Chapter 109 - The test (1/2)

The Vice-Principal smiled seeing Hao Xuan's attitude. He was neither too arrogant nor overly submissive.

”What brings the honorable captain to my little academy, If you don't mind me asking?” he asked while walking towards the main hall.

Hao Xuan smiled and followed after, ”Not much. I heard there were quite a few geniuses in this year's batch so wanted to check them out, see how they were doing and if any of them was worth nurturing. As you know, the Legion is always looking for good talent. I hope Vice-principal won't mind giving me some face in this matter.”

While they were talking, Zhurong who was sitting on Hao Xuan's shoulder suddenly perked up his ears and jumped down, running into the crowd. Hao Xuan was surprised by his sudden action but he didn't stop him. The vice-principal also ignored the little cub because in his eyes, it looked completely normal and was probably just playing around.

Hao Xuan waved his hand and his entourage stopped near the stage outside. The twelve senior professors walked forward to keep them company while Hao Xuan and the VP disappeared into the main hall.

A middle-aged senior professor went up to Kuo and greeted him with a bear hug, ”It's been too long,” he smiled but when he saw Kuo's expression, he frowned.

”What's wrong?”

Kuo shook his head in response, ”Nothing. It's just that I think I'm getting too old for this job,” he sighed.

A few of the other professors and students came up to meet them as well.

Green and Red were the centers of attention but no one dared approach them. The menacing aura they were giving off was enough to send shivers down their backs.

All the students saw Zhurong jump of off Hao Xuan's shoulder and run towards them. Many of them jumped with delight thinking if they could befriend the pet, then maybe the owner would interact with them as well.

A few of the stronger students walked forward with huge smiles, some even had pieces of meats in their hands but they had greatly underestimated Zhurong's charm.

As soon as he reached them, a group of young girls almost trampled over the stronger students and surrounded Zhurong, petting him lovingly and some even went as far as to compliment him, calling him a heavenly beast. It didn't even matter if he could understand them or not, they just did it for the hell of it.

Zhurong, of course, loved the attention. Escorted by his fans, he wobbled through the crowd and went all the way to the back.

”Hm? What's going on?” Kay who was standing at the back along with Sam, Emi and Olivia, frowned looking at all the commotion and the group of people coming straight towards them.

The group reached them and stopped.

”W-What? What do you want?” she stood in front of Emi and Olivia protectingly while staring at them, but no one said anything.

*Meow*

She felt something brush past her leg and turned around to see an adorable little white kitten standing in front of Emi, meowing.

”Kitty?” Emi who was quite scared herself was holding onto Kay's uniform when she saw Zhurong come up to her.

Still hugging her teddy bear even in the Academy, she looked very cute in the uniform.

All her fear dissolved in an instant when she saw Zhurong. She even forgot about the crowd.

*Meow*

Zhurong went up to her and jumped a couple of times.

”You want upsies?” Emi asked as a smile bloomed on her face.

Zhurong nodded his head enthusiastically, making several of the girls that followed him over jealous.

”Hmph! What's so good about a poor little girl?”

”Young master, come here and we will cook for you the most delicious spirit beast meat you will ever have!”

Many of them tried to tempt him but when he heard them talk bad about Emi, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold. He silently turned around and looked at them once before ignoring them completely.

Emi bent down and he jumped up into her arms.

”Meow meow”, Zhurong started licking her face like a long lost friend. A few of the girls wanted to speak up but seeing the perfect image of Emi and Zhurong, each cuter than the other, they couldn't bring themselves to disturb them.

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Hao Xuan who was sitting in the main hall chatting with the vice-principal suddenly had his expression turned extremely soft and a smile appeared on his face which lit up the entire hall.

He regained his composure after a few seconds and looked up at the vice-principal.

”Senior doesn't have to worry about anything. I really have no ulterior motive other than just checking up on the young ones.”