Chapter 3052 - 65: Spoils of War

Chapter 3052: Chapter 65: Spoils of War

Zhu Si sat behind her desk, sighing repeatedly.

She regretted accepting the appointment at Edge Academy, again—besides teaching, she was now responsible for managing the pre-college program for minority sorcery tribes at the academy, including Mouse People, Fishmen, Ninfus, Hui Zong, Centaurs, and other magical races.

Originally, she thought interacting with these diverse young magical races would be an interesting experience.

But she forgot that even the most interesting job is still work, and when an interesting thing becomes work, it becomes less interesting—dealing with adorable, underage or just adult Ninfus is one thing, representing the school to deal with underage or just adult magical race students is another.

The perspective towards issues is naturally different between the two.

Just like now.

This weekend, the parents of her lovely Ninfus students almost blew up the pre-college management office’s mailbox. Every day when she entered the office, there was an overwhelming swarm of paper cranes and roaring letters, and she didn’t even need to open them to know what they were shouting—

"—You actually let an Ogre be a professor at Edge Academy? When did First University fall to become a pre-college of the Land of Desolation!"

Li Meng sat cross-legged on the ground not far away—she was volunteering at Edge Academy during the weekend—with a pile of opened envelopes on her left, a pile of unopened letters on her right, and in front of her was a heap of ashes from burned roaring letters. At the moment, she was reading a protest letter from a Jiaoren parent, looking helpless: "—Oh, when will they realize that First University was originally a pre-college for the Land of Desolation."

The Land of Desolation is the lair of Witch Demons.

It is home to a large number of Fallen Wizards.

In a way, most Fallen Wizards were once students at First University, so seeing First University as a pre-college for the Land of Desolation doesn’t seem entirely wrong.

Listening to this cold joke, Zhu Si didn’t feel like laughing at all.

"—This wording is still reasonable, so reply with a rational explanation letter."

The pre-college management specialist sitting behind the office gave her opinion succinctly, then suddenly got a bit angry: "When will these people understand that an Ogre who can pass the school assessment and become a professor at First University is a great guy! Professor Hanibal is nothing like the Ogres they imagine! Why don’t they send protest letters to Old Yao? These people are themselves parents of students at Edge Academy, yet hold such prejudice against other minority tribes! Unbelievable!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and when she came back to herself, the desk in front of her suddenly seemed much larger.

"—Oh, damn!"

Zhu Si immediately knew she had shrunk again, and her face fell.

Li Meng gathered the letters, and comforted: "—I can only say, the prejudices in people’s hearts are like a mountain, moving them requires long-term persistence and effort like moving mountains... The letters we receive are comparatively few; I heard Gongsun Xiaolin’s office doesn’t even have room to stand anymore, with countless roaring letters rushing in daily, so they have to send paper cranes to communicate within the office."

Gongsun Xiaolin is the student office director at Edge Academy, bearing the brunt of this wave of public opinion storm.

Hearing someone was even worse off than her.

Zhu Si’s mood inexplicably improved a bit, and she quickly tapped her fingers on the wooden desk in front of her.

Dong Dong!

She looked up, surprised, at the door.

"—Dong Dong! Slow down! Dong Dong!"

A slightly hurried voice sounded outside, and the next moment, the door of the office burst open, and a three-meter-long, furry little dragon rushed in, performing a beautiful drift in the small office, swirling winds sending papers flying everywhere.

A little fox girl sat on the dragon’s back.

Under the little fluffy dragon followed a grayish Gouzi.

"—Trouble! Big trouble! The demons are attacking from the sea!" The little fox shouted, sounding not the least bit afraid, only filled with excitement: "Shouldn’t we call for help?"

Furry Bean obediently squatted in the corner of the office.

Li Meng and Zhu Si looked at each other.

Not knowing what had happened.

"—Cough cough, first put away your bracelet." Li Meng pressed down the pile of unopened letters on the right, dispersing the black ashes in front of her, and looked enviously at the little witch sitting on the fluffy dragon, mutteringly: "Now that you have a Fur Dragon Egg, shouldn’t you give me this bracelet..."

Poseidon jumped down from the dragon’s back, and the little fluffy dragon immediately transformed into a stream of light, landing on her wrist, becoming a bracelet resembling a hairy dragon plush.

Hearing this, she suddenly forgot her purpose for coming, nervously protecting her hand and refusing: "—No way, you already have several hairy dragon bracelets! I only have this one! Yi Er San also have them, why don’t you go grab theirs!"

"How can this count as grabbing..."

Li Meng had just said two words when she was interrupted by Zhu Si.

"—What do you mean ’demons are attacking from the sea’?" The teacher from Edge Academy jumped onto her chair, tapping the desk, trying her best to make her voice sound serious. Although her petite figure made this effort somewhat ineffective.

The next second, Su Ya gasped for breath as she rushed in after Poseidon.

"Dong Dong!"

The little fox maid shouted angrily, confirming that her little fox was safe before secretly breathing a sigh of relief. Then she turned to Zhu Si, her tone urgent: "—A big ship has come from the sea, full of demonic air! It seems like it belongs to some big sea monster! I heard Sister Su Man mention it at the mansion before! Are the demons going to fight us?"

Edge Academy is located at the edge of Buji Island, next to the coastal cliffs. Today, when Li Meng came to find Zhu Si, Poseidon also came along, but felt the office was boring and went outside to play.

Upon hearing Su Ya’s words, Li Meng and Zhu Si’s expressions simultaneously turned serious.

Li Meng immediately knew the little fox had gone to play on the cliff again. But now wasn’t the time to scold her for that. Zhu Si was more concerned about the identity of the big ship.

"Su Ya, take Dong Dong back to Greenhill Mansion... Furry Bean, go notify Su Councilor! Meng Meng, stand up and find Professor Dorag and Gongsun Xiaolin to have them look into what’s happening at sea!"

Zhu Si calmly arranged things.

But before she could finish giving her orders, she was interrupted.

"—Don’t rush to alert the school... Of course, I guess many in the school already know about this."

A slightly sharp voice suddenly sounded beside the little witch, Zhu Si turned her head and wasn’t surprised by the hamster the size of a fist on the windowsill, she knew this creature named Fei Rui always followed her father.

She heard it has a good relationship with Zheng Qing.

But now wasn’t the time to dwell on such trivial things.

"Do you know what happened?" The little witch’s tone carried a hint of surprise.

"Not quite sure."

Fei Rui frankly spread his hands, but his tone carried a peculiar vibe: "—But I do know someone outside the island has stirred up something big... This ship is probably one of his trophies."