I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 69 Best Dance Partner

Roland came back very late, and his route passed through the Black Forest, so he didn't want to cause trouble.

But the night watchmen came over and stopped Roland.

"Stand there and put your hands up so we can see them," said a night watchman with a scar on his face.

Roland obediently raised his hands. He felt a little nervous and thought about the words he had prepared on the way.

At this time, a short night watchman frowned and looked at the scarred night watchman, who hurriedly and respectfully took a half step back.

"Jack, if I wasn't here today, don't tell me you would still search this kid at the gate of the academy!" said the short night watchman with a little anger.

The scarred night watchman Jack replied respectfully, "Dear Professor Nadine, I will not search him here because he will run away. So we will tie him up and take him to the interrogation room first, check all his belongings, and then slowly torture him."

He looked at Roland with a forced smile and said, "Any apprentice returning from this direction at this time is either going to the Forbidden Forest (Black Forest) or studying demons. They might even kill their companions. In any case, they must have some shameful secrets. So just look through his."

Roland was nearly frightened to death after hearing this. He was absolutely right!
"Shut up! Jack! The school rules have been changed for so many years, why are you still using this old habit to treat students?"

Roland observed these people carefully and found that the emblem on Scarface Jack's chest was the emblem of the old Black Abyss School. It was a ferocious snake.

The emblem on Professor Nadine's Night Watch hunting suit was the emblem of the New Abyss Academy—a cute snake playing magic chess, with a white crown on its head.

It seems that Scarface Night Watchman is a pure Black Abyss man - a standard dark wizard.

Professor Nadine is a white wizard who recently moved into the Black Abyss - a standard white wizard.

Scarface Night Watchman Jack was only a middle-level apprentice, but he faced the professor's wrath with neither servility nor arrogance: "Sir, it is precisely because the school rules have been changed that I am doing this. In the past, I would not have bothered to play such a bad guy, humph."

When Roland heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He thought, "It's over. They're just playing the bad guy. I thought Professor Nadine was going to let me go."

After hearing what Jack said, Nadine seemed even angrier. "No one asked you to be the bad guy! There's no school rule about body searching and interrogating students! Don't say you have no evidence. Even if a student is a suspect, we still have to follow the procedures!"

Professor Nadine looked back at the truck not far away and said, "Go back to your work. I've already been annoyed enough by those poor unfortunate little wretches today."

At this moment, Professor Nadine suddenly saw that the people on the truck were moving those "wood carvings" very roughly.

He cursed, "You idiots! Be gentle with this! Those are human lives, how can you pile them onto a truck like they're wood? Throw the monster statues onto the cart, and separate the students out—find stretchers, find stretchers!"

In the big carriage over there, there were actually a bunch of puppets, some human and some monster!

After driving away the night watchmen, Nadine panted and cursed softly, "Damn thugs! Sooner or later, I'll pick out all the dark wizards among you and send them to Arakko Prison. The rules need to be revised. These guys, in order to complete the mission quota and get rewards, don't distinguish right from wrong and will do anything to achieve their goals."

After she finished speaking, Nadine looked at Roland.

There were a lot of new students enrolling at the college this year, but Professor Nadine knew almost everyone. He recognized Roland as a new student at first glance, and most likely hadn't completed the formalities yet.

After looking Roland over, Professor Nadine's face showed a kind expression. "I'm sorry to make you laugh, kid."

Professor Nadine then changed the subject: "I'm not targeting anyone in the Alexandra family, but I smell the scent of the Black Forest, the smell of demons, and the smell of blood from you. So, do you have permission to enter the Black Forest?"

After a pause, Nadine narrowed her eyes and said, "Murder gets you jailed."

Roland's heart sank. He had thought this was a saintly figure, but it turned out to be a smiling tiger.

It seems that the White Wizards are not that simple. At least there is a reason why the White Wizards can suppress the Black Abyss Wizards.

Roland directly took out the four classmates from the dimensional bag and searched for related items in their packages.

While rummaging through his schoolmate's things, Roland looked at the items inside with a very strange expression.

A moment later, he found the mission certificate and the temporary access permit to Helin in Helena's package.

Nadine's expression became much better, and he could more or less imagine what was going on.

He tapped Helena and the others with his wand, and soft bubbles enveloped them. Then Nadine spun her fingers in a circle, and the puppets vanished into thin air.

"You're lucky. They just got into this state, and there's still hope of saving them. Come on, let's go to my office on duty. We can talk as we walk."

On the way, Professor Nadine asked Roland about what happened.

Roland confessed the first half of the story truthfully, but as for the rest, he said: "Professor, I'm a despicable coward. After Helena was turned into a puppet, I knew I couldn't do it. My mind was blank, and I only wanted to escape. I became a deserter."

Professor Nadine shook her head after hearing this and said, "Child, abandoning your companions is a deeply shameful act. But survival is a human instinct, and there is great terror between life and death. No one can face the Styx calmly."

Nadine shook her head and continued, "No one would blame a novice trying to survive. Besides, you chose to go back in the end. Even though you ran back a long time later, you still went back."

Roland asked, "Professor, I've always had a question. Why didn't the ballet ghost follow me when I ran away?"

Professor Nadine smiled and said, "You don't think the demon was just passing through, do you? She must have been near you at the time."

Roland asked in astonishment, "You mean, she let me go on purpose?"

Nadine nodded, then shook her head. "There was no reason for her to let the Alexandra family go. She probably wanted to put you last, to torture you for fun. But she was too arrogant and foolishly joined the game. So she must have been haunted by the ballet ghost. That's why you luckily escaped."

After a pause, Professor Nadine said to Roland, "The old school staff all like Lilith, especially the ballet troupe. No one can watch performances as often as Lilith does, so everyone likes her. You're lucky the ballet ghost doesn't like you, otherwise it would definitely haunt you."

Hearing this, Roland's expression suddenly turned ugly.

He thought to himself: "Will watching the performance increase my favorability? What about dancing with it?"
Roland felt as if he had gotten into big trouble.

(End of this chapter)