Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3

“So, what’s a miemoshi+’s seal?” On the way down, Byriel questioned Liu Yi Chen

Liu Yi Chen furrowed her brows, not expecting Byriel to take the initiative to ask her this

“Weren’t you acting like a know-it-all earlier? Now you’re saying you actually know nothing?”

Byriel smiled brilliantly, “I found out quite a lot in the end, hehehe”

Liu Yi Chen looked at that bewitching sh she wasn’t used to seeing Byriel have people running around in circles, it was fine as long as the individual was Cao Ji Xian

“The miemoshi+’s seal is a type of imprint that indicates its scope of influenceIt declares that this area has soe of it, and no one is to interfereThe moment a Summoner enters the area, it will start up and attack the intruder”

“Oh? Don’t they care about hurting an ordinary human?”

“A normal human will be herded away by the spellThere’s a trace of a contract on every Summoner, so it’s hard to avoid a miemoshi+’s wards”

No wonder there wasn’t a single Summoner that had appeared, whenever some occasional human with a lack of tact came across their residence in those past few years

He looked at Feng Ping Lan

Including this guy…

But, if there actually was a seal, why didn’t anything happen to the the contract?

“What sort of places would have thistoo

“There are many situationsA few seal in demons or some secret treasure, some are safe houses for miemoshi+, and some could possibly be a place to hide corpses”

“Corpses?”

“Corpses!”

Feng Ping Lan and Zong Yu exclaimed at the same timeBut, the former was out of astonishment, the latter was out of pleasant surprise

“A miemoshi+’s occupation will always result in plenty of deathSome Summoner’s corpses will still contain some power in the them could actually be of so Lan’s group doubtfully, “That said, don’t you guys live there? Why are you asking e to live in that place?”

“Uh…” Feng Ping Lan eyeballs roved around, “That, um, Phantom matters…”

“That won’t work on me! I’m not Cao Ji Xian, that idiot”

“Class Rep really is wise and resolute, hahaha…” Feng Ping Lan kept on s, but his smile looked a little aard

He couldn’t tell her the truth, but he didn’t want to lie to Liu Yi ChenHe didn’t want to lie to his friendEven if the fact that she was his friend was so he had decided all on his own

“It’s fine if you don’t want to say” Liu Yi Chen turned around, and continued walking, “Those are your family matters”

Although she had sointo privaterefused by a friend, htest bit unhappy…

Feng Ping Lan, upon seeing her give up, breathed out a sigh of relief

At the sa Lan and the Contracts pondered on Liu Yi Chen’s words

If there was a seal in the house, they could then locate the miemoshi+’s location if they could find itThis way, they were onePrince Shuekan…

Feng Ping Lan’s footsteps beca it

This was great! He had to quickly tell Quetzal about this! Quetzal would definitely be really happy

He s his footstepsOn one hand, he was hurrying to the sick bay to inforood news, and on the other hand, he was du the reluctance that had crept into the very back of hisit

At least, he wasn’t confronting it now

They walked down the staircase to the first floorAs Feng Ping Lan passed through the Deport eh his entire bodyHe paused in his footsteps, scratched his head puzzledly, and tilted his head to look at the room of the Deportment & Aesthetics Research Club

“What is it?”

“Mht about it for a second, “I want to take a look inside”

“Let o in there, leave iht have already returned” Liu Yi Chen back three steps away, as if she would suffer a calah“This place is like a fire pit, selling your soul to leave this place wouldn’t be enough to escape”

“What did you pay to escape from there then?” Byriel was curious

“None of your business!” Liu Yi Chen’s expression turned ugly, then turned to urge, “Let’s go!”

Feng Ping Lan stood before the door, speaking du that I’d really mind inside this room…”

He hadn’t really felt much when he had walked past this roo behind this door that attracted hi out to him

He lifted his hand towards the knobThe door was unlocked, which meant there was someone in there

The moment the knob was turned, Liu Yi Chen sped to the end of the corridor at an astonishi+ng speed, standing at a safe distance to observe

Feng Ping Lan pushed the door openThe roohtly smaller than the Supernatural Research club roo as a normal classroomOne side of the classrooht rushi+ng in from the azure sky

A long and broad shadow sat before the s, glittering under the daylight

The person inside the roo his head to meet the newcomer, subtly wrinkled his brow

“Quetzal!”

