"Wild bird enters the house" was not a complete sentence. Its full wording was, "A wild bird enters the house; the master will depart." It meant that when a wild bird flew into a house, the owner of that house was forced to leave.
This had originally been a non-standard ancient spell, capable of banishment and curses. Because its backlash on the caster was severe, few wizards used it anymore.
Yet Zheng Qing recalled those words written in red ink along the edge of the newspaper and kept feeling that they contained some deeper meaning.
"Doctor, how should this sentence be understood?" The young publicly funded student wrote the sentence in his notebook and pushed it toward Xiao Xiao. He had always been keenly aware of his own limitations in such matters. "It was written in the margins of that newspaper report just now."
Xiao Xiao glanced at Zheng Qing's messy handwriting.
"A pointless gesture." The Doctor's lips twisted slightly, and a faintly mocking smile appeared on his face as he explained in a low voice, "Taken in context, its meaning isn't hard to understand. The person who wrote it meant that a wild bird had flown into Jiuyou Academy, and the academy's master had no choice but to leave. I believe that with your intelligence, you can guess who that wild bird is."
"In the usual sense, this wild bird refers to the fu bird, a magical bird that symbolizes misfortune and treachery."
"But taken literally, it also vaguely carries meanings like 'bastard' and 'mongrel'... If I remember correctly, Nicholas is a half-werewolf, isn't he? It's a very vicious metaphor."
Zheng Qing frowned, finding it hard to accept.
"Was this written by someone from our academy?" He felt as though someone had viciously twisted something deep inside him. In