Monster Hunting High School

Professor Monteria is an expert in advanced magic texts and bloodline studies at First University. He has his own independent laboratory at the school's Institute of Applied Magic. He is also a member of the Grand Wizard Conference of the Wizards Alliance, but it is said that because of Monteria Professor Ya is trying to break through to the rank of Grand Wizard and has not attended a meeting of the Wizards Alliance for a long time.

Although he doesn’t know Professor Monteria’s full name—in fact, except for those who are very confident in himself, most professors in the school will only publish part of their names—Zheng Qing has known this professor for a long time. It's been a long time.

The first and only time I met Professor Monteria was just over a month after I enrolled in school.

That day, Zheng Qing and Lin Guo were patrolling at night, walking along the promenade and chatting about time measurement, when they were suddenly blocked by a demonized kappa. Fortunately, the kappa was very weak and did not cause any bad consequences.

As a member of the accident investigation team, Professor Monteria appeared at the shore of Linzhong Lake with Professor Yi. That was the first time Zheng Qing met the professor. At that time, he was lucky enough to have a few words with the professor.

Zheng Qing's deepest impression of Professor Monteria, apart from his high cheekbones and gray hair, was his sharp eyes and slightly hoarse voice. In addition, there was also his excited expression when he talked about the improvement of the demon bloodline.

Later, at the end of the Moon Hunter Freshman Competition, Professor Yao once suggested that Zheng Qing consult Professor Monteria because of a certain big black cat and Zheng Qing's unusual attraction to demons.

But on the one hand, because everything is complicated in the second half of the semester, and it has been inconvenient for Zheng Qing to ask Su Shijun to write a letter of recommendation; on the other hand, Professor Monteria is a professor at the Alpha Academy after all, and his research still involves sensitive matters such as bloodline. On the other hand, the reputation among wizard circles such as Wandering Bar was not good, and Zheng Qing was worried that he would be pushed to the test bench after going to his laboratory.

Just like this, one drags two, two drags three, and unknowingly, it drags on for less than half a year.

It wasn't until not long ago that he once again attracted the attention of demons during the Black Tide Incident in the North District of Beta Town that he was horrified and realized what was more important. It happened that he stayed at Qingqiu Mansion again during the winter vacation. So he took some time and asked Miss Su to write a letter of recommendation for him.

This was before school started.

After school started, Zheng Qing delivered the letter to Professor Monteria's office through formal channels. Then there was no news, no reply for more than a week. Just two days ago, Zheng Qing was privately wondering whether he should take the time to go to Qingqiu Mansion and ask Miss Su to ask about this matter.

But unexpectedly, he received a reply from the professor in the blink of an eye.

The reply was not long, only a short line of words, but unlike other professors’ elegant cursive handwriting, Professor Monteria’s handwriting was very neat, as if it were printed with movable lead type:

"Saturday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, come to Monteria Laboratory as an internship assistant. (Professor's signature)"

Although there is no subject and the sentence structure is too concise, it does not affect the understanding of the content. After Zheng Qing finished reading, he breathed a huge sigh of relief - he was a laboratory assistant after all, so he probably wouldn't be pushed onto the test bench.

"What do you want from Professor Monteria?" After smashing the note, the shame on Elena's face faded a little, and the curiosity in her heart came out again: "I remember that his evaluation outside was not very good, right? …Many wizards say he is doing human experiments.”

When the words 'human experiment' were mentioned, Zheng Qing couldn't help but think of the newspaper he had read before yesterday's class meeting on Sunday, and he felt a little depressed.

"Rumors are rumors because no one can prove their authenticity." The young public-funded student twitched his lips and tried to show a more relaxed smile: "Just in time, I can go to his laboratory to see it this time. Look, I’ll tell you what it’s like in that laboratory.”

The gypsy witch smiled in response, but there was still some hesitation on her face.

Zheng Qing blinked and comforted: "Anyway, I am also a publicly funded student of the school, and a recipient of the Merlin Order... Professor Monteria is also a regular professor of the school, so he would not drag me to the test bench when we meet. of."

Saying this, it did seem that the two of them were a little unfounded, and Elena couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, I almost forgot, you are still the 'World' of the Major Arcana of the Wand." The witch stroked the Tarot cards in her hand, glanced at the young wizard, and her tone was a little more teasing.

Zheng Qing couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

"Actually, I went to see Professor Monteria this time for business." As he said that, the wizard opened his eyelids, revealing the redness under his eyes, and gestured: "Did you see, my eyes are a little red again... … It’s definitely not a late night.”

Elena stared for a long time, then belatedly screamed: "Are your eyes going to turn red again?"

Zheng Qing curled his lips and made a helpless expression.

The last time he went on a date with Elena, he was affected by the inexplicable coercion coming out of the Lake Tower on the shore of Linzhong Lake, and his eyes turned into rabbits. This time it was like that again.

But because his eyes were constantly bruised, everyone was much more tolerant of his red eyes, so even if he showed up in the classroom with red eyes today, it didn't cause the students to watch or make a fuss.

"When did it happen? I remembered at the class meeting yesterday that your eyes were still fine." The witch looked at him worriedly.

Hearing Elena's question, Zheng Qing felt warm in his heart, and his chest was filled with an inexplicable strange emotion that seemed to be courage.

"Just last night, I saw two moons in the sky. When I woke up and looked in the mirror this morning, I found that my eyes were a little abnormal."

His answer was not made up, but he used the Spring and Autumn style of writing.

Last night, Satogua came to this sky with big eyes, looking for the murderer of its descendants, but was blown away by a stream of cyan light. But in just a few seconds when it appeared, it put huge mental pressure on Zheng Qing. When he went back to wash up at night, he noticed that there was a little more redness in his eyes.

It got worse this morning.

But unlike in the past, this time's 'pink eye' is not 'acute', but 'chronic', and the redness in the eyes appears much slower.

In addition, since Tsathogua's invasion was wiped off the world line by a certain big shot in the wizarding world, almost no one in the school remembered it, so Zheng Qing used a bit of vagueness when describing it.

If Elena still remembers what happened in the sky last night, there is naturally no problem with his answer; if Elena doesn't remember, it doesn't matter, Zheng Qing can come back in peace.