Feng Ping Lan rushed into the rooet, “Quetzal! It’s you! I was just about to go to the sickbay to find you, what a surprise! Goodness, is there a red string connected between our fingers? The string of fate is tightly binding the two of us together!”

Quetzal stepped back to the side, displaying an annoyed expression

Why was it that he would uy no matter where he went…

“Out to treat someone, Mr Doctor? Or have you finally realized some sort of conscience, coive ined how you would appear in this place otherwiseHehehe…”

“Does Quetzal plan on joining the Deport Lan looked at Quetzal in astonish him, “Quetzal’s deportment skills are already to the point of perfection, there is absolutely no need for you to join this sort of club! If Quetzal is really that set on joining…” Feng Ping Lan paused for a moment, then said this with a bit of embarrassment in his voice, “If it’s like this, I’d like to join too…”

Quetzal did not speak, coldly looking on as fro stupid to the end, only speaking indifferently when the other finally shut up

“This is just an interiaze sweeping across the documents placed on the desk, then did not say any more

Dongya walked forward to pick up those docu Yerde’s classes, including his club supervision and wushu classes”

“W-hat?!” Feng Ping Lan sucked in a breath in pleasant surprise,the sound one nor sound, “I want to join this club! Quetzal-laoshi+ I want to join this club! Teacher, what are the activities for this club today? Are we learning social dancing? Can I pair up with you, teacher?”

Hearing this, Morris, Conglong and Simo couldn’t help but snicker behind their backsByriel openly laughed out loud

“Aiyaya, sounds like an extremely comical scenario… Hehehe…”

Quetzal frowned, “This is just temporaryThis ends the moment Yerde comes back from his mission”

“Is that so” Feng Ping Lan nodded his head, then muttered as if he had come to a sudden realization, “…If Yerde dies in the line of duty…”

“Hey hey hey! What are you saying!” Liu Yi Chen, who had realized there was no real danger and co Lan fro him

Quetzal stood quietly by the side, coldly looking at the newly-arrived peopleHe did not speak, his ice-cold gaze and harsh i out a silent order

Dongya and the others that had some semblance of tact rubbed their noses and turned to

leave

Feng Ping Lan had never kno to read the situation

“Hey, let’s go” Conglong called out to him

“Wait a o find Quetzal” He looked at Quetzal, the corners of his lips and his eyes s so wide they were about to connect, “I’ve found you, hehehe…”

The others shrugged and left

The only ones left in the classroo Lan

Quetzal ignored Feng Ping Lan’s existence, sitting back onto the chair behind the tableFeng Ping Lan walked up to the front desk, pulling a chair forward to sit there, but instead of sitting before him, he sat by his side

“We went to look around the Supernatural Research Club earlier! Did you know that some of the clubs in Zephaniah were restricted to Shadow Academy students only! Like the Supernature Research, Draic ResearchAh, Supernature Research is short for Supernatural Research Club, it’s a club that specializes inLan babbled off on his own, thoroughly explaining the particulars of those trivial matters

Quetzal felt that this was really noisy and irritatingHe wanted to leave, but all supervising teachers had to stay within the club roo to the rulesHe wanted to avoid Feng Ping Lan, but Feng Ping Lan was blocking hi him leave

He could leave his seat using his own shadows, but he felt like he wasfuss over a s like this

He turned to glance at Feng Ping Lan, instantly realizing that Feng Ping Lan was staring at him with both eyesThe two stared at each other at thatLan broke out into a smile

Quetzal furrowed his eyebrowsWas this guy doing it on purpose?

“—So, there’s a mark in the residence the miemoshi+ that sealed you in left behind”

Hearing so that he cared about very much, Quetzal snapped out of it, “What?”

