Su Shijun agreed.
The Black Cat, on the other hand, grew conflicted.
Su Shijun couldn't help rolling her eyes prettily. "...Wipe that ugly look off your face!"
?
The Black Cat was full of question marks. He was already Legendary—could the Great Fox still read his mind?
"...Mind-reading doesn't necessarily have to read all the way down to the 'mind,'"
Su Shijun gave a soft scoff and explained with a cool expression, "And you just mentioned Professor Yi, too... Did the professor never teach you physiognomy before? The prerequisite practice for physiognomy is 'reading faces.' The mouth is on the face, so everything the mouth wants to say can be seen on the face..."
Oh!
Zheng Qing vaguely remembered Xiao Xiao having told him that before.
"—Physiognomy is an elective part of Divination. It isn't on the final exam."
The Black Cat honestly explained why he knew so little about physiognomy, then changed the subject and, choosing his words, voiced what had been troubling him. "What I mean is, let her assist with the work in your laboratory, the way I did when I was in first year... You can occasionally borrow one or two 'Paper People' from her... I think her Paper People should be more suitable for your Reincarnation World than an Ordinary Wizard's shadow... It should lighten your workload quite a bit."
"But?"
Su Shijun crossed her arms and looked at the Black Cat with a cold smile.
"But..."
The Black Cat twisted his haunches uneasily. His tail, which had originally been swaying lazily, carefully curled back beneath his paws and was stepped on in turn by both paws. "I just feel that, in the end, she's already a genuine Magical Lifeform. If you work with her, you should still abide by the Codex. If you casually