"That was exactly what it sounded like."
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyelids and replied lazily, "The people being pranked learned to wear masks; and the wizard who gave out the 'Cross-dressing Doll' was no longer satisfied with merely seeing male wizards in women's clothes... According to my prediction, before long, you'll see male wizards parading through the streets in miniskirts, sheer outfits, and even lingerie."
Zheng Qing imagined that horrifying scene and shuddered instinctively.
Then he noticed a small detail and, belatedly, sized up the short wizard beside him. "Come to think of it... why are you so familiar with this?"
"I got full marks in Divination." Dr. Xiao answered simply, his face stern.
Zheng Qing had also gotten full marks in Divination—though he had taken a few shortcuts—but he knew very little about the Cross-dressing Doll. Nor had he ever considered divining the dolls for witches, or divining whether male wizards in miniskirts would appear at the university.
But seeing the Doctor's expression, the young scholarship student wisely shut his mouth and dropped the subject. He could hardly grab Xiao Xiao by the collar and demand to know whether Teacher Sima had forced him to accept a Cross-dressing Doll.
That would have been far too cruel.
As long as the person involved had made up his mind not to speak, Zheng Qing would not be able to divine any possibilities even if he burned a pound of beast bones and tortoise shells.
Especially when a diviner was determined to conceal something. Unless the seeker became an Archwizard or even a legend, breaking free from fate's restraints, it would be impossible to glimpse the truth behind that fog.
During that silence, the two had already passed the lakeshore one after the other and entered the tree-lined path paved with bluestone