"Independent hunting team under the Immortal Qin Hunting Team—the Kunpeng Hunting Team!"
"Captain Zhang Boren; members Zhu Ling, Ishikawa Ukyo, Barin, and Mai Dong."
"Reporting as summoned."
The male wizard at the head of the group lifted his hood, revealing a dark reddish face. At the same time, he pressed a summons order onto the desk before the registrar, his voice somewhat low.
Whoosh!
Eric twitched his fingers, and the Quill Pen that had been waiting nearby swiftly landed on the register, scratching down the names the male wizard had announced.
Yet when the pen first wrote them down, the names were black. Once the registration was complete, however, all the writing turned a gleaming green.
Green meant they had passed.
If the names had turned red, Eric would have had to ring the alarm bell in the corner of the desk.
Seeing that flash of green, the young apprentice registrar quietly breathed a sigh of relief, though he did not know whether it was disappointment or relief he felt. Then he finally noticed a small detail he had overlooked all along.
He lowered his head and counted the names in the register again. Then he looked up and counted the people one by one.
He confirmed it once more.
"Ahem." Eric coughed softly to draw Captain Zhang's attention, then gestured with his eyes. "You just mentioned that there were five members in the team..."
He held up four fingers, indicating that he could only see four people.
"Oh, my mistake, my mistake." Zhang Boren raised a hand as large as a fan and scratched his head with a foolish grin. He undid his cloak, revealing what he was holding in his arms.
It was a Little Witch, around ten years old, sleeping soundly in his arms. Her two little