High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 467: Chapter 136: The Fox Meets the Demon_1

Poseidon squirmed in Zheng Qing’s arms, squealing and chattering, ardently complaining about the scholar who was absent all day, lamenting the bland food in the Pet Garden, and angrily recounting the annoying events he had encountered on a daily basis.

For example, this morning he was awakened by Jiulama’s smelly fart, and yesterday morning Second Dog used dirty tactics in a group fight. Not to mention, the dinner that was given out in the garden the day before, was partially stolen by the three squirrels from the tree next door - a small piece of broccoli. Although he doesn’t like vegetables, no one should ever casually steal from his plate!

Moreover, those three squirrels usually only eat nuts, their stealing his broccoli was clearly malicious!

Zheng Qing enjoyed listening to Little Fox’s complaints, which made him inadvertently happy. Even his previous discontent at not being able to attend the lakeside party had largely disappeared.

He wondered if First University had set up some Magical Array that benefits small animals. Since entering the university, every time he saw this Little Fox, he could feel its rapid mental growth.

The simpler way to understand it was, the little fox was getting more and more cunning.

Just as the young scholar was immersed in enjoying Poseidon’s ’life report’, a loud shout from behind startled both him and the fox.

The previously chatterbox Little Fox closed his mouth immediately; he poked his head out from under Zheng Qing’s arm to look towards where the sound was coming from.

Zheng Qing also turned his head, looking suspiciously at the small figure under the weeping cherry tree.

...

Su Ya was very angry.

She felt that she had lived a doggy life at her age - although this statement was not too wrong in many ways, as foxes are also canine creatures - but she had just let a one-year-old little fox slipped from under her watch!

If the young lady heard about this, how could she continue to be a fox...

Luckily, she was not too unlucky. As soon as she left the shaded path, she located the soul light of the ’runaway’ little fox.

Yes, ran away.

In Su Ya’s mind, although this little fox could be a little naughty, it was quite obedient. The behavior of leaving without saying goodbye, slipping away secretly, had never happened in the two hours she had been taking care of it!

So, it must be a sinister wizard who had set his sights on their little fox, used his evil magic to lead it astray.

Thinking of this, Su Ya was even more angry.

”Put that fox down!” She angrily extended her hand, pointing at Poseidon, and took two more steps forward.

The wizard in the red robe on the opposite side seemed somewhat surprised, turned his head and tilted it, arching his eyebrows, looked at the fox maid, and also took two steps back.

Next to the man and the fox, there was a very old deciduous cherry tree. Its branches spread in all directions, covering a large area. A group of fireflies that were feeding at night were happily sucking tree sap from a tender branch hanging from the old tree, casting a milky glow.

The fox maid took two steps forward, the wizard took two steps back.

Both happened to step into the glow.

At first, in the dark, Su Ya couldn’t see what the wizard on the opposite side looked like. But when he stepped back into the glow, the little fox lady seemed to have discovered something, her face slowly turned pale.

...

When Zheng Qing first saw the little girl, he almost thought that Jiang Yu’s cousin had also come to First University.

But soon, he rejected his own assumption.

Because calling her a ’girl’ was actually not accurate.

Whether it was the two fluffy pointed ears on her head, or the fluffy big tail wagging behind her, they all clearly marked her identity, which was completely different from ordinary wizards.

Not to mention her black and white dress, which was completely different from the students’ dress code at the school.

She must be a guest coming to the opening ceremony of the school’s hunt today, the young scholar pondered thoughtfully, blinking came to his mind.

He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he noticed the little fox lady’s face turning a bit pale - perhaps it was because the light shed by the fireflies on the treetops was too bright?

Reflecting on the little fox maid lady’s words earlier, Zheng Qing cleared his throat and was about to explain.

There seemed to be some misunderstanding here.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, the little fox lady shuddered.

”Mon...Monster!!” exclaimed Su Ya, her trembling hand pointing at Zheng Qing.

”Monster? Monster!!” said Zheng Qing, his expression suddenly changing. He quickly pulled out his Law book from his arms, leaped under the cherry tree, leaned against the tree trunk, and started looking behind him.

But after looking around, apart from the deep night, he couldn’t see anything, not even a night cat.

”Where’s the monster?” he asked, turning his head to the little fox lady.

But to his surprise, she staggered back a couple of steps, looking at him with an expression of terror.

”A... a red-eyed monster!!” The little fox lady stuttered: ”Let... let go of that little fox....”

A red-eyed monster?

Zheng Qing finally realized.

He raised his hand and touched his right eye.

Since his last late-night patrol by Lin Zhong Lake, when he fought with that demonish Kappa, his right eye had turned red. At first, it was just little red blood clumps on the sclera of his eye, but as time passed, rather than disappearing, those blood clumps melted like they had become attached to Zheng Qing’s eyes.

And his eyes subsequently took on a ’similar to demons’ appearance - for a few days, strange stories circulated among the students but were quickly quashed by the school.

After several inspections at the school hospital, no abnormalities were found in Zheng Qing’s right eye, so the doctors finally suggested conservative treatment, allowing the bruise to heal naturally.

Plus, Zheng Qing did not feel any discomfort in his right eye, so much so that he almost forgot about the abnormality in his eye.

Until he ran into this little fox maid.

The young scholar smacked his lips, feeling a bit annoyed.

It seemed that hearing the strange sound from Zheng Qing’s mouth, the little fox maid looked even more terrified and took another step back.

Then she plucked up her courage and said softly:

”Let... let the fox go, I... I can pretend I... haven’t seen you...”

Zheng Qing was taken aback, then felt somewhat amused.

He raised his head, putting on a gloomy look.

”Heh... Seems my cover’s blown...” He showed a sinister smile on his face, made sucking sounds with his mouth, cleared his throat and giggled: ”Found out, huh... I was originally only planning to eat a little fox... slurp... Didn’t expect a tender and delicious young wizard to come along... hehehe... It’s been a while since I’ve had such fresh blood food... Praise be to the True Ancestor...”

Poseidon, who had been looking around while lying in Zheng Qing’s arms, seemed to understand something and started shrieking wildly, miming a desperate struggle but in vain.

This made the young scholar even more pleased.

They were from the same family after all, their teamwork was impeccable.