"Why aren't you studying beneath the Cat Fruit Tree? What are you doing here?"
Inside the study, Qingqiu Mansion's mistress looked at the black cat that had stormed in so aggressively. Her expression did not change in the slightest. She merely leaned forward, interlaced her fingers on the desk, and regarded it calmly. "What? Did you think that stone couldn't understand a Graduation Thesis, so you came in person to salvage your dignity?"
At the mention of the word "thesis."
The black cat's momentum abruptly stalled.
Only then did it remember that the witch before it was also its thesis advisor. It also recalled Professor Monteria mentioning that afternoon that she had submitted its thesis to the journal "Magic," and it immediately felt somewhat guilty.
But that one-second pause had already drained half the momentum it had brought through the door.
This made the black cat somewhat annoyed with itself. It had clearly prepared to forcefully demand an explanation the moment it entered, yet this Great Fox before it had effortlessly seized the initiative. Granted, it had prepared itself to be fooled by the Great Fox before coming in, but being fooled so easily still left it with a powerful sense of frustration.
"You..."
The black cat gathered its spirits again, but it had barely uttered a single word before the witch interrupted it.
"Oh, what would you like to drink? Goat's milk? Mint tea? Or orange juice?"
As she spoke, the witch raised a hand and lightly tapped the bell on the desk. After a ding, she cheerfully instructed, "Give it some tasty drinks and snacks."
As the saying went, the first charge was strongest, the second weaker, and the third spent. Since entering the room, the black cat's momentum had been interrupted twice in succession, and its initial