"Don't call other people idiots!" Jiang Yu was decidedly unhappy with Li Meng's choice of words.
"They've had these past few days off and haven't been going to work, so what they do outside working hours is their own business." Zheng Qing answered Li Meng's challenge from another angle, explaining why the two rats had not been working in the shop.
"The school's Guardian Formation is powerful? Wild demons without tags turn up every other day, and Black Wizards from outside the island keep sneaking in. You still have the nerve to call the Guardian Formation powerful?!" Ding Dong Ear also heaped scorn on Li Meng's remarks.
As for Ding Dang Ear, while the others answered Li Meng's questions, he said nothing. Instead, he stood up and casually drew a circle on the trunk of the old willow beneath him.
"You're asking how we escaped from that monster?" He puffed out his chest and raised his head to look up at the Little Witch, brimming with confidence. "That's because we have a natural talent for burrow travel! There are very few places on this island that can stop us from going wherever we please... Our kind have lived beneath the school for so long. Have you ever heard of a rat being taken prisoner?"
At this, Zheng Qing could not help coughing softly and offering a reminder. "A certain rat who played dead a while ago..."
Ding Dang Ear shot the scholarship student a vicious glare, signaling him to shut up, but it left his next words sounding rather less confident. "...Even cats can't catch us, let alone a monster without a face."
As if to lend weight to his words, Ding Dang Ear turned around and pressed his two short forepaws against the circle he had drawn on the