Monster Hunting High School

The campus is very empty.

Because of the Xiayuan Festival, most students stayed in the dormitory obediently according to the teachers' requirements. The few students who dared to walk up and down the corridors mostly wore bright red sleeves on their arms - that was the temporary symbol of the student union pickets. In the words of the fat man, the red sleeves were the professors' 'eagle dogs' .

Facing the patrolling figures, Zheng Qing hesitated for a few seconds, then decisively took out an invisibility charm from his pocket and slapped it on his body. This standard talisman can perfectly hide the wizard's body shape, smell, body temperature and other factors for nearly a quarter of an hour. With just a pair of naked eyes, it would be difficult for the pickets to detect Zheng Qing's traces.

But even so, the young public-funded students still choose the gravel paths or dry hardened ground to move forward, for fear of being caught by the pickets because of footprints or other reasons.

The golden-red leaves trembled in the breeze, and a few weak leaves fell from time to time. As far as the eye can see, there is a soft carpet of golden leaves under the feet, rows of dark tree trunks beside them, and at the end of the tree-lined road, there is a bit of blue sky, which makes people feel a surge of hope in their hearts.

The young public-sponsored student touched the notebook and reference books in the gray cloth bag and rehearsed in his mind the conversation he would have when they met later.

After passing through the tree-lined road, crossing the rockery by the lake, and seeing the glass door of Shushan Pavilion in the distance, Zheng Qing had a dull look on his face and couldn't help but pause.

Today, Xiyuan Festival, the library is closed.

A large, bright red notice was posted on the glass door.

Zheng Qing hid behind the bushes. After a moment of frustration, he finally took out the letter and tried to find a more detailed address from its corners.

But from beginning to end, there are only nine words on the letter - eight and a half to be exact, because the letters that replace the name at the end do not belong to a complete word.

So for a moment, the young public-funded student suddenly wondered in his heart whether this letter was the work of some students who were dissatisfied with the results of the freshman competition and wanted to slap him in the face?

But soon, he denied this speculation. The fragrant fragrance on the letterhead is unique to Elena and unique. He was determined not to admit his mistake.

Seeing that the time was getting closer and closer to DEADLINE, Zheng Qing had no choice but to knead and fold the letter paper into a paper crane, then held it in the palm of his hand and made a wish to it: "Paper crane, paper crane." , the smart and intelligent Zhihe, if you know where she is, please take me to find her... I kowtow to you!"

As he spoke, he raised his left hand, curled his index and middle fingers together, and tapped in front of the paper crane.

Miraculously, the originally motionless 'Secondhand Crane' suddenly raised its slender neck, spread its wrinkled wings, shook its body, and took off after receiving Zheng Qing's tap.

Flying? !

The young public-funded student looked at the paper crane flying in the air in surprise, and then glanced at his left hand in surprise, kissed his finger with "Muah", and trotted all the way, chasing after the paper crane. .

The resurrected paper crane seems to have more energy than before, and seems to have become more lively - to use a more accurate description, this paper crane likes to fly around - even if there is no harassment from bees and butterflies, it will not affect it for a while. It fell among the flowers and then got into the bushes. So much so that the young public-sponsored student soon turned from joy to gritting his teeth.

If there was not only one way left, Zheng Qing would definitely prepare a small cross and use magic to tell the paper crane about the cruelty of 'fire punishment'.

After crossing the lawn by the lake, passing through several layers of shrubs, and then sneaking along the promenade around the lake for a while, the paper crane crooked its wings and led Zheng Qing into a remote promenade.

Zheng Qing hadn't decided whether to grab the flying paper crane to vent his anger, but he found something bright in his eyes and immediately stopped.

There is a stone door at the end of this remote corridor, hidden among the lush vines and leaves. Even though it is already late autumn and early winter, the leaves on the vines are not sparse, but the color has changed from emerald green to gold and red.

In front of the stone gate, stood a slim figure, bending over, carefully discerning something. The paper crane spun in mid-air and landed lightly on the broad shawl on the witch's shoulders. He tilted his head and rubbed the witch's ear.

"I thought you wouldn't come today!" Elena turned her head and looked at Zheng Qing with a little surprise: "I didn't think carefully before and didn't expect that the library would be closed. I originally thought about flying a paper crane to tell You shouted, but you happened to not have any letter paper with you..."

Zheng Qing has removed the invisibility charm and revealed his whereabouts.

"I didn't expect to find you either." The young public-funded student scratched his head and couldn't help grinning with a silly smile: "Your paper crane is so smart! It can also lead the way!"

"This is not my credit." The witch smiled slightly, glanced sideways at the paper crane on her shoulder, and added in a slightly hoarse voice: "...We can never truly understand the magic of magic."

This is a profound philosophical question.

Zheng Qing wisely closed his mouth and did not continue - he still remembered the clumsy and difficult conversation between him and the gypsy witch at a dance not long ago. Nothing can derail a conversation between men and women more easily than talking about philosophy.

"Where is this place? It looks familiar to me..." The young public-sponsored student easily changed the subject and focused his attention on the stone door behind the witch.

That door looked very old. The magic patterns etched on the lintel, threshold, fan blades and other structures had become dim under the influence of time, and many lines had lost their complete structure. But the faint marks left on it seem to be able to see many badges and symbols that are still very famous in the wizarding world today.

Zheng Qing looked more and more familiar.

"This is the shortcut from Jiuyou College to Alpha Castle," Elena's explanation made the young public-sponsored student suddenly realize. When he was on patrol at night, he had seen people from Alpha Castle passing in and out of here.

It's just that he saw him at night, so changing the time to daytime would inevitably make people feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Do you want to go to Alpha Castle?" Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows and asked with slight interest.

"Yeah, it was a little trivial at first." Elena turned her head again, touched the door knocker on the stone door, and patiently turned the door knocker from time to time, as if hoping to find a way to pass the door from above: "...It's just that this The Knocker Beast doesn’t seem to welcome me.”

"Maybe you're just short of a pass." Zheng Qing confidently took out a card and inserted it into the knocker beast's mouth.

"Ah, bah, bah!" Along with a sound of retching, the Knocker Beast rolled his eyes and spat out the card. The originally closed stone door slowly opened with a creaking sound.

"They have always had a prejudice against the students of Jiuyou College." The young public-funded student immediately explained.

"How did you get it to open? I tried my student card just now? But it didn't even respond to me!" Elena looked at Zheng Qing in surprise.

"This is not a student card, this is a temporary pass for the school working committee, anonymous." Zheng Qing couldn't help but show off: "During the hunting competition before, I was also responsible for patrolling and picketing... This temporary work card is The school working committee issued it to us. But it was not taken back after the hunting competition. I guess this card will be taken away during the Saturday night patrol. "