High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2654 - 875: A Reminder from Zhongshan

Although there were unexpected little episodes such as ’naming’, ’entering school’, and even ’reluctance to part’.Zheng Qing never forgot his direct reason for coming to Greenhill Mansion.

Before leaving the mansion, he took the opportunity to have a private chat with Poseidon, carefully advising in a low voice, "...When playing with those three Great Elves, you must correct their way of addressing me, including you. If you ever learn to speak, you must never imitate those bad names like ’Mr. Zha’ or ’Scum’; it is absolutely unacceptable. You are a lady. Even if you call me ’Brother Qing’ later on?"

His attitude was sincere, and his tone was earnest.

However, the Little Fox merely nodded absent-mindedly, her gaze always directed towards the sleeping room—where the Great Elves were being familiarized with the massive and unfamiliar mansion by the maids—she eagerly wanted to play with her new companions.

Zheng Qing eventually left, worrying.

He realized that the education regarding naming might be a long and repetitive process.

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...

Back at school, Zheng Qing didn’t directly return to 403 but went to the girls’ dormitory.

This itinerary wasn’t originally part of his plan.

But due to the ’little surprises’ encountered at Greenhill Mansion, he had to adjust his previous thoughts and inform Jiang Yu in advance about the situation with the three Great Elves.

He didn’t want the Witch to first hear about the names of the three Great Elves during the Edge Academy class next Thursday.

It was close to eight o’clock.

The sky was very dark.

Zheng Qing didn’t want to attract attention from the passing witches, so he used an Invisibility Talisman, but perhaps the Talisman paper was damp; the stack of Talismans he used always malfunctioned today, either igniting Mars or abruptly failing. Fortunately, his Grey Cloth Bag had plenty of supplies, so there was no danger of his invisibility failing for now.

He didn’t wait long downstairs.

About half an hour later, Jiang Yu hurriedly came downstairs, wearing a fluffy beige turtleneck sweater, and a khaki-colored skirt. The pointed, thick-heeled Witch Boots were beige in the front and black in the back, adding a touch of mystery to the elegance, making people unable to resist focusing between the boots and the hem of the skirt.

She spotted Zheng Qing hiding behind the tree at a glance.

"If you want to stay low-key outside the girls’ dormitory, an Invisibility Talisman is the worst choice."

She laughed, taking out the Law book, setting up a small stealth barrier, waving to enclose an area behind them: "To prevent certain perverts from snooping on the girls’ dormitory, this area in front is filled with various anti-surveillance and tracking-obliterating spells. Unless magic is used by one of us girls, your Invisibility Talismans will easily malfunction."

"How did you see me?" Zheng Qing’s eyes were clear yet foolish at that moment.

Jiang Yu sighed.

"The paper crane you sent me said you’d be waiting downstairs, and there was only this Acacia Tree with occasional small sparks emerging from behind it... what witch passing by wouldn’t notice?" She paused, adding: "This happens often downstairs, the witches will tacitly cover for each other... uh, let’s not talk about that... Didn’t we agree on meeting at the Cat Fruit Tree? Why come here so early, what’s happened?"

This time, Zheng Qing was truly bewildered.

"Cat Fruit Tree? I don’t..."

Before he could finish denying, a frantic paper crane darted out of the night, landing on his shoulder with a thud, lifting its wings, wiping its forehead wearily.

Feeling the familiar aura from the paper crane, Zheng Qing finally understood the meaning behind the witch’s words; turns out she sent a letter using the Flying Crane.

The witch raised her eyebrows slightly, reached out to stop the male witch’s crane from pecking at his ear, then stuffed it directly into her pocket.

"I knew it, how could you arrive so quickly?" Her face showed a bit of understanding, "Turns out you haven’t received the paper crane yet. It normally goes to the boys’ dormitory very fast... weren’t you in your dorm before?"

Zheng Qing always admired those accustomed to deducing the correct conclusion from tiny clues.

He just wasn’t so used to becoming the clue himself.

"Those three sleeping Sprites I mentioned before have successfully transformed." Zheng Qing didn’t immediately answer the girl’s question, instead, he began explaining the cause and effect: "They’ve turned into three Great Elves, each more than three feet tall, with new wings growing on their backs, semi-transparent, resembling the wings we use when casting ’Mayfly Wings’..."

Jiang Yu patiently listened to him recounting everything that happened after dinner without interruption, only during his mention of visiting Greenhill Mansion did she take his arm, leading him to a quieter place, strolling under the moonlit campus.

Until Zheng Qing fell silent.

Only then did she summarize: "So, the names of the three Great Elves are ’Zheng Suyi, Zheng Sushuang, Zheng Susu’, and they are listed in the Edge Academy’s registry, right?"

Her tone was calmly.

Zheng Qing inexplicably felt a bit guilty.

"Correct." He quietly agreed, his steps becoming somewhat stiff.

"No wonder Su Councilor, even simple names can sound so pleasant."

Unexpectedly, the witch didn’t show anger but sincerely praised Su Shijun’s choices, then changed her tone slightly: "You did well too... because even if you brought those Great Elves to me, I would advise you to let the school take care of them. Comparatively speaking, Su Councilor is indeed a better choice."

Zheng Qing showed a trace of confusion.

"This is also why I sought you tonight." The witch raised a hand, re-extending the stealth barrier, pressing her voice lower: "Earlier you mentioned encountering ’the crow’ during the Forbidden Magic Festival, I sent a letter to my family, wanting to see if there were other clues there... The reply came from the family’s Elderly Ancestor."

Zheng Qing instinctively straightened his back.

During the incident when Korma advanced to Big Wizard, he had witnessed a projection of the Jiang Family’s Elderly Ancestor who left a deep impression by snapping off the dragon fang at the staff’s head as a Fu Bullet.

"...The Elderly Ancestor reminded me that she saw a giant bird-shaped cloud lingering over First University while sipping tea early in the day, which isn’t a good omen." She paused, dissatisfied with the vagueness of the information, then added: "The Elderly Ancestor advised me to remain ’cautious’ at school this semester, avoiding ventures into Dreamland like last year, and steering clear of unfamiliar wizards, and not mingling with entities of ’abnormal life forms’."

Although Jiang Yu also considered the three Great Elves as a form of ’abnormal life form’.

Zheng Qing was somewhat uncertain—after all, whether it was himself or those crows, they were, by life form, more anomalous than the transformed Great Elves.