Vol 3 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2

Theclasses passed by peacefullyBy the ti Lan and his deather at the teachers’ office

“What did you do this ti sipped his milk by the side, exasperated

“I have no idea” Feng Ping Lan scratched his head, “Ah, do you think they realized I washed ht?”

“Why the heck were you washi+ng your hair there?”

“I got splashed by some filthy water yesterday, so I went to the water dispenser ‘cause Igor was cleaning the mops at the sink” Also, he didn’t want to put his face near that pungent s from the mops

On the way to the ad Yu

“Class Rep! Zong Yu!” Feng Ping Lan waved at the tho also clutched siuys wash your hair at the water dispenser too?”

“Do you think we’re like you?” Liu Yi Chen frowned, looking a little irritated

“Who would have thought the rigorous rule-follower Student Liu would be called to the office” Byrieloff him, “Did you… kill someone?”

“There’s no way they’d die so easily” Liu Yi Chen waved her hand dis that she’dso society much more livable and all, that’s all”

Class Rep, what exactly did you do…

“Zong Yu, what about you?”

“…I seeue…”

They all entered a moment of deep silence

The teachers’ offices were all located on the entirety of the second floor ad, every class advisor with a personal office of their ownThey found their way to a roo’s na fro the room

They went inThere were shelves on both sides completely filled with bottles and jars, various types of herbs placed in theether to for sat behind the desk in the roo like one of those herbs himself

Yin Su Shuang glanced at the newcomersHe spoke with a darkened face, “You all—”

“I was just washi+ng one quickly!”

“Those hoodluo doith just one hit!”

“…I was just passing by, that lady’s cause of death had nothing to do with me”

Not even giving him a chance to speak, the three cut him off

Yin Su Shuang furrowed his brows, continuing his sentence, “What I wanted to say, was that the three of you have not yet joined a club”

“Oh…” They breathed a sigh of relief

“But I am very interested in the contents of what youhis hand, “Perhaps I should take another time to properly have a chat with the three of you…”

Their expressions looked incredibly dismayed

“Do we have to join?” Conglong asked“Us as well?”

The Contracts felt that this matter was quite troublesome and unnecessary

“CorrectZephaniah’s rules state that every student anization, with no liroups you can participate” Yin Su Shuang gave passed Feng Ping Lan a rulebook, “Only the eight of you have not joined one at all”

So s had happened at the start of the school year that Feng Ping Lan had forgotten this ave the rulebook to his Contracts, not keeping one for hih it before school started

“We’re already accoht classesNoe’re even stuck together during days off?” Morris looked i the rulebook

Other than introducing the various clubs, the rulebook also described the correlated rules and bylaws of their activities, for exa, how to apply for the facilities and classrooms, publication of achieve a new club

Due to the existence of Shadow Academy, a majority of the clubs were conducted in the afternoons or weekendsThis led to Zephaniah’s associations not being very diversified

“Contracts and Summoners can choose to be in different clubsWe’re pretty flexible with this rule…” Yin Su Shuang explained, then looked at Liu Yi Chen, “It’s been four days since you resigned from your clubYou haven’t chosen a new one to this day”

“I haven’t found one that interests me yet”

Yin Su Shuang’s gaze was now on Zong Yu, “As for you, you don’t have a club either, after being kicked out from the last one”

Zong Yu shrugged, looking very uncaring

“You still have a week’s time to think about itIf you haven’t chosen a club by the end of the month, you will be forced to participate in the Deportment & Aesthetics Research Club”

Liu Yi Chen’s face turned ashen hearing this

“What’s that?”

“The club Yerde’s supervisingWith a beautiful appearance and ceremony, the club cultivates etiquette and manners” Liu Yi Chen shi+vered, “I just recently escaped from that club myself”

“I see” Feng Ping Lan tilted his head, “But if all eight of us enter the club, won’t there be too many members?”

“You don’t need to worry about that” Yin Su Shuang sinally one member in that clubIt is now a total of zero participantsI believe that Yerde will never co too many members”

Yin Su Shuang looked at his watch, saying, “Take a look around the clubs in the afternoon, thenMy next visitor will be here soon”

After leaving the office, they walked along the road together, flipping through the rulebook, bored to death

“Troublesoes frustratedly, “All of the Club the only thing related to transport?!”

“That one’s pretty interesting, you can ride your bike everywhere on holidays!” Feng Ping Lan recalled back on the inforo cycling together”

“Man-powered cars are not considered cars! I don’t want to become burdened!”

