Chapter 926

Jianna and Anthony, who didn't know how to drive, chose to take Ludwig to the Dream Tutoring Center by public transport. For this, they formulated a complete travel plan and prepared spare change to guard against accidents, instead of relying solely on mobile payments.

When they left, Lu Mian helped Franca return to the master bedroom, glanced at the large ice cubes placed in four basins, and laughed:

"This is no worse than the effect of air conditioning."

The only problem was that the water had to be re-frozen into ice after a period of time, which would consume a certain amount of spirituality, but for "Witches," creating frost was a capability that consumed very little spirituality.

Moreover, this could effectively solve the problem of the refrigerator's small capacity.

"Yeah, the electricity bill for air conditioning is expensive." Franca leaned against the pillow and sighed sincerely, "I didn't expect 'Witches' to be so practical in daily life."

Lu Mian sat on the edge of the bed and asked casually:

"How are you feeling now?"

"Much better. I was so weak in the morning that I could only walk slowly." Franca answered truthfully, "Since becoming a Beyonder, this is the first time I've been this sick. It's worthy of being the negative effect of a demigod-level item."

Lu Mian clicked his tongue:

"But I heard from Jianna that even your breakfast was fed by her, and when you need to go to the washroom, uh, the bathroom, you also summon her to help you."

When did you walk slowly by yourself?

Franca didn't feel embarrassed about being exposed and laughed:

"Isn't this enjoying the treatment of being carefully taken care of as a patient?"

Lu Mian reached out to press his own forehead, then touched Franca's:

"The temperature has indeed come down, but you can continue to enjoy the feeling of being taken care of until you are completely recovered."

"In other words, I can order you around?" Franca suddenly became excited.

She remembered when she was in university, every day there was a lucky roommate ordered to go get food for the whole dormitory, and she was the one who was lucky the most times.

Seeing Franca's eager-to-try expression, Lu Mian smiled and took a yellow peach out of his "Traveler's Bag":

"Did you miss the taste of yellow peaches yesterday? I happened to pass by a fruit wholesale market on the way back and bought a bag."

"I just said that casually..." Franca was a bit surprised, her eyes curving slightly.

Lu Mian used frost to condense a small fruit knife, and by the trash can at the edge of the bed, he peeled the yellow peach clean in a flash, then cut off a piece, skewered it with the ice knife, and handed it to Franca's lips.

Looking at the tender and tempting fruit flesh, looking at that crystal-clear ice knife, looking at Lu Mian's face that carried a hint of a smile, Franca suddenly felt that this atmosphere was not quite the same as when Jianna took care of her in the morning.

The morning was like a father recuperating from illness watching a gentle mother urge a gluttonous child to study, while now it was like a wife recuperating from illness...

"Not eating? If you don't eat, I will." Lu Mian used an attitude of brothers getting along to pretend to take the piece of yellow peach back and put it into his own mouth.

Franca let out a "ha" and hurriedly opened her mouth to bite the piece of yellow peach.

She chewed and swallowed it, saying with quite a bit of emotion:

"It's the taste in my memory."

While eating the yellow peach fed by Lu Mian, she talked about the matter they discussed earlier:

"What do you think is hidden on the basement floor of the Eye of Dawn Hospital?"

Lu Mian deliberated and said:

"Contact with devils like Naboredisli left me with a very deep impression of one sentence: the entrance to the abyss is not only in a certain place in the real world, but also in the bottom of everyone's heart. We may all fall into the abyss and become devils who are not on the 'Devil' pathway. Therefore, I suspect that the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' who stands at the top of the 'Devil,' 'Revenant,' and 'Little Cupid' pathways, used her control over the abyss to turn Mr. Fool's psychological shadows into the Eye of Dawn Hospital.

"Then, the 'Great Mother' and the one worshipped by the 'Life-Ending Society' used the psychological shadows to infiltrate a bit of their own power, gradually eroding the dream. And the influence of the abyss is from bottom to top, from the bottom of the heart to the surface. This is reflected in the specific symbol of the Eye of Dawn Hospital, which is the renovation from the underground floors to the ground."

"You mean, the underground floors of the Eye of Dawn Hospital have already become a small abyss, a more complex and terrifying abyss?" Franca swallowed the yellow peach in her mouth and asked thoughtfully.

Lu Mian nodded and cut another piece of yellow peach with excellent knife skills, handing it to Franca's lips:

"Currently, I can see the power of the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' the 'Great Mother,' and the one worshipped by the 'Life-Ending Society.' Others are temporarily unknown."

"These evil gods should only be able to influence a part of the dream. Do they look like they intend to help the True Creator?" Franca bit the piece of yellow peach with her teeth and asked suspiciously.

Lu Mian deliberated and said:

"That's how it is now, but not necessarily later.

"Ms. 'Magician' told me privately that these evil gods actually don't like the True Creator that much. If they had a choice, what they instinctively crave is to use the True Creator to pass through the barrier, but not let the True Creator truly wake up. Perhaps, in this dream battle for control, if Mr. Fool is strong, they will definitely help the True Creator. If the True Creator occupies a great advantage, they might secretly sabotage the True Creator's plan.

"Moreover, they themselves are chaotic and crazy, and may make some behaviors we cannot understand at any time. The 'Marionettist' who should have existed last night didn't truly appear, perhaps for this reason. In short, what the evil gods most enjoy seeing is Mr. Fool and the True Creator both continuing to sleep, indulging in this dream city."

Hearing the end, Franca was suddenly moved.

