Chapter 2672: Chapter 893: In the Cafeteria
The seventh week’s Art of Body Transformation class was uneventful.
Except for the fact that the already formed White Jade Cat and Black Gem Cat had a lot more interactions in class, while Old Yao insincerely praised the talents of the two young wizards.
For Zheng Qing, the challenge after this class was even more daunting.
The news spread quickly about the three beautiful little witches among the new students at Edge Academy openly calling him "dad" during class. Even by Zheng Qing’s standards, the speed, breadth, and depth of this news exceeded expectations.
When he was having dinner that afternoon — although in Zheng Qing’s timeline, the incident in the Edge Academy tent happened almost half a day ago, in reality, he was having dinner less than an hour after class ended at Edge Academy — in the cafeteria, Zheng Qing easily noticed the "sneaky" glances and purposeful whispers around him.
The quotes around "sneaky" were because, judging by Zheng Qing’s experience, those whispering guys seemed eager for him to notice they were discussing news related to him.
"Isn’t Su Councilor’s child named Poseidon?"
"Who told you Poseidon must be just one person... can’t it be the collective nickname for ’BoBo,’ ’SaiSai,’ and ’DongDong’?"
"Makes sense~"
"What nonsense! If you go by the reports, their kid isn’t even two yet! Can a two-year-old child enter the First University? According to pureblood theory and Su Councilor’s bloodline strength, a two-year-old wouldn’t have reached transformation level yet!"
"Did you forget wizards can make magic potions?"
"Feeding drugs to such a small child, are you crazy, or is Qingqiu crazy!"
"It might not be drugs; many powerful wizards’ kids are born mature..."
"Being born mature is because of a long gestation period... Considering their ages, and Su Councilor’s age, their child couldn’t have such a long gestation period unless they had it when they were young..."
"And you dare spout such nonsense, don’t you want to live!"
"Cough cough! So, the most likely scenario is he’s a scapegoat! Su Councilor’s husband must be someone else! And it must be a powerful wizard; only then can it explain how the three little witches could transform at such a young age."
"Right, right, wasn’t there a rumor recently saying he was a live-in son-in-law in Qingqiu, and Su Councilor only met him in formal occasions and never privately... At that time, there was news saying Poseidon’s father was a big shot within the Alliance!"
"There’s also another possibility that the mother of those three kids is someone else, and it’s possible Qingqiu arranged a warm bed servant for him to console the live-in son-in-law..."
"He must be really shameless! Publicly raising another woman’s kids in Greenhill Mansion, not even considering Su Councilor’s feelings? Really thinks everyone is dead! Truly despicable!"
"Burn him to death!"
"Burn!"
"Are you sure you want to continue having dinner in the cafeteria?" Xiao Xiao asked, holding a cup of beef soup, sipping with a spoon, without lifting his head, he questioned the concerned person.
"Starting a fire in the cafeteria would at least result in a school probation." Zheng Qing coolly cut the chicken steak on his plate, analyzing reasonably: "...They don’t hate me that much yet."
"You’re underestimating the fanaticism of fans."
Xin Fat Man savored the chicken bone in his hand, after shattering Zheng Qing’s self-consolation, he suddenly became aggravated: "Besides, I never knew you had a warm bed servant in Greenhill Mansion... Was Su Ya the one warming your bed? Could you stoop so low with such a young fox? She even still has a tail!... Truly the wicked style of the big clans!"
Zheng Qing ignored the Fat Wizard in his hysterical state.
"Moreover," the young lecturer speared a piece of chicken steak, stuffed it in his mouth, and chewed slowly, mumbling: "Students from the First University, if not very wise, they are supposed to be smart... No reason they couldn’t see through those weird rumors."
He said so, but his tone was somewhat uncertain.
Xiao Xiao blew on the spoon, glanced at Zheng Qing: "Rumors are the most irrational concept in this world. If the people spreading rumors were wise enough, the rumor ’you are a witch’ concocted by Senior Linda wouldn’t have spiraled out of control at school... Conversely, it’s precisely because some people are too smart, always wanting to stand out, that rumors have room to flourish."
Hearing the words ’you are a witch,’
Zheng Qing’s face instantly darkened.
He almost tossed the chicken steak in his hand into the doctor’s soup.
Though he could control himself, he couldn’t control others. Almost at the same moment, a bowl of hot soup was thrown at Zheng Qing’s head.
Buzz!
The Merlin Medal hanging from his belt rippled with an invisible wave, keeping the soup splash more than a foot away, and a similar magic barrier bloomed from Xiao Xiao and the Fat Wizard, causing the hot soup to only wet the floor.
"Ah, sorry!" A burly warlock in a blue gown, holding a tray, shrugged insincerely: "Slipped hand, spilled accidentally..."
His expression didn’t look like it was accidental at all.
Zheng Qing could clearly feel the cafeteria noise drop several degrees at that moment, and simultaneously, the formerly sneaky peeks became open and even ’intense.’
"It’s alright, everyone has slippery hands now and then." He forced a smile.
The blue-robed man glanced at him more than once, seemingly surprised he could remain polite under such circumstances. However, because of this, he felt awkward provoking further under the public gaze, and had to walk away sullenly.
In the cafeteria, those watching this minor conflict displayed a unanimous expression of disappointment.
"He did it on purpose, right." Zheng Qing chewed on a piece of chicken steak, confidently looking at his two companions.
Xin Fat Man worriedly looked at the departing blue-robe’s back, while Xiao Xiao gulped down the remaining beef soup and sloppily wiped his mouth.
"Do you still plan to sit here in the cafeteria?" he retorted.
The Fat Wizard’s expression also grew a bit serious.
"I suggest we quickly leave here." He reluctantly glanced at the remaining fried chicken on his plate, licked his greasy lips, and sighed heavily: "I bet, now more people are ready to block you... Every time a rumor links you to Su Councilor, it’s throwing fuel onto the smoldering fire, reigniting some wizard’s fury. This sort of thing has no solution. Because as long as the spark exists, the fuel won’t exhaust the fire."
"Fortunately, only one day is left this week... Oh, you still have classes on Saturday."
Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses, sneering: "Then I suggest you revert to old habits, put on the Invisibility Talisman for a few days in class. You need to dodge this stormy period."
