"—Eh!"
Professor Yi stopped in his tracks. The Fat Wizard following beside him failed to react in time and took another two steps before coming to his senses. He hurriedly jogged back behind Professor Yi and looked at the black cat with him.
"Why is Dean of the Edge here?"
The Grand Diviner's words turned the Fat Wizard deathly pale. Though he did not shake like a leaf, he truly did tremble twice. Anyone capable of serving as the head of the Beta Town Management Committee possessed a shrewd, well-rounded mind. Sometimes, they did not even need to read faces; a few scraps of conversation were enough to piece together most of the truth.
Just like now.
He knew that the professor beside him, who had already been head of the Divination teaching and research group when he attended First University, had earned the title of "Grand Diviner" from the International Diviner Association long ago. Even without leaving Buji Island, he was still a major figure at First University, ranking below only a few Legends and above many other professors.
And yet such a major figure addressed a cat as "my lord."
Dean of the Edge, no less!
The only beings a Grand Wizard would call "my lord" were those above the rank of Grand Wizard. And in the entire school—or rather, the entire Wizarding World—the only person who could be preceded by the words "of the Edge" was the "true Legend" who had become Dean of the Edge at such a young age.
Although Zheng Qing's rank was that of a Side Door Legendary.
At First University, on Buji Island, and throughout the Alliance and beyond, many regarded him as a "true Legend." Countless people had witnessed his rise firsthand, so after he became a Legend, he left behind