"To put it simply, do you have any more specific suspects?"
Lao Yao picked up a toad the size of a soybean with tweezers, held it under the shadowless lamp, squinted, looked at its translucent lower jaw that was still moving slowly, and asked softly.
"Demon, or the Dark Council."
Professor Monteria gave two unsurprising answers: "Only the madmen in the Withered Lands would do this kind of experiment of combining demon blood with ogres... As for the Dark Council, they have violated the alliance's ban.
Terrible record."
"That means we have no way to verify this with them." Professor Yao curled his lips and threw the toad into the silver plate next to the test bench.
The little toad rolled over on the plate and continued to pretend to be dead.
"The wanderer is in Beta Town. We can find a reason to catch the wandering wizard." Professor Monteria gave his own suggestion: "He is an old man from the Dark Council, he must know something."
"No, no, that's not how it works."
Professor Yao shook his head repeatedly: "The Battle of Black Prison has just ended. We have no reason to restart the conflict between the school and the Dark Parliament or the Withered Land just because of a little suspicion. This is not good for everyone. The Alliance allows them to exist, naturally
There is a reason for them to exist. As long as they show enough respect for the alliance."
"Oh, an extremely mutated ogre? That's so respectful!" Professor Monteria said sarcastically: "Just like the saying I heard - the trouble in this world is not
People know too little, but too much of what they know is wrong.”
"how to say?"
"You can understand it with a slight modification." Professor Monteria shrugged and took off the silk gloves on his hands: "The trouble in this world is not that people know what is the right thing to do, but that there are too many
They know the right thing to do but don't do it."
"What is the right thing to do?" the guest asked with interest.
"For example, arresting a well-known dark wizard, or shutting down a notorious black market, or issuing an ultimatum to the Blighted Lands and asking them to hand over the culprit." Professor Monteria did not hesitate at all.
"not that simple."
The dean of Jiuyou Academy let out a long sigh, put the pipe back into his mouth, and took a deep breath: "Ugh... this world will never be that simple."
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The incident that occurred in the Institute of Applied Magic did not cause any ripples in the huge First University. Perhaps only the young wizards of Astronomy Class 08-1 who were directly connected to it were more or less aware of something.
Of course, most of the students in the class could detect this ripple because Nicholas was late for class - the ponytailed wizard rushed to the classroom almost halfway through the afternoon Talisman class.
"I'm so sorry, Professor!"
Nicholas stood under the podium, bowed ninety degrees to Zhang Huaigu who was sitting behind the podium, and apologized in a low voice quickly: "Congressman Colma needs my help in completing an experiment..."
Regardless of the title of 'Great Sage of the North District' or any other title, it is not a formal title recognized by the alliance and is not suitable for use in front of school teachers. Nicholas thought about it for a long time on the road before he remembered that Colma was now a member of the Grand Wizard Conference of the Wizards Alliance.
Members of the Council have the official status of members.
The Talisman Class teacher raised his hand to stop the wizard from continuing to explain.
"Jia Wa sent me a Feixin notification. This is not your fault. No need to apologize."
Zhang Huaigu comforted her softly in her usual Wu voice, and her attitude was surprisingly gentle: "Return to your seat quickly and answer the papers. There is still an hour before the end of the exam. If you hurry up, you should be able to get a passing grade... By the way,
I am still a 'lecturer', not a 'professor'."
Nicholas scratched his head with a simple smile on his face.
Naturally, he knew about the teaching position of the Talisman Class teacher, but this did not prevent him from saying some kind words with a complimentary nature, and it was free of charge, so why not do it.
"What is 'Jia Wa'?" Li Meng, a student sitting in the first row, leaned forward and looked at the teacher behind the desk with a curious look on his face.
As soon as the wizard entered the door, she began to feel a little unable to sit still, and listened carefully to the conversation on the podium.
Jiang Yu's warning cough came from the side.
"Have you finished the test paper?"
Zhang Huaigu tried his best to keep a straight face and looked at the little witch: "You are not allowed to talk during the exam... and you are not allowed to ask questions. Unless there are errors in the test paper."
"This question has nothing to do with the test paper!"
Li Meng looked serious, and even raised three fingers as if to swear: "Teacher, don't worry, I won't cheat... eh!"
Jiang Yu silently retracted her legs and continued to check the answers on the paper with her head lowered, no longer paying attention to the little witch who aggrievedly sat back in her seat. While this accident happened, Nicholas turned to look at the hall.
Liu Feifei was waving to him carefully.
There is a vacant seat next to her that has been reserved for a long time. There are several blank papers neatly folded upside down on the desk. The quill filled with ink has been placed on a low pen stand next to her. She is shaking anxiously, as if she can't wait.
Pour out the little ink in your stomach on the parchment.
After the wizard bowed to the teacher again, he ran all the way to his seat.
There seemed to be a few dissatisfied breaths coming from behind him, and he could vaguely feel a few sharp eyes, like rays on his back, which made him immediately slow down.
As soon as he walked to the desk, Liu Feifei's voice sounded in his ears, very subtle:
"Hurry up...it's all the content we learned last semester. Only the last twenty minutes involve new books. We also previewed them some time ago, so don't be nervous."
As she spoke, the witch stretched out her hand to help the wizard turn over the paper, and while looking carefully at the podium, she quickly added in a voice that was almost a whisper:
"The basic runes in the first part and the common talismans in the third part are very simple in structure. You can do them first... The second part is to complete the incomplete talismans. Because there are inversions, ambiguities and errors in them, it is very time-consuming to do.
You can do it last.”
Nicholas nodded slightly, indicating that he heard everything.
Finally, Liu Feifei seemed to notice that the teacher on the podium did not interrupt her small movements, and Liu Feifei boldly asked something unrelated to the exam: "What is that 'Jia Wa'?"
She also heard Li Meng's question just now and was very interested in the word Teacher Zhang mentioned.
"Jabir and Valentine's alchemy and magic laboratory, where the sage Korma is conducting experiments."
Nicholas' lips wriggled slightly and his voice was as quiet as a mosquito. Even so, he felt very uneasy. He glanced carefully at the figure behind the desk and shook his head slightly: "...I will tell you more about this after class."
Liu Feifei nodded obediently and finally looked at her test paper again.