Chapter 2588: Lines and Lines
Intersecting parallel lines.
It sounded contradictory, but Zheng Qing felt it was the most fitting phrase to sum up his relationship with the two witches.
If not for Poseidon, who had been conceived through "sympathetic pregnancy," he and Su Shijun would have been people from entirely different worlds: one was a Senior Councilor of the Under the Moon Council, renowned for her beauty and talent, and the youngest member of The Alliance Grand Wizard Council; the other was an obscure student at First University with an utterly ordinary bloodline.
Parallel lines were the perfect description of their relationship.
In theory, parallel lines could never intersect.
But it was like Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu's elective classes—at the same time, they attended different courses, yet at the same time, they also attended the same class. This sort of logical contradiction in the traditional sense had genuinely occurred in the Magic World—in other words, their worlds were both parallel and intersecting.
"Intersecting parallel lines? What do you mean?"
Fatty Xin had not expected that a lucky guess would get him firsthand gossip from Zheng Qing. He was instantly overjoyed, hurriedly straightened the feather on his pen, and looked at Zheng Qing eagerly. "...Take your time. No rush."
Zheng Qing shot him a sidelong glance.
"Do you know king crabs and cockroaches?" He thought of a not entirely appropriate example.
"I do, of course I do!"
The Fat Wizard nodded repeatedly and immediately launched into an endless introduction. "King crabs are delicious and nutritious. They clear heat and toxins, strengthen bones and replenish marrow, nourish sinews and invigorate blood, unblock the meridians, benefit the limbs and joints, heal severe injuries, nourish liver yin, and replenish gastric fluids. As for cockroaches... only certain species taste good, of course. Mermen,