Ch 167: Suspicion
At the entrance to the Headmaster’s Office, Mi Ya Xing looked strangely at Jian Ni, who lowered his head and hurried past him.
His emotions were vastly different from before.
What happened?
Suppressing his inner doubts, he prepared to ask Jian Ni later. He still remembered the purpose of his return.
He knocked on the Headmaster’s Office door, and after a short while, he received permission to enter. Mi Ya Xing handed the book with Elder Ous’s mark to Situ Lang.
He had specially made a trip to retrieve it from the Meng Knights’ Secret Attic.
“What is this?”
After receiving it, Situ Lang’s expression subtly stiffened when he saw the “Si” on the spine.
“This was left behind by Elder Ous before he was taken away by the Old Soldier,” he carefully observed Headmaster Situ’s reaction, regrettably unable to discern anything from his face.
“We guess Elder Ous’s intention was to seek your help, but we were worried there might be other meanings, so we brought it to you.” This, of course, wasn’t the truth.
Because of Elder Feisite’s words, everyone felt that this “Si” might be hinting at something to Elder Feisite.
However, this hint could only be understood by the Elders.
“Oh~ So that’s how it is.” Situ Lang was caught off guard.
He wasn’t sure if he was overthinking things due to guilt.
But what other possibility could there be for this “Si,” besides what he thought?
When was it exposed?
Did Ousgaida suspect him after visiting the Heavenly Prison?
That’s right, except for Ken Douji telling him personally, he didn’t have much contact with Ousgaida, and Ousgaida wouldn’t have had the opportunity to discover anything unusual about him.
But Ken Douji stayed in the Heavenly Prison, so how did he suddenly discover something was wrong with him?
After visiting Ken Douji that day, where and which word revealed it, and how much did Ken Douji know?
…Did the Grand Elder and the Council of Elders know?
No, if the Council of Elders knew, they would never have given him the key to take the Black Magnet Stone.
His heart was in turmoil, but he had to maintain a facade of ignorance.
The top priority now wasn’t to think about these things.
He glanced at Mi Ya Xing and smiled, “I’ll ask the Council of Elders for permission to visit and personally question him about Elder Ous’s specific meaning. I’ll find the time. With just this one word, it’s really impossible to know more information.”
Damn it, did the Star of Wisdom suspect him?
It didn’t seem so.
If he had suspicions, wouldn’t he be worried about causing his alertness by handing him these two books?
But what if it was a test?
No, don’t panic.
Now, quickly send him away, lest too much time reveals something where there was nothing originally.
“Headmaster Situ is right, we were too careless, we forgot that you, Headmaster, can also visit Elder Ous,” Mi Ya Xing took back the books, “So, should I put these two books back on the shelf, or…?”
Situ Lang looked at the bookshelf. Ousgaida’s magic hadn’t affected other books; the neat bookshelf had two empty spaces that weren’t very noticeable at a glance.
Putting these two books back would be conspicuous.
Not only conspicuous, but also worrisome.
“Either is fine…” He was about to say that he would handle the books himself, not wanting to trouble others, when Mi Ya Xing interrupted him during the conversation.
“Then I’ll help Headmaster with it,” he scratched his head looking rather embarrassed, “The Meng Knights’ ability to learn about Elder Kendouji and Elder Ous depends on you, we all want to help you.”
With the conversation reaching this point, the always considerate Headmaster couldn’t refuse, and he really didn’t want to continue entangled with the character “Si” with Mi Ya Xing: “Then, Mi Ya Xing, please trouble yourself, I’ll leave them to you.”
“Of course! If the Headmaster needs any more help, feel free to ask the Meng Knights.”
“Very good, very good, but I don’t think of anything I need help with at the moment. If I do, I’ll ask the Meng Knights.”
Mi Ya Xing’s performance seemed indeed like a student happy to be able to help his teacher, he shouldn’t have suspected him yet.
Finally sending Mi Ya Xing away, Situ Lang paced restlessly in his office.
Ken Douji and Ousgaida could no longer be left alive.
How to deal with them?
Victoria?
Yes, there’s still Victoria in Meng Academy!
After leaving the Headmaster’s Office, until he reached a deserted corner, Mi Ya Xing looked around, making sure no one was around, then held the book in his hand: “Mind-Reading Magic, Heaven knows, Earth knows, you don’t know, I know.”
These two books contained more panic and anxiety than before.
Situ Lang, there’s a problem.
Did Elder Feisite guess when he saw this mark?
But why didn’t he say anything?
Was he in cahoots with Headmaster Situ?
No, that doesn’t make sense.
He recalled Elder Feisite’s words, now it seemed that they implied that they didn’t need to handle this matter, the Council of Elders had their own arrangements.
The Council of Elders had their own arrangements…
The Council of Elders discovered Headmaster Situ’s abnormality from the very beginning?
The two elders imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison didn’t receive any other punishment besides imprisonment… Did the Council of Elders want Situ Lang to become the Headmaster of Meng Academy?
Why?
Are they planning to use this opportunity to get a handle on Situ Lang?
The Magic Cube spun rapidly in his hand, and as it turned halfway, he suddenly remembered Jian Ni, whose condition was clearly abnormal, that he had inadvertently forgotten.
Situ Lang must have told Jian Ni something very bad.
This matter is important to Jian Ni, but not necessarily to the other Meng Knights, so it’s certainly not related to Princess Naiya Ulala.
Something important to Jian Ni…
Lan Bao?
No.
Maria!
However, he searched all over Meng Academy but couldn’t find Jian Ni.
Even Wu La La and Ou Pa didn’t know where Jian Ni was.
“Although I don’t know what happened, what conflict you have,” Ou Pa sighed, “But Mi Ya Xing, neither you nor Jian Ni attended last class, Director Pa asked me to tell you both to go to his office when you have time.”
Mi Ya Xing: …He had forgotten he had class.
“Okay, I understand.”
Finding someone who wants to hide in such a large campus is not an easy task.
He went to the office first to listen to Director Pa’s nagging for half a day, promising that he would write a good self-criticism and would absolutely not skip class without reason, before continuing to ponder Jian Ni’s matter.
He caught sight of a sneaky figure.
The figure darted into a corner, and after a while, a hand appeared, beckoning him over.
“Is Lao Tai in the office now?” Rui Bu Si came to avoid being written in the notebook.
“Yes.”
“Oh~ That’s great, I couldn’t find her the past few days. If I couldn’t find her, I’d go to the Faculty and Staff Dormitory to catch her.”
“But Director Pa is also there,” Mi Ya Xing gave her a hypothetical scenario, “The probability of encountering Director Pa is also very high if you go to the Faculty and Staff Dormitory.”
That’s truly unfortunate news.
Why can’t all the teachers’ memory about teaching be like Teacher Qian Jin who is currently touring Mars?
“By the way, have you seen Jian Ni?”
He just casually asked, without much hope.
Yet he saw Rui Bu Si nod.
