Chinese professors at the Wizarding Academy

The morning sun shone on the faces of the three busy men as they cleaned up the traces of last night's battle.

Gu Chen, Ken, Jim...

The three of them had a clear division of labor.

Gu Chen tried to extract the last of Alyssa's blood to see if there was any he had missed.

Jim wiped the floor, cleaning the cabin until it was spotless.

Ken squatted down next to Alyssa's body, groping around.

"...Ken, don't you think that's a bit impolite?"

Gu Chen watched Ken's extremely meticulous groping technique and knew that he was searching for spoils.

If you didn't know better, with that bald head and dark green wizard's robe, you'd think he was some kind of pervert.

"polite?"

Ken looked up at Gu Chen in confusion, then paused for a moment before realizing what was happening.

"Oh, I understand. What the teacher means is that I was too careless in my search. For such a troublesome and valuable enemy, I should search more carefully."

Then, Ken lowered his head, ignoring Gu Chen's twitching lips...

He touched every part of the body thoroughly, leaving no corner untouched.

Finally, Ken sighed in disappointment and looked up at Gu Chen.

"That's it, nothing at all, not even a single magic stone fragment, not even a spatial ring."

Gu Chen looked at the "Elisa" sheet that was already lying on the ground, drained of blood, and was now completely twisted into a ball because of Ken's careful handling...

This is kind of disgusting...

Coupled with Kenna's completely innocent expression, showing no awareness of what he had done, Gu Chen really couldn't hold back anymore.

"...What I mean is, you don't have to be so rough."

"After all, the skin of a mid-level first-circle blood wizard is quite useful."

Gu Chen spoke up.

Of course, I'm not some naive person who would think that treating a corpse like this is a desecration of the dead.

Just kidding, if Gu Chen hadn't dared to fight so hard last night, he would be Jim now, or even himself, sprawled on the ground like this.

"oh!"

"Oh, teacher, I'm so sorry, I really didn't realize it."

"After all, I have no way of exploring your mind or hearing your inner voice right now."

After listening to Gu Chen's words, Ken suddenly felt enlightened.

Although her teacher was quite warm-hearted about the relationship between "students" and "teachers," she was not the kind of hothouse flower that had been well protected by her family since childhood.

One should be ruthless towards the enemy, as for the distinction between men and women...

The only difference is in the type of material used.

Ken nodded, quite certain in his heart.

Now, according to the teacher-student agreement, he cannot actively perceive Gu Chen's inner thoughts, so he made the wrong judgment.

"...Well, although I don't have any magic stone fragments, I do have this."

Ken carefully examined it again, turning Alyssa's black blood wizard robe over several times. He placed his hand on it, and a surge of green magic appeared, followed by several lines of small text.

"What is this?"

Gu Chen stepped forward; he had never seen anything like this before.

"This is a secret letter from the Antinoya family to Alyssa."

"I have been a slave in the Antinoya family for a long time, so I know a little about some of the family's affairs."

"For example, by stacking fabric at a special angle and then adding magic... you can reveal the information written on the fabric."

Ken held up the piece of cloth with writing on it and presented it to Gu Chen.

"I didn't see the teacher; I just know about these things."

"This encryption technology involves spells and rituals left behind by some ancient and powerful wizards of the Antinoya family, which cannot be known by ordinary means of investigation."

"What's even more impressive is that their family can transmit new information to these fabrics, updating them in real time."

Seeing that Ken had held up the black cloth containing the secret to him, Gu Chen naturally couldn't just ignore it, and his gaze immediately focused on it.

He had many questions in his mind...

Why did Alyssa suddenly lose her composure?

Based on my own performance, I have absolutely no room for advancement.

According to the rules of Gray Tower Academy, if I haven't made any progress in a month, I'll most likely fail the assessment and become just material. At that time, Alyssa can come and take me away...

Why did he suddenly lose his temper and come to assassinate his student, or even him, late at night?

Gu Chen was filled with doubts, which made him carefully examine the handwriting.

Then, his pupils shrank to pinpoints.

"Kill Jim!"

These few simple words stirred up a storm in Gu Chen's heart!

What does this mean? Why kill Jim?

Jim was just an ordinary freshman. Even if he had some special talent, it hadn't shown any signs of it before!

Even after it came into his hands, he could only see Jim's talent through his "eye for talent scouts".

Even so, Gu Chen still expended a great deal of effort to activate it...

Without going into details, Jim's two activations of his talent were essentially on the verge of life and death.

In the blink of an eye, life can be lost!

"...Why?"

Gu Chen couldn't help but ask himself in his heart...

The Antinoya family... I don't remember them being any particularly powerful noble family, yet they could make a high-level mind wizard of the first ring willing to become a slave.

Even if Ken's talent was discovered later, it still seems... full of doubts.

Many things seem too reasonable, which makes them appear... completely unnatural.

Jim, who was specifically targeted for assassination... Yes, Alyssa's logic is completely flawed. She had already assumed that even if there were some secret technique, it wouldn't be enough for Gu Chen, a low-level first-ring blood wizard, to advance by relying on an ordinary person who wasn't even an apprentice.

But Alyssa seemed certain that her sudden surge of power must have been due to the use of some forbidden technique!

"...The sky is overcast, let's eat first."

"After dinner, ask Ken about the specifics..."

Forbidden spells, forbidden spells—how can forbidden spells used by blood sorcerers be made more effective?

With just a broken, newly born bloodline, Alyssa felt she could suppress her, even be able to suppress a first-ring high-level mind wizard and a first-ring mid-level blood wizard at the same time.

"Jim!"

"Teacher? I've already tidied up the cabin!"

As Gu Chen called out, the wooden door was pushed open a crack, and a few strands of golden hair fluttered in the boy's cheerful tone.

"Let's go eat!"

Gu Chen replied, watching Jim run over, then concealed his expression and inner doubts.

"Ken, let's go eat."

"I have something to discuss with you."

Things will work themselves out; even Gu Chen himself can't understand how all these things happened...

Perhaps we should just let things take their course and have a meal first.

"No problem, I'll handle the body. Just put it in my spatial ring."

With a slight movement of his hand, the lump on the ground, accompanied by a green light, disappeared.