315 Graduation? (1/2)
Maxwell spoke of some of the events very vaguely, but Ye Qingxuan could imagine the bloodiness and sacrifices behind the vague words. Even musicians as powerful as the Three Kings could fall in a battle against a natural catastrophe. Scepter musicians were not even able to enter the battlefield.
”Did Ye Lanzhou participate in the research of Hecatoncheir? He’s talented but he’s not even a Summoning musician. What use does a Mind musician have?”
”Did you forget your father’s title?” Maxwell glanced at him. ”Moon Chant, the purifier of all abnormalities, the only one who can resonate with the Pure White Moon and the Blue Moon at once. He’s the one who most understands the differences between natural catastrophes and men. I would find it odd if he didn’t participate.”
”…And then what?”
”And then?” Maxwell put out his cigarette. ”And then it’s as you know. Your father turned and fell into the territory of natural catastrophes, becoming a dark musician.”
”I know that.” Ye Qingxuan clenched his fist. Looking at Maxwell, he asked gruffly, ”Is it true?”
”I don’t know.” Maxwell looked away. ”When he left, he caused too big of an upheaval. The entire research institute was practically destroyed. All the files were destroyed and all the people…
”After all these years, I often think if that young man had already turned into my enemy. Will we meet on the battlefield one day? Sometimes, I even think…it’d be better if he’d died.”
”I don’t want to agree but I think that too.” Ye Qingxuan’s words stunned Maxwell. The young man lowered his head and hid his expression. He said coolly, ”Those guys that only know to cause trouble are better off dead. But I don’t want him to die without a clear reason.”
After a long silence, Maxwell patted his shoulder. ”Humans are unable to interfere with the past but if you want to investigate the truth, you must become stronger. You should at least be a Scepter musician to have insight on the secrets.”
”Isn’t it too early to talk about this? I’m still lost about the Resonance level. The Barrier of Knowledge is enough for me to get headaches over for a few years, let alone finding the origin of the resonance.”
Maxwell froze and fell silent. Thinking of something, his gaze turned odd as if he was looking at an inhuman creature.
”…What’s wrong?” Ye Qingxuan had a bad feeling.
”Ye Qingxuan, you’ve only been in school for half a year!” Maxwell held his chin and praised. ”You went from nothing to an official musician within half a year and are learning four schools at once. According to the Academy’s rules, you can graduate already.”
”Uh, ah, huh?” Ye Qingxuan froze too. ”Graduate?”
”Yeah!” Maxwell nodded. ”The Royal Academy of Musician has a six-year schooling system, but realistically, you can graduate after becoming an official musician. You must know that not many of the graduates this year are official musicians yet! With your record now, you’re more than ready to graduate! What if today I…”
”Wait! I…I…” Ye Qingxuan was dazed. Finally, he slapped his thigh. ”I paid for one full year’s worth of tuition! I still half a year left!”
Maxwell looked at him as if looking at an idiot. ”I gave all those downtown businesses to you and you still need money?”
”I don’t care! I’m not graduating!” Ye Qingxuan sprawled on the sofa, throwing a tantrum. ”Otherwise I’ll go lie down before the palace and starve myself in protest! You better believe that. Maxwell is a ruthless and corrupted principal! A commoner student is expelled! I’ll get you onto the Musician Union’s complaint board, the headline!”
Even someone as thick-skinned as Maxwell was taken aback by this. He had experienced many who could not graduate but he had never seen someone who was not willing to leave the Academy.
”Hey, don’t be like that. Help me out. I haven’t reached the quota for this year’s graduation. With you, I’d at least be able to ask for a bigger budget for next year,” Maxwell said.
”It’s your own fault that you can’t reach the quota, alright?! What kind of school has such weird graduation exams?”
”So you’re set on not graduating?”
”What are you so impatient for?” Ye Qingxuan picked his nose with a rogue expression. ”I’m just a first-year student. Wait until I’m in my sixth year before talking about graduating!”
”You’re really not leaving?”
”Nope! What can you do about me?”
”Oh, that’s great.” Maxwell rubbed his hands and smiled mysteriously. ”Then you won’t reject the trial task that the Academy assigns you, right?”
Ye Qingxuan was instantly stunned and it finally dawned on him. ”You were waiting for me to say that!”