Rat Immortal's First Appearance

In Ding Dang Ear's memory, the old ancestor was a very unusual Big Rat.

It was called unusual because, compared with ordinary rats, the old ancestor's size was beyond measure—perhaps because the old ancestor had cast some special magic on itself, or perhaps simply because rats had limited brain capacity. In any case, not long after every audience, Ding Dang Ear would forget what the old ancestor actually looked like.

Only its towering figure had been deeply etched into the soul of this young rat. Whenever Ding Dang Ear recalled it, it would feel an instinctive tremor and a sense of awe.

And today, upon seeing the old ancestor once again, it realized once more where that sense of awe came from.

"So big!"

"Too big!"

The moment they saw the old ancestor, Ding Dang Ear and Ding Dong Ear, the two rats in Green Vests, blurted out words with the same meaning.

For there, at the end of the hall, seated in a broad black armchair before the floor-to-ceiling windows, was the old ancestor, standing nearly one hundred and sixty centimeters tall.

It was no exaggeration to say that if the old ancestor put on a black robe and covered its face, no one walking through the campus would think it was a rat. They would only think it was a hunched old wizard. For most wizards at First University, that height might not have seemed remarkable. But to the other members of the rat race, the difference in height was extremely, extremely obvious.

"Watch your words!"

The Red Vest rat leading the way turned around and shot the two Green Vests behind it a vicious glare. Lowering its voice, it grumbled through clenched teeth, "Why does every rat who comes in have to say such nonsense?!"

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