High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 370: Chapter 39 Absolution_1

”The Knight Group is merely a suffix.”

”We need to first specify the range, then Narrow it further.”

”Since no one has any objections, then we can consider adding a prefix to the Knight Group.” Xiao Xiao was flipping through the notebook in her hands, speaking quickly: ”Historically renowned Knight Groups, such as the Teutonic Knight Group from Europa, the Templar Knights, Good Temple Knights; The Numidian Knights from North Africa; The War Elephant Knights from the Ganges; The Golden Knights from the plains... etc., all these knight groups carry deep cultural and bloodline origins, and have achieved dazzling accomplishments in many historic demon hunting battles.”

”Since we’ve chosen the Knight Group, then we should adhere to the principles of knighthood.”

”Humility, honor, sacrifice, courage, mercy, honesty, fairness, and faith.”

”The question is... can we achieve this?”

This statement made the atmosphere in the dorm room become significantly more solemn.

Xiao Xiao didn’t wait for others to answer, but directly gave her own opinion:

”No, we can’t.”

”Not only can’t... but on the contrary, we are very far...very far from these virtues.”

”Take myself for instance, I hold this thick notebook all day, hoping to record everything I see...wanting to learn all the knowledge. This is arrogance, overconfidence, and also greed, it’s avarice.” Xiao Xiao threw the notebook onto Xin Fat Man’s bed next to her, her tone filled with disgust, ”But since I carry such a destiny, then I could only continue to be greedier.”

A few elves who were originally patting the Orange Cat were chirping and their wings fluttered. They dragged the heavy notebook back to the doctor’s table.

The gloom on Xiao Xiao’s face lessened a bit.

”Thank you.” She sincerely thanked them.

The elves were very happy to receive the praise, they were giggling, dancing joyfully, they flew in circles in the air, and then willingly returned to the Orange Cat’s back.

”What about you guys? I think everyone should be able to find the sins they carry.” Xiao Xiao’s finger gently stroked the gilded imprint on the notebook’s cover, her gaze swept over the others in the dorm room.

Everyone else avoided her gaze nervously.

Only from the shadow beneath the canopy came a lazy reply.

”Since you are avarice... then I am laziness.” Dylan was still burying himself in the coffin, making his voice sound somewhat hollow: ”A long life of a thousand two hundred years, I’m already sick of this world, too lazy to go out, too lazy to read, too lazy to suck blood, too lazy to have a hobby, even too lazy to live in this world.”

”Then why don’t you go die?” Zheng Qing felt his forehead twitching, he couldn’t resist but retort.

”Because I was already dead!” Dylan replied with a cold joke.

Lin Guo laughed loudly twice.

Then he noticed that no one else was laughing along, so he obediently shut his mouth.

Unexpectedly for Zheng Qing, the third person to speak was the usually quiet Blue Bird.

”My master once said, there’s only a thin line between self-confidence and arrogance, there’s no fundamental difference between arrogance and pride. When I focus on my own path, I always neglect the feelings of others... this is wrong.” Blue Bird very uncharacteristically spoke at length, and used a single word to sum up his sin in the end: ”Pride.”

Zheng Qing slightly furrowed his brows.

He suddenly felt that the topic was drifting off, and that everyone’s statements seemed to be leaning towards a concept that was quite familiar to him.

Before he could think of how to phrase his thoughts, Xin Fat Man was already speaking cheerily.

”Very interesting, very interesting...” The fat man hugged his arms, reclining in his chair, his smile seemed a little peculiar: ”If I have a flaw, then it would be gluttony... but you should know that as a giant, our energy consumption is always very high. Ever since I was a kid, my family trained me to always accumulate energy, to replenish my energy. So much so that now, sometimes I find myself unable to stop eating... this feeling is quite scary.”

”There’s also me!” Zhang Ji Xin was cracking his knuckles, speaking enthusiastically: ”I’m quite irritable...no, should I say, Everyone in my family has quite a temper. My brother said it’s genetic, the more explosive the better... I don’t quite understand the logic behind it, but I think it should be because when people get angry, their blood flows faster, and their punches become stronger.”

When Zhang Ji Xin finished his self-analysis, an eerie silence engulfed their dorm room for a moment.

Lin Guo continued to furrow his brow in self-reflection, trying hard to align himself with an appropriate negative term. Meanwhile, Zheng Qing felt he had grasped Xiao Xiao’s line of thought.