“The Confectionery Club seems not bad to me” Byriel curled his lips, “I have faith that the club members will scramble to feed me sweets, hehehe…”

Simo read the su if there were any of the shows she liked involved…

Morris paged through the book, eyebrows suddenly scrunching upHis eyes were fixed in one corner of the page, looking extremely sinister

In a column were the words inked ‘The Care of Stray Cats Club’

“All those clubs have reached their lih everyone’s delusions, “The only clubs that have no limit in numbers are the clubs restricted to Summoners”

“Restricted to Summoners?” Why hadn’t he ever heard of such clubs?

“Are you talking about those clubs flashi+ng red?” Byriel sht those red words”

“Flashi+ng red?” Was there such a thing? “Let me take a look”

Conglong gave the book to Feng Ping LanHe flipped through it, and sure enough, there were a few clubs flashi+ng with a dark red light in theotten the book at the start of the school term

“Is this a special rulebook for Shadow Academy students?”

“Every student has the same, but there’s a special ink on it that those in Shadow Acadeet one before school started?”

“Uh, I lost ot it, didn’t really look properly, hahaha…” Feng Ping Lan sih, “So, if it’s in red, we can participate?”

“As a whole, but some clubs have an initiation you have to passLook down below”

Soe ability levels Three and above’ or ‘Restricted to combat skills levels Five and above’, etceteraOne of those remarks said, ‘Bonus marks up for consideration in aze moved upwards, he found that it was actually the ‘Deportment & Aesthetics Research Club’

“The only ones not limited are only the Draic Research ClubThese three associations are the largest clubs in the school, also known as the Three Great Clubs in our Shadow Academy”

“Ah, Li Rui tried applying for these three clubs, but he never ht he’d been put on a blacklist, which hy those clubs with beautiful girls in them wouldn’t keep himSo it was because it was restricted to Shadow Academy students only, hahaha!”

“Normal students ant to apply for those clubs will be sent away in the entrance testBai Li Rui’s an exception, thoughHe was rejected before even taking the test” Liu Yi Chen spoke

“Isn’t there already a Draic Club? What’s the difference?”

“Those are all for the normal students to participateWith the word ‘Research’ added in, it’ll mean purely research purposes, not practice” Liu Yi Chen explained, “The members of the Drama Club perform plays,scripts, the theory of perfore, prosthetic ic Club learns how to perforic; the Supernatural Research Club is the exact opposite, relying ations”

“Why do you have to s so complicated?”

“Almost all of the students at Shadow Acade as far as to work thereAnd the association’s existence is the one that balances the state of the existing societies, preventing the disturbance of Opposers and demons”

Liu Yi Chen continued, “These three clubs are the basis for students to learn and carry out missionsThe Supernatural Research Club practices ‘exploration’, as most supernatural occurrences are caused by deathers a collection of incidents, investigating on-site and deter if they are just ruuise’, creating a scripts, personas, and allocating roles depending on theinto the scene; the Magic Research Club learns ‘concealht, and thetoscience to prove that that supernatural phenomenon is ‘fake’If it’s a se a end to cover up the truth”

“That’s so cool!” Feng Ping Lan couldn’t help but be left speechless

Conglong disagreed, “That’s too troublesome, why not just directly hypnotize them?”

“It’s just too riskyNot every Summoner kno to stably carry out an enchantht raise the attention of the enemy”

“Xiao Yu-er, which club were you originally in?” Feng Ping Lan’s attention suddenly turned to Zong Yu who had been silently following by the side

Being abruptly called out, and with such a weird nickna his head faintly, “…What did you just call me?”

“Xiao Yu-erOr do you prefer Xiao Yu-zi?”

“I do not like this address…”

“Then, Da Yu-er?”

The point was not on whether it was big or s, he didn’t want to have a dispute with Feng Ping Lan, on the off-chance he changed it into a weirder-sounding name

“Drama Research Club…”

“What did Xiao Yu-er do to get kicked out?”

“I was on the prop- the zombie model, I wanted to make it realistic, so I borrowed from the hospital as concrete reference…”

This guy is too reckless! Everyone thought

“And then?” Feng Ping Lan was co on the continuation of events

“I enuine fro Yu sniggered, the snigger sounding quite pleased, “But it was seen through in the first week… Because of the smell… Xixixi…”

nobody laughedXong Yu’s entire person wafted an extremely creepy aura, they felt horrified and uneasy…

With the exception of one

“Aweso Lan clapped his hands, “Then can you helpclass will be easy peasy! Ah, no, help me make a Quetzal doll first, I want it full-sized! I wanna put it in my room, hahahahaha!”

