"Where's your string of Haha Beads?"
On Thursday afternoon, before Old Yao entered the classroom for Clone Transformation, the room, with only two students in it, was packed with a heavy atmosphere, especially after Jiang Yu asked that question so casually.
What had to come would come.
Zheng Qing actually felt a weight lift from his heart.
"On the Magic Ban Festival, Doctor, Fatty, and I went to the North District to see Senior Colmar. On our way back, we ran into a few Crows, and they destroyed them." Almost without thinking, he gave the most truthful and accurate answer.
Zheng Qing had rehearsed this answer in his mind many times. After carefully simulating the conversation, he had realized very clearly that he could hardly lie to an excellent witch who knew him well. Rather than accidentally getting exposed afterward, he might as well give the most accurate answer honestly from the start.
Sure enough, upon hearing his answer, Jiang Yu's attention immediately shifted to one particular keyword. She no longer focused on the destruction of the Haha Beads, and did not even ask why Zheng Qing had gone to the North District.
"Crows? Where did those Crows come from... aren't they all dead yet?" The witch's lovely brows furrowed slightly, and she pinned down the White Jade Kitten that was clinging to her wrist and playing.
A little spark of delight rose in Zheng Qing's heart.
His face, however, looked utterly serious.
"Perhaps."
Though his wording was uncertain, his tone was absolutely firm. "A while ago, I went to the Cherry Blossom Tavern. Senior Colmar told my fortune then..."
Zheng Qing briefly described the Reversed High Tower card he had drawn, along with that night's nightmare—the shriveled crows hanging from the hawk perches and the cultists offering prayers in