She cast her gaze toward the window where brilliant sunlight shone, toward the high-rise buildings in the distance, and laughed at herself in a low voice:

"If my dream was also like this, if the people I value were all here, I might also indulge and not want to wake up..."

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Dream Tutoring Center, in front of the reception desk.

Jianna held Ludwig's hand and handed the flyer distributed by the Messenger Danitz to the male receptionist with dark, deep skin:

"I want to understand your courses in detail."

The dark-skinned male receptionist's eyes lit up, and he piled on a smile:

"Madam, what does your child want to learn?"

"Can you introduce all the courses first?" Jianna hadn't decided what class to sign Ludwig up for yet.

The male receptionist was stunned for a moment and muttered:

"Before, I always introduced first and then asked the client what they wanted to learn, but I was criticized by several clients, telling me to ask for needs first and then introduce in a targeted manner... How is this wrong again..."

Without needing Anthony to give an observation result, Jianna began to feel that this receptionist's brain wasn't very good; he seemed a bit stupid.

She thought for a moment and said:

"Our child only has time on weekends. Introduce the weekend courses."

The information showed that Mr. Fool signed up for the weekend Business English class at this tutoring center!

The male receptionist breathed a sigh of relief, took out the information, and introduced in detail the weekend courses his company possessed.

Jianna listened for a while and found that the only one with a time similar to the Business English class was the English Enlightenment class.

She turned her head to look at Ludwig, who had a bitter expression, picked up the information for the English Enlightenment class, and said:

"Is it still 6666 after the discount? Can it be cheaper?"

Even if it was only 6666, it was a very large expense for Jianna and the others. They had borrowed some money from an app yesterday to make ends meet, so it wouldn't affect their daily life.

"This, only our principal has the authority to continue discounting. I'll go find her and bring her over." The dark-skinned receptionist hurriedly entered the corridor to invite the principal out of the office.

That was a beautiful woman with hair dyed brown, a face like a goose egg, blue eyes as clear as a spring, wearing an exquisite lady's shirt, paired with a dark-colored knee-length skirt with pleats, revealing fair, long, and straight calves.

"Our Principal Ai is especially knowledgeable, especially multi-talented. Not only is her English good, but her French is also good, and she can paint, appraise antiques, play various musical instruments..." The dark-skinned receptionist introduced incessantly.

Jianna could tell that the principal surnamed Ai was a bit embarrassed and uncomfortable from being praised. At the same time, she noticed Ludwig's expression change, as if he had met a natural enemy.

"You want to take the English Enlightenment class?" Principal Ai interrupted the receptionist's introduction and cast her gaze toward Ludwig.

"Yes." Jianna nodded sincerely.

Principal Ai looked at Ludwig and said:

"Starting enlightenment at this age is actually missing the best stage, but as long as one is willing to learn, any time is a good time, and it's never too late.

"Mm, 5000, the lowest cost price. Can't delay the child."

This should have been a sales pitch to trick people into signing up, but Jianna actually heard sincerity, feeling that Principal Ai was genuinely considering the child's learning.

Worthy of being an Archbishop of the Church of Knowledge, a former treasure hunter, pirate admiral... Jianna recalled the content on the information and nodded with a heartache:

"Okay, we'll sign up for this time slot."

Seeing the content Jianna pointed to, Principal Ai couldn't help but frown:

"Anderson's class..."

"Is there a problem?" Jianna asked curiously.

"Anderson is very suitable for teaching young children, but he easily lets children develop bad learning habits. If it weren't for the shortage of manpower, I wouldn't let him lead the enlightenment class..." Before Principal Ai finished speaking, a man turned out from the corridor.

That man had blonde hair and blue eyes, wore a white shirt and a black vest, and had both hands in his trouser pockets.

He smiled at Principal Ai:

"Edwina, did you mention my name just now?"

In the dream city, Edwina was Principal Ai's English name.

Principal Ai restrained her expression and pointed at Ludwig:

"This little friend wants to sign up for your enlightenment class."

"Is that so?" Anderson walked in front of Ludwig, squatted down without any image, and asked his prospective student, "Do you like learning English?"

"Don't like it." Ludwig shook his head quickly.

Anderson continued to ask:

"Then do you like learning French?"

"Don't like it." Ludwig continued to shake his head.

"How about Mauritian Creole?" Anderson persisted.

Ludwig shook his head again:

"Don't like it."

"Then do you like learning to paint?" Anderson changed the question.

Ludwig shook his head without hesitation:

"Don't like it."

"Then what do you like?" Anderson wasn't annoyed at all.

"Like to eat." Ludwig was very honest.

Anderson revealed a smile and stood up:

"How about this, learn to cook with me. At least you can be a chef in the future."

If it were someone else, they would definitely think Anderson was mocking their child for having no talent for learning, but Jianna only wanted to say that the other party had a sharp eye and saw Ludwig's essence at once.

"Can you cook?" The dark-skinned receptionist asked with great hostility.

Anderson laughed:

"My roasted rabbit is excellent. Danitz originally wanted me to teach him, but as a result..."

Speaking of this, Anderson sighed.

He is the Messenger's roommate, the first one to discover the Messenger was missing? Jianna's spirit suddenly lifted.

PS: Recommending a book, title "Martial Saint!". In this world, mystery and the supernatural have never gone far. Those who break the shackles of life with a tempered body and an unquenchable will, pursuing the limits of humanity in a modern city, are called: Martial Artists!

(End of chapter)