High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 426: Chapter 95: Amber_1

”How did you know what that uncle was about to say?”

After the owner of the Yota restaurant left the private room, Andrew looked curiously at Julian, expressing deep admiration for his ability to understand the ’gist’ from ’subtle words’.

”My old dad is the same way.” Julian shrugged, showing a familiar expression, ”You know, he runs a logging yard in Vieille, and my brothers and I have always been his free labour... When I was preparing to study at Alpha Academy and the First University, he said almost the same thing to my interviewer.”

Omega sighed heavily.

”You’ll get used to it.” Julian reached out and consoled the skinny boy wizard by patting his shoulder, and added, ”Let’s get acquainted, I’m Julian...a freshman at Alpha Academy, sitting at the head of the table is the captain of our hunting team, Mr. Andrew Taylor.”

Andrew nodded slightly in acknowledgement.

”... And sitting in the corner is a freshman from Atlas, you can call him Amber.”

Omega raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had just noticed a wizard sitting in the corner of the private room. He was dressed in a yellow robe, had a handsome face, his dark brown hair mixed with many grey strands, showing signs of overthinking.

At this moment, he was sitting with his eyes closed, seemingly in meditation.

Upon hearing Julian’s introduction, the student from Atlas opened his eyes and nodded in a friendly manner.

After looking over Amber, Omega glanced at the wall clock hanging on the wall.

”Oh no!” The skinny wizard suddenly exclaimed, ”I’m going to be late for class... It’s terrible... terrible!”

On the wall, the time on the clock had already pointed towards quarter past one.

”Don’t worry, you can skip class today.” Julian held onto Omega’s shoulder, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and flicked it into the air, ”Sign this, and you won’t need to go to class this afternoon...”

The son of the restaurant owner tilted his head, reading the title of the paper word by word:

”First...University...Hospital...Illness...Diagnosis...Note?”

The diagnosis note left areas such as name, gender, and other personal information blank, and only outlined the ’diagnostic result’ and ’doctor’s suggestion’ .

Omega noticed that the ’diagnostic result’ on this paper was ’acute gastroenteritis’, and the doctor’s suggestion was ’rest for half a day’.

At the end of the paper, there was also a bright red official seal.

The date read ’Wuzi Year, Renxu Month, Bingxu Day (October 13) Monday’, which was today.

”This is...” The skinny wizard looked up, giving the black-haired, thin-eyed wizard a peculiar glance.

”As you see, it is a fully valid sick leave certificate issued by the school hospital.” Julian flicked the paper in his hand again, urging, ”Hurry up and fill in your information... This sick note must be flown to your professor’s office before the afternoon class.”

Omega hesitated for a few seconds, then snatched the blank sick note.

Andrew, sitting at the head of the dining table, watched with a smile as the young wizard signed the note. With a slight cough, he turned to the others and said languidly:

”Since we have reached the minimum requirement for the hunting team in terms of numbers, let’s determine our respective positions in the team.”

Omega had just thrown the signed sick note out the window in the form of a paper crane when he turned his head back and looked around the room, wondering: ”Doesn’t a hunting team need five people? There are only... one, two, three... Adding me makes four... Is there a new rule in the freshman hunting competition?”

”No, no, no, we have exactly five people in our team now.” Andrew was rubbing the gemstone ring on his finger, struggling to shrug his shoulders, and explained, ”We have one more member who is a little special, a Fishman from Lin Zhong Lake called Iseni... He is the Auxiliary Hunter assigned to us by Mr. Sepulano.”

”Fishman?!” Omega exclaimed, ”Can the school allow a monster like that to enter the hunting grounds? And to participate in the freshmen’s hunting competition?!”

”There’s no rule against it.” Andrew let out a dry chuckle. ”The school has no regulations in this regard. As the saying goes, whatever is not forbidden is allowed... In any case, Mr. Sepulano has confirmed that this list can pass the student council’s review... You should know that the logisitics of the school hunting party this year is mainly handled by the student council and the Club Union.”

The restaurant owner’s son gave a deep sigh again.

”Maybe I should regret this now,” he muttered. ”That foul-smelling sub-life entering the hunting grounds might attract all the Wild Demons within a ten-mile radius.”

”Isn’t that less effort for us then?” Julian added with a laugh from the side. ”It saves us from having to track them down.”

Indeed, he had a point.

Omega made a click sound with his mouth and didn’t say another word.

”So... I’m the main hunter, Iseni is the auxiliary hunter, and it can act as the Left Auxiliary.” Andrew continued to calculate the lineup of the hunting team, his eyes scanning the remaining few people in the room. ”Who among you will be the Right Aide? We’re still short of an auxiliary hunter.”

He said ’among you’, but Omega clearly saw that the tall and sturdy wizard’s gaze was not on himself, but lingering on the other two witches.

”I think Amber is more suited to be your Right Aide.” Julian suddenly suggested.

”What about you?” Andrew furrowed his brows: ”With your abilities, you should also be able to handle the position of the auxiliary hunter.”

”If you’re okay with it, let me be the wandering hunter of the hunting team.” The black-haired, thin-eyed wizard gave a slight smile, appearing calm. ”I can guard the two sides of your hunting team... As for the auxiliary hunter, it should be given to someone more capable.”

”What’s your rationale?” Andrew reclined, shifting to a more comfortable position, his gaze fixed on the opposite carpenter’s son. ”Even though you recommended him to the team, I don’t know much about him.”

As he spoke, he tilted his head and shot a glance at the Yellow Robe Wizard sitting in the corner.

Amber kept his eyes closed, staying silent.

”You know, after the school determined that I have the ’Heart of Faith,’ the Atlas professors tried to help me establish a certain belief.” Julian flashed a bitter smile. ”Unfortunately, those efforts were in vain... Of course, it wasn’t a total loss. I got to know Amber during those few days I was in Atlas.”

”Before entering the school, he was apprenticed to a hermit. He has a good command of healing and divination - the qualities an excellent auxiliary hunter should have - relatively speaking, I’m not good at either.”

The wizard sitting in the corner, seemingly oblivious to the conversation about him, remained quiet with his eyes closed.

Andrew was still somewhat dissatisfied with Julian’s explanation: ”Since you recommended him, I haven’t set any stringent assessments for him...”

”Omega’s father is coming to knock on the door, knocking three times, asking us if we need tea.” Amber suddenly lifted his head, interrupting Andrew’s words, he murmured.

”What?”

The young master of the Taylor family looked puzzled.

”Dong Dong Dong.”

Three clear knocks rang out from outside the private room.

The restaurant owner of Yota pushed open the door, leaned in, and with a smirk, asked the young men in the room, ”Would you like some more hot tea?... freshly picked leaves from the Silent Forest this morning are really refreshing!”

No one said anything.

Everyone in the room stared at the handsome Atlas student in the corner with strange looks.

Amber seemed unaffected, his eyes closed again at some point.