Having mastered the Transformation Spell, Zheng Qing could pinch his nose and tacitly accept it.
But spreading the claim that his transformed form was a fox—and fabricating rumors that he used that fox form to "seduce" Su Shijun—was downright malicious.
Was he, Zheng, the sort of man who willingly lived off a woman?
On second thought, if everyone mistakenly believed his transformed form was a fox, not only would it mean the "black cat" could move around campus more safely in the future, it would also better conceal his identity in the Seven Deadly Sins. From those perspectives, it really was not such a bad thing.
"It really isn't that bad."
The young publicly funded student nodded very reluctantly, yet grew even more puzzled. "So why are they catching foxes? Could it be that they think I'm among those foxes? Hahaha, hahaha..."
Dr. Xiao said nothing, merely looking at Zheng Qing with pity in his eyes.
Zheng Qing's laughter gradually lowered and weakened, while his expression became increasingly bewildered.
"No way? No way!"
He repeated those words several times before slowly sorting out his thoughts. "Don't tell me someone really wants to catch the fox I transformed into and do something to it?!"
Xiao Xiao shrugged, neither confirming nor denying it.
The young publicly funded student began cautiously exercising his imagination.
But the more cautiously one tried to use one's imagination, the more uncontrollably it ran wild. Within moments, the once ruddy-faced young wizard's complexion visibly turned ashen.
The renowned wizard scholar Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed the "Five Stages of Grief" in her book On Death and Dying—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Some had also suggested a sixth stage: revenge.
At that moment, Zheng Qing easily skipped over the first three stages and went straight to "depression" and "acceptance." Perhaps