High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 760: Chapter 108 Bad news, Bad news _1

The weekend of the fourteenth week was a day of heavy snow.

That afternoon, Zheng Qing and the Gypsy witch strolled through the pedestrian street of Beta Town, eating from one end of the food street to the other. They leisurely walked by the lakeside of Bell Lake, admiring the beautiful snow scenes around the lake and the colorful light radiating from the white tower within the lake —— what left the deepest impression on the young scholarship students wasn’t the stone tower on the center Island that was about to explode, but the lakeside, where the Gypsy witch slightly raised her head, her delicate lips, and that voice echoing in his ears, ’Kiss me’.

Even though four days had passed, Zheng Qing still seemed to be able to taste the sweetness on his lips.

Of course, such intimate memories were something Zheng Qing would never bring up, nor had he ever mentioned them to anyone—this included classmates such as Xiao Xiao and Xin Fat Man, hunters of the Absolution Hunting Team like Lin Guo, and Dylan, and even Poseidon. All they knew was that on ”The Big Snow” day, he had a casual meal with Yilian on the pedestrian street, encountered a little trouble at Bell Lake, and then at Professor Yao’s request, he had another check-up at the university hospital.

Anyway, since the beginning of school, Zheng Qing’s frequency of going in and out of the school hospital was almost the same as that of the new students at Starry Sky Academy, and gradually no one was too surprised.

When Jiang Yu suddenly brought up the topic of that snowy day, it caught the young scholarship student off guard.

At the same time, in this quiet corner of the library, there were a few low, instigating laughs. Xin Fat Man pulled out a box of popcorn and a can of ”Happy Water for Fat House” from his watch, drinking his beverage with glee, watching Zheng Qing with a flustered and uneasy expression.

”No eating in the library!” Zheng Qing, slightly embarrassed, glared at Fat Man, then turned to Xiao Xiao and reminded, ”I remember you were a caretaker at the library... Don’t you feel the responsibility on your shoulders seeing him eating?!”

Xiao Xiao looked at him with a poker face and kept silent.

Zheng Qing cleared his throat, adjusted the sunglasses on his face, decided to forget about his just-asked question and turned to Jiang Yu —— for the first time, he sincerely admired these glasses, they effectively avoided direct eye contact and greatly reduced his embarrassment. In this way, he casually asked the witch, pretending to be brave and careless: ”Oh, about what happened last Sunday...I was asked by Old Yao to do something else.”

With that, he emphasized and lifted his left hand. In his hand he held a Blank Contract, which was shaking in mid-air, making the thin parchment rustle.

”I can’t tell you what exactly happened...” the young scholarship student said while shaking the blank contract harder. He believes that everyone present should be able to comprehend this euphemistic form of expression.

Of course, he did not expect a simple blank contract would satisfy the curiosity of his friends in front of him: ”All I can tell you is, I was in the hospital that day... She was also in the hospital.”

’She’ naturally referred to Yilian.

Jiang Yu seemed to be completely unaware of the young man’s embarrassment, she crossed her left arm over her chest and supported her chin with her right arm, smiling and reminding: ”Just a visit to the school hospital? I’ve heard you had other activities... Is this also confidential? By the way, when I came in just now, I saw Yilian entering a study room on the first floor, don’t you want to go check it out?”

Zheng Qing chuckled awkwardly twice, and desperately looked to his two companions for help —— perhaps due to the upbringing of a ’strict strike against puppy love’, or perhaps due to the slightly conservative rules of his home, Zheng Qing has always subconsciously avoided the topic of relationships, especially when in front of others.

Like a person accustomed to secretive behavior, even walking under the bright sunlight, he would still unconsciously hunch over and dart his eyes around.

However, it turns out that the direction of Zheng Qing’s plea for help was a bit unreliable.

Xiao Xiao sat in his place, with his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, staring motionlessly at the notebook in front of him, as if it contained a picture of Mr. Sima; and Xin Fat Man was crunchingly munching on popcorn, his mouth stuffed full, completely unable to make any sound other than the chewing.

Just as the young scholarship student was feeling desperate and ready to face his personal feelings bravely, suddenly there came a hurry of footsteps from the aisle of the library bookshelf.

”Tut tut tut tut...”

Before long, a small figure crossed over the bookshelf, stumbling towards the young wizards. His wide robe was adorned with several dry twigs and dead leaves, and there were clear black mud stains on the corner of the robe.

It was Lin Guo.

”Bad news, bad news!” The little wizard was sweating profusely as he ran, shouting loudly, ”Captain, your subordinates are in trouble!”

Zheng Qing stood up, stared at the anxious little wizard, and wore a puzzled face.

Subordinates? What subordinates?

However, before he could ask in more detail, a stern-faced librarian silently stood behind the little wizard.

”The library does not allow loud rowdiness and running, and frolicking,” the librarian repeated the management regulations of the Book Mountain Library in a monotone voice. At the end, he seemed to notice the mud dripping from the corners of the little wizard’s robe, then frowned and added, ”It is required to be well-dressed and behave civilly when entering or leaving the library.... you have violated the above rules, please follow me.”

Having said this, the administrator grabbed the little wizard’s shoulder, and without further ado, dragged him away. Lin Guo stood stunned for a moment, without struggling, obediently following behind the librarian.

”Hey!” Just as Zheng Qing stretched out his hand, before he could shout, he was pulled back to his seat by Xiao Xiao, who covered his mouth.

”Keep calm, don’t get excited yet.” Doctor Xiao lowered his voice, urgently explaining, ”This is not a school employee, but an alchemical automaton of the Book Mountain Library... their programming is very rigid. Anyone who violates the management regulations of the Book Mountain Library will be taken to the Correction Room for registration and handling. If you interfere with its duty, it is likely to put you on a blacklist too and lead you away.”

At these words, Zheng Qing stopped struggling, staring at the distant figure of the alchemical automaton for a moment.

”Didn’t we say that these puppets were stored in the Book Mountain Library because they had poor execution skills? Why are they back?” The young scholarship student raised his eyebrows high.

”The library has been short-staffed recently, so they’ve unsealed a small batch from the storage as a supplement.” Xiao Xiao sighed, starting to pack away his notebook and reference books, ”I think if you have time to ponder why the alchemical automaton librarians have appeared, you might as well go to the Correction Room early to wait for Lin Guo to come out.”

”Oh, oh!” Zheng Qing immediately came to his senses, nodding repeatedly.

”What happened, can I help with anything?” Jiang Yu, standing by the side, finally spoke up with a hint of concern on his face.

Zheng Qing pondered for a few seconds.

”It shouldn’t be a big deal,” he looked at the witch, comforting her, ”It should be related to the hunting team. If it was really trouble, Lin Guo wouldn’t have come to find me...”

”Very self-aware.” Xin Fat Man gave Zheng Qing a thumbs up, it was unclear whether he was praising or being sarcastic, then he turned to Jiang Yu, adding, ”If he really needs help, Brother Qing would definitely send you a flying paper crane... But I think you should pay attention to Li Meng now. I bet that if you don’t watch her do her homework within half an hour, she will definitely fall asleep on the desk.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu smiled helplessly.