Chapter 2703
The Teaching Assistant Group's offices were not on the same floor. Some teaching assistants—including Thomas—had offices in the left-hand corridor on the third floor of the Office Building.
Thomas's office was at the very end of the corridor.
It was the weekend, and there was not a soul in the hallway. Not only were the armored warriors that often roamed the school nowhere to be seen, but even the portraits on the walls and the Door Gods on the doors were empty.
A thought inexplicably surfaced in Zheng Qing's mind—there was no need to worry about running into ghosts in a place like this, right?
"I remember your office..."
The young wizard could not help speaking. It was not entirely out of curiosity; more than anything, he wanted to fill the empty corridor with sound, to make the surroundings feel less vast and silent.
Thomas took a brass key from his pocket and inserted it into the lock.
"Ah, teaching assistants' offices aren't fixed." He seemed to have guessed the rest of the boy's question and explained patiently, "Every semester, our offices may change... depending on changes in the group's personnel or the school's arrangements for new staff. Besides, not every teaching assistant has an office."
Zheng Qing knew that last part.
Because he did not have an office himself.
As they spoke, the office door was pushed open.
But before they even entered, a shrill, hissing scream slipped out through the crack in the door along with the light from inside, reaching Zheng Qing's ears and making the entire corridor hum.
"You forgot to turn off the fire when you left, idiot!"
"—Good thing this lord's belly is sturdy!"
"Were you planning to burn down the entire Office Building?"
"Don't you want your salary?!"
Thomas casually yanked