This wizard only wants to take students.

Chapter 199 Exploration
clack clack...

The dinner knife and fork slowly cut the unknown piece of meat in front of them, making a slight sound.

Lucian sat silently at one of the seats at the dining table, feeling both immersed and somewhat detached.

He felt very strange in his current state, just like the role-playing game he had played before traveling through time. He was now a player controlling the little girl [Lula], and the joys and sorrows of this little girl in front of him had nothing to do with him. All he had to do was... act.

After having this mentality, Lucian's spirit gradually relaxed. He seemed to have found the feeling of playing games as before. Except for the fact that he was a little embarrassed at the beginning because of "playing a female character", Lucian soon adjusted himself completely. At the same time, he also began to test the "freedom" of this dream.

"Oops." Soon, under Lucian's control, the fork in Lula's hand fell to the ground.

"How can you be so careless?" Mother Maya's voice sounded gently, and she ruffled Lula's hair.

Of course, from Lucian’s perspective, [Mother Mia’s] arm went straight through his body, and part of her body was “through the model” when she was rubbing her head.

"My true self seems to be in a state between reality and illusion. At least when interacting with the identity of this world, it is in a state of 'parallel time and space'. I don't know if there will be any changes after nightfall..."

Lucian slowly memorized these details, and at the same time quickly familiarized himself with his identity without arousing suspicion from others. After spending almost a morning ruminating on it, he had a preliminary understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of his identity.

First of all, [Lula] is the youngest daughter of the head of a large family in the dream, and she has a relatively high status.

Although some of the settings of this family seemed to be intentionally blurred in Lucian's memory, at least in this dream, Lucian understood that the family of his status was extremely influential, and there was even a knight order loyal to the family. Perhaps under his guidance, some of the power of this family could be borrowed by him.

The second advantage is the age of this identity.

Perhaps because of his identity as a child, his "degree of freedom" is very high, and other characters basically are not too wary of him, and some will even chat about some topics next to him.

Although they thought their chat voices were low enough, these voices were extremely clear under Lucian's keen perception as a first-level wizard. Obviously, he could find out some hidden information through this inadvertent "passing by" without worrying about his "personality collapse".

After all, what bad intentions could a child have?
The third advantage comes from the relationship with Lula’s character.

As the favored "little princess" in the family, [Lura] can get help from her "brother" and "mom and dad" to a certain extent. She is even good friends with the dream master [Rafar]. With such a relationship as a guarantee, it will be much easier for Lucian to go to any key place in the future.

Where advantages lie, there are naturally disadvantages, and the disadvantages of this [Lula] identity are equally obvious.

The biggest one was that he rarely had the opportunity to act independently. Even when taking a walk in the family garden, there would be two maids following him from a distance, fearing that he would be out of their sight at some point.

This is the protection that Lula's parents give her, but for Lucian, this protection is more often a constraint, making it difficult for her to let go and do something, otherwise her "acting" might be suspected by other people or "NPCs".

The second disadvantage is that with my current identity, I can easily be passively involved in certain key points of dreams and become a marginal character in the "plot".

For example, because [Lula] and the dream core [Rafar] are old friends, she and her parents will go to [Rafar]'s house as a guest tomorrow.

Lucian could not change this schedule at all. After all, he played the role of [Lula] in the dream, and it was impossible for him to change the long-planned visit plan by his own ability. He could only be forced to accept the fact that he was about to come into contact with the core of the dream, and that such events would continue to occur in subsequent dream activities.

This kind of force majeure event will force Lucian to come into contact with some people he does not really want to come into contact with at this stage. At the same time, he will inevitably come into contact with some "players", adding some uncontrollable risks to his activities in the dream.

"Thanasis, what exactly is the information about the 'real land' that you want to know? Also, where is the dream crystal you mentioned before?"

Lucian played the role of the little girl [Lula] while communicating with Count Sanasis through the mental link. He was somewhat glad that Count Sanasis followed him in, otherwise it would be even more awkward to immerse himself in this "playing" process.