”Greed, sloth, pride, gluttony, wrath,” the young state-funded student pointed at several figures in the dorm room, his look grim. ”Doctor, there are eight of us, and you’ve brought up the Seven Deadly Sins. What kind of game are you playing?”

He pointed his finger and analyzed aloud, ”You’re only left with lust and envy... But there are still three of us - Monk, Lin Guo, and me... Hey you all, you’ve already taken all the good words, what am I supposed to do? I wanted to be sloth too!”

”Too bad, you were slow to react,” Dylan’s spooky laughter echoed from his coffin, ”Sorry about that...”

”Who said you didn’t have a title? In my opinion, ’pervert’ suits you just fine,” Xin Fatman said earnestly, patting his belly. ”Or you could strive for a double-header... like ’lazy and gluttonous’?”

”Hey, fat man... what the hell did you just say?” With narrowed eyes, Zhen Qing fumbled for a few talismans from his grey cloth bag and threatened, ”You gotta be responsible for your words... if any distortions crop up, you’ll pay.”

”I’m just basing it off what I’ve seen.” Xin Fatman avoided Zheng Qing’s talismans and muttered softly, ”It’s only been a month since school started, and you’ve already got yourself mixed up with three girls... If that’s not being a pervert, I don’t know what is...”

”Three?!” Zhang Ji Xin hollered, ”Isn’t that just too much? Dying in a drought, or dying in a flood... And how come I only know about two?”

”I only know about two as well...” Curiosity flashed across Xiao Xiao’s face, ”When did he find another one?”

”Hey! Think before you speak!” Zheng Qing’s face fell dramatically, ”What ’two’, ’three’... I don’t even have one right now...”

”Aren’t you dating that Gypsy witch?” Lin Guo suddenly turned around and asked curiously, ”I heard from Li Meng that you guys even exchanged gifts...”

”We didn’t exchange any gifts... You believe every word that girl said?” Zheng Qing emphasized, grudgingly admitting, ”In fact, we’re not officially in a relationship... we’re just classmates who get along well.”

”Oh, there’s also Jiang Yu, another one of your close classmates,” Xiao Xiao chimed in, ”You spend more weekends with her than with Elena... You can’t deny that.”

Zheng Qing was left speechless.

”And who’s the last one?” Xiao Xiao turned to Xin Fatman and prompted, ”Did he do something sneaky behind our backs again?”

”Ahem, the last one is almost a sure bet... All the seniors in the student council know that.” Xin Fatman cleared his throat and built up the suspense before leisurely explainging, ”She’s the vice-chair of the student council, Korma... a third-year student... a very, well, formidable witch... I’m not sure how Clear Brother got connected with her.”

Everyone’s gaze focused on the young, state-funded student sitting by the bed.

”Who is she?” Zheng Qing asked with a baffled expression.

Seeing that he didn’t seem to be feigning, everyone turned their gazes back onto Xin Fatman.

”I can’t have got it wrong!” Xin Fatman smacked his chest confidently, ”The school newspaper’s editing department made a big fuss about it, saying council vice-chair Korma found herself a young boyfriend this year, a freshman with a state-funded scholarship at Jiuyou... Who’s the only boy in Jiuyou’s freshman class with a state-funded scholarship?”

Once again, all eyes in the dorm room focused on Zheng Qing.

”I’ve been framed! I’m more innocent than Dou’er!” Zheng Qing slammed his bed in protest, his cheeks red in denial, ”I at least know the first two... This last one you’re talking about, I have no idea who she is!”

Seeing the conversation sliding into chaos, Xiao Xiao finally pounded the table, putting an end to the questioning.

”We’ll save the interrogation for tonight,” Doctor Xiao said with a chilling grin before adding, ”Right now, we urgently need to complete the club application form.”

”Hmmm, based on our previous discussion... I’ve decided to name the club ’Knights of Absolution.’”

”Actually, I didn’t want to get boxed into the ’Seven Sins’... we can’t use that anyway. One club at Alpha Academy already has that long established banner. So, we have to come up with something new.”

”Absolution is forgiveness.”

”Is there a rule of conduct which is universally applicable throughout life? It is reciprocity! Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

”As we practice the virtues of chivalry, we must also uphold the principle of not doing unto others what we would not want done unto ourselves.”