It wasn't that I couldn't beat her.
Zheng Qing silently told himself—
I just didn't fight witches.
After repeating this several times and successfully building himself up mentally, he finally found the courage to face the Archwizard before him again. Fortunately, the black-robed and naked people who had been in the room earlier had already left, so no one else paid any attention to that brief silence.
"Didn't you say those 'Edge Ones' were an excellent way for Edge Academy to demonstrate its spirit of 'sacrifice'?" Once he opened his mouth and met the witch's aggressive gaze, the boy still involuntarily took a step back.
Though he was wearing a black robe, he still felt somewhat naked.
Colmar gave a dry cough and continued looking Zheng Qing up and down, the meaning in her gaze unreadable.
The boy could not help wrapping his robe tighter around himself.
"Mm, sacrifice isn't waste. There's no need to waste our precious 'spirit' in a place like this." After answering the young wizard's retort, she suddenly gave a mischievous smile and blinked. "—Speaking of precious, was I the first one to see you..."
"No!" The young wizard's face flushed crimson again as he nearly screamed, cutting her off in a firm tone. "Absolutely not! A million percent not!"
That was not exactly a lie.
After all, he had never worn clothes after turning into a cat.
A trace of suspicion immediately flashed through Colmar's eyes. One arm crossed over her chest while one hand pinched her chin, she looked thoughtful. "Really? Then who was the first... Su Shijun? Jiang Yu? I don't think either of them has reached that stage of 'complete honesty' with you... Or did you cheat on them behind their backs? Tsk, tsk. Looks like that nickname wasn't wrong after all..."