Although Zheng Qing had little talent for politics, he was not stupid.
Before Andrew spoke that last sentence, he had believed that the Trident Sword's purpose in visiting Qingqiu Mansion today really was to decide which solidified spell should be placed on the Merlin Medal.
Then he heard Andrew's abrupt suggestion.
Join the Trident Sword.
Those words inexplicably brought a phrase to Zheng Qing's mind—the dagger revealed when the map was exhausted.
If he had been an ordinary student, receiving invitations to some of the best positions in the Alliance before graduation would naturally have been a wonderful thing.
But the problem was that he was not ordinary—though he often mocked himself as an ordinary little wizard, he still possessed that much self-awareness.
He did not yet know exactly what joining the Trident Sword would mean, but the young publicly funded student had a few guesses as to what they saw in him.
Nothing more than Mr. Wu and the Forbidden Curse.
From beginning to end, Mister had never explicitly confirmed his identity to Zheng Qing, yet he had not deliberately concealed it either. More importantly, Mister had clearly mentioned his rank to Zheng Qing—above an Ancient One. That was a realm beyond the Alliance's basic understanding. If the Trident Sword could establish ties with such a powerful wizard, it would certainly gain greater and broader influence within the Alliance.
The question was whether the Trident Sword had truly managed to uncover the relationship between him and Mister. In other words, did the Trident Sword truly have the courage to invite the student of "Mister Nameless" into their Investigation Bureau?
As for the other possibility, as the holder of the fourth-generation Forbidden Curse, Zheng Qing knew very well what that spell meant to the entire Wizarding World. He also knew