The seventh week's Clone Transformation class was nothing worth mentioning.
It was little more than the already-formed White Jade Cat and Black Gemstone Cat having many more interactions in class, while Old Yao lavishly praised the talents of the two young wizards with absolutely no sincerity.
For Zheng Qing, what came after class was far more daunting.
News that the three beautiful new Little Witches from Edge Academy had openly called him Father in class spread like wildfire. Even by Zheng Qing's standards, the speed, reach, and depth of the rumor's spread exceeded expectations somewhat.
That afternoon at dinner—although on Zheng Qing's Timeline, what had happened in the Edge Academy tent was nearly half a day ago, in reality less than an hour had passed since Edge Academy had gotten out when he sat down to eat—he easily noticed the "furtive" glances around him and the highly purposeful whispers.
The reason "furtive" was in quotation marks was that, in Zheng Qing's experience, those people whispering in each other's ears seemed to desperately want him to notice they were discussing news about him.
"Weren't Councilwoman Su's children called Poseidon?"
"Who said Poseidon had to be just one person... Couldn't it be a combined nickname for three children: 'Bobo,' 'Saisai,' and 'Dongdong'?"
"That makes sense~"
"Makes sense my ass! According to the reports, their children aren't even two years old yet, right? Can a two-year-old get into First University? Based on pureblood theory and Councilwoman Su's bloodline strength, a two-year-old shouldn't have reached the stage of transformation at all!"
"Did you forget that wizards can make potions?"
"Are you crazy, or is Qingqiu crazy, feeding medicine to children that young?"
"They might not have used medicine. Many powerful wizards' children are born as adults..."
"Being born an adult is because the pregnancy