High School of Demon Hunting
Chapter 706 - 54 Small but cherished_1

Chapter 706: Chapter 54 Small but cherished_1

It is often said that only hope can heal misfortune.

Because of certain, yet minute hopes, Zheng Qing could gradually ignore the rumors that surfaced after the Hunting Competition. Just as Elena could fearlessly enter Alpha’s castle during the Yuan Festival, and just as Jiang Yu could persist in researching archives in the library, resorting to even transformation magic, all to capture the evildoer harming the little kitten.

That being said, the young scholarship student found that capturing the culprit doesn’t necessarily require him to be bait -- even though this approach seems more likely to succeed, it also poses a higher risk.

Especially considering that ever since Zheng Qing used transformation magic, strange phenomena began to occur, causing him great unrest.

Even though Old Yao speculated that the anomaly during Zheng Qing’s transformation was related to the shadow that escaped from the laboratory, it was just a speculation. Before the official laboratory report released, all ’clues’ related to it required extra caution.

Like the notes on transformation magic he had previously given to Jiang Yu.

The notes were taken during his private tutoring with Professor Yi every Tuesday, majority of it was about transformation magic—including the basic principles and mechanisms of transformation, common transformation techniques, relevant taboos during transformation, analysis of the properties of transformation potions, usage of different potions, and so on. These might seem a bit rough and simple to senior registered wizards or upperclassmen proficient in transformation magic.

However, for the first-year students who have just enrolled less than half a year ago, these notes were held in high esteem.

Especially when there were many explanations added by Zheng Qing after practicing, like ’after-effects of turning into a cat’, ’taste of taking potions’, ’thoughts on whether to wear clothes after transforming’, etc. These were parts that professors didn’t delve into during explanations, and to beginner wizards, they were quite intriguing.

Given Jiang Yu’s adventurous plan, Zheng Qing initially thought that his gift may be beneficial. However, as he transformed a second time and anomaly occurred, the young scholarship student began to worry.

Since the cause of the anomaly hasn’t yet been found, Zheng Qing didn’t know whether this anomaly was due to an error in his magic practice.

Therefore, he felt it was his duty and responsibility to remind Jiang Yu to be cautious while practicing transformation magic. If possible, he would rather her abandon her risky plan.

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After the meeting ended, the students started to leave the classroom gradually -- Old Yao was the first to float away with a pile of assignments, leaving behind students in groups of twos and threes, fervently discussing something -- making up for the time lost due to Old Yao’s early arrival.

Some left, some stayed, and some were loitering between leaving and staying, not wanting to stay, yet unable to leave.

Jiang Yu was in such situation.

Looking at her, she had collected her books and notes, ready to leave the classroom at any moment. But due to a little witch making some mistake, she was forced to stay and switch to ’education mode’.

"What, educating Xiao Meng again?" The young scholarship student came over with a smile on his face and leaned against a desk, taking a glance at Xiao Meng, who had reddened eyes, then turned to Jiang Yu and said hello.

"She didn’t do her weekly assignment! If I hadn’t monitored the tasks today, Old Yao would have certainly deducted her points!" Jiang Yu angrily looked at Li Meng and whispered a complaint to Zheng Qing.

"Didn’t do the homework?" Zheng Qing couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, secretly giving a thumbs-up to Xiao Meng. He didn’t want to do that boring assignment either, only he didn’t have a cover-up from a cousin who was a class monitor.

Moreover, not doing homework belonged to ’politically incorrect’ for students. In front of Jiang Yu, he had to maintain the image of a scholarship student and criticized Xiao Meng’s conduct: "Xiao Meng, you were indeed wrong..."

"Who are you calling Xiao Meng?! And who do you think you are to call me Xiao Meng?! You’re the one who’s small! You’re small-minded! You have small eyes! You have no shame!" Even though her eyes were red, Xiao Meng was as sharp-tongued and offensive as always. After hearing Zheng Qing’s teasing, she yelled at him like a hedgehog bristling its spikes.

Good, she seemed to forget that there was a big shot behind her when she got furious.

Naturally, she got her ears pulled by her cousin again.

Zheng Qing twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at Xiao Meng with teary eyes, and was pretty sure she held a grudge against him in her heart. However, his primary target wasn’t Xiao Meng at the moment, so he decided not to worry about it for now and prioritize the issue with Jiang Yu.

"How’s your preparation for that thing going? Have you tried transforming?" The young scholarship student tried to sound casual asking, and to make sure Jiang Yu understood, he subtly hinted: "Are the notes useful? Do you need my help?"

Jiang Yu immediately understood his intention, smiled and replied, "Thank you... Those materials have been very helpful. But I haven’t started officially practicing the transformation magic."

While speaking, she couldn’t help but recall the big black cat that had protected her that night. Even though their encounter was brief and they hadn’t interacted much, she clearly felt the cat’s strong desire to hide its identity.

Therefore, after a moment’s hesitation, the young witch decided to forget about the incident and pretended she hadn’t practiced transformation magic yet, and declined Zheng Qing’s suggestion: "I haven’t started practicing that magic... if I need help, I will definitely ask you."

The implication was clear. If she didn’t need help, she wouldn’t bother him.

Standing aside, Li Meng seemed to have already forgotten about the prior incident.

She quietly glanced at her cousin and then at the wizard beside her, spontaneously puffed up her chest – she knew her cousin had already transformed a few days ago, and even went out for a long time late at night. Even though she didn’t know why her cousin was lying to that stinky boy, having a small secret shared only with her cousin made other minor issues seem less important.

Upon thinking of this, she couldn’t help but glance again at the wizard, feeling a bit of pity, a bit of gloating, and a bit of pride in her eyes.

Of course, Zheng Qing wouldn’t notice the rich implications in the little witch’s eyes. But he did understand the meaning of Jiang Yu’s words, though he cared more about something else: "You mean, you haven’t practiced the transformation magic?"

Appearing somewhat surprised, the young scholar repeated confusedly: "Have you not practiced at all?"

"No." Since she had decided to lie, Jiang Yu’s response was decisive and smooth: "I plan to start practicing in a while... What’s up, is there something wrong?"

She too noted the young wizard’s anomaly.

"No, no, there isn’t." Zheng Qing waved his hand vaguely, and for a moment he even forgot the reason why he came to her in the first place.