"Why didn't you raise your hand when Professor Li asked about Gnosticism?"
After divination class, Zheng Qing seized the time before the shift and asked Xiao Xiao about something that had been bothering him for half the lesson. "Don't tell me you don't know the word Gnosticism... You were the one who told me all about the Gospel of Judas."
Xiao Xiao was slowly wiping down his Brass Telescope—after practical classes like this, students needed to perform immediate maintenance on the instruments they had used.
"Why should I have raised my hand?"
The You Zui Hunting Team's diviner rolled his eyes, though not very obviously, and curled his lip. "Since I told you about the Gospel of Judas before without mentioning Gnosticism, you should've figured it out... The Observer family dislikes the 'gnosticism' of Gnosticism. They believe it extends 'knowability' into an unnecessary realm. Too deep, too vast, too dangerous."
He used "too" three times in a row to emphasize his family's attitude toward that heretical sect. Seeing that Zheng Qing still looked confused, he forced himself to offer a simple explanation.
"...Besides the 'knowledge' Professor Li mentioned, Gnosticism also carries the extended Ancient Greek meaning of 'being good at knowing.' Like how I'm 'good at knowing.' You can broadly understand this antagonism as 'like repels like.'"
As he spoke, Doctor dipped the velvet cloth in kerosene again, then glanced at the thoughtful Zheng Qing beside him. "Besides, instead of worrying about why I didn't raise my hand, you should think about how you're going to explain your trip to the School Hospital the day before yesterday to Jiang Yu. Witches can be especially particular about this sort of thing."
At the mention of Jiang Yu,
Zheng Qing's face immediately fell, and he unconsciously glanced at another telescope.
Jiang Yu