Chapter 250: Under the Cat Fruit Tree (The third update that cannot exist)
After coming back to his senses, Zheng Qing happened to hear a black-robed wizard reporting to Hilda in a low voice, and he immediately pricked up his ears.
"There are no signs of any abnormal life forms around. Less than three hundred meters away from here, there is only a gypsy witch playing with a group of cats." The black-robed wizard's voice was very sure: "Other than her, there is no one nearby.
The other wizards originally planned to bring her here, but considering the special situation, they came back to report to you first."
Zheng Qing couldn't help but wrinkle his nose and sniff.
He seemed to smell the familiar fragrance in the air.
"Gypsy witch?" Assistant teacher Hilda turned around and glanced at Zheng Qing in surprise. Apparently he was also doubting the identity of the witch. After a pause, he said to Zheng Qing: "Go and have a look. If it is
Elena, just take her back to the office to do a simple investigation... As for the others, follow me to Linzhong Lake to confirm the movements of those fishmen."
The young public-funded students nodded in agreement, and several people in black robes also responded in unison.
The corners of the robe flew up, the cool breeze surged up, picked up a few dead leaves, and the black figures all disappeared into the open space.
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The gypsy witch is indeed Irina.
Seeing her back from a distance and her beautiful hair, Zheng Qing confirmed this.
When Zheng Qing found Elena, she was standing under the cat fruit tree, looking up at the large and small hairy fruits on the tree. The hairy fruits were hanging on the branches, some squinting and snoring comfortably.
Some opened their eyes and turned on pairs of small yellow and green lights in the night; some lowered their tails, and the tips of their furry tails swayed in the wind, leisurely and contentedly.
The wizard held his breath and slowed down, planning to surprise the witch.
But when he was less than ten meters away from the witch, the witch suddenly spoke, turning her back to him and asked:
"Do you think they know they are cats?"
This made the wizard who was planning to scare her suddenly stop, with a hint of embarrassment after the prank failed on his face: "What?"
"Do you think a cat can realize that it is a cat?" The witch asked another question, but still did not look back.
Zheng Qing finally confirmed that Elena knew he was coming.
Although he didn't know how Elena came to believe that the person behind her was her.
"Maybe," the boy was a little confused. He was still thinking about where he had shown his signs.
The witch turned back and looked at the wizard with a smile: "Do you mean that a cat is a self-aware creature?"
The wizard felt his heart tremble at her laughter.
"I don't think so." The boy finally focused his thinking on the current topic and replied thoughtfully: "After all, creatures with self-awareness are listed in the Wizarding Code, but cats are not among them.
Of course, I’m not a cat, so I don’t know what cats think.”
The witch curled her lips and said with disinterest: "Yes...you are not a cat anyway."
For a moment, Zheng Qing wanted to admit that he was the black cat, but for a smart witch, admitting this to her might cause more unexpected trouble. After hesitating again and again, Zheng Qing finally insisted
fell silent.
Elena paused for a moment, as if expecting the boy to say something, and then she could say something as well. But Zheng Qing's silent silence made her little expectation disappear little by little.
A wry smile appeared on the corner of the witch's mouth, she turned around again and continued to look at the hair balls hanging on the branches. At the same time, she whispered to herself: "You are not a cat. I don't know what cats think... just like I am not either."
A good student doesn’t know how good students use their talents.”
"To know the impossible to know and to do the impossible...this is a task that can only be accomplished by magic."
"...People are different."
"At First University, some people have completed their studies as registered wizards in the third grade, but they still stay in school because they want to build connections, consolidate their foundation, and go further on the path of being a wizard; and
Some people stay in college until their senior year because they only have the ability to follow a step-by-step approach."
"There are still people who cannot live without school during their fifth and sixth year of college." Zheng Qing moved to the side of the witch and stood side by side with her. At the same time, he added: "There are not a few students in the school who fail the make-up exam every year."
The gypsy witch couldn't help but smile, her smile seemed to light up the entire cat fruit tree, and even the hairballs hanging on the branches twitched their ears and opened their eyelids.
"Nicholas doesn't like hearing what you said." The witch stopped wanting to continue the previous topic, tilted her head, and glanced at the boy: "But you didn't come here just to say these witty words at night, right?"
Zheng Qing suddenly realized his mission.
"Li Meng just fainted over there. The wizard from the school just came over to check. When he saw you here, he asked me to take you back to make a simple record." As if he was worried that the witch was overthinking, Zheng Qing explained more.
One sentence: "The person in charge of the investigation report is Assistant Professor Hilda. He is now going to Linzhong Lake to interrogate the fish people. He asked me to take you to the office to take notes."
"Li Meng fainted?" Elena's expression was very calm, and there was no surprise in her tone: "It will happen sooner or later... Didn't she faint many times last semester?"
Zheng Qing showed a trace of distress on his face: "This is the strangest thing. After all, we haven't heard of her fainting for a long time, and her face was very pale just now, as if she had lost too much blood..."
There was a trace of uneasiness in the eyes of the gypsy witch.
"Have you informed Jiang Yu about this?" She interrupted the young public-sponsored student's analysis and reminded him.
Zheng Qing took a breath of cold air.
"Yeah, I almost forgot!" He hurriedly took out a piece of green letterhead from his pocket, then took out a quill, and roughly described what happened on the rough bark of the cat fruit tree, and at the same time explained to the witch.
He said: "An old school janitor asked me to inform Jiang Yu... I just heard that you were here, and I was so anxious that I forgot about it."
This kind of silent compliment is often more heartwarming than many disgusting words of love.
"Let's go to the office first, don't delay the business." With a smile on her lips, the witch stretched out her hand and took Zheng Qing's arm very naturally.
Zheng Qing was dragged by her, following behind her stiffly.
Under the night, sporadic chatter between wizards and witches could be heard:
"Why didn't you go to the library today?"
"Bad mood."
"What are you doing under the cat fruit tree?"
"Is that tree called the Cat Fruit Tree? I just see those cats being funny..."
"I support your point of view 100%! I dare say that a snoring cat is the most healing sound in the world."
"Then why don't you keep a cat as a pet instead of a little fox?"
"...This is a very complicated, very complicated matter."