable!
"It's not a domain born from a dream. Actually, by analogy, it's about the same concept as an ordinary Saint Stage domain. Big Sis Aina should know I possess a Domain Prototype, right?"
I explained with some difficulty.
After all, this operation of mine was indeed somewhat against common logic.
The deeper one's cognition of domains, the more one would be unable to jump out of this framework of thinking.
"Impossible! I am a Saint Stage witch. The Primal Dream State has no foundation whatsoever for domain expansion. I am very clear on this. How can there be a domain that can be expanded within a dream?!"
"……Big Sis Aina, there's no need to be so surprised. The fact is right here, isn't it?"
Looking at the agitated Aina, I waited until she finished being agitated before slowly persuading her.
After all, a person needs a process to accept a fresh thing, even a Transcendent Witch.
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