"I haven't found it yet. As for the Dream Crystal you mentioned... it's the one you're holding in your hand now."

Count Sanasis responded, but his voice sounded a little tired. It was obvious that he had been greatly affected by being in this real place. Although he was not completely sealed like the wizard Helen, his spirit was obviously a little sluggish. When Lucian didn't call him, his consciousness was in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness. "All?" Lucian was stunned. He looked at the glass of water in [Lula]'s hand and blinked.

Is this thing Dream Crystal?

"That thing is not a rare thing in the dream world. It is just... similar to the high-purity magic stone in your wizard world."

Count Sanasis' voice was filled with fatigue. "But I still want to remind you, don't get too immersed in the role you play in this dream, otherwise you will gradually get lost. Also... pay attention to the special ink..."

"Thanasis?"

"Count Thanasis?"

Lucian was listening carefully, but Count Sanasis's voice suddenly stopped in the middle of his words. Although Lucian called out again and again, Count Sanasis did not respond, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep due to the suppression of the real land.

After losing Count Sanasis, the half-baked tour guide, Lucian had to think independently about how to decipher the dream of the "real land".

"If we use the analogy of playing games in my previous life, this kind of role-playing game must have some kind of main quest, and the 'ink' that Sanasis mentioned should be some kind of prop that has a great effect in this game. There are three things I should do most now: figure out the main plot of this 'dream script', collect ink, and find out other 'players', at least to confirm their identities."

In the study, petite [Lula] was sitting on the floor flipping through a picture book, while Lucian took this opportunity to sort out his thoughts.

Suddenly, Lucian felt that the thread of his mental power seemed to touch something. He raised his head as if he realized something, but because he had to restrain his breath and not be detected by others, he did not dare to use his mental power to detect it. Therefore, he did not know why his mental power was triggered.

“Is there anyone here? But this is a study. Theoretically, only the owner can come in…” Lucian thought quickly in his mind, and soon he had a guess in his mind. At the same time, he quickly gathered his thoughts and focused his attention on the children’s picture book in front of him.

squeak-

The study door was gently pushed open from the outside, and a maid holding cleaning tools walked in.

Although her expression looked calm, when she realized that there was a "living person" like Lucian in the study, a hint of hidden panic flashed in her eyes.

"Miss...Miss, why are you here?" The maid paused for a moment, but quickly adjusted herself and gave Lucian a kind smile.

"I'm reading a book, sister, look, butterflies..." Lucian controlled [Lula] and showed an innocent smile. At the same time, he quickly judged the maid's status in the family through her clothes.

The maid's outfit was black, and there was no special pattern on the cuffs. She looked more like an ordinary maid... According to the rules, she was definitely not qualified to enter the study. After all, this was an important area of ​​the family. Even the maid in charge of cleaning was at least a personal maid...

Lucian did not observe the maid too much. After all, too much attention might arouse her vigilance. However, in his heart, Lucian had already put a special label on the maid. In his analysis, this "reckless" maid was very likely to be a "player".

"It seems that even within Lula's family, there are already a certain number of 'players'. However, before I confirm the situation, it is best not to act rashly. Perhaps this guy is a target deliberately left by other 'players' in order to detect whether there are other 'players' in the family..."

Many thoughts flashed through Lucian's mind, but on the surface he appeared quite calm. He even took the initiative to move a little when the maid was cleaning the study.

"Miss...Miss...!" At this moment, one of Lula's personal maids called out from outside the door. Following the sound of footsteps, she pushed open the door of the study. After seeing Lula holding a picture book, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, miss, you came here alone." Mir breathed a sigh of relief, bent down slightly and took Lula's hand, but she soon realized something and turned to look at the maid who was pretending to clean the study.

"Who are you? Who is the head maid in charge? Who asked you to clean the study?"

(End of this chapter)