The three Great Sprites entered Edge Academy's preparatory class after the Qingming Festival.
That was Tuesday.
Just one day later, by Wednesday morning, news that Qingqiu had sent three juniors to study at Edge Academy had spread far and wide, stirring up considerable discussion.
Most people focused on how beautiful the three young girls were—their robes, makeup, jewelry, every gesture and movement, every smile and frown, and so on. After all, Qingqiu was known for producing beauties, and everyone loved beauty.
The slightly more serious discussions centered on whether a powerful family like Qingqiu sending its children to Edge Academy would take up admission slots meant for genuinely marginalized groups, and whether Edge Academy would gradually turn into a budget version of Alpha Academy.
Others, whose thinking was somewhere up in the stratosphere, privately analyzed whether Edge Academy accepting only Qingqiu children meant that the Alliance and First University had already reached a consensus and planned to appoint some important figure from the Qingqiu family as Edge Academy's dean.
Zheng Qing paid close attention to all these discussions.
Even when rumors about him had been spreading all over the school a few days ago, he had not cared this much.
The good news was that, so far, the three Great Sprites' school lives had been progressing smoothly. They had not encountered bullying, skipped class midway, or received negative feedback from professors.
That gave Zheng Qing considerable comfort.
As a result, he was much more serious when describing—making up—dreams for Xiao Xiao and Fatty Xin. This time, the descriptions had nothing to do with nightmares; Zheng Qing was simply helping his two roommates complete their elective-course assignments.
Wednesday afternoon brought an elective class.
Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu had chosen Magical Cosmology, while Xiao Xiao, Xin, and Zhang Jixin had chosen