Monster Hunting High School

Outside the library, the sky is just right.

The afterglow of the evening brushed past the towering spire of Shushan Pavilion, casting a slender shadow on the small square in front of the pavilion.

The shadow spreads all the way to Linzhong Lake.

The warm breeze was blowing lightly, and on the sparkling water, a few dinghy boats were swinging leisurely. Occasionally, some suspicious black shadows passed along the side of the boats and passed by the bottom of the water, but it did not affect the students' enjoyment at all.

The monsters in the lake don't dare to do anything to them - this is the confidence that every First University student has. Just be careful not to drop anything in the water.

Not far along the lake shore, Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao saw a rockery. The white rockery stones turned slightly yellow in the sunset. The red warning tape around the rockery was crumbling in the breeze and seemed to be broken at any time.

The two young wizards stopped in front of the rockery.

A kitten died here a few days ago.

In a small open space in front of the rockery, an unknown senior used bamboo branches to enclose a small open space. Hanging on the thickest bamboo branch was a round plaque with the word 'mourning' written on it. A simple drawing of a kitten drawn in black marker.

There is no tomb, no monument, and no inscription.

There are many souvenirs placed in the small open space surrounded by bamboo branches.

Fur balls made of wool, cat scratching posts, cat teasing sticks, cardboard cat climbing frames and cat nests, as well as white candles of different thicknesses and heights, colorful blessing charms, silk fabrics of various weaves, Ni Nirvana’s rat head, shark fin, etc.

"Isn't that cat Jiang Yu's? Why doesn't she make a tombstone or something." Xiao Xiao seemed a little curious about this.

"She felt that the kitten would never die in peace." Zheng Qing shook his head sadly: "So until the murderer was completely caught, she felt that she had no shame to see the kitten... She has never been here since that day."

"I saw her in the library this morning." Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"Check information. She was checking all the case files of unconventional deaths of small animals in Jiuyou Academy in the past ten years. She told me that if no clues can be found in the files of the past ten years, then she should check the files of the past twenty or thirty years. , there will eventually be traces to follow.”

"It's not wise." Xiao Xiao shook his head repeatedly: "If you ask her to check the list of monsters that specialize in eye-gouging, maybe the possibility of catching the murderer will be higher. What if the murderer commits a crime for the first time?"

"Do you expect to discuss the wisdom and unwiseness of a girl who has fallen out of favor?" Zheng Qing looked at Watermelon Head with pity: "Sure enough, he is destined to live a lonely life."

Xiao Xiao had a dark face and didn't respond.

The breeze was blowing, and a few leaves were swaying down into the memorial pool. A few wild light bugs passed by the lake, lying on the burning candles, gnawing the wax happily.

A frog dragged its huge belly and slowly crawled out of the grass.

It stared at the little bug that was chewing the wax oil.

Although the memory flowing in its blood tells it that those small luminous bugs are a bit hot to the touch, for an amphibian preparing to hibernate, any food that can replenish energy should not be missed.

The frog's eyes narrowed slightly, as if asleep. It raised its head, opened its wide mouth, and its belly began to slowly inflate.

The light bug on the candle raised its head and twitched its tentacles in surprise.

But alas, these little buggers are always a bit bad to the touch during the day. It did not detect the figure of the green-skinned killer in the grass not far away.

The frog kicked his legs, and his tongue shot out, hitting the thick mouth of the candle hard, and then quickly retracted it.

The pale yellow flame trembled, made a little beeping noise, and then began to burn quietly again.

On the candle, the greedy candle worm had disappeared.

Only two young wizards who were watching witnessed its final outcome.

"It's really sad." Xiao Xiao lowered his eyelids and said in a low tone, "Always turning a blind eye to the danger in front of him."

At this point, he seemed to have remembered something. He raised his head, adjusted his glasses, and glanced at the memorial corner surrounded by bamboo branches. His tone was full of sarcasm: "Human beings always turn a blind eye when they can't do their best, and regret after missing out. They are using the dead to torture the living, pretending that they are still alive...in fact, most people are just alive."

"Shut up!" Zheng Qing turned around and looked at Watermelon Head expressionlessly: "Can you just relax for a while?!"

"What are you living for?" Xiao Xiao ignored his complaints and asked instead.

"Live longer." Zheng Qing thought for a moment and replied solemnly.

"Then why do you live longer?" Xiao Xiao asked reluctantly.

"To live." Zheng Qing showed a bright smile, turned around, left the lake, and walked towards the dormitory.

This problem has troubled him for a long time.

But now, he finally figured it out.

Living by yourself is just for the sake of living. It does not have so many important meanings that will be remembered by history.

The reason for the existence of a life is not that it once existed, but that it still exists now.

"Look at me being immortal, sitting in front of your tombstone with a smile, scattering flowers for you, and crying for you." Zheng Qing put his arm on Xiao Xiao's shoulders, with high spirits, gesticulating: "I will live longer than you. Finally, I will tell you the meaning of life.”

"I'm sick." Xiao Xiao hugged the notebook and sighed deeply: "Pay attention to your appearance, someone is coming."

Zheng Qing quickly calmed down his expression, pulled the corner of his robe, and put on a solemn expression.

As a publicly funded student of Jiuyou College, although Zheng Qing cannot be said to be famous, he still needs to pay attention to his image in public places.

He didn't want to be interviewed by the student union because he was reported to be "libertine", which would affect his scholarship.

Under the breeze, the leaves of the deciduous sycamore trees collided with each other, making a rustling sound.

The stone pavement under the shade of the trees lacks light.

But this did not affect the sight of the two young wizards.

The student walking towards them was not a stranger, but a classmate named Matthew Cullen.

He has long blond hair and pale skin. If he didn't always have an expression that would keep strangers away, he might be more famous than Zheng Qing among this year's freshmen.

As a member of the famous Cullen family in the wizarding world, he has this capital.

Obviously, Matthew also saw the two classmates holding books.

The three people passed each other, smiled slightly, nodded to each other, and did not slow down at all.

"I have never understood." Zheng Qing carefully looked back at the classmate who was leaving, and shook his head repeatedly: "As a member of the legendary Cullen family, why didn't he go to Alpha Academy and come to this school that doesn't pay much attention to it? A school with bloodline talents? ...His academic performance is not that good."

"Not everyone is a public-funded student." Xiao Xiao complained: "Being admitted to Jiuyou College means that his academic performance is very good. You know, I don't have test results yet!"

"Furthermore, the way the current four colleges of First University recruit students based on different principles is not the original intention of the establishment of the university." Before Zheng Qing could reply, Xiao Xiao continued to explain: "The original founders actually preferred to establish a 'magic school'. Professional colleges such as the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Pharmacy, and the College of Fortune-telling have finally formed their current structure due to long-term conflicts and estrangements.”

"Therefore, school administrators often consciously adjust the student roster and assign some students with multiple characteristics to other colleges. In the words of the school, this is to promote the unity and unity of the school."

"Matthew Cullen and Jiang Yu in our class belong to this type of students. If they were admitted according to the roster, they might be more adaptable to the environment of Alpha College."

"In other words, we must consider the overall situation, that's what I mean." Zheng Qing finally concluded: "Everything is for First University, for everything in First University."

Xiao Xiao snorted, agreeing with his opinion.