Chapter 237

Chapter 237: Now, You Have a Long Future Ahead

Hearing Yu Sheng’s joke about the table, Little Red Riding Hood still looked a bit awkward, but she kept her face steady and said: “It was delivered by the Special Affairs Bureau. We did not want to nitpick. We planned to remove the big tray, but its shaft goes through the tabletop. Taking it out leaves a hole and looks worse, and King already fell through once by accident.”

“That really is a practical reason.” Yu Sheng’s mouth twitched again. He sat at the round table and looked around.

Little Red Riding Hood pointed as she explained: “The door to the left is our temporary storeroom, with most of the supplies from the Special Affairs Bureau. The hallway through that door leads to the backyard. We want to fix it up and make a little garden. The rooms on the right do not have a set use yet. Teacher Su and the others are using them as dorms.”

Yu Sheng nodded: “What about the second floor?”

The teens went quiet again, trading guilty looks, until Rapunzel broke it: “Bro, you did not leave stairs to the second floor.”

Yu Sheng’s face froze.

“We have not decided with the Engineering Team and Engineer Sun where to cut the stair opening,” Little Red Riding Hood added. “If you have time someday…”

He stared up at the ceiling light at a forty-five-degree angle. From behind the hall came a light click and the soft creak of new supports. After a moment he blinked and said as evenly as he could: “There is a stairwell behind the hall now.”

Rapunzel applauded: “Bro, you are the best.”

“…Next time tell me when something is not convenient or does not make sense,” Yu Sheng said. “I rushed a lot of this. I did not have time to polish it.”

No one lingered there. Yu Sheng moved on.

“In short, I fused Fairy Tale with the Valley,” he said. “There are two main fusion points: the Black Forest and the tower at opposite ends of the Valley.

“The other stages are also fused, but I did not have time to set a Valley connection point for each one. Most subset links are inside the Black Forest and the tower. I will write up a Node Map for you.

“Think of the Fairy Tale Otherworld as now part of the Valley, which means part of No. 66 Wutong Road. It still exists, but its nature is rebuilt. Director Bai Li Qing would say the harmful entities were cleared, and what remains is an empty shell anchored behind my house.

“The biggest change is that every stage is harmless. With Anka Aila’s nightmare gone, no dangerous entities will appear. Fairy Tale is safe, fully safe.”

He paused. Little Red Riding Hood took a deep breath. Rapunzel swayed with joy. King purred.

Yu Sheng smiled and went on: “Fairy Tale also shifted from an abnormal Otherworld to a Wilderness Type. Its subsets are now extra spaces attached around the Valley. You can enter them with your real bodies. Walk into the Black Forest, climb the tower, and explore as if they are normal places.

“I know you do not have good memories of those stages. That is why you should visit when you can. Seeing those places again will help lift old shadows. It matters, because you will live a long life.”

They stared at him again. Rapunzel rubbed at her eyes: “Bro, I am going to cry.”

Little Red Riding Hood asked what it meant for future kids, and Yu Sheng answered carefully, step by step. He confirmed the Otherworld will not pull new kids, but their powers remain, which means, in theory, they could train a next generation. The room fell into a thoughtful hush.

He laid out the questions waiting for the Fairy Tale Organization: whether to keep working as Spirit Realm Detectives, how long to keep going, and whether to bring in new members. Rapunzel admitted she had not planned beyond next year. Snow White said her grades were bad and she had never even imagined graduating, though she could keep working because the pay was fine. Little Red Riding Hood said the Orphanage must keep running to raise their brothers and sisters, and after that she was not sure, probably a detective for life. A lively girl announced she could sing and had gained a crowd of followers, and Rapunzel told her to hush because she was the weakest in a fight.

Yu Sheng summed it up: the Organization would likely keep running for a long time. Since the nightmare had ended, it could be healthy and stable, so they had to think about new blood and succession. For now, though, they should study their powers and the fine changes in the Fairy Tale Otherworld, because they knew it best.

He trailed off and asked if he was nagging. Rapunzel said Red Hood talked more during meetings. Little Red Riding Hood smiled and told him he was also a parent of Fairy Tale, the biggest one. Rapunzel jumped up and led the chorus, and voices rose in happy mess:

“Big bro.”

“Bro.”

“Uncle Yu.”

“Grandpa Yu.”

Yu Sheng threw up his hands: “Who said that last one?!”