The "interview" with the Relevant Department ended at six in the evening.
After Bao Yangzi left, Old Yao first sent Jiang Yu out of the office, while keeping Zheng Qing behind. The young scholarship student fingered the Pocket Watch in his pocket, his thoughts racing.
Though he was already very familiar with it, being alone in a room with a great demon of Legendary Rank still made him uneasy every time.
"Phew..."
The professor bit down on his pipe and took a deep draw. Like a fire dragon that had just awakened, he exhaled two thick streams of smoke through his nostrils, then looked leisurely at the boy across the desk with a kind smile. "How did it feel? Was it difficult?"
Zheng Qing guessed he was asking about the class they had just attended.
"It was all right. I could understand it."
He scratched his head and smiled awkwardly—though in truth, he could not quite tell whether he was genuinely shy or merely pretending to be. Most of the time, he simply instinctively wore the masks he had once been familiar with.
"As long as you could understand it."
Old Yao clearly did not care about the young wizard's outward appearance. Puffing on his pipe, he nodded slightly. "School is different from the outside world. Using a Time-Turner within school grounds is actually very safe, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Zheng Qing mumbled a response, privately wondering whether Old Yao had kept him behind just to say such nonsense.
"This isn't nonsense."
The dean of Jiuyou Academy raised his eyelids, glanced at the boy, and smiled. "I'm telling you not to feel too much pressure about using the Time-Turner because I hope you can do well in every extra elective class, graduate early safely and steadily...