High School of Demon Hunting

”You’re the one who’s crazy!”

Upon hearing Zheng Qing’s doubt, Xiao Xiao, expressionless, gave him a glance and snorted, ”All you did was put on sunglasses, are you really blind? Jiang Yu has been standing there for so long, and you don’t even bother to say hi. Are we no longer classmates now?”

It was then that Zheng Qing realised his rudeness. Lifting his head awkwardly, he adjusted his sunglasses and looked nervously at the witch who was standing not far away. Although he could not see clearly through the dark lenses of his sunglasses, he could still make out the somewhat smiling expression on the witch’s face. It made him flush red.

”I’m not blind... I just thought since we all know each other, there’s no need for formality,” the young scholarship student mumbled, touching the edge of his nose as if this could give him courage.

In the end, he added, ”Plus, being blind isn’t a sickness...”

”Blind indeed is not a sickness,” commented Xin Fat Man, adding fuel to the fire, ”After all, if you’re sick, you can still be cured, and you are already beyond cure.”

These dark and harsh words made Zheng Qing grit his teeth in frustration.

Jiang Yu was smiling on the side and quickly intervened, ”Relax, relax. We are all familiar with each other, no need to be that serious. And his eye condition has not been so good lately, let’s not hold him to such high standards...”

Zheng Qing was initially nodding to Jiang Yu’s words, but soon found that something was off.

Before he could react, Jiang Yu walked a few steps forward to his side, casually flipping through the reference book in front of him, and asked in a cheerful tone, ”What are you looking at, you seem so focused?”

As she spoke, a refreshing scent came to him. Unlike the rich fragrance of Elena, Jiang Yu’s scent was very light - if Elena was compared to a splendid rose, then Jiang Yu would be like a quiet orchid.

Zheng Qing subconsciously moved back but then quickly stiffened and leaned forward again.

”I am reading ’Detailed Explanation of Yu Step’...” The young scholarship student murmured, he wanted to get his book back but was hesitant about how to do it politely.

”You started studying Yu Step now?” The witch raised her eyebrows, her voice revealing a hint of curiosity.

”Oh, that? I happen to know!” Xin Fat Man waved his chunky arm around eagerly, and said with a low chuckle, ”Last Saturday, Brother Qing and Lin Guo were on night patrol by Lin Zhong Lake, and they came across a little white kitten. That kitten was probably less than three months old, but it was uniquely smart. Although it couldn’t speak, it could walk the Yu Step... The kitten seemed to be trying to ask for help, spinning around them, seemingly trying to send a message.”

”However, someone had little to no understanding of the Yu Step, so he could only stare,” Xiao Xiao added gently, with a smile of satisfaction, ”Fortunately, he was able to learn from his mistake, and tried to make up for it afterwards...”

”Actually! I wasn’t completely clueless about what the kitten was trying to say!” Zheng Qing could no longer bear the teasing from his companions and retorted, ”I could tell that the kitten was asking me to find something... like a big cat? But you know, language is a delicate tool. Any message can be distorted during transmission... What if I misunderstood and messed things up, wouldn’t it hurt the kitten?”

”So in the end, you didn’t understand the kitten’s Yu Step.” Xin Fat Man concluded, pounding his fist into his palm.

The young scholarship student was left speechless, stunned into silence for a bit.

While the boys were engaged in heated arguments, they hadn’t noticed that the witch, standing to the side, had turned completely stiff - Jiang Yu had never expected that her casual question about Zheng Qing’s reading material would lead the conversation to this ’kitten’!

Zheng Qing knew about her plan to reveal the culprit using transformation magic, but he didn’t know that she had already started it. If the young scholarship student knew she’s been wandering around the lake in disguise...

Thinking of this, the witch avoided eye contact and handed the book, ”Detailed Explanation of Yu Step,” back to Zheng Qing.

Watching the witch’s anxious expression, Zheng Qing assumed she must have been reminded of the kitten that was killed on the rocky hills beside Lin Zhong Lake at the beginning of the school year. The kitten was also white and about the same age.

Changing the subject, he coughed twice, ”I heard that in last weekend’s class meeting, Old Yao emphasized once again on the importance of keeping a journal, which should record all big and small things in our lives and our psychological state, and appointed two monitors to supervise them... Do you know why he’s doing this?”

Although Xiao Xiao and Xin Fat Man did not understand why Zheng Qing suddenly changed the topic, they too noticed Jiang Yu’s sudden discomfort and wisely remained silent, not pressing on the matter of the kitten any further.

Jiang Yu paused for a moment and finally followed the direction of Zheng Qing’s conversation, ”Oh, you mean the journal thing. Yes, Old Yao really did emphasize it again. Tang Dun also discussed this issue with me. We guess that such a requirement is probably closely related to some magic we’ll learn in the future... This is the most plausible reason why Old Yao keeps stressing its importance.”

”Otherwise, there would be no need to specifically have two monitors to supervise.”

As Jiang Yu said this, she remembered something and looked up in the direction where Li Meng had just left. Sighing, she said, ”I came to the library today to keep an eye on Meng Meng so she could make up for the journal entries she missed...”

”Is it still useful if you make up for them afterwards?” Xiao Xiao interrupted.

”It’s definitely better than not writing at all.” Jiang Yu slightly adjusted the silk scarf in front of her, showing a hint of trouble, ”It’s all my fault for not being strict with Meng Meng before. The other day, I found out she had missed many weeks of journal entries... Especially during the Moon Hunting weeks, she almost went crazy. Not to mention her journal, her assignments of those weeks were a total mess.”

”Same with me, same with me.” Zheng Qing sympathized with the witch’s complaints, nodding his head, ”My journal entries during the Moon Hunting weeks were a little sketchy... Listening to you, it seems like I’d better find some time to revise them.”

”Speaking of which, you didn’t attend the class meeting last weekend, right?” Jiang Yu suddenly turned her head looking at the young scholarship student, her tone mildly teasing, ”If I remember correctly, Elena also didn’t attend...”