The "Senior Linda" Xiao Xiao mentioned was Fatty Xin's guide in the School Newspaper Editorial Department. She was a third-year student this year, with only a year and a half left until graduation.
A year and a half was neither long nor short.
For many exceptionally accomplished students, they had already earned all their credits by their third year—or even their second—and begun preparing for off-campus practical work, including but not limited to becoming probationary members of an Official Hunting Team, carrying out long-term assignments in the Silent Forest, serving at some Wizard Alliance institution, or traveling through the New World.
For Senior Linda to have begun preparing for off-campus practical work in the second semester of her third year was already quite impressive.
Zheng Qing did not have much of an impression of this senior, apart from her name in the school paper and Fatty Xin's occasional mentions. There were also her blond hair and blue eyes, her always brisk and fiery manner, and her silver high heels clicking as she walked.
Hearing Xiao Xiao's teasing, Fatty Xin's face showed a rare flicker of panic.
"What senior or junior? She's just one of my seniors in the editorial department!" He waved his arms, the color in his plump face shifting between red and blue. He spoke rapidly, his voice sharp in the wind. "She plans to join a long-term assignment in the Silent Forest... A lot of people in the editorial department gave her gifts, so I gave her a sprig of laurel to wish her luck... Is that strange?"
Zheng Qing studied the Fat Wizard with a meaningful expression. After a long while, he chuckled. "Did we say that was strange? Does calling her senior or predecessor make any difference to you?"
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly