"The Trident Sword belongs to the Alliance, not the school; the Relevant Department belongs to the school, not the Alliance."
Su Shijun began with a somewhat tongue-twisting but easily understood statement, then smiled at the boy. "In other words, has anyone at the school or in the Alliance reported that your talisman bombs are connected to Forbidden Curses?"
By then, dawn had fully broken. A beam of sunlight outside streamed through the tall windows and spacious hall, falling neatly over the witch and blurring her features.
Zheng Qing could not help narrowing his eyes as he lowered his head to flip through the contract he had just signed.
Indeed, just like this transaction, the Trident Sword had never questioned the source of his talisman bombs, and had strictly limited the matter of the transaction to the finished talisman bombs themselves.
"That's what they mean by 'where there is no complaint, there is no investigation.'"
Su Shijun's voice drifted from that brilliant patch of sunlight, seeming to grow much hazier as well. "Does the Relevant Department know that you are connected to Forbidden Curses? Of course they do. Otherwise, they would not have taken away your black cat. But since the Relevant Department has not placed you under control, it means they believe that, at your level, the risk of a Forbidden Curse spreading is limited. That also means that certain organizations or institutions coveting Forbidden Curses may establish some degree of connection with you, brushing lightly against the boundaries of the rules, and still remain within what those rules permit.
"Of course, I'm not saying this to imply that the Trident Sword harbors ambitions of mastering Forbidden Curses... They may not have the nerve for that. But they do have the nerve to use risk control as an excuse to