High School of Demon Hunting

Academy.

Girls’ Dormitory.

Jiang Yu sat by the window, holding a piece of white jade in her hand, closing her eyes and happily recalling last night’s study session with the Gem Cat, while categorizing and organizing the new bits of knowledge into her Conscious Sea.

The morning sunlight was especially refreshing, falling on her face, making her feel as if the whole world was brimming with vitality. Li Meng lay sprawled across her bed, still soundly asleep, while a plush bear curled up at her feet, its chubby waist bent backward in a strange position—if it were a real bear, this posture would surely spell trouble.

In her good mood, Jiang Yu generously allowed the Little Witch an extra ten minutes of sleep.

Knock.

Knock knock.

A dull tapping sound suddenly echoed, interrupting the witch’s moment of memory reviewing.

She opened her eyes with displeasure, raising an eyebrow slightly—it was a Blueflower Paper Crane. This type of paper was made by the Jiang Family themselves; could something have happened in the family?

With a trace of curiosity, she quickly opened the window, letting the paper crane land in her palm.

The Blueflower Paper unfolded.

Revealing a line of crooked characters—

’Miss! That Soul Light’s Stone Cat from Zheng Zha has come to the mansion again! So rude!!!’

The message was very short.

Incomplete.

The handwriting was rather unsightly.

But Jiang Yu understood the sentence without any misinterpretation.

After reading each word and sentence, her smile gradually faded from her face.

She glanced down at the piece of white jade in her hand.

Then clenched it tightly.

The cheerful morning was completely disrupted by this paper crane, she pursed her lips, folded the paper crane neatly, and tucked it into the box where she usually collected stationery.

With a flick of her fingers, she tapped on the Law Book.

Spell Light flashed, and the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and lecture notes scattered on the desk danced and were organized neatly and orderly. Only then did she turn her head.

Just a few minutes ago, Li Meng was still soundly asleep, but now she was neatly dressed, sitting on the bed properly, with a small backpack beside her, the red marks from sleeping on her face not completely faded.

Noticing her cousin’s gaze linger for half a second on the confused and aggrieved-looking plush bear, the Little Witch kicked it off the bed and grabbed her small backpack beside her: "Cousin, I’m ready!"

"Okay, let’s go."

Jiang Yu lowered her eyelids, nodded slightly, picked up the lecture notes, and turned to leave the dormitory.

Li Meng was a step behind her, only sighing in relief, clutching her chest, once Jiang Yu’s silhouette disappeared through the door. How close she had come to feeling a murderous aura in her dream and quickly waking up in time, or else who knows who would have received that kick!

Then, she glanced at the box where Jiang Yu collected stationery—needless to say, the message that made her cousin so angry must be related to that scoundrel!

Thinking of that scum, her eyes suddenly brightened, she quickly fished out a piece of stationery and hastily scribbled a few lines.

"Li Meng?"

Outside the door came Jiang Yu’s somewhat impatient urging.

"Coming! Coming! I don’t know where Li Neng hid my socks!" the Little Witch shouted as she quickly folded the paper crane, tossing it out the window.

Passing by the bed, she happened to see the plush bear holding its belly, looking puzzled and wronged.

"Don’t talk nonsense!"

She twisted its ear in warning, then kicked it flying again, and ran out the door: "—Cousin, I’m coming out!"

...

...

Greenhill Mansion.

Su Shijun’s study.

The Gem Cat slipped through the crack of the door and unexpectedly found the room empty.

"Where is everyone?"

It jumped onto the desk, looked around, and then confusedly turned to Su Man, the head housemaid, who was silently following behind it—on the tray in her hand was goat milk, snacks, and a platter of assorted fruits, the standard Greenhill breakfast.

Even if the guest was a Stone Cat, there would be no lack of courtesy at Greenhill.

"Miss is out on business, you can wait a while."

Waiting stretched into half an hour, leaving the Gem Cat drowsy.

"Why are you sleeping in the study?"

With a lazy voice, a fragrant breeze brushed past the Gem Cat’s nose, and it felt the skin at the back of its neck being tugged, instinctively shrinking its neck.

"You’re in luck... I was planning to go to the lab directly, but changed my schedule last minute to come back and pick up something."

Behind the desk, in the chair that was empty a moment ago, suddenly appeared the figure of the Owner of Qingqiu Mansion. She waved at Su Man: "Get me a cup of tea instead... And next time it comes, no need to serve it fruits. It’s just a stone, what breakfast does it need!"

The Head Maid bowed slightly and quietly left.

The Gem Cat snorted, deciding to forgive this person’s impolite wording.

"Ahem, you..."

It cleared its throat and had just uttered a word when Su Shijun interrupted.

"Are you here to inquire about the incident in Silent Forest yesterday?"

The Gem Cat’s ears subconsciously drooped, for the first time doubting itself—could it be that I’m so easy to understand? Why does everyone know what I want to say!

It replied, dispiritedly.

Su Shijun glanced at it, slightly puzzled at why the cat’s mood changed so quickly, but she didn’t ponder much, just nodded: "—With the current investigation results, I don’t have any valuable information to tell you. What we can confirm is that the missing team has four Northern District Wizards, three men, and one woman, along with a male Hui Zong... The school is trying hard to trace their last whereabouts, but hope is slim. As for outside the school..."

She held her forehead and sighed lightly: "... There’s a mess of things outside, you don’t have to worry about it. In a month it will be the final exam, graduating smoothly is better than anything else."

Oh.

The Gem Cat responded again, contemplating whether it should leave.

Just then.

A crisp tapping sound came from outside the window.

Tap tap tap!

"Really, nothing happens when I’m away, but once I return, everything comes up."

The witch grumbled, reaching out to catch the eager little paper crane through the glass window, while casting a glance at the hesitating Gem Cat: "—Almost forgot, aren’t you part of the assistant teaching group? I heard most of the group’s people were sent to Silent Forest last night, you don’t have any inside information? Your interpersonal relations are really poorly handled!"

The Gem Cat felt a tic-tac-toe appearing on its forehead.

It was just about to voice a defense.

Then it heard the witch make a surprised sound: "... Eh?"

Looking up, the Gem Cat coincidentally met Su Shijun’s teasing gaze, she shook the letter in her hand, her red lips parted slightly, and she uttered a sentence that made the Gem Cat fearful: "—What were you doing last night?"

The Gem Cat uneasily squirmed, muttering: "Just the usual..."

"Cat Fruit Tree?"

The Gem Cat quietly lowered its tail, admitting this answer.

"Then that’s strange."

The witch examined the black cat with interest, her fingers quickly calculating: "I suddenly have some curiosity about what you did to upset her... is it because you came here behind her back?"

Her tone was somewhat peculiar.

The Gem Cat suddenly felt all the fur from the back of its head to its tailbone stand on end.

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