Professor Yao's statement about the whirlpool made Zheng Qing feel sad.
However, his emotion did not come from the slightly twisted persistence and fall between Thomas and Nikita, but from the subtle and precise coupling that the word 'vortex' can express.
Just like fate.
The more he sorted out the big and small things that happened during this period, the more Zheng Qing felt in awe of the destiny that might exist in the dark.
Give a very small example.
The Battle of Black Prison and Crow's illegal magic experiments seemed to be two completely unrelated things. But the whirlpool of fate involved them together - the Crow caused two school teachers to defect, and finally
The biggest reason why it failed to set off a huge storm in the alliance was that after the Black Prison War, Professor Emma was promoted to the vice president of the First University.
Professor Emma is the former dean of the Alpha Academy, and the wizarding families who control the public opinion resources in the alliance have to more or less take care of their own people's face, so they unanimously downplayed the two scandals in the school.
Otherwise, Professor Emma, who has been questioned due to her lack of strength, will definitely become more and more precarious - this is not good news for all Alpha people.
To use Lao Yao's words to understand, fate is like a whirlpool, spinning quietly outside the curiosity of many people. If one day you can't help but get closer and want to see what it looks like, you will easily be sucked in.
Zheng Qing felt that he was now, consciously or unconsciously, falling into the whirlpool of the crows' fate.
And it's getting deeper and deeper.
This made him quite upset. When he returned to the dormitory at night, he found a cockroach crawling by the sink while washing, and he couldn't help complaining to the doctor.
"There's no end! There's no end!"
The young teaching assistant beat the wet towel in frustration and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "You can see these guys everywhere... You can see them at home, you can see them in school, you can see them in school, and you can see them outside school.
I can see... endlessly! Doctor, is there any magic to repel cockroaches?"
The black gem cat squatted on the desk, tilted its head and glanced at the boy who had just walked out of the bathroom - after several hours of Zheng Qing's caressing, it had regained its activity, and its spirituality had become vaguely stronger.
"Please ask Fat Brother to prepare the potion, thank you."
Xiao Xiao was lying on the table, teasing the black gem cat with a quill. Hearing this, he lazily replied without raising his head: "——But, are you really concerned about cockroaches?"
"If not them, who else?"
Zheng Qing wrung the towel in his hand, as if he could kill the bugs in this way - ever since the elves moved into Qingqiu Mansion, the comfort of dormitory 403 has begun to decline significantly.
"Crow." The fat wizard answered this question with the unique sensitivity of a reporter.
Zheng Qing choked on this word.
It felt like swallowing a mouthful of dry brown bread.
After a long while, he sighed heavily: "Do you still remember the infant spirit I mentioned to you before? During class in the afternoon, I asked Lao Yao to help me palm my eyes, and he said there was no problem... Jiang
Jade asked the elders in the family to look at it before, but no problems were found."
"Isn't this great?" Xiao Xiao raised his head in confusion, obviously not understanding what Zheng Qing was worried about. Because he was distracted at this moment, the quill in his hand was immediately pounced by the black gem cat.
Zheng Qing glanced at the cheerful kitten and sighed again.
"Not good, not good at all."
He tied the towel around his wrist and stared down at the palms of his hands that were gradually turning purple, as if he were seeing a python strangling its prey, watching the target suffocate little by little: "——I was not so sensitive and suspicious before.
.”
"To some extent, this is progress."
Fatty Xin also turned his attention away from his manuscript and comforted his roommate: "According to the old-school wizards' point of view, suspicious wizards are the best wizards... Just like you did a year ago, without knowing anything.
I signed the magic contract, but I’m not suspicious, I’m just too stupid. Relatively speaking, if I’m more suspicious, at least I’ll live longer.”
Zheng Qing suddenly felt a little worried.
And it’s pierced on both sides.
He loosened the hanging towel, shook it, applied it to his face, and let out a long breath: "I don't understand... magic is so powerful, why can't everyone stay away from each other?
Each will enclose a piece of land and conduct their own magic research... Why do demons tease wizards and the stars spy on the earth?"
"There's always only one reason for something like this."
Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and said in a sharp tone: "Because every wizard wants to touch the truth, but they choose different paths, and the resources in the world cannot support everyone to try all paths... So there are differences.
,Differences lead to conflicts, conflicts lead to conflicts...and then death, and then a new reincarnation."
"In addition, the obsession with power in wizarding society cannot be solved by enclosing one's own cuteness."
The fat wizard added from another perspective: "In a sense, there is no difference between wizards and fireflies. They are both phototactic creatures. When we cannot create our own light, we will be attracted by other lights... using dimensions
According to the conceptual explanation of theory, this is the natural gravitational force of high dimensions on low dimensions.”
Zheng Qing didn't expect that his casual remarks would lead to such a serious discussion.
He was not in the mood to discuss the philosophy of magic right now.
Boom!
There was a familiar sound of tapping on the glass outside the balcony, which immediately attracted the attention of the three wizards.
Zheng Qing couldn't wait to squeeze in, hung up the towel, opened the window, and put a blue paper crane into the room. The paper crane almost fell into Zheng Qing's arms.
He carefully picked up the wings of the paper crane and was surprised to see a small seal stamped on the tip of the wing, with the word "safety" written on it.
The boy subconsciously looked out the window.
Although he could not see anything through the dark night, he clearly knew that there must be more than one pair of eyes staring at him under the night.
He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and reveal a wry smile.
"Whose paper crane?" came the curious voice of the fat wizard from inside.
"Mine." Zheng Qing replied in a muffled voice, standing at the door of the balcony, but not in a hurry to enter.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Xiao obviously noticed the hesitant expression on the boy's hand as he held up the letter.
Zheng Qing read the letter over and over several times, and finally couldn't help scratching his chin: "——There are two exam notices, one is a 'Registered Talisman Drawer', and the other is a 'Chartered Talisman Maker'. Notices
He said that there will be examinations on related subjects this Saturday and Sunday, so that I can prepare in advance... But why are my examination rooms all in the Charms classroom?"
If it weren't for the two assessment committees, the three-pronged sword and the official seal of the First University's Institute of Applied Magic at the end of the notice, he would have thought someone was joking with him.