"Now, please allow me to introduce Valkyrie Group's finest reconnaissance Witch, Miss Dream Butterfly, wielder of External Avatar Magic!!"
A Witch with petal-shaped pupils and a pair of insect antennae sprouting from her forehead stepped forward.
She narrowed her drooping eyes in a kindly smile. Her hair was brilliantly multicolored and shimmered with a powdery, scale-like sheen, making her genuinely resemble the protagonist of some Mary Sue story.
However, the vivid colors of her hair followed a distinct pattern, so it did not look messy. Instead, it was as orderly as a design woven into her hair, draping behind her like an unfurled painting.
Also...
Was it really okay to attend a meeting in pajamas while hugging a pillow?
"He~llo~"
Huh? Her speech felt incredibly slow. Her languid air became an almost tangible drowsiness that filled the meeting room, and the Witches near her began to yawn.
"I~am~Dream~Butterfly. Plea~sed~to~meet~you~"
This person was making me so impatient!
Valkyrie Group's best scout... this was her?
"So, your magic is the avatar Xiao Qilan mentioned?"
"Ye~s~, my~ma~gic~lets~you~'dream~in~re~al~i~ty'~"
That single short sentence seemed to take a whole minute.
"What does dreaming in reality mean?"
Dream Butterfly was just about to answer when I raised a hand to stop her.
"No, you don't need to say anything!"
I looked at Xiao Qilan.
"You explain instead."
"Mhm~ Miss Dream Butterfly's magic lets you wake up in reality after falling asleep! Of course, it's in the form of an external avatar, like Zhuang Zhou dreaming that he had become a butterfly~"
"Wait, is the avatar a butterfly?"
"Usually not."
Xiao Qilan shook her head.
"A butterfly would stand out too much and definitely draw attention, so we usually become..."
She straightened her index finger, held it in front of her lips, and extended it forward.
"A mosquito."