High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 796: Chapter 144: Well-Informed Little Fox Lady

”Mice? What mice, where did these mice come from?!”

Hearing Su Ya’s suggestion, Su Shijun blinked her eyes and had a puzzled look on her face, ”Are mice popular pets in the school now? What about those students who keep cats? Won’t they fight?”

”And who is Li Meng?”

Su Daxu was not aware of the various pests overflowing on campus recently, nor the tasks issued jointly by The First University’s School Works Committee and the Student Union to the students—or rather, she hadn’t paid attention to or cared about these matters. As the head of a key laboratory and an Upper House Member of the Moon Council, she had far too many tasks to handle on a regular basis. Moreover, for well-known reasons, she rarely had contact with young wizards at the school. Most of the time, her understanding of campus rumors or hearsay wasn’t even as good as that of a playful Little Fox Lady.

Conversely, because of her age, Su Ya did not have too many responsibilities; most of the time, she just needed to buy a steaming cup of milk tea on Pedestrian Street when Su Shijun was working, or follow her miss’s instructions to deliver a box of teething biscuits to a Little Fox at the Pet Garden, or help the Head Maid catch those Flower Sprites sneaking into the garden.

In short, outside of work, the Little Fox Lady still had plenty of time to play. Since this was a Wizard University, the campus was mostly populated by adult wizards, and there were very few peers who could relate to the Little Fox Lady.

And Li Meng was one of them.

”Li Meng is the Little Spiritual Wizard from the Li family, who just turned twelve this year and was specially recruited to study at Jiuyou Academy in First University. Similarly, there’s a warlock named Lin Guo who’s also twelve but has been assigned to Alpha Academy. Su Ya is very familiar with both of them.”

Standing to the side, the Head Maid explained the source of Su Ya’s information to Su Shijun and then began to clarify the origin of the ’mice’:

”The school isn’t actually promoting keeping mice as pets. It’s just that, according to announcements by First University, due to the premature return tide of Silence, the ecological chain on Buji Island has been somewhat disrupted, and mice have become somewhat rampant; their figures can be seen in many places on campus... Of course, the school has already issued a cleaning task to the lower-level students now.”

As the Head Maid of Greenhill Mansion and the personal maid of Su Shijun, Su Man also took on some of Su Shijun’s staff work during her time at First University. She needed to be somewhat informed of all events on Buji Island so that she could provide sufficient information when Su Shijun needed advice.

Listening to Su Man’s explanation, Su Shijun suddenly showed a hint of realization.

”Oh, right, right, there was such an incident... someone mentioned it to me.” Su Daxu curled a finger and scratched her chin, recalling for a moment, and then snapped her fingers, ”Mhm, that cost student from Jiuyou Academy mentioned it to me! Last time he brought Poseidon over, he seemed to say something about opening a shop selling mice? I remember I was helping Poseidon take a bath at that time, so I didn’t pay attention to what he said...”

”D&G,” the Head Maid interjected, noticing the confused expression on her mistress’s face; she added, ”The name of the new shop Zheng Qing opened is called D&G. Besides, he’s not actually opening a shop to sell mice but is also selling some mice at his new store.”

”In my ears, there doesn’t seem to be any substantial difference... ah.” As she spoke, Su Shijun raised her arm and stretched languidly, letting out a satisfied sigh and complaining, ”That guy, he has time to open a shop, but no time to spend with the kids... Last time Poseidon came over, he was wild with play; you could tell he’s lacking in interaction on a regular basis.”

Su Man pretended not to hear certain keywords in that sentence but instead reminded earnestly, ”I need to remind you that next Saturday is the opening day of Zheng Qing’s new store, and he has already sent you an invitation.”

”Well, you and Su Ya can go on my behalf... She can just have a good time playing with her friends.” Su Shijun waved her hand and said, ”Next Saturday, the ’concerned department’ wizards want to have a chat with me again, I expect it to be busy. I most likely won’t have time then.”

”Do you need the Moon Council to send a letter of inquiry?” the Head Maid asked with a hint of worry upon hearing this.

Although Su Shijun held the position of head of a certain laboratory at First University, her more important role was that of an Upper House Member of the Moon Council. As a very important core member of the Moon Council, she represented many of the Moon Council’s interests at First University. Therefore, any action taken by First University against her was seen as an act against the Moon Council itself.

”No no no, there’s no need for that... They are seeking me out just for a trivial matter,” Su Shijun laughed, shaking her head, ”It’s still about that laboratory explosion incident; they need to confirm that we did not obtain any effective data from that accident. After all, it’s very sensitive information. Even if all members of the Moon Council were to block the school gate, the ’concerned department’ would not relent in this matter.”

”I think you need to make your attitude clear, or rather, the council’s attitude,” the Head Maid disagreed with her young lady’s desire to keep the peace. As Su Shijun’s personal maid, it was her duty to uphold the honor of the Su family.

”If you insist,” Su Shijun said indifferently tilting her head, her gaze following the sunlight leaking in through the entrance hall towards the outside, ”Anyway, even if a letter of inquiry gets sent, it will be full of nonsense. Those people from First University’s Foreign Affairs Committee will just read it and throw it in the trash. It’s utterly useless... In contrast, I think Su Ya’s idea just now was good.”

”Having mice pull a carriage, pumpkins to make a carriage, helping Santa Claus deliver presents... Haha, Old Rice’s face will certainly turn green when he hears about it!”

”Just thinking about it makes me happy.”

As she spoke, the Witch spread her arms wide and stood on tiptoe, gracefully rotating several times on the floor. Her robes fluttered, and her wide sleeves cast shadows, as if a beautiful butterfly was dancing in the midst.

The Head Maid looked at her young lady with a troubled gaze for a moment then, finally sighing, said no more.

”Oh, and Santa Claus!” Su Shijun seemed to remember something, turned back to look at Su Ya, and asked eagerly, ”Regarding the choice for Santa Claus, do you have any good suggestions? Something that matches with the big mice and pumpkin carriage... perhaps Thumbelina or the Tree Protection Pot? Hmm, Red Hat could also be a nice choice, just put white beards on them, and you have very authentic Santas!”

The Little fox lady, who had been standing aside with great patience, finally found another opportunity to speak and burst with enthusiasm.

”Santa Claus could be played by mice too!” Su Ya raised her arm, eager to claim credit as she betrayed another one of her little friends, ”Lin Guo told me that they found some talking, clothed mice in the school; we can invite them to play Santa Claus!”

”I remember he told me those mice even have names... They’re called something like Ding Dong Ears or Dangdang Ears.”