Chapter Twenty-Five: The Outer Lands
"Anyway, you should strengthen the quality education of wizards in the North District. ”
"They used to be tricksters, beggars, thieves, or traffickers, and they didn't fit in with the rest of the town...... It's all about begging for a living, and the people of the alliance will turn a blind eye. ”
"But now they're North District Mages. ”
"This means that they should know a little more about the Wizarding Code and be a little more involved in the 'real' wizarding world...... It also means that the North District can't just die casually. ”
The yellow civet was light-hearted, and it didn't seem to care that the wizard of the Northern End had sacrificed a trickster, nor did it care about Colma's responsibility in the matter—much to the surprise of the young wizards present.
The cat looked up, noticed the surprised expressions of several young people, and rolled her eyes slightly, realizing what they were thinking.
"You're already a great wizard. It shook its beard and looked at Colma with a sneering look in its tone, "Don't take such a trivial matter so seriously...... Could it be that anyone would go to Master Severus for the trouble of using the 'Blade of Shadow' in a duel?"
Severus was a master apothecary in Europa, but he was criticized for his radical 'dark magic' tendencies. 'Shadowless' is a very dangerous spell between black magic and white magic, and it was invented by Master Severus. Even so, there was still a chair for him at the Grand Wizards' Council of the Wizarding Alliance, and his voting rights were never canceled.
No one in the wizarding world has sued Master Severus in Danhag for using this dangerous spell to hurt people.
Colmar was relieved by this example.
"I'm going to strengthen the management of wizards in the North District," she replied with a serious expression, "starting with the basics of magic usage and spellbook management. It starts tonight. ”
"First University has a lot of non-profit clubs, and they will enjoy this task. Jiang Yu immediately came up with a few ideas: "And I can also say hello to my family...... It should be possible to get a little sponsorship in training from companies like Nina and Martin Nursery Alchemy. ”
Colma glanced at her gratefully - just fitting the spell books for the wizards of the North District would be a big expense, not to mention that the spell books, magic inks and other materials are consumables. And the tricksters are a bunch of poor ghosts. It's great to be able to get sponsorship from other wizarding groups.
"It happened in a timely manner, and there is room for remedy. Zheng Qing also played a round next to him: "If it takes a while for a while for us to find out about this problem after a large number of wizards from the Northern District appear, it will be a big trouble......
"It's a small trouble!" Huang Hua raised his voice and repeated his opinion, "Compared to the real trouble right now, even if a thousand wizards in the Northern District make trouble, it is only a small trouble!"
As he spoke, he raised two paws, contrasting one with the tip of the other to describe the gap between the two troubles.
But—
"What's the real trouble right now?" Zheng Qing chewed on this sentence and raised his eyebrows.
Turning his head to look at the two witches, he saw that they were also confused.
The boy had to take the initiative to ask tentatively: "...... Is it the trident or the school's follow-up investigation that you're talking about, and it's not our ...... to blame for it."
"But you're still on probation. Jiang Yu reminded in a low voice.
Zheng Qing was stunned for a second - some time ago, he seriously injured Seprano while patrolling at night, which caused a very bad effect. At that time, the punishment given to him by the school was three months of probation, and now not even a month has passed.
"Oh...... No!" The boy covered his face and wailed.
"Don't make noise in my ears when it's a big fart!" Huang Huaci finally couldn't help it, interrupted the boy's self-pity, and whipped him on his calf with a tail: "That's not what I'm talking about!"
Zheng Qing stood up a little embarrassed and glanced at the two witches carefully. Fortunately, the witches' attention was attracted by the cat's words and did not care about the boy's ugly appearance. He let out a sigh and secretly rubbed his calves.
The yellow civet cat wrinkled the cat's face, and the yellow clear eyes looked a little crazy in the night.
But what is even more terrifying is its next words:
“...... The 'outer god' you are describing has a very suspicious origin. As Colma said earlier, if the outer god was in the depths of the starry sky, then it would be impossible to summon it with just one spell mark and one or two magicians. The projection can't be summoned either. It's about the rules of magic. ”
"But think about it differently...... If the summoned person is in Phuket, or somewhere closer, like an alley in the North End, then it all makes sense. ”
This speculation lit up the eyes of the wizards present.
