High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 556: Chapter 225: The Root of Conflict_1

Xiao Xiao’s warning words aroused great interest in his companions.

Even Zhang Ji Xin, who was busy writing his self-criticism letter, couldn’t help turning around.

”I have no doubt about that.” The red-faced male wizard enthusiastically joined in the conversation: ”Even without the fence fairies or the stinky smoke bombs as the sparks, there would eventually be other messy accidents that would magnify the contradictions between the two academies... These kinds of things are completely unavoidable.”

”Like the Clover Hunting Team and the Queen of Hearts Q Hunting Team, they’re like the shadows of Hemophilia Hunting Team and Judgement Hunting Team. It’s hard to believe, that these hunting teams could sincerely cooperate in the hunting ground without pulling each other’s legs... So, I have reservations about the suggestions made by Taylor’s young wolf a few days ago.”

Speaking of that, the main hunter of the Absolution Hunting Team couldn’t help but shift the topic back to hunting team training: ”It is already the ninth week, the campus hunting party will definitely end before the beginning of winter... That is to say, including today, we have at most eleven days left. Without considering the competitions and closing ceremonies, we have no more than seven days left for training, excluding the assignments given by the professors...”

”Merlin above! If the school doesn’t kick me out because of the accident yesterday, I won’t mind even if we finish last in the Freshman Hunting Competition.” Xin Fat Man immediately prayed loudly with his hands together.

”Pish posh, children’s gibberish!” Zhang Ji Xin waved his hand again and again, clearing the ill fortune of the Fat Man’s wish.

”Ah, feels like there’s never enough time!!” Thinking of those endless assignments, Zheng Qing couldn’t help but grab his hair forcefully, feeling a bit crazy: ”Tell me, why does Alpha always have to target Jiuyou?”

He was asking this question of Xiao Xiao.

”Why?” Doctor Xiao snorted with a smile, dismissively said: ”As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless one is male and the other is female... Who do you think would want to be the tigress?”

”I think Alpha fits the bill.” Zheng Qing curled his lips.

Xiao Xiao didn’t acknowledge Zheng Qing’s words, but continued to analyze: ”Although Alpha Academy was founded later than Jiuyou Academy, but for now, with the support of numerous wizard nobles, Alpha Academy is the most powerful academy in the First University... Including the number of registered wizards, members of the Great Wizard Council, and many key department heads of the Wizard Alliance, they are all from Alpha Academy.”

”In comparison, Jiuyou Academy is much inferior. Because of the heavy historical burdens, Jiuyou Academy still has a high reputation in the First University, but because it has admitted a large number of civilian wizards, its overall quality has always been lower than that of Alpha Academy... However, this gap is steadily decreasing with the rise of Dimensionism and the tremendous accomplishments created by Jiuyou Academy wizards in the School of Dimensionism.”

”This is also the root cause of the constant conflicts between Alpha and Jiuyou... The wolf pack only needs one alpha, and the First University also only needs one Alpha.”

”That’s too domineering!” Zheng Qing felt unjust and indignantly said, ”Each academy should be equal, why must they be better than others?!”

”Only people from Jiuyou Academy would have such a notion of equality.” On the other side, Zhang Ji Xin finally got over the shadow of the insufficient time for hunting team training and chimed in: ”Justice and equality is Jiuyou’s belief, but not Alpha’s... In the eyes of those hypocrites, justice is the most important...and their views are the justice.”

”Unreasonable.” Xin Fat Man concluded.

”However, I have always felt that Professor Emma treats everyone very kindly.” Remembering the strict old lady from the Magical Texts class, Zheng Qing made a slight adjustment to his words: ”I mean, she has always been very dedicated and responsible when teaching us magic texts.”

Emma Netley, author of ’Sky Texts·Freshman Year’, is the professor of Magical Texts for Astronomy Class 08-1, but she is also the dean of Alpha Academy.

In Zheng Qing’s impression, this stern old professor had always been impartial, showing no bias just because they were students from Jiuyou.

”The fundamental conflicts between academies can’t be resolved by a few well-connected deans.” Xiao Xiao found Zheng Qing’s idea implausible. ”Most often, the words and deeds of the deans do not represent themselves, but the academies they are affiliated with.”

Zheng Qing mulled over these words, nodding his head with difficulty.

”Although what you said makes sense, it still doesn’t explain why the school let yesterday’s incident slide.” Zheng Qing finally remembered his previous confusion, steering the conversation back to the original topic. ”If you guys have been paying attention, you’ll realize that until now, the school hasn’t announced any disciplinary measures for yesterday’s incident...”

”Obviously, our esteemed principal is not currently on campus. And the vice-principals and deans do not have the authority to expel students from the roster.” Xiao Xiao took the newspaper from Zheng Qing’s hand, flipping through it as he casually explained.

”What about the reports then? Why is there hardly any news about the incident in the papers?”

”That’s Jiuyou’s consistent style.” This time, it was Zhang Ji Xin who answered Zheng Qing’s question. ”If this year’s hunting party were hosted by Alpha Academy, the news of what happened at the hunting ground yesterday would have been circulated throughout the wizarding world by now... Honestly, although I don’t like their hypocritical faces, I admire some principles they uphold.”

”It’s not just Jiuyou Academy.” Xiao Xiao shook his head in disagreement. ”Including Starry Sky, Atlas... Any academy with a powerful traditional force prefers stability over chaos.”

”I thought Alpha Academy was more traditional.” Zheng Qing’s hair stood on end, ”Don’t they have the most wizard nobility from the first class and the most respectable lineage?”

”Having a lot of nobility doesn’t mean a long history.” Xiao Xiao immediately corrected Zheng Qing’s misconception, ”The wizard nobility and Alpha Academy are two different concepts... perhaps these nobles have long histories, but Alpha Academy itself is very young. Accurately speaking, the academy was established only 232 years ago... Compared to Jiuyou Academy’s 4705-year history, naturally, they don’t have much to mention about tradition.”

”Never be superficial about anything, try to see its essence. For example, yesterday’s match, on the surface, it seemed that the Queen of Hearts Q Hunting Team lost, but in actuality, the really unlucky one is probably that zombie from the Clovers Hunting Team.”

Zheng Qing thought of the rumors going around campus and couldn’t help but nod in agreement.

Having Lei Zhe’s girlfriend beaten into that state, if the Commander want to peacefully get through this academic year, that seems to be a difficult aspiration to fulfill - the level of difficulty isn’t much less than the reconciliation between Alpha and Jiuyou.

”Who said Queen of Hearts Q lost?” a dissatisfied voice came from Xin Fat Man, ”Don’t you guys read the newspaper? The massive headline on the campus newspaper is right there... Brother Qing is blind, but Doctor, are you blind as well?”

Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow, his tone somewhat shocked, ”Clover lost?”

”Hm, it’s the first time I know something that Doctor Xiao doesn’t... I suddenly have a strong sense of achievement.” Xin Fat Man didn’t directly answer his question, but looked towards Zhang Ji Xin with glee.

The red-faced male wizard gave him a disdainful snort and ignored him.

”Lost? How is that possible?!” Zheng Qing looked at Xin Fat Man with shock, ”When we were driven out, hadn’t Clover already taken control of the field?”

He quickly picked up the newspaper he had tossed aside earlier and found the page with the hunting competition news.