Spirit Medium

Zheng Qing's Gray Cloth Bag contained a copy of Man Kun's Principles of Rune Construction.

He had originally thought Ilena had called him over to discuss some obscure Rune from her notes, so he had deliberately brought along some of the insights from his recent studies. Yet the place where they finally met was not Book Mountain Hall, but Alpha Castle.

Nor did the Gypsy witch have any intention of discussing Runes—she had even given that black notebook to Zheng Qing as a gift—which left the already bewildered Zheng Qing even more confused.

"You didn't call me here today just to have me keep watch for you, did you?" The young scholarship student touched the reference books and materials in his Gray Cloth Bag before asking in a half-joking tone.

Although he had followed Ilena in doing a series of things that violated school rules today, when it came down to it, he had not actually done much—the witch led the way, the witch opened the lounge door, the witch knocked off a section of railing, oh, and she gave the wizard a notebook as a gift—from beginning to end, Zheng Qing had barely even played a supporting role. Only when they passed through the stone gate between Jiuyou Academy and Alpha Castle had Zheng Qing lent a small hand with his anonymous pass.

The young scholarship student firmly believed that even if he had not come, or if he had not had that pass on him, the Gypsy witch would still have found a way through that stone gate.

It was merely the difference between cumbersome and simple.

"Is there anything you need me to do?" the boy asked uneasily.

"Nothing. I just brought you around today... so you'd know what I've been doing." After obtaining the stone pillar,