High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 277: Chapter 201 - Can a Scholar’s Task Be Called Laziness_1

As one of the three major authorities under the Wizards Alliance, the First University is not only the cultivation center for young wizards, but also possesses the most comprehensive and profound magical research center in the wizarding world.

On Buji Island, in addition to the four colleges of Jiuyou, Alpha, Starry Sky, and Atlas, there are also four large research institutes quietly nestled within the university campus.

The Divination Research Institute, the Astronomy Research Institute, the Philosophy of Magic Research Institute, and the Applied Magic Research Institute.

As the name suggests, the Divination Research Institute is a magical institution dedicated to divination research. According to the different divination carriers and divination genres, this institute has established many sub-disciplines.

For example, according to different divination carriers, there are areas of study in star signs, turtle shell, cards, crystal ball and so on; according to different divination genres, there are many research methods such as Mei Hua Yi, Wen Wang Yi, Liu Ren, Tarot, etc.; in addition, there are groups of wizards specifically engaged in the interpretation and research of divination works such as ”Yi Jing” and ”Dao Te”.

Similarly, the Astronomy Research Institute and the Philosophy of Magic Research Institute are also highly specialized research institutions.

The difference is that the Astronomy Research Institute is dedicated to the various combinations of 365 standard magic texts, exploring the relationship between magic texts and the universe; whereas the Philosophy of Magic Research Institute is more focused on the development of theoretical knowledge, especially the theoretical development of the Dimensional School.

Compared to the aforementioned three institutes, the Applied Magic Research Institute is quite unique.

This is a comprehensive research institution, its size is almost equal to the other three research institutes combined.

This institute is primarily responsible for the development and promotion of commonly used magic skills. The institute is composed of several research institutions for practical magic such as the Magic Potion Research Institute, Fu Lu Research Institute, Magic Curse Array Research Institute, and the Alchemy Research Institute.

In the view of many seasoned wizards, this is not a serious pursuit—magic should be a method to research truth, not to focus on the development of quirky tricks—but in the eyes of more wizards, new magic that can be used is good magic.

Therefore, among the general wizarding population, the Applied Magic Research Institute has become almost as renowned as the other four colleges of the First University. It is considered the ’First University Research Institute’.

Of course, whether it’s the Applied Magic Research Institute or the other three research institutes, they all have a great appeal to the young wizards who graduate from the First University.

Rich research materials, profound research atmosphere, the most advanced laboratories in the wizarding world, and guidance from many renowned seniors—this almost explicitly tells all the young wizards who enter the research institute that they can go further along the profound path of magic.

Longer life, stronger power, and the constant sublimation of life itself.

Any wizard with ideals and rationality would not refuse these things.

Of course, not every graduate has the opportunity to enter these grand institutes hidden deep within Buji Island.

The research institutes only want the best graduates.

The title of outstanding graduates of the First University is a standard here, the valedictorians of the college are regulars here, and even those who have been on full scholarships for four years are quite numerous here.

In the past, the First University once circulated such a sentence: first-class students go to research institutes, second-class students stay in their colleges, third-class students earn money, the unremarkable ones just busy themselves.

However, as the value orientation of the modern wizarding world has slowly shifted, more and more wizards no longer regard becoming a great wizard as their lifelong pursuit. They increasingly believe in the role of talent in a wizard’s advancement, believe in noble bloodlines, believe in destiny.

This has led many outstanding graduates of the First University to begin to abandon themselves, focusing their attention on the wealthy and thriving ordinary magical life.

That widely circulated ’graduate motto’ has not been heard on campus for a long time.

The First University has always been indifferent to these changes, not caring about the loss of these precious talents.

Back to the point.

After the ’Sand Hour Crisis’ broke out at Jiuyou Academy, at the request of the school’s work committee, the Magic Potion Research Institute under the Applied Magic Research Institute of the First University, within the time limit of forty-eight hours, urgently produced a batch of insecticides and repellents to be distributed to all campuses of the First University.

