"...The Beta Town Post naturally didn't really want to seek justice for that Centaur Tribe."
Xiao Xiao quickly finished reading the report and reached a conclusion similar to Zheng Qing's, though his focus differed slightly. "They were merely keeping up the pressure from every angle—school safety, Alliance order, the authority of the Codex, even the educational missions of First University's various academies, fairness and justice, and so on. Their goal was nothing more than to make the school accept the Codex, accept Danhag and the Trident Sword, and accept deeper intervention from the Alliance. We have to admit, they picked a good time. Just as the article's title says, during a 'power transition,' this pressure might bring them unexpected gains."
Zheng Qing was no longer the naive boy who had just entered the Wizarding World.
So he did not spout nonsense like, "We're following the Codex pretty well right now, too."
But he was still deeply dissatisfied with the school's hesitation in dealing with the ravens.
"If the professors had cleaned up the school sooner, they wouldn't have given others a chance to pressure them." He muttered as he rubbed his palm, as if trying to rub out that Copper Bean. "I refuse to believe that Legendary Wizards are so powerless they can't catch a few sneaky ravens!"
He still retained a shred of reason and did not say anything more dangerous or excessive.
Xiao Xiao folded the newspaper in his hand into a mouse and drove it around the tabletop.
"Some time ago, Sima told me a bit of history."
The You Zui Hunting Team's diviner flicked the paper mouse's rear with a quill, watching it scramble about in panic as he drawled, "In 1968, First University went to war with the Burle-Hiliar goblins..."
"Burle-Hiliar goblins?" Zheng Qing rolled