“A miemoshi+, didn’t I say that earlier, the Phanto, this won’t do, you know!” Feng Ping Lan wagged his finger in front of Quetzal

Quetzal disliked this action, but his purple eyes reluctantly followed Feng Ping Lan’s finger

His throat felt hoarse

Turning his head away, and forcing down that agitation driven by his instinct, Quetzal stiffened his face, no longer acknowledging Feng Ping LanHe turned his attention back to the infor Lan had provided

Feng Ping Lan continued talking, about the files in the Supernatural Research Club, and what Liu Yi Chen had said on thaton his own after he was finished speaking

“I wonder what a ic Clubs receive ht have soht be so Ping Lan sht distress, “Only club et a chance to see them even if we join, how troublesomeI hope there’s a e can freely read the files of all three clubs”

Quetzal did not say anything

There would always be some way to read them

He had felt the various anti-theft measures, safety wards, theThere was even a de the entrance

But, this level of protection was just a weak set-up for hiht hindrance…

As Quetzal conte sound by his ear had vanished

He turned his head, that pair of li back at him as alwaysBut, there wasn’t a trace of a s a look of concern

“U Lan said hesitantly, “Are you okay?”

Those apathetic features ether

“Why do you ask?”

“I don’t know, I just have a feeling that you don’t look so good” Feng Ping Lan looked at Quetzal, tilting his head, “Are you tired?”

Quetzal did not answer

“Or are you…” Feng Ping Lan roved about, “Hungry?”

Quetzal had only eaten once since they established the contract, and that had been on that day itselfHe did not kno long eating once would last him, but he could feel that… Quetzal seemed to be… Not as stable as before

Having been seen through by sousted at hih him

“If you’re hungry, I can—”

“It has nothing to do with you” Quetzal reprimanded, “Do not overrate your own importance, human…”

Indeed, his strength was starting to waneHe had used up plenty of his physical power after the fight with Jiu Shao, for some reasonHe had been astonished at that, since he hadn’t spent much effort on that battle

“I know!” Facing Quetzal, Feng Ping Lan replied with a smile, “Prince Shuekan is Quetzal’s ry, hahaha!”

Quetzal gazed coldly at the easy-going Feng Ping Lan s brilliantlyIn that instance, he unexpectedly found hi his oords

“That’s right,” Feng Ping Lan suddenly brought up a certain topic, “Back when I was fighting Jiu Shao, I was so tired that I was about to collapse, but when I thought about you, I could actually feel th…” This question had plagued hi had no chance to ask about it

Quetzal also thought back to the circuht, he had been in the classroo Lan’s cries, even going as far as to know of Feng Ping Lan’s plight

Feng Ping Lan had asked for help fro upon him for his powerHe had returned the call, then felt a bit of his power leak out of his body, like a thin shapeless strea into the soul on the other end of the connection

“Did you do it, Quetzal?” Feng Ping Lan questioned excitedly

“I do not knohat you are saying”

Indeed, he had no idea how that had happened, as this had never happened beforeHe had never heard of such a thingWhat he absolutely denied, however, what he absolutely did not want to ad Lan together

“Is that so” Feng Ping Lan nodded, “And I thought there was some kind of connection between us, hahaha!”

This was the exact point Quetzal wanted to deny at all costs

“There is absolutely nothing between us, excluding that obligatory contract on matter of life or death” Quetzal warned severely, “There is no need for an unnecessary coht now”

“Is that so…” Feng Ping Lan scratched his head in distress, “But I want to get closer to Quetzal”

Quetzal furrowed his brows, about to leave via his shadowsBut then, Feng Ping Lan continued

“Because Quetzal treats me very well”

Quetzal froze slightly

He did not think soIn the slightestWhat he did not understand theLan had come up with this notion

“Although Quetzal’s a little cold, always looking a little standoffish, you always tolerate me whenever I prattle on and disturb you, hahaha”

Quetzal smiled coldly within his heart

So this guy had some self-consciousness after all

“Besides, Quetzal’s praisedLan said with a little e as you to praise e jackpot!”

Quetzal frowned slightly, perplexed

With just a little praise like that?

With Feng Ping Lan’s abilities, he should be used to praise from othersWhy would he hold such ily, so that was so deemphasized?