Zong Yu stared at Feng Ping Lan, not speaking a word

His laugh was noisyBut, this was the first tihed to him this way…

Feng Ping Lan babbled his ideas non-stop, until his mind flashed with another idea

“Oh, no, no, not just Quetzal…” Feng Ping Lan glanced at the other Contracts, curling up a covetous smile, “I want every one of you!” This hen they left…

With those words out, there was an ie

“You utter idiot!”

“You wish!+”

“I’ll beat you to crap before getting him to make a doll for you!”

“How can you be like this! Xiao Yu-er don’t listen to them, we’re on the same side!”

Zong Yu did not say a wordHe was very unused to the noisy atmosphereIt wasn’t that he wasn’t used to noisiness, but unused to the fact that in iven the cold shoulder

“Now you’veLan looked at thely

“He’s just angry because you keep calling him Xiao Yu-er!”

Zong Yu’s lips started lifted subtly, without hi it

Although he was unused to it, he didn’t exactly hate this feeling either

After Feng Ping Lan and the others had left, Yin Su Shuang’s office was quiet once again

The boiling teapot on the coffee table gently blew out stea a war vapor left a faint shadow on the beige walls, the shadoaying to the movements of the steam

As it swayed, the hue of its shadow gradually deepened, turning darkIn the depths of the uure appeared majestically

Yin Su Shuang did not lift his head, drinking the herbal tea in the teapot at his own pace

“Take theat the unexpected guest, “You’re late”

Quetzal chilled his face, twirling thethe those leaves subsided, the leaves turning back into grass-greenGliave out cries of an electric wave and the scent of grass

He had planned on investigating away fro hiht until he used his shadows to seal off this curse, but the copper bangle on his wrist had started lighting up, unbridledly giving off ostentatioushim no choice but to turn back

“Explain…”

“You don’t pick up the calls in your office, so I could only use thisspoke indifferently, “You are one of the official staff members of this schoolYou can’t just leave your post on your ohim”

“I a to reach a compro to beco…” His one and only master was Prince Shuekan, and he would only receive orders from Prince Shuekan

Yin Su Shuang huThe ones forced to reach a coal invaders like you guys run about lawfully, helping you deal with the after, you shouldn’t be called lapdogsParasites would be the more accurate term”

He put down his cup, taking out a glass bottle out from his drawerThere was a red seal on the cap of the bottleIf you scrutinized it carefully, there were countless co, evading and cutting off contact

An insect lived inside the bottle, its appearance like a cicada’s, but was colored pale grayThere was a decorative design in the shape of a human skull on its back, and there was a twisted human face in place of the head

Quetzal’s face became severe“Jun Sui…”

This was a familiar used for reconnaissanceJun Sui, one of the Third Prince’s subordinates, could control them from the far end and even use them as a shortcut betorldsTheir master could instantly teleport to any location those familiars were

The Third Prince’s ate this area? And he hadn’t been aware of it in the least…

“More than a hundred of this insect appeared in the city just this”

“If they appeared in the e-scale attack within three days” Quetzal muttered, “The Third Prince Zhentsi is a man that is unreasonable and cruelHe has never failed to annihilate anything that ht obstruct his way…”

Although they didn’t knohat they had discovered, either the Suht to eliminate

Yin Su Shuang scoffed, “We aren’t just some lay practitioners eitherIf they decide to attack us head-on, they should have the readiness to die in a foreign land” He rapped his knuckles against the bottle, “This insect touched our wards the moment it appeared in the borders of the city, and Gemi and Yerde were the ones to handle it as soon as we sensed itThethe any tracesWith the use of various spells and wards, we changed the local weather andthe insects to subconsciously evade this place on their own, until the one et done than that incident with that giant eyeballRight now, Ge those insects away, and are unable to return to the school”

Quetzal did not speakYin Su Shuang’s tone held a hint of reproach, but he knew, lecturing hi him here

“As the insects are flying around the city collecting information, they will avoid the school coh this s will be effective for some time, if that manipulator has some brain in them, they will undoubtedly realize that those fa stared at Quetzal, “Who do you think was the one who led them all here?”

Quetzal did not answer, asking him instead, “Why do you not directly say your purpose?”

“Mm?”

