The Next Morning at the Yokai Inn
The atmosphere in the inn was unusually tense.
"You WHAT?! Send Lan Xi to school as a… transfer student?!" Jin San nearly spat out his tofu pudding.
"Correct." Lu Ban said gravely. "We need long-term monitoring of the emotional disturbances at that school. The best way is to have one of us infiltrate as a human student. Only then can we figure out why the dream resonance interference has gotten so severe."
Lan Xi shrugged. "It’s just sitting through a few classes. Why are you all acting like you’re sending me to the execution grounds?"
The tiger yokai narrowed his eyes. "Because you’ve never been to school. How the hell are you gonna write an essay?"
"Okay, essays I can’t do… but I can fabricate stories with dream-editing magic!"
An hour later, with the help of the inn’s treasured "Transformation Incense," Lan Xi transformed into a handsome transfer student—complete with a stylish backpack, sleek hair, and round glasses—stepping into the human school.
"Introducing myself… I’m Lan… Xiao… Xi."
The class snickered. The homeroom teacher eyed him suspiciously. "What kind of name is that? It sounds… watery."
Lan Xi took a deep breath and activated his "calm fox" persona. "I’m from… a place where it rains a lot."
First Period: Math
Teacher: "Alright, new transfer student, come solve this problem. Since you’ve stepped out of dreams, time to face reality."
Lan Xi stared blankly at the blackboard. What the hell is a "linear equation"? I only know "multi-layered dream frequency conversion"!
Nearby students whispered: "Is he for real? Did he just materialize out of nowhere?"
Second Period: P.E.
Teacher: "Relay race! Lan Xi, you’re up first!"
Lan Xi smiled gracefully, tapped his foot—and shot forward like the wind.
Ten seconds later, the entire class was gaping.
"He… he runs like a fox!"
"No way! Did he just FLOAT?!"
Lan Xi coughed. "Uh… strong tailwind. My bad."
During break, he sat on the corridor, gazing absently at the distant field.
Suddenly, someone sat beside him—a boy with headphones, aloof but with piercingly sharp eyes.
"You’re not human, are you?" the boy murmured.
Lan Xi tensed. "You… can see me?"
The boy nodded. "I’ve always heard voices in dreams. Seen that dream mist you guys emit. You smell… half-asleep."
Lan Xi was stunned. Could this kid be… a "Dream Guide"?
The boy smirked faintly. "Relax, I’m not exposing you. I’m just curious… do you yokai ever get scared of your own dreams?"
The question struck like a needle to the heart.
Lan Xi suddenly remembered the other yokai at the inn—their dreams were always fragments of the past, lost homes, forgotten shrines with no more incense.
Maybe… humans and yokai weren’t so different in their loneliness.
After school, Lan Xi returned to the inn with an uncharacteristically solemn expression.
"Elder Lu Ban… I’d like to request an extended undercover mission."
Jin San choked. "YOU WANNA CHANGE CLASSES?!"
Lan Xi shook his head. "No. It’s just… there are people there who also need to be understood."
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