“Also,” Feng Ping Lan revealed a light sratefulness and joy, “You didn’t throw ht now, you’re by my side”

Quetzal was powerful, elegantJust like Jing Lan-ge

Jing Lan was cultured and polite, and noLan would never scold hi Lan would never praise him

He had never been able to guess what Jing Lan was thinkingAlthough Jing Lan would calmly smile and speak to

to hihts

Compared to hi his and state of mind

Quetzal would praise hi Lan would praise him

Moreover, he had known from the start that Quetzal would leaveHe’d have time to mentally prepare himselfNot like the bewilderment and sorrow that he’d felt last time

Quetzal stared at Feng Ping LanAlthough he was s, it looked unnaturalIt felt hideous…

He was unused to this Feng Ping LanEvensuch close attention to Feng Ping Lan

The bell rang

“Oh oh, I should go” Feng Ping Lan stood upDue to the narrow position of his seat, his leg got caught up, and his entire body fell over Quetzal“Woah!”

Quetzal very th that drove a dizziness to his head, he couldn’t e hi Lan to fall onto him

“Sorry sorry…” Feng Ping Lan apologized frantically, “It’s a little narrow”

Quetzal looked at hi his head back at hiain

“I see onto you, QuetzalHave I been cursed?”

He was the one cursed instead… Quetzal thought silently

In the nextsnuck onto his hand

Quetzal raised his eyebrows, looking on as Feng Ping Lan held his wrist upThe fluctuation of his pulse travelled froertips

“I remember, back then when I touched your hand, it felt incredibly cold”

Feng Ping Lan reminisced the first time he had buh Quetzal had already been freed from the seal, he had felt as ice cold as a statue, then

He stared at that pale hand, raising his lips into a smile, “It’s become warm”

Just as Quetzal was fully prepared to throw that hand off, Feng Ping Lan let goHe stood up

“See you tonight, laoshi+!” He then left, like drifting smoke

Quetzal glared at that leaving back, reflexively glancing down at his orist

That damned warmth still hadn’t left, and he could still feel that rush of blood in those veins, right under that palm

A pang of hunger caught hi down on his rationality

Quetzal ha his awareness back

He hated this part about himself…

At night, the Shadow Academy’s classes were conducted quietly in the reverse space-time area of the common classrooms

Feng Ping Lan had been excitable ever since the first period, grinning occasionally to hi at his watchIn the process, he had been reprimanded by their teacher two or three times to no avail

“What’s up with hiain looked at his watch“That said, where’s that gruuy?”

As a substitute teacher, Quetzal did not need to follow along Shadow Acadeht

“He’s substituting classes right now” Liu Yi Chen replied exasperatedly, “Yerde’s out on a rinning idiot keeps on anticipating the wushu classes”

“What? The at a funeral!” Ivan frowned, then quickly switched to a smile, “Wait, Contracts don’t need to participate, so watching everybody deal with it ht be not bad either” That innocent smile was accompanied by malicious words

“Have you decided on a club yet?” Su Li Wan asked quietly, “I heard that Cao Ji Xian went to have a talk with Reina and Aidi this afternoonI wondered if it had so to do with all of you…”

Reina and Aidi were the Draic Research Club’s club presidents, respectivelyAs the presidents of the Three Great Clubs, they would frequently collaborate on various missions, which caused them to be familiar with each otherThey were allies on the surface, but would mutually look upon each other with contempt, and compare each other behind their backs

Liu Yi Chen scoffed, “Those three, is there anything they can do other than talking behind each other’s backs and gossiping?”

“There isBullying their clubfavor with the association”

Liu Yi Chen nodded her head hard in agreement

“What club are you in, Li Wan?” Feng Ping Lan curiously turned his head towards Su Li Wan

“The Drama Research Club”

“Is the Drama Research fun?”

Su Li Wan hesitated for aout a tactful answer, “I as I rarely do…”

In truth, she wasn’t very interested in the clubs hereBut since it was the rules, she had simply picked the Drama Research Club, as more populated with females within Shadow Academy’s three clubs

The club president Reina didn’t seem to like her very much, and since the day she entered the club, she was still stuck with odd jobs, not really participating the actual activities of the club

“Igor and I are in the Archery Club!” Ivan cut in, “We joined the Magic Research Club too since they were one of the Shadow Acadeanizations, but I think the president’s really hatefulThe activities are really boring too, so I always leave after signing or too”

“I never thought Igor would be one to skip class”

Igor coughed lightly in embarrassment

“If you guys join the Magic Research, I want to be grouped with you,” Ivan said suddenly