After all, these Sand Hours have been in the academy for nearly a month, and no one knows where these lazy bugs will spread along with the wizards. So the school, based on the maximum range of theoretical control of the Mother Sand Hour, has included the entire school in the quarantine area.

So, on Monday morning, as soon as the first batch of potions was prepared, the school work committee sent staff immediately to arrange for students at Jiuyou Academy to take the anti-bug medicine en masse, while organizing other school workers, teaching assistants, and senior students to clean all possible hiding places of Sand Hour bugs in the school-including the library, study rooms, and even all student dormitories-and spray with insect repellent.

In contrast to the school’s all-out preparation, the young wizards took the situation much more casually.

Or perhaps ’carefree and nonchalant’ would be more accurate.

In their view, these bugs weren’t so scary; at most, they would just waste a bit of time.

You know what young people have to spare, is time.

The behaviors of students in Astronomy Class 08-1, as they received their bug-killing potions during magic class, were quite representative of young wizards.

In their rush to line up for the remedies, many didn’t care about getting back the time stolen by the sand hours, nor did they worry about how much time they had lost. No one thought to blame Jiuyou Academy for its lax management.

Everyone was focusing on how they could turn this incident into an opportunity to ’pass the buck’.

Even one certain scholarship student was no exception.

”The library must be swarming with sand hours!” Zheng Qing stood in line, asserting confidently,” I told you, I fell asleep during... that tutoring session last time. It must have been those damned bugs!”

He stumbled over the name, which only sparked laughter from the crowd.

”You’re so shifty, have some backbone! I take back what I said earlier.” Li Meng, standing on tiptoes, gave a hearty slap on his shoulder and looked around, ”It’s Elena... everyone knows already!”

Zheng Qing flushed, making a face at Li Meng’s guardian, hoping to have her dragged away.

Jiang Yu would usually cooperate.

But today, she simply turned her face away, expressionless, greeting the elves sitting on the blackboard ledge, ignoring Zheng Qing’s plea for help.

”Don’t bother looking, Elena isn’t here today.” Xin Fat Man came over like a fawning dog and ratted out his roommate, ”Brother Qing came looking for her early this morning, but didn’t find her. Also, a few days ago...”

Before he could finish, Zheng Qing had slapped several suppression symbols onto his back.

The poor Blue Giant immediately became dumbstruck, standing in place with rolling eyes, unable to move an inch.

”Carry on, carry on.” The scholarship student strenuously dragged Fat Man away from the crowd, laughing heartily, ”Misfortune home... y’all are welcome to laugh.”

Duan Xiao Jian timely intervened and diverted everyone’s attention.

”I knew it! I was distracted when I was doing my Rune Writing homework last week... For a while, I had no idea what I was doing!” The thin, hunched-back wizard babbled enthusiastically, his face flushing, ”But now I understand, I must have had my time stolen by the lazy bugs!”

”That’s why I couldn’t hand in my homework this afternoon.” Duan Xiao Jian turned his face and grinned at Tang Dun, ”Shouldn’t such circumstances... be accommodated, monitor?”

Tang Dun hesitated for a moment, nodded slowly, and said hesitantly, ”Should be... after all, it’s beyond our control.”

Many people were dumbfounded.

Is that even an option?!

The classroom buzzed with excitement, carping talk filled the air. A lot of people – especially the boys – began to claim having been infested by dozens of lazy bugs or being possessed by sand hours, declaring their incomplete homework a ’casualty of war’!

At the end of the day, everyone was simply trying to hold on to the faint hope of not having to do homework.

Li Meng listened to the boys discussing enthusiastically, she huffed loudly in contempt, staring disdainfully at these guys looking for every excuse to be lazy.

”Even without sand hours laying eggs behind your ears, lazy bugs could crawl out of your own ear holes!” The little spiritual wizard exclaimed indignantly, ”You’re all college students now, how can you be so lazy?”

”Lazy... Can that even be called lazy when it comes to students?” Duan Xiao Jian defended himself shamelessly, ”It’s called ’Stealing a half-day of leisure in life’!”