“As you say, the ones that were forced to reach a coal existence according to your association, have been brought into a syste us expel our enemies’ spies, what exactly are your motives?” Quetzal stepped forward, the cold blades of both swords glinting in the shadows behind hi too much from usI am uncertain on whether you are a friend or a foe…”

Yin Su Shuang was not threatened by Quetzal’s i manner, “You don’t see the Shadow Acadele and all”

“If I really wanted to throw you off, that thing wouldn’t be much of a hindrance to meYou know that”

Yin Su Shuang coughed twice, sounding incredibly like he was laughing, “With the state you are in right now?”

Quetzal’s brow pinched slightly, but his expression ultie

Yin Su Shuang drank another , “This was the Director’s idea” He looked at Quetzal, using a helpless tone of voice to say, “Hiding your existence fro the danger of the Royal Clan, all of this was the Director’s ideaAll we can do is do what he says”

Although Yin Su Shuang’s expression said ‘what-can-you-do’, Quetzal could see the unquestionable trust and loyalty in his eyesJust like how he regarded Shuekan

“I thought you were loyal to the association”

“We comply to the association, but we only vow devotion to the Director”

“Then, who does he wish to eliht to the point

To surreptitiously bring a powerful military force under his thumb, there would only be

be two reasons: to either remove his companions that he couldn’t directly oppose, or, to betray and defect

“The Director absolutely will not harh Quetzal’s guess, overruling it firmly, “In addition, he is still unsure if the one he suspects is in need to be eliminatedBefore the circu to accidentally hurt anyoneYour use is just an insurance, not so that is absolutely necessaryBut when the need arises, you will beco all of you in”

Quetzal frowned in deep thought

Hiding under the protection of the Shadow Acadeed into the Summoners’ internal strife…

“This Shadow Acade for the past sixty yearsThe entire city is in our scope of influence” Yin Su Shuang suddenly broke into an entirely different topic, speaking casually, “Basically no one can cause trouble on our turf, and the one and only oversight we oThat old demon that lived in that residence acted too well, he even enrolled in the sue studentsHe was never discovered once in the cityIn the end it was until the miemoshi+who came over that made us realize any oddities, which caused us to lose face within the association…”

Quetzal’s eyes flashed an astonishi+ng light, “You knoho sealed us twelve years ago?”

“Perhaps yes, perhaps notAlthough we are both affiliated to the association, the miemoshi+ are the association’s Phantom Department, and they are hard to track downAs we are in a coate theht and profound s on the same boat here…”

Quetzal wanted to ask o to the tea table in the corner, pouring the boiling tea into his own thermos

Subject ended

He tactfully did not longer investigate the matter in detail

He knew of two things, according to Yin Su Shuang’s words

The individual the Director was concerned about was in the Phantoh possibility that this was the o—

PlopA folder stuffed full of docu off Quetzal’s train of thought

“Take this” Yin Su Shuang blew his tea, using his chin to point at those docue offor all Yerde’s classes in the Shadow Academy, as well as the club he supervisesRelax, the very last member of that club has run off, so you don’t need to do muchHowever, the club has not disbanded yet, so as per the rules you’ll have to wait in the clubrooress details, which happens every Friday afternoon”

Quetzal’s eyebrows lifted, “For what reason?”

“For the reason that you are still adrank his tea, “Your salary will be given at the end of every ive it directly to you” He ht s the Teacher’s association? Zephaniah has many specially employed stores with discounts”

“This is just an act” Quetzal rely

He had already reached his limit when he had been tasked to collect urine, but since it had been just for a day, he had endured it with much difficulty

He didn’t want to have too much contact with the humans, didn’t want to waste his ti house…

He had finally found a lead, finally was a step closer to finding out Prince Shuekan’s whereaboutsHe had to hurry and investigate further, hurry and find the prince, hurry and leave the human world—

This way it won’t hurt as o, Quetzal

In that instant, Feng Ping Lan’s foolish expression flashed through his mind

Quetzal went slightly rigid, burgeoning a minuscule amount of hesitance at thatout froht, dim and sudden, barely there

“Even if it’s just an act, youpushed the documents towards Quetzal“This is an order, a transactionWhen you reap the benefits, you must also pay the price”

Quetzal snapped out of it, looking at the docuained its calm

He was very unwilling, but to gain more information from the Shadow Academy, he had to yield

Since this was a e of benefits, they would see as the one to first achieve their goal!

Quetzal received the docu else?”