But it also made everyone creepy.
And that's not all, the yellow civet seemed to intend to completely scare a few young people, and directly said his guess:
"What's even more interesting is that the spell of this little girl Colma is based on the gift of Satorogua, and according to your description, the 'outer god' who came down far exceeds the person of Satorogua...... If nothing else, it should be Her Highness known as the 'Mother of the Black Goat of the Forest', Gauze Nikolas. ”
"Nikolath is the most powerful of all the outer gods, and is said to have reached the pinnacle of ancient wizards. Even the original headmaster didn't dare to say that he could completely suppress him. ”
Zheng Qing easily caught the keywords of 'the original principal', and then noticed the yellow civet's warning eyes. This made him obediently shut up.
The gentleman said that he had surpassed the ancient wizards, and that he must be able to suppress the outer god named Nicholas...... Nicholas, Nicholas, the two names are so similar, it would be nice if they were related, so that they could talk to him and keep him away from Phuket.
The boy was still thinking nonsense in this box, and the yellow civet had already finished talking about his guesses and suggestions, flicked his tail, and disappeared in place. Leaving three young wizards shivering in the night wind.
It didn't explain to Zheng Qing and the others how an outer god was hiding in the alleys of the North District, nor did it give them any safety tips. He simply said 'the current security situation is acceptable' and advised them to stay in school recently and not just hang out.
"We ...... Let's go back to Sakura Tavern first. Colmar looked around nervously and suggested.
"No," Jiang Yu shook his head, a little embarrassed: "Tomorrow Monday, there will be Professor Yao's magic class in the morning, and I want to preview my homework...... And I didn't check Li Meng's homework, I don't know if she will be lazy......"
This answer was so strange that the dull atmosphere in the room was dispelled a lot.
The world is big, and the learning is the greatest.
The corners of Zheng Qing's mouth hooked, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"It's really worthy of being a student of Jiuyou Academy, and I still remember to write homework at this time. Colma was stunned for a second, then finally shook her head: "Then I'll send you back to school...... It doesn't matter, I'm a great wizard too. ”
Before leaving, after one last glance at the empty streets, Zheng Qing finally realized what one thing he had been ignoring was.
"What about the school? Why didn't there be any reaction!"
Zheng Qing came back to his senses, looked at the empty streets, and couldn't help but ask the two witches: "They aren't so slow, are they?"
Every time he gets into trouble, the school teaching assistant group, the school working committee, or the three-pronged sword outside the school will always send someone to investigate on the spot. They may be late, but they will definitely not be absent.
Zheng Qing was ready to be sneered at by Thomas, Hilda, or Andrew.
He also figured out how to answer the other party's cross-examination, how to clear his own side of responsibility in this matter, and even began to write a draft for the follow-up examination.
But the manuscript is half-beaten, and the black robes have not yet come.
This made the boys' steps away a little heavy.
"Is there no one in the school now?" he said, tiptoeing, trying to look in the direction of the school over the dark streets. However, as far as the eye could see, it was pitch black. There wasn't even a few points of light, let alone a shadow.
Colmar smiled when she heard the boy's question—she had finally regained her spirits.
"This is the North District, and it's also a place outside the world. She laughed self-deprecatingly and replied, "Nominally, it belongs to the wizard's world, but in fact, this is not as good as the protected area of the fish-man tribe in Linzhong Lake...... There are so many dark stories that happen in this neighborhood every day. Murder, kidnapping, fraud, crying......"
"If the school sets the guardian circle more sensitively, it is estimated that the people of the school working committee or law enforcement team will be exhausted. So they set the threshold very high, very high. As long as there are no accidents outside of the North District, the school will not pay attention to the small movements here. ”
"Small movements. Zheng Qing chewed on the word, and his mouth was a little bitter.
Once again, he has a deep understanding of the plight of the North District playoffs. There is even some understanding of the radical and biased approach of the wizard of the North Side not long ago.
It is desolate and prosperous.
Civilized but barbaric.
This is the titular Northside, the actual Westworld.