As the publicly funded student looked up in a daze, the Gypsy witch was also staring blankly at a withered Tree branch outside the window in a secluded corner of Book Mountain Hall on campus.
There was not a single leaf on the winter Tree branches, nor were there any of those noisy birds or Treant Saplings. The grayish-white bark trembled wildly in the cold wind beneath the pale sunlight.
Just like the witch's tangled state of mind.
She was hesitating over whether to go to Pedestrian Street.
Today was Saturday. The You Zui Hunting Team—or rather, Zheng Qing—had opened a new little shop on Beta Town's Pedestrian Street, apparently selling simple talismans, potions, and small animals like mice and insects.
This was hardly a secret. Any wizard who paid even a little attention to campus affairs knew about it.
The matter had caused a huge stir not only in Class Astronomy 08-1 of Jiuyou Academy, but also throughout Jiuyou Academy and even several other academies.
On one hand, the person at the center of this was Jiuyou Academy's rising star this year, a super publicly funded student who had won the Merlin Medal as a first-year. A freshman who had enrolled only half a year ago had managed to accumulate enough capital through a hunting team he had formed himself to open a shop on Beta Town's Pedestrian Street. From any angle, this was no simple feat.
On the other hand, the First University had never made a very clear statement on whether students could do business outside class. In the eyes of most people, including the school's professors and parents outside the school, students' primary task was to study. While practical projects were not entirely excluded, studying absolutely should not include running a business off campus.
But since