Chapter Twenty-Four: Mr. Bai's Intentions
Compared with the majestic splendor of Liuli College, the dean's office is a lot shabby. It was just an ordinary room, with a round window framed by a wooden frame, and you could see the white clouds flowing outside. In front of the window was a gray desk piled high with various medals containing documents, a log armchair fixed to the table, and a few golden chairs floating around the room. An old-fashioned coffee machine, a record player, and a filing cabinet that occupies half of the wall next to it is planted with a pot of dandelions and goose-yellow flowers that give life to the gray-toned office. A slime is building leaves for dandelions, humming an out-of-tune tune.
The door opened, and the slime immediately stopped what he was doing and landed from the cabinet.
"You're back, Dean!" It said respectfully to Mr. Bai who walked in.
"Well, it's Momo and Begonia." Mr. Bai pointed to Momo and Begonia behind him, and he put Romeo on the floor, then took off his robe and handed it to Slime. "Ah, it can be seen that Master Sinan is a rather incorruptible dean, and I have only inherited such an office." He said with a smile when he saw the surprised expression on Momo Morizuki as he looked around the office.
Slime hung Mr. Bai's clothes in the closet, and then pulled two chairs behind Momo Mori and Begonia.
"You may be seated, two charming young ladies." It said sweetly to them. "Do you want tea or coffee?"
"Tea, thank you." Seeing that Sen Yue Momo pursed her mouth and didn't speak, Haitang knew that she was still angry with Mr. Bai, so she said to Slime.
The slime bowed to her and asked Mr. Bai, "The Dean and Romeo-sama are still the same, right?" ”
Romeo jumped onto Mr. White's table, fiddling with a purple glimmering medallion and ignoring the slime.
"Yes, bring them some snacks by the way." Mr. Bai said, taking the medal that Romeo pushed off the table.
"Don't bother, Mr. Bai can just say it if he has anything to say." Momo Moritsuki said suddenly, but the slime had already exited the room. After a while, it came in with a full plate of snacks and tea.
"Just call me uncle in private." Mr. Bai said to her and Haitang with a smile. Watch as the slime hands them cup by cup of tea, then brings his coffee to himself.
"We don't dare, lest the dean's reputation be damaged." Mori Yue Momo said sourly, and Begonia habitually tugged at her sleeve.
"Are you mad about what happened in the morning, Momo?" Mr. Bai asked her with a smile.
"She's injured and not emotionally stable, uncle, don't mind." Haitang smiled at Mr. Bai and said.
"I'm fine, I just didn't realize that the Dean was still our uncle." Momo Morizuki said calmly. She held the teacup, but she didn't drink it. "Or the amiable uncle I have the impression that it's just delusional."
"I'm relieved to see you so energetic." Mr. Bai took a sip of coffee and was not angry with Mori Yuemo's attitude. "Otherwise, my two sisters won't spare me easily."
Morizuki snorted coldly, skeptical that Mr. Bai was worried about being blamed by their mother.
"We haven't seen each other in years, haven't we?" Mr. Bai thought for a while and said, "The last time I saw you, you were young enough to sit on my shoulder." Time flies...... "He seems to be stuck in a memory.
Mori Yue Momo was obviously impatient with this kind of greeting, but Haitang said to Mr. Bai: "It's been a long time, and my mother told me to say hello to my uncle this time and express her greetings." ”
Mr. Bai looked at her and laughed when he heard this. "Begonia is still as well-behaved as ever, and it's rare that Sister Chizuru still thinks about me. I haven't been back to the city of the moon in years, so are you all okay? ”
"It's all good." Haitang nodded and said, "Mom has always been very concerned about my uncle, and I hope my uncle can take the time to return to the clan......
"I will." Mr. Bai promised, "When the time is right, I will go back." ”
"I'm sorry, if you're done greetings, I'd like to go back first." Mori Yue Momo couldn't help but say. "I'm not well-behaved, and my mom never mentioned you."
"Impolite little girl." The slime couldn't help but interject, shaking his head in disbelief. It still floated beside them with the plate of pastries.
"Don't say that, Slime." Mr. Bai ordered, and he restrained his smile and looked at Mori Yue Momo with a contemplative expression, "I think I'd better explain first, before you think of me worse." ”
"When I took over as the dean of Liuli Academy, I inevitably took on a lot of pressure." He didn't wait for them to answer before he continued, "Last year, there was a serious casualty accident between Liuli and the Cat Guild, in a mission to exterminate the Burning Clan, one team was almost completely wiped out, 7 people, plus the supporting mechanical troops, only one survived in the end. Of course, before the Battle of the Glaciers, this was almost commonplace. But this loss is almost unforgivable in relation to the superiority we have achieved at the front in recent years. He said casually, "You can imagine that the responsibility was put on the Liuli Academy, saying that it was the negligence of the academy that Liuli and the cat recruited a group of unqualified fighters in combat effectiveness, and the old guys in the House of Parliament were clamoring to close the Liuli Academy, and even the queen couldn't do anything about them." At that time, the dean of the academy was Master Sinan, and he resisted the pressure, saying that he was willing to take the blame and resign, and asked to keep the academy. God knows, this actually has nothing to do with Master Sinan, but his words really work in the City of Glass, and he finally used this method to seal the mouths of some old guys. Then he approached me directly and wanted me to take over the academy......"
"With all that said, what does this have to do with us?" Momo Morizuki asked unceremoniously.
"It has to do with everything." Mr. Bai said to her unhurriedly, "I took over as this dean under these circumstances, and you can imagine what it would be like if their so-called unqualified fighters appeared from my hands again. This is no longer a question of the survival of the Liuli Academy, but the survival of the Liuli and the Cat Guild. Although the gang in the House of Parliament did not dare to dissolve the Liuli and Cat Guild, they would inevitably use this as an excuse to suppress the guild. I guess that's what it's called: the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden. In the past, they didn't dare to be so bad. ”
"What do you mean by Lord Dean, that we are unqualified warriors?" Momo Morizuki asked angrily.
"It's not so much that you're unqualified fighters, but that I hope you're unqualified." Mr. Bai said to them.