Given the atmosphere at dinner, Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu wisely avoided discussing the Starry Sky Academy senior who had missed class because of an accidental death, but that did not mean Zheng Qing had forgotten about it.
Old Yao's indifferent tone when discussing the matter had been deeply etched into his mind.
It felt like he had eaten a fish that afternoon and gotten a bone stuck in his throat. Every time he thought the bone had slid into his stomach, it would sway ever so slightly, using a brief, sharp pain to remind him of its presence.
That night.
After talismanic script class ended.
When he returned to Dormitory 403, his two companions were sitting around the desk. Xiao Xiao was flipping through a thick stack of reference books, while Fatty Xin had an array of bottles and jars of different sizes spread out before him, apparently concocting some sort of potion.
"If you're mixing potions, go to the Experimental Building... Do you have to blow up the dorm once before your university life feels complete?" Zheng Qing scolded weakly.
After all, he was still the dorm leader of Dormitory 403.
As he spoke, he dragged his heavy steps over to the desk and casually picked up a reference book beside Doctor. He glanced at its title, Introduction to Sprites, by John Craig. Flipping through the table of contents, he saw that it began with the most basic types and properties of sprites, then covered Spirit Seed cultivation, sprite feeding, detailed explanations of contracts, simple commands and deep learning, sprite habit formation, analyses of common cases, and more. It was extraordinarily comprehensive.
Holding the book, Zheng Qing peered over its edge at the other reference books Doctor had stacked nearby—Green Sprites: Sowing, Growth, and Control, Sprite Management Handbook,