High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 458: Chapter 127: The Ball After the Opening Ceremony _1

Following the opening ceremony of the school’s hunting party, Jiuyou Academy had arranged a grand hunting dance on the square by the lakeside of Bell Lake on Thursday night. Young professors from the school, specially invited outside guests, and hundreds of participating hunters, would all attend this closing celebration of the opening ceremony.

As a scholarship student at Jiuyou Academy and the youngest winner of the Merlin Medal in nearly twenty years, Zheng Qing had also received an invitation to the ball.

But he eventually gave up the opportunity.

Because his dance partner, the charming gypsy witch, was missing again.

However, what relieved our scholarship student is that Elena sent him an origami crane this time, expressing her deep apology for not being able to attend the evening ball.

Accompanied by the letter were several rubbings of rare antique runes - perhaps the gypsy witch believed that these gifts with magical mysteries could ease the young scholarship student’s heartache a bit.

”These rubbings have a very strong trace of Rune Text... this is a type of rune that wizards on the ancient Scandinavian Peninsula often used.” The young scholarship student was holding a magnifying glass in one hand, with his head down, carefully observing the symbols on the rubbings while he seriously explained to the other people in the dormitory.

As if the others care about these abstruse symbols.

No one paid any attention to him.

Zheng Qing finally put down the magnifying glass in his hand.

He took out the pocket watch from his pocket and glanced at the ticking time on the dial.

It was now 6:30 in the evening, and the ball would begin in an hour.

”Excuse me, help me pull the waistband at the back... it seems to be wrinkled.” Xin Fat Man held his belly and strolled to Zheng Qing, turned his back and asked chattering, ”Are you really not going tonight? This is the first ball held since we enrolled in school. I heard there will be a group of cute fox girls tonight!”

Xin Fat Man got the invitation as a member of the campus newspaper editorial department. When he proudly slapped that invitation on the desk, the other three in the dormitory silently took out similar invitations and waved them in front of his nose - Dylan even took out two invitations.

This made Xin Fat Man quite frustrated.

Fortunately, having a broad mind is a necessary and sufficient condition for being fat, so Xin Fat Man’s mentality could always adjust to the best state in a very short time.

”Where are the fox girls,” Zheng Qing helped him smooth out the wrinkles on the belt while wrinkling his nose and asking, ”I thought that the guests at tonight’s ball were some more formal guests...”

”They are very formal guests.” Xiao Xiao took over the conversation leisurely: ”If I guessed correctly, those fox girls should be the maids or juniors brought by Su Shijun... The Qingqiu Su family always has a lavish display.”

”Bingo! But no prize.” Xin Fat Man snapped his fingers and wiggled his shoulders and shuffled his feet, dancing around the dormitory, mumbling: ”But I got news from the editorial department that Su Shijun won’t attend the dance tonight, she seems to be visiting friends and relatives in Beta Town...”

The orange cat, who was dozing on the table, was awakened by Xin Fat Man’s pitter-patter steps and let out an irritable threat.

The elves, on the other hand, were flying around in mid-air, hovering curiously in front of every male wizard changing his clothes, carefully looking at their drastically different attire.

”Can you make them be quiet for a while? The powder that I just put on my face is going to be ruined by their wings.” Dylan complained in a low voice not far away.

”As a male wizard, could you not talk about powdering your face so blatantly and confidently!” Zheng Qing sighed heavily and waved to call back his little elves.

The little elves didn’t seem annoyed about being chased away at all. Instead, they happily flapped their wings and settled down on Zheng Qing, chirping cheerfully.

Of course, a few bold little elves directly landed on Orange Cat’s fur.

Tuan Tuan playfully wagged the end of his tail, unbothered by the interruption, and began purring happily, welcoming the new tenants on his body.

”...So you’re really not planning to go today?” Hearing Zheng Qing’s ’unfair’ evaluation, Dylan immediately shifts the topic to the sore point of the cost student, emphasizing: ”You know, a hunting dance party is not something people can hold whenever they want to...”

”But it’s Moon Hunting now.” Zheng Qing picked up a newspaper from his desk and shook it, ”I’ve looked up the Moon Hunting schedule in the campus newspaper. Over the next four weeks, there is a Hunting Dance at the school every weekend. There will always be a chance.”

”Beautiful women are always forgiven,” Dylan is adjusting his new fitted robe, while fine-tuning the wrinkles on his face in front of the mirror, summarizing it in a singing-like tone: ”Ah...beauty! Beauty is so, so invincible...”

Zheng Qing looked at him enviously.

Dylan also received the invitation to the dance party, two of them at that—related to his two names.

Dylan O’Brien Tabot, regardless of whether it’s the O’Brien family or the Tabbot family, they all have sufficient qualifications to receive an invitation.

But Dylan is only one person, neither belonging to the O’Brien nor the Tabbot.

As the organizers of the dance party, the student council of Jiuyou Academy would rather go through the extra trouble than getting embroiled in issues of ownership and precedence, hence they sent Dylan two invitations, inviting both of his surnames.

Lazy, but very secure.

Therefore, since dinner, Mister Wolfman has been wandering between his wardrobe and the dressing mirror, trying on one robe after another, one belt after another, one cufflink after another.

He even painted a shimmery layer of powder onto his small, pointed fangs, making him look extraordinarily elegant. Every time he opened his mouth to smile, there was a kind of dazzling sensation.

”Anyway, I can’t dance, so I’d rather not meddle.” Zheng Qing defended himself weakly.

”In that case, it’s perfect.” Xiao Xiao suddenly spoke, telling the young cost student: ”The Absolution Hunting team needs to arrange training as soon as possible... Since you are free, run to the school’s maintenance committee office tonight and discuss with the on-duty wizard about the borrowing of the hunting ground.”

”And the coach!” Xin Fat Man waved his fists vigorously, reminding: ”The coach of the Judgment Hunting team! You need to remind the junior sword student when he will start training us...”

”Yeah.” Dylan also stopped showing off in front of the dressing mirror, turned his head, asking energetically: ”I am still a searcher of your hunting team, right? Shouldn’t Hoffman be my guide then? Woah! The title of disciple of the strongest searcher of the first university sounds invigorating!”

”One of the searchers!” Zheng Qing had to speak up, suppressing the chaotic atmosphere in the dormitory, emphasizing to Dylan: ”You are only one of the searchers! Blue Bird is also a searcher of our hunting team...”

”And you,” Zheng Qing turned his head, looking puzzledly at Xiao Xiao: ”I’ll naturally take care of the hunting team’s matters... but one thing has always puzzled me, where did the invitation for tonight’s dance come from? And why is the color of your invitation different from ours?”

The dance party invitations of Zheng Qing, Xin Fat Man, Dylan and the others are all ordinary red covers.

Whereas Xiao Xiao’s invitation has a noble purple-black color.

”Oh, this... was given to me by Sima,” Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses, saying nonchalantly: ”She was asked by the school to attend the dance tonight, but couldn’t find a partner, so asked me for help...”

Dormitory 403 fell into a deathly silence.