Hunting College

"These?"

The witch followed Zheng Qing's line of sight to look at her wrist, took it off, and threw it into the wizard's hand: "A few Haha beads, the little things my cousin gave me at Christmas...an ancient alchemy doll...if it is in the hunting ground When encountering tough but not very powerful opponents, smashing them out can turn into alchemy dolls to help you entangle the enemy. But don't hold out too much hope, they have limited resistance to magic, far It’s not as good as your Minotaur. I even think edamame can beat three of them with one.”

Zheng Qing shook the few pale gold **** in his palm, weighed them, and felt that they were a bit heavy. Looking carefully, they looked like little people curled up together and laughing.

No wonder it is called 'haha beads'.

"It's really interesting, I haven't seen this kind of little thing before." He praised sincerely, and at the same time kicked the fluffy gray dog ​​that came out of nowhere when he heard his name being called: "... Get out quickly, don't come to this shop, be careful of being caught and skinned!"

These words are by no means alarmist, Zheng Qing has vaguely felt that the figures in black cloaks at the nearby tables are casting curious eyes on the dog at their feet.

Maodou purred, wagging her tail happily, circled around the witch, and then disappeared into the shadow of the corner between the bar and the wall in a puff of smoke.

"Sorry, I forgot its habit." A trace of apology flashed in the witch's eyes, and she immediately added happily: "So, as compensation, I will give you these haha ​​beads..."

Zheng Qing suddenly felt that the few small beads in the palm of his hand became extremely hot.

"Your butterbeer, without sugar!" The multi-armed waiter pushed two large wine glasses in front of the witch.

"Thanks."

The witch took the cup, turned her head to look at the troubled boy, raised her chin slightly, and signaled: "...Go and play with the boys, don't let them scold me behind my back."

"I..." Zheng Qing opened his mouth.

"I won't be able to use this kind of gadget for the time being, but you may be able to use it when you hunt in two days." The witch directly interrupted the boy's attempt to refuse, and added: "The tasks assigned by the alliance to registered hunting teams are not simple. , even if Yuzui is a hunting team composed of school students... If you feel sorry, just give me a generous Spring Festival gift."

Zheng Qing's opened mouth slowly closed, and he nodded vigorously.

The witch smiled slightly, waved her hand, turned and left leisurely.

cough.

cough cough.

A few deliberately suppressed low coughs brought the young public fee student back to his senses, and Zheng Qing reluctantly moved his eyes away from the witch's back, looking at someone who was making noise.

"Would you like some cough syrup?" He looked displeased.

Xiao Xiao touched his neck, and politely refused: "Thank you, I feel much better, I don't need it for now... It's you... I'm sorry, but I vaguely heard the word "Spring Festival" just now... Are you planning to finish it? Do you celebrate the new year with the squad leader after the mission?"

The hunting team mission assigned by the alliance has not been confirmed yet, so it would be a bit extravagant to talk about completing the mission.

"Eavesdropping is a bad habit, especially for fortune tellers. Watch out for pus in your ears after going to bed at night." Zheng Qing glanced at him, raised his glass, and took a sip: "...As for the Chinese New Year or something, it's another How, what if not?"

"Whether it is or not, I suggest that you lie in the school hospital during the Chinese New Year, just like last summer vacation."

Dr. Xiao adjusted his glasses, and gave his opinion very sincerely: "Otherwise, I'm worried that our hunting team will change the captain when school starts after the year... You will be assassinated if you celebrate the New Year with the squad leader."

The young public finance student sneered, a little disapprovingly: "It's not that serious! For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, those fanatic fans should stop for a few days... And Jiang Yu and I are just friends..."

"It's useless for you to explain this to me."

Xiao Xiao rolled his eyes and pointed out in the most concise words: "In addition, the first day of the first month of this year happens to be Valentine's Day on February 14th in the Gregorian calendar. Don't tell me you haven't read the old almanac."

Zheng Qing was startled when he heard the words, and suddenly thought of the 'rich gift' he had promised before, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice. This means that I have at least double blood during the Chinese New Year.

The short wizard obviously misunderstood something, stood on tiptoe, and patted Zheng Qing's shoulder pityingly.

"Be more open…"

"Has the mission assigned by the alliance been confirmed?"

Zheng Qing changed the subject, not wanting to get entangled in the issue of who to spend the New Year with, but thought of what Jiang Yu had mentioned just now: "I remember you submitted the relevant materials of absolution to the school hunting committee last week... I heard that sometimes the student hunting team will encounter very troublesome tasks?"

"Well, today Wednesday, we should be able to receive the notification before Friday at the latest." After doing some calculations, Xiao Xiao added: "... Then we have about two to three weeks to complete the task. Indeed, although according to The agreement between the school and the alliance, the official hunting team composed of school students, there is a lot of room for negotiation in terms of task selection and difficulty~www.readwn.com~ But sometimes, in order to maintain a certain "word-of-mouth" sense, the school "Justice" will deliberately choose more difficult tasks for students...especially because most of our members still belong to Jiuyou Academy."

The spirit of Jiuyou College is justice and equality.

Zheng Qing sighed deeply, raised the wine glass in his hand: "I hope everything goes well."

Ding!

"Everything is going well." Xiao Xiao clinked glasses with him.

"By the way... What gift will you give Sima? During the Chinese New Year." Zheng Qing drank the warm wine in the glass in one gulp, blushing again on his face, and unconsciously returned to the previous topic.

"A bouquet of flowers is always indispensable." Xiao Xiao's tone was also a little uncertain: "As for the others...it depends on the situation. I hope we can find some good things in this hunting mission."

Zheng Qing pinched the haha ​​beads that still had a hint of warmth in the palm of his hand, nodded approvingly, then took out a piece of letter paper and a quill pen, and hurriedly wrote a memo.

The memo was folded into a pale green paper crane by him, and stuffed into a gray cloth bag—this is a new little magic trick he has learned recently. He can use the paper crane as a memo, and they will climb accurately when the scheduled time comes. Out of the pocket, by pecking ears or other means to remind the wizard not to forget the previous arrangements.

When he finished everything, he turned around, only to find that Xiao Xiao was looking up at the ceiling.

"What are you looking at?"

"I saw a crow flying into the ceiling from the second floor." Xiao Xiao pointed to the top of his head, Zheng Qing looked in the direction of his finger, and saw the candlelight just like a real starry sky, and the pitch-black ceiling seemed to have no entity , engulfing everything, giving people a feeling of remoteness and loneliness.

He didn't see the crow that Xiao Xiao mentioned.