"How are those Elves of yours doing?"
That was the first thing Jiang Yu asked Zheng Qing after the Clone Transformation class ended.
The wizard was just about to answer when he suddenly remembered something else. He hastily gestured for her to wait, pushed through the door, and hurried after Professor Yao, who had only just left the classroom and was still in the corridor.
"Professor!"
Zheng Qing stopped beside Old Yao, panting, and nervously rubbed his hands together, looking very much like a squirrel clutching a chestnut. "A few days ago, I took my Elves to see a doctor. You know those Elves—they're very well behaved, but this winter break, three of them seemed about to undergo a transformation... so I took them to Dr. Du Zem's laboratory for treatment... You know Dr. Du Zem, don't you? Right, of course you do..."
The dean of Jiu You Academy listened patiently to the wizard's rambling for some time before finally losing patience. He raised his pipe and gave Zheng Qing a few measured taps on the head. "Stop rambling and get to the point!"
The boy scratched his head, suddenly feeling that his question was rather silly. But since he was already there, he could only steel himself and ask in a very quiet voice, "Well, I saw a new sign outside Dr. Du Zem's research institute. It said 'Relevant Departments, Edge Academy, First University'... I don't know what that means... The name seems a little strange... Has the university allowed Edge Academy to control Forbidden Curses?"
As he spoke those last words, he instinctively glanced around, his voice dropping to little more than a mosquito's buzz.
The irritation on the professor's face eased slightly, and he nodded thoughtfully.
"Not many students would notice that. You certainly were one of