The Yellow Flower Cat's pointed ears twitched, and a spark of life suddenly returned to its vacant eyes.
Vice Principal Ruo Yu, standing beneath the tree, immediately noticed its movement. His fingers tightened around the wolf-headed cane, and he raised his chin slightly to look at the tabby in the tree.
"You're back?" Though phrased as a question, his tone was utterly certain.
Moments earlier, the Yellow Flower Cat had suddenly gone blank. Though its body still lay on the tree branch, its consciousness had gone elsewhere. The old wizard beneath the tree had easily judged the situation, stopped the wizards under his command from "cleaning up" the scene, and waited in silence.
Until the Yellow Flower Cat "returned."
Upon hearing the vice principal's question, the Yellow Flower Cat snorted.
"Pfft." It raised a paw, rubbed the tip of its nose, then lowered its head to look at the wizards below. Drawing out its words, it said, "The old man said you just need to clean up the woods. He'll handle everything else... Oh, and have the School Labor Committee send letters of inquiry to Nikolas and Sartogua. Mm. That's all."
"The letters of inquiry have already been sent." Vice Principal Ruo Yu looked up, his tiny black eyes fixed tightly on the Yellow Flower Cat in the tree. He put slightly more weight into his words. "That's all?"
"That's all." The Yellow Flower Cat casually pawed at the transparent sphere before it, watching the Small Sapling within tumble and spin. Its tone was somewhat impatient. "Oh, right. I'm taking those little ones with me... You can handle the cleanup yourself."
The vice principal gave a muffled snort.
"They illegally set up a Magic Circle, illegally summoned an Outer God, destroyed a Small World, and violated no fewer than thirty