"Even using a single Binding Spell is difficult for him now," Fatty Xin said, his lips barely moving as his voice dropped even lower. "I heard from the hospital nurses that after Nicholas woke up in the middle of the night yesterday, he tried using his spellbook... The results were terrible."
He did not describe exactly how terrible the spell's effects had been, but judging by the half-charred bedside table beside Nicholas's bed, the situation did not look promising.
The atmosphere among the young wizards grew much more subdued.
Even someone as unreliable as Li Meng knew she should keep her voice down right now.
"Can he still continue school?" Li Meng's question was direct and sharp.
"Why not?" Xiao Xiao immediately shot back. "Which school rule restricts a trickster from studying? He has not failed to get into First University. He is already a student of First University."
Dr. Xiao was thoroughly familiar with the Wizard Codex and First University's various rules and regulations. If he said Nicholas could continue studying, then he certainly could.
"And he is a student of Jiuyou Academy." Fatty Xin emphatically agreed. "Jiuyou Academy's guiding principle is equality and fairness. There could be no better test of that principle than Nicholas's current situation."
Li Meng pursed her lips and muttered, "I mean, he has already repeated a year twice... and now he has become a trickster..."
What she meant was that she seriously doubted whether Nicholas, in his current state, could pass the Promotion Exam. If he could not, the school could not possibly allow a student of poor aptitude to repeat a year for the fourth time. Besides, there was no suitable academy left for him to choose.
"The School Hospital has not made any such statement... Also, do not use the word