This incident obviously affected Soprano's mood to continue watching the hunting party.
He waved his hand, indicating that others could leave.
So the members of the Cheung Kei Association lined up, and after greeting the fat wizard one by one, they filed out of the gloomy lounge.
Neville did not leave the room neatly like the others, but stood hesitantly, the expression on his face changing somewhat.
Soon, there were only two people left in the lounge, Seprano and him—oh, and half of the wandering wizard in the portrait behind the door.
Seprano folded his arms and stood quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, silently looking at the scene in the 'Eye of the Whirlpool', seemingly not caring about the lingering figure behind him.
The wandering wizard seemed to find this matter very interesting and kept silent. He just smiled and turned the telescope in his hand, and the camera occasionally passed over the two remaining wizards in the room.
Neville finally took the lead in breaking the silence in the lounge.
"I will carefully consider your previous invitation." He used his words carefully to avoid causing any misunderstanding in Soprano.
What he was talking about was the invitation letter Seprano sent to him not long ago, inviting him to join the Cheung Kei Association.
John Neville Jr., who just became a sophomore this year, is already a senior cadre of the Blood Club. He serves as the deputy director of the external relations department of the Blood Club and is responsible for the operation of many 'external' projects in the blood club. He has many benefits.
For him, it was quite satisfying.
Therefore, when he received Soprano's invitation not long ago, he was surprised and disdainful.
It is true that Mike King Soprano is a publicly funded student at First University, the vice president of the Alpha College Student Union, one of the vice presidents of the Blood Club, and his boss.
But this does not mean that Neville needs to grovel and confess his sincerity to the fat wizard.
He is from Starry Sky Academy, and his immediate boss, the director of the Blood Friendship Association's external relations department, is directly responsible to His Excellency Augustus - he only needs to show a certain courtesy in front of Serprano.
Moreover, although Cheung Kei Association is very strong, its reputation in First University is not that outstanding.
Compared with the blood club, which has a free and relaxed atmosphere, Cheung Kei Club is a club with very strict rules in the eyes of First University students - whether it is membership, club affairs, or withdrawal - this club was born in the Alpha College of Law.
The club is almost as if it was adopted from Jiuyou College, which scares away many alpha students who advocate freedom. As a result, the reputation of this club in the other three colleges has also dropped a lot.
Originally, Neville came to this lounge today with the intention of rejecting the fat wizard's invitation.
But the incident a few minutes ago made him understand Soprano a little more deeply, and his original firm idea was also shaken a little.
He comes from Starry Sky Academy, which is different from the other three academies in that the atmosphere is relatively formal. The blue world advocates violence and power.
Soprano's methods of governing the society suited him well.
Simple, crude, but looks very effective.
However, before finally agreeing to Soprano's invitation, he still had some doubts that needed to be confirmed.
"...But there is something I'm curious about," Neville pondered, choosing the right words and asked slowly: "Why did you know it was Kitano Wu's fault when I mentioned Sima Yi disrupting the transaction before?
Did you know about this from the beginning? How do you plan to deal with Kitano Kiri in the end?"
It can be seen that these problems have been suppressed a lot in his heart, so he uses appropriate words when expressing them, with almost no stumbling.
The fat wizard finally withdrew his gaze from the window.
He tilted his head, pinched his chin, and had a strange smile on his face: "Deal with it? Haven't you already punished it? Eighty jade coins is a very profound lesson for Kitano Kiri... Could it be that you
Do you really expect to see me skin him with magic, pickle him in an urn, and give it to some great demon as a New Year's gift?"
This statement is very interesting.
Like a bad joke.
But Neville wasn't sure whether he needed to smile in agreement.
He simply stopped paying attention to these details and asked directly: "Didn't he betray you? I thought..."
"Betrayal? No, he did not betray the Cheung Kei Association." Serprano interrupted Nivell's statement, twitching the corner of his mouth, and said in a low tone: "He is just a somewhat stupid brother... He thinks he is doing the right thing.
My brother did something good, but he didn't know that it ended up harming two people."
Neville felt that there was something in the fat wizard's words, but he didn't fully understand it for a while.
"As for why I know this." Seprano looked back at Neville, raised his left hand, revealing the five-color tattoo on the Nameless One, and said: "It's just a few simple spells...
Magic can always help you find your goals easily."
"I think that tattoo is a monitor." The wandering wizard in the picture frame behind the door put down the telescope in his hand and chuckled: "I find that this little fat man is more suitable for the role than the current Augustus."
Augustus'... When I was his age, I was completely incapable of doing so many tricks..."
Neville looked at the tattoo of ouroboros on the fat wizard's hand, feeling horrified in his heart.
He hesitated again about his choice.
"Do they all know the function of tattoos?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Everyone in the meeting knows." Serprano laughed softly: "But just like Kitano Yuan would not tell his family or professors that he wanted to raise eighty jade coins... this
These are the rules between 'us'."
"But I still think he was stupid for taking on that debt himself."
"That's why the school roster didn't assign you to Alpha Castle." The wandering wizard shouted behind Neville: "I must admit that although the Alpha boys are a bit hypocritical, they are still a group of very principled children...
Not as rigid as Atlas, not as slick as Jiuyou, and not as vulgar as Xingkong..."
Soprano didn't care about the wandering wizard's interruption, but looked at Neville and continued to ask: "Do you know what the meaning of Ouroboros is?"
"Purification." Neville replied immediately.
Although he was born in Starry Sky Academy, he was very confident in his alchemy attainments and even had the confidence to compete with the alchemists of Alpha. So to the fat wizard's question, he immediately gave a standard textbook answer.
"The wizard's shackles." Serprano turned his gaze back to the window again, pinched his chin, and sighed: "The real Ouroboros is not just the rune used to purify materials and energy in alchemy.
…It is a symbol that represents eternal life, cycle, and infinity…”
Neville took a deep breath and felt his whole body trembling.
He clearly sensed Soprano's ambition.
A very arrogant ambition.
An ambition that made his heart beat.
"So, do you want this tattoo?" The fat wizard turned around and looked at him seriously: "With this mark, we can create infinite possibilities together."
The sunlight passed through the clear glass on the floor-to-ceiling windows and was blocked by Serprano's body, leaving a thick shadow in the lounge.
Neville stood in the shadow and was silent for a long time.
He finally took off the hood on his head, his blue-green eyes flashing with excitement:
"What an exciting proposal..."
This chapter has been completed!