High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 243: Chapter 167: Wizard Behavior Management Method_1

From the first day of contact with the world of wizards, Zheng Qing had always harbored a question in his heart.

Why were wizards hiding themselves?

He had many guesses.

For example, the technology of modern society is too advanced, the concealment of wizards is due to the fear of being captured and studied by frantic scientists; or the worldly life of ordinary people is too distracting, thus obstructing the exploration of the truth of magic by the wizards, in order to focus on their research, the wizards hide their traces; Zheng Qing had even pessimistically speculated whether the absence of a certain ’spiritual machine’ in the world of ordinary people would cause magic to fail, resulting in wizards deliberately avoiding those areas.

However, no matter which guess it was, there were always inconsistencies that didn’t fully make sense.

Upon entering the First University and spending a long time in the Book Mountain Library, Zheng Qing gradually realized that his previous guesses were too subjective and did not align with the reality of the wizards’ world.

The wizarding world didn’t completely cut off the channels of communication between wizards and ordinary people.

For instance, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Wizard Alliance had a ’Wizard and Common People Affairs Office’ specifically responsible for liaising and communicating between wizards and ordinary people.

Moreover, many wizards had changed their identities and delved into the world of ordinary people to conduct various types of research and investigation. Some of these deeds were even recorded in the ”Wizard World Encyclopedia”.

Most importantly, Zheng Qing discovered a law—the ”Wizard Behavior Management Method”.

This law sets out various requirements for communication between wizards and common people, restricts the scope and degree of wizards’ activities in the world of plain people, clearly prohibits wizards from randomly appearing in the world of common people, and includes it in the Wizard’s Codex.

However, no matter how detailed this law was, the text remained vague at the crucial part—why wizards put this law into effect.

Therefore, Liu Fei Fei’s question was very much to Zheng Qing’s liking.

He immediately perked up, his ears standing on end, and stared intently at Beautiful Lady Sima on the podium.

After dealing with the disruptive Andrew Taylor, Lady Sima furrowed her lovely eyebrows in thought for a long time before slowly answering:

”This question from student Liu Fei Fei is very complex.”

”Because this issue falls under the advanced category of the Philosophy of Magic from a certain perspective.”

”From another viewpoint, this problem is actually more inclined towards sociology... Of course, this is not to say that it has nothing to do with history. On the contrary, the complex relationship between wizards and common people has always existed throughout the long history of magic.”

”Here, I can briefly elaborate.”

There came a rustling sound of pages being flipped from beneath the podium.

Many students took out their notebooks, prepared to take notes—students from Alpha mostly used quills; students from Jiuyou mostly used brush pens; and of course, there were some lazy students who instructed their ’classroom elves’ to take notes for them, such as young master Andrew who wore ten rings on his hands.

Lady Sima composed herself for a moment, and when everyone was ready and had their full attention on her, she started speaking again:

”Firstly, just as some students have understood, wizards and common people are, in fact, two separate species—of course, this is not discrimination, this is an objective fact.”

”I am not promoting the ’untouchable’ stubborn view of wizards—I most of the time, agree with the limited contact theory proposed by conservative wizards.”

”Since they are not the same species, this leads to wizards and ordinary people being unable to communicate in the usual way.”

”Especially when the one communicating has countless ways of imposing their thoughts on the other party, there’s actually no possibility of communication. In behavioral studies, this is generally referred to as a ’command’.”

”Secondly, wizards are not lovers of their old brooms. We have shared magical skills with common people multiple times.”

”Like fire, like electricity, like the nucleus.”

”You can refer to the specific cases in the World Modern History Chapter: Plain People Era and the Era of Gods: Twilight of the Gods. Both of these history books have copies available in Book Mountain Library, you can borrow them when you have time.”

A whirring sound of note-taking resonated from the audience.

Zheng Qing quickly noted down the titles of these two books and underlined them with a wavy line as a stress marker.

When taking lecture notes, he still preferred to use the fountain pen he frequently used in high school. On the one hand, although he had a basic knowledge of calligraphy, this did not overshadow his lack of proficiency in fast writing with a brush pen; on the other hand, it was just a habit.

Professor Sima on the podium didn’t wait for the students to finish taking notes this time but quickened her pace of speaking:

”Lastly, in reality, wizards have tried to blend into the world of ordinary people multiple times, but they have not achieved good results.”

”The documented history of ordinary humans only spans five to six thousand years, this short history period in the history of wizards is referred to as the ’Plain People Era’.”

”In between the ancient ’Wild Era’ and ’Plain People Era’, there lies a history spanning tens of thousands of years, known as the ’Era of Gods’.”

”In the Era of Gods, powerful forces were unrestrained, common people were reduced to being slaves of the wizards.”

”No one was concerned about the life and death of ants.”

”The course of time made the wizards forget that they themselves were once a part of the ants.”

”Even the most recent example, some serious students must have read about it in the ’Big History: World Modern History Volume’—the Evil Soul Magician in Vienna spread hatred on a large scale, sparking the most ferocious battle in the world of common people.”

”Before the common people can resist the spell of wizards, any excessive contact is harmful and of no benefit. That’s why the Magic Alliance Conference unanimously approved the ’Wizard Behavior Management Method’ at its 1536th meeting—that’s also why the wizards gifted the power of the nucleus to common people.”

”The nucleus is also a box. Until the common people gain the ability to breach the barrier, only the box can ensure their limited safety.”

Zheng Qing’s pen trembled rapidly in his hand, many novel ideas emerged from Professor Sima’s mouth, triggering sudden enlightenment in him.

If there’s anything in this world that brings joy, exploring the unknown must be the most important one.

Just like now.

He had touched a chunk of unknown world.

”Perhaps some students have realized another point.”

Lady Sima’s eyes flashed as she partially rejected her previous explanation:

”Laws with limited constraints cannot completely restrict the desire of wizards to be active in the world of common people.”

”At this point, you need to understand another major factor why wizards completely retreated from the world of common people—the Silence Theory.”

”’Wizard Behavior Management Method’ is the moral constraint that the wizard society imposed upon itself, while the ’Silence Theory’ is the armor that the law of heaven and earth has fitted the plain people with. These constraints have collectively resulted in the phenomenon of wizards disappearing from amongst the common people.”

Professor Sima raised her hands and gestured downward to quell the students’ urge to ask questions, concluding the topic with a suggestion:

”The discussion on this question ends here. Continuing on would involve some sophisticated philosophical principles. You can ask Professor Yao about it in the Philosophy of Magic class next Wednesday.”