“What the hell is going on…”
Nuo Ai’er, who had been half-asleep, finally took in her surroundings.
Before her eyes was a sky full of soft, pure white clouds, like a fairyland.
When she stepped on them, they felt like cotton candy, springy and bouncy.
This didn’t look like a normal place at all. Could it be…
“Did you drag me into another dungeon?”
Nuo Ai’er subconsciously crossed her arms and questioned Weiran.
“Don’t be so scared, Nuo Ai’er.” Weiran gestured for her to relax. “This isn’t a dungeon. It’s your dream.”
“Huh?”
“Well, I can’t say it’s entirely your dream. Half of it is mine too.” Weiran added.
“…What do you mean?” Nuo Ai’er frowned.
“It’s a long story. Let’s take it slow.” Weiran snapped her fingers. A delicate, elegant tea table appeared out of thin air, accompanied by two soft chairs made of clouds.
Weiran sat down on one chair, then gently gestured for Nuo Ai’er to take a seat. “Come sit down.”
Nuo Ai’er walked over and sat on the soft chair across from Weiran, her crimson eyes fixed unblinkingly on the Witch Big Sister in front of her.
“I’m still at the Witch Council right now. I won’t be back for a while.” Weiran began to explain her situation.
“So I used dream link magic to connect directly to your consciousness, meet you in your dream, and talk to you about something.”
“Got it.”
Nuo Ai’er understood instantly.
‘As expected, when in doubt, magic is the answer.’
She let out a soft breath. “Okay, I actually have a lot of things I want to ask you.”
Too many things had happened recently, too many and too chaotic.
All the questions had been piling up in Nuo Ai’er’s mind, waiting for Weiran to return and clear them up.
The next moment, two different voices spoke at the same time.
Nuo Ai’er: “It’s about my first dungeon!”
Weiran: “About your tutorial dungeon, I…”
Nuo Ai’er: (๑)?
The moment they finished speaking, both of them froze slightly.
“Wait, are we talking about the same thing?” Nuo Ai’er was confused.
“It seems so…” Weiran said.
Nuo Ai’er: “…Let me go first then.”
Then, Nuo Ai’er slowly recounted everything that had happened to her, clearly and in detail.
Of course, she omitted the part about the time rewind.
Even though they were in a dream now, Nuo Ai’er still had a bad feeling.
If she revealed that secret to Weiran in this spiritual space, that perverted tentacle girl would appear without reason and punish her with tentacles.
In short, she left out the time rewind part.
Nuo Ai’er carefully recalled, making sure she hadn’t missed any key details.
Weiran sat quietly across from her, patiently listening the whole time, her purple eyes growing more and more solemn.
When Nuo Ai’er finished everything, Weiran let out a soft sigh, a hint of resigned helplessness flashing in her eyes.
“So it really was Ka Fei after all.” She murmured under her breath.
Earlier, when they confronted each other in the Council Corridor, Ka Fei had practically revealed herself as the one who set Nuo Ai’er up.
But she never expected Ka Fei’s targeting to go far beyond just increasing the dungeon difficulty.
She had even personally set a trap for Nuo Ai’er to test her background.
Weiran lifted her gaze and looked at the soft, weak, innocent-looking white-haired loli in front of her.
“I can’t believe it,” Weiran said.
“What?” Nuo Ai’er asked.
“Ka Fei deliberately targeted you, yet you avoided every crisis and cleared everything perfectly without a single failure… It’s simply unbelievable. I apologize for underestimating you before.”
“Unbelievable, huh? Ha, yeah…”
Listening to Weiran’s amazement, Nuo Ai’er covered her face.
What others saw was her smooth sailing and incredible luck, overturning every conspiracy and scheme thrown at her.
Everyone thought she cleared everything effortlessly, either a pro player or a lucky charm.
But only Nuo Ai’er knew the truth. (Sad)
How much hardship she had endured along the way…
Starting over and over again, trying and failing and learning, suffering the agony of death and psychological torment again and again…
Nuo Ai’er: ‘Too painful.’
But before Nuo Ai’er could complain, a deep sense of guilt and apology welled up in Weiran’s heart.
“I’m sorry, Nuo Ai’er.” Weiran lowered her head.
Nuo Ai’er was a bit stunned.
This was the first time Weiran had apologized to her so seriously…
“Back then, I went too far. I casually dragged you from Earth into the Inner World and signed a familiar contract with you… I only wanted to punish you a little and have you help me boost my performance to get rid of the title of Lowest Rank of the Council…”
“But I never thought it would involve you in the old grudge between Ka Fei and me… I don’t want to focus only on the end result. No matter how things turned out, you must have suffered a lot along the way… I’m truly sorry.”
Weiran’s apology was heavy.
“Uh…”
Nuo Ai’er was momentarily at a loss, not knowing how to respond.
The next second, Weiran raised her eyes and looked at her seriously.
“To make up for my mistake and to prevent Ka Fei from hurting you anymore, I’ve made a decision.”
“What decision?”
“The redemption contract we agreed on—the 1000 Points—is void.”
“…Huh?”
With just that simple sentence, Nuo Ai’er’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Seeing her shocked expression, Weiran continued, speaking clearly word by word.
“You don’t have to work hard to grind dungeons for points anymore. I can now directly use my contract authority to dissolve the familiar binding between us.”
“Then I’ll send you straight back to Earth.”
When those words fell, Nuo Ai’er’s mind went blank.
“Wait, hold on. Let me process this.” Nuo Ai’er clutched her head.
The huge debt of 1000 Points… was gone.
Just like that, with a single word “void” from Weiran, it was completely erased.
No more risking life and limb, saving this one and that one, fighting all kinds of freaks. She could go back to being a shut-in, maybe start a barbecue or something…
“Are you serious?” Nuo Ai’er asked Weiran.
“Of course I am. It should be pretty obvious when Big Sister gets serious, right?” Weiran said.
Nuo Ai’er: ‘Not really, it’s not obvious at all.’
But she didn’t dare to say that out loud.
Anyway, the point was that if Nuo Ai’er said yes, all her suffering would end.
But…
Faced with this freedom she had been chasing, Nuo Ai’er couldn’t bring herself to say the word.
There was no ecstatic joy in her heart…
On one hand, Weiran’s offer had come too suddenly. On the other hand…
Images of familiar faces uncontrollably flashed through Nuo Ai’er’s mind.
If she left now, returning to Earth for good, what would happen to Leinata, who had promised never to be separated from her again?
And Hui Mei too…
This little white-haired cutie hesitated.
Nuo Ai’er: ‘Really, this damn Witch couldn’t have picked a worse time!’
‘Suddenly skipping to the final chapter like this—how am I supposed to make a decision?’