Zheng Qing neither agreed nor disagreed with the Shadow Cat's reprimand.
If it had merely been a minor matter involving transferring departments, he would not have sat here agonizing over it for so long.
He knew that although he had become the dean of Edge Academy, he was unlike those old wizards with years of experience. So whenever he handled academy affairs, he habitually drew upon the power of a Legendary and looked a little further along the Timeline.
If experience fell short, magic would make up for it.
That was called overpowering ten thousand tricks with sheer strength.
With the aid of Legendary power, by looking a little further ahead, he could tell whether the decision he ultimately made was right.
The letter sent from Atlas Academy today was the same.
While reviewing the report, Zheng Qing had taken a look at that child's future—if he did not intervene and rejected this transfer application, then before long, Atlas Academy, unable to withstand the pressure, would arrange for this Tukiji Cult believer to temporarily suspend his studies. After leaving school and returning to the cult, the young wizard would be further influenced by the fanatic atmosphere within the sect and gradually lose his current restraint. When he returned to Puji Island to resume his studies a year later, he would choose to murder one of his classmates.
There were many more branches in the Timeline afterward—for instance, the young Tukiji Cult believer might use an Escape Incantation before the school discovered him; perhaps he would fail to escape and be thrown into the Black Prison after a Danhaag trial; or perhaps other awakened students would accidentally kill him by mistake. No matter how events unfolded, his future had already become a patch of darkness.
The other choice was for Zheng