"Sorry, perhaps my request was a little sudden."
She smiled just as politely, then slipped the male wizard a knife without changing her expression. "I only heard that you were very close to my cousin Ilena. I thought she was on your hunting team... I could take her place."
Zheng Qing's mouth twitched.
He had never known that Carmen and Ilena had this connection. He had always heard that the familial ties within the Gypsy Witch Coven were extraordinarily complicated. It seemed the reality was even more bewildering than the books described.
"Ilena... isn't on our hunting team." At the mention of that name, the young wizard's mood instinctively sank a little. Perhaps he did not notice it himself, but Jiang Yu beside him noticed immediately.
"She joined Matthew's Hunting Team last year. You can ask Matthew." The witch frowned slightly as she sized up the Gypsy witch, who was about the same height as her. Her gaze fell on the witch's vivid red lips and long, wavy hair. "Students need to pay attention to their appearance. Heavy makeup is not allowed. It is explicitly stated in the school regulations."
"Sorry, I'm a transfer student. No one told me about these things when I enrolled." The Gypsy witch looked apologetic. "And no one reminded me before, so..."
Zheng Qing was not sure whether it was an illusion, but he felt as though someone in the distance had unleashed a silent version of Yin Qi Lei. The air was filled with a numbing, terrifying aura.
"Matthew isn't planning to form a hunting team this year... I heard his team failed its official-status assessment." Fatty Xin's troublemaking voice came from not far behind them. When it came to gossip, reporters had always been quick on their feet.
Zheng Qing turned around and