High School of Demon Hunting

64: Chapter 64: The Frog Sings_1

64 -64: The Frog Sings_1

The sun’s silhouette had already disappeared behind the high walls of the academy.

Only a faint glimmer of daylight remained.

The evening breeze brushed across the lake, lazily scattering the water ripples.

The red big birds, which were originally resting on the lake surface, began to stir.

They withdrew their necks from underneath their wings, shook their heads, and slowly fluttered their enormous wings.

The gentle wind swept through the treetops, shedding a few leaves.

The wind by the lake was a bit chilly.

Zheng Qing was still wearing a short-sleeved shirt underneath his robe.

He shivered, took out a towel from his grey cloth bag, and draped it over the cardboard box he was holding.

The two groups of new students have not yet left the lakeside.

Nicholas was diligently inspecting several new students.

In his view, any newcomers too close to the fishmen would be exposed to the evil radiation radiated by the fishmen.

“This horrifying radiation will disrupt your own magic abilities, affecting your initial grading examination at the beginning of school,” Nicholas warned earnestly, and then gave each student he had checked a piece of mint candy: “Mint can effectively get rid of the fishmen’s evil radiation.”

Although Zheng Qing was skeptical, he still obediently accepted the inspection.

This was because Xiao Xiao, who always dropped her books, didn’t object to Nicholas’s major inspections.

Not far away, another instructor couldn’t stop berating Liu Fifi for her clumsiness.

The girl clutching the cobra stood pathetically there, her eyes red.

“She’s not stupid; she just doesn’t understand the situation.” Nicholas went over and soothed, “There is no need for any extra explanation.”

The surrounding new students, who felt that the mentor was making a big deal out of a small matter, echoed in agreement.

Liu Fifi blinked, her tears starting to pour down incessantly.

Several girls hurriedly came to her side, pulling out tissues and handkerchiefs, and comforting her continuously.

Another senior looked at Nicholas with annoyance, then raised his eyebrows and flashed a strange smile on his face.

“So it’s senior Nicholas!” He drew out the words ‘senior Nicholas’ in an implicitly mocking tone: “It seems that the senior understands this very well.”

After saying that, he touched the black edge of his robe, raised his head, snorted coldly, and ignored his new students as he turned and walked away directly.

The new students were silent, watching Nicholas carefully.

Nicholas spat into the lake fiercely, clapped his hands together, and didn’t speak.

A few croaking sounds came from the surface of the water.

Zheng Qing looked towards the sound.

A frog hopped out of the lake and onto a large blue stone on the shore.

It opened its mouth and croaked a few times, then began to sing a strange tune:

Croak, croak.

A mouse stealthily sneaks ashore

Three old men foolishly don’t see

Croak, croak.

Three old men foolishly don’t see

Croak…

A dark shadow suddenly sprang up, interrupting the frog’s singing, and swallowing the noisy amphibian whole.

It was Liu Fei Fei’s pet cobra.

Zheng Qing was stunned, watching this slick pet comfortably sticking out its tongue and slithering back to its owner’s side.

Liu Fei Fei blinked her red eyes and wiped off the unknown black and green liquid from the corner of the cobra’s mouth with her already soaked handkerchief.

“Why didn’t your snake go where it was supposed to?” Zheng Qing, looking at the lazy long worm that was slumped in a heap, finally couldn’t help but ask.

He was very curious that this big snake could appear deep within the campus.

Including Poseidon, the little fox, and Xiao Xiao’s old tortoise, all the pets brought by the new students left their owners in the First Hall.

Liu Fei Fei was the first new student he saw with a pet.

“Little Dragon was attacked by a demon, Professor An allowed me to bring it in to see a doctor,” Liu Fei Fei answered softly, stroking her pet’s head.

The cobra, which had just swallowed a frog, gently raised its head and nuzzled in the warm palm of the girl.

Zheng Qing sighed and held his box in his arms a little tighter.

Not far away, a few new students were still squatting by the trace of the frog and having a lively discussion.

“That frog was just singing!

Did you guys understand what it was singing?”

“Shouldn’t the more noteworthy thing be why we can understand the frog singing?”

“This is a magical university!

If the frogs here can’t even sing, it’s too disappointing.”

Hearing this response, Zheng Qing was speechless and surprisingly had no counterargument.

The sky was getting dark.

After hesitating for a few minutes by the lakeside, Nicholas decisively announced that all new students of the two groups should follow him to complete the subsequent touring tasks.

No one objected to this sole solution.

Nicholas no longer lingered on every bit of history in the academy, but he couldn’t help but show off the legends he heard from obscure corners:

“The Book Mountain Library is a great place for self-study and research, although there are only five floors, it’s quite vast.

With doors linked, and layers interlocked, it is like a huge maze, so you must prepare well before entering.”

Nicholas sighed, looking somewhat distressful: “I’m not suggesting you remember the routes, but to pack enough food.

Although the library is cleared out every day, you sometimes inevitably stumble into some secluded corners, and then, uh-oh– the longest record in the academy is a student being trapped in the library for eighty days.”

The new students were in an uproar.

They could not imagine the library being a giant maze.

Neither could they imagine how that student survived those eighty days trapped in the library.

From the Book Mountain Library, a flagstone path stretches out, taking a small turn by the lake, straight towards the deeper areas of the academy.

On both sides of the road were towering Paulownia trees, their broad leaves densely overlapped, forming a quiet tree-shaded path.

Several pairs of green eyes peered through the gaps in the leaves, quietly watching the new students passing under the trees.

Nicholas led the new students in a light jog, careful not to disturb the inhabitants of the trees.

Passing through the tree-lined path, a rolling hill landscape appeared before everyone.

As the sky darkened, Zheng Qing could only vaguely see some strange peaks and black forests in the distance.

“The Shadow Wall belongs to the entrance courtyard, the Main Teaching Building to the front courtyard, Lin Zhong Lake to the middle courtyard, and here,” Nicholas spoke and waved his hand grandly, encompassing the garden behind them: “this is the back courtyard of the academy.”

“East Peach Garden, West Hua Garden, Yunfang Garden; they all belong within this back courtyard.”

“Your dormitory is in the West Hua Garden.

Between the gardens are plantations and spirit dwellings, offering safety to the exotic plants and your little companions.

You will gradually understand the details in your future studies.”

“It’s getting quite late, and you’ve all had a tough day,” Nicholas paused as he looked at the new students in front of him.

Zheng Qing nodded in agreement, slightly dazed in his heart.

The names Hui Zi Ji and San You Bookstore resurfaced in his mind, seeming like something from a long time ago.