"Why are you all blocking the doorway?"
"Don't you know class is about to start?"
Old Yao had appeared at the classroom door at some point, his hands clasped behind his back as he surveyed the room with a fierce glare. The young wizards who had been packed together scattered like startled birds, rushing back to their seats and opening their books, leaving Zheng Qing and the other two trailing at the door.
"I warned you!"
The Stick Figure behind the door shouted softly, then obediently shut up under Old Yao's unfriendly gaze and properly knelt in the corner of the white paper.
Only on his way back to his seat did Zheng Qing remember that Old Yao had told Jiang Yu and him in the office about Senior Colmar and Professor Monteria becoming vice deans. It had not been mentioned at the regular meeting.
In other words, he had just carelessly leaked a secret that was not really a secret.
That made him a little annoyed with himself.
As a result, when he passed Jiang Yu's desk, he inexplicably felt a trace of guilt and quickened his pace slightly. But before he could sit down, Old Yao's voice rang out behind him.
"Who the dean and vice dean of Edge Academy are—does that have a single Copper Coin's worth of anything to do with you?" The dean of Jiuyou Academy was not angry, but his tone was clearly displeased, silencing the young wizards in the classroom. "What did I ask you at last night's regular meeting? Dunton, you tell them!"
A figure like a great bear slowly rose to his feet and answered in a deep voice, "Last night, you asked us about Jiuyou Academy's principles... Jiuyou Academy stands for equality and justice."
"Only yesterday, I emphasized that you