"A special meeting presided over by a Legendary Wizard definitely wasn't simple."
"And getting the Archwizards from the other four academies and the School Labor Committee to show up together was obviously no simple matter either... So I think the 'secret weapon' claim definitely wasn't baseless!"
"Having the Teaching Assistant Group do Petites Mains Missions—had the school gone crazy? I'd bet that if the Beta Town Post found out, it would sneer about it for an entire week!"
"What's your Petites Mains Mission? Drawing talismans? Or hitting on banshees?"
The companions all spoke at once. Though there were only three of them, Zheng Qing felt as if he had fallen into a flock of ducks. The noise was so overwhelming that he could barely make out anything—except the last two words, "banshees."
Noticing the young teaching assistant's irritable glare, Zhang Jixin hurriedly raised both hands.
"Just kidding, just kidding." He put on a placating smile and repeated his other question. "I just wanted to ask, what's your Petites Mains Mission?"
"Drawing talismans." Zheng Qing snorted, then added irritably, "...Using Fish Skin Paper, on a Talisman Board."
Xiao Xiao nodded slightly, looking thoughtful. "Fish Skin Paper is a mild kind of Magic material. It can be refined into many other Magic materials without producing new impurities. In other words, the talismans Brother Qing and the others draw would definitely be 'plated' onto something else in the future—perhaps some kind of weapon. Using a Talisman Board is the strongest proof. Talismans drawn on Talisman Boards have many tiny, dense holes in them. Those are vents for magical power to flow through..."
"There are no 'others,' only 'me'!"
Zheng Qing finally could not endure it any longer. He interrupted Doctor's endless explanation and stressed his words slightly. "I only know that my task