A barrage of questions came crashing down on her, but Zoya only blinked blankly, unsure how to answer.
At that moment, Bruno finally noticed the person standing in the doorway.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Mentor. I'm He Xi." He Xi walked into the room, nodded to Zoya, then looked at Bruce. "He's my... companion. Sorry for disturbing you. We were waiting in the corridor just now; perhaps the door wasn't properly closed, and he ran in by himself."
"He Xi? Wait..." Bruno's gaze swept back and forth between He Xi and Bruce. Suddenly, he slapped his gleaming bald head. "I remember now! When I came back earlier, the General Affairs Office mentioned that someone with a special letter of recommendation was coming to apply as a teaching assistant... that was you?"
"That's right," He Xi admitted. "I just took Mentor Mirabelle's teaching assistant test."
"Mirabelle?" Bruno gave He Xi a quick once-over, then nodded in understanding. "Her test results don't prove anything. Her eye has always stopped at nothing more than the quantity of one's magic power."
With that, he stepped forward and warmly seized He Xi's hand. "Come be my teaching assistant! I happen to need someone like..." Halfway through, he suddenly realized that sounded somewhat wrong and hurriedly changed his wording. "No!"
"He can talk, read, and has clear breed awareness and critical thinking! This completely overturns the existing definition of canine Magic Creatures in General Knowledge of Magic Pets!"
"You should open an entirely new research subject!"
"And please, you must let me join your team! If you need one, I think I can handle the work of a teaching assistant!"
He Xi: "."
"Thank you for your appreciation, Mentor. But I only came here to apply for a teaching assistant position. Bruce is rather shy around