The campus was empty.

Because of the Xia Yuan Festival, most of the students obediently stayed in the dormitory according to the teachers' requirements. The few students who dared to walk up and down the aisles wore bright red sleeves on their arms — the temporary symbol of the student council pickets, and in the fat man's words, the red sleeves were the professors' 'eagle dogs'.

Facing those patrolling figures, Zheng Qing hesitated for a few seconds, then decisively took out an invisibility talisman from his pocket and slapped it on his body. This standard talisman perfectly conceals the shaman's shape, scent, body temperature, and other factors, and lasts for nearly a quarter of an hour. With just a pair of naked eyes, it was difficult for those pickets to find Zheng Qing's traces.

But even so, the young public scholarship students still chose the gravel path or the dry, hardened ground by the roadside to advance, lest they would be caught by the pickets because of their footprints or other reasons.

The golden-red leaves shivered in the breeze, and from time to time a few weak leaves fell. As far as the eye can see, there is a carpet of soft golden leaves under your feet, rows of black tree trunks beside you, and at the end of the boulevard, there is a little blue sky, which makes people feel a surge of hope in their hearts.

The young student touched the notebook and reference book in the gray cloth bag, and rehearsed the conversation in his heart when they met later.

After crossing the boulevard, crossing the rockery by the lake, and seeing the glass gate of the Shushan Pavilion in the distance, Zheng Qing's face was stunned, and he couldn't help but pause.

Today, the library is closed.

A large bright red sign is posted on the glass door.

Zheng Qing hid behind the bushes, frustrated for a moment, and finally pulled out the letterhead, trying to find a bit of a more detailed address from its corners and corners.

But from beginning to end, there were only nine words on the letter—eight and a half to be exact, because the letters that replaced the names at the end did not belong to a complete word.

So much so that for a moment, the young public-funded student suddenly wondered in his heart whether this letter was the ghost of some students who were dissatisfied with the results of the freshman competition and wanted to knock him on the stick?

But soon, he dismissed this speculation. The rich aroma on the letterhead is unique to Yelena, unique. He would never admit his mistake.

Seeing that the time was getting closer and closer to the deadline, Zheng Qing had no choice but to rub it and refold the letter paper into a paper crane, then held it in the palm of his hand, and made a wish to it: "Paper crane, paper crane, smart and intelligent paper crane, if you know where she is, take me to find her...... I'm kowtowing to you!"

As he spoke, he raised his left hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, and knocked in front of the paper crane.

It's amazing to say, after receiving Zheng Qing's kowtow, the 'second-hand crane', which was originally motionless, suddenly raised its thin neck, stretched its wrinkled wings, shook its body, and flew like this.

Flying?!

The young student looked at the paper crane fluttering in mid-air in surprise, and then glanced at his left hand in surprise.

The resurrected crane seems to have a little more aura than before, and seems to have become more lively - to put it more accurately, this crane likes to fly around - even if it is not disturbed by bees and butterflies, it will not affect it from falling among the flowers and burrowing into the bushes for a while. So much so that the young public-funded students soon began to gnash their teeth from euphoria.

If there was only one way left, Zheng Qing would definitely prepare a small cross and use magic to tell the paper crane the cruelty of 'burning at the stake'.

Crossing the lawn by the lake, passing through several layers of shrubs, and then sneaking in the promenade around the lake for a while, the paper crane crooked its wings and led Zheng Qing into a remote promenade.

Zheng Qing hadn't thought about whether to grab the flying paper crane to vent his anger, but he found that his eyes lit up and he immediately stopped.

At the end of this remote promenade is a stone gate, hidden among the branches of the vines. Even though it was late autumn and early winter, the leaves on the vines had not thinned, but the color had changed from emerald green to golden red.

In front of the stone gate, a slender figure was standing, bending over, carefully distinguishing something. The crane swirled in mid-air, landed lightly on the wide shawl on the witch's shoulder, tilted its head, and rubbed the witch's ear.

"I thought you wouldn't be here today!" Elena turned her head and looked at Zheng Qing with a little surprise: "It's because I didn't think it through before, I didn't expect the library to close." I originally wanted to fly a paper crane to tell you, but I didn't happen to have any letter paper on me......"

Zheng Qing had already removed the invisibility talisman and revealed his whereabouts.

"I didn't expect to find you. The young public student scratched his head, couldn't help grinning, and smiled stupidly: "Your paper crane is so smart!

"It's not my credit. The witch smiled slightly, glanced sideways at the paper crane on her shoulder, and added in a slightly hoarse voice, "...... The magic of magic can never really be understood. ”

This is a profound philosophical question.

Zheng Qingming's mouth was closed wisely—he remembered the awkward conversation he had with a gypsy witch at a recent ball. There is nothing more likely to make a conversation between a man and a woman go off the rails than by talking about philosophy.

"Where is this?" I look a little familiar...... "The young student easily shifted the subject, and his gaze fell on the stone door behind the witch.

The door looked very old, and the magic patterns etched on the lintel, threshold, fan blades, etc., had been dimmed by time, and many lines had lost their intact structure. However, the faint imprint on it seems that many insignia and emblems that are still very famous in the wizarding world today can be seen.

The more Zheng Qing looked at it, the more familiar it became.

"This is the shortcut to Alpha Castle from the Nine Talents Academy," Yelena's explanation made the young public scholarship student suddenly realize. When he was on patrol at night, he had seen people from Alpha Castle coming in and out of here.

It's just that he saw it at night, and when the time is changed to daytime, it is inevitable that people will feel a little uncomfortable.

"Do you want to go to Alpha Castle?" Zheng Qing asked with a little interest, raising his eyebrows.

"yes, it was a little bit of a small thing. Elena turned her head again, touched the knocker beast on the stone door, and patiently turned the knocker from time to time, as if hoping to find a way through the door from above: "...... It's just that this doorknock doesn't seem to welcome me. ”

"Maybe you're just short of a pass. Zheng Qing confidently took out a card and inserted it into the mouth of the door knocker beast.

"Bah, bah!" Knocker rolled its eyes and spat out the card with a retching sound. The stone door, which had been closed, slowly opened with a creaking sound.

"They have always had a prejudice against the students of Jiuyou Academy. The young student immediately explained.

"How did you get it to open? I tried my student card just now, but it didn't bother me!" Elena looked at Zheng Qing in surprise.

"This is not a student card, this is a temporary pass from the school working committee, bearer. Zheng Qing couldn't help but tease: "When I hunted before, I was also on patrol and picket...... This temporary worker card was issued to us by the school working committee. It's just that it hasn't been taken back after the hunt is over. It's also your coincidence, I estimate that this card will be taken away during the Saturday night patrol. ”