High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 768: Chapter 116 The Conversation Ends_1

”Defamation! This is blatant defamation!”

”Slander! I can take what you just said to Danghag to sue you for defamation!”

”Rumour-mongering! Spreading it to more than 500 wizards makes you legally liable, do you understand?!”

”We will absolutely not use these mice for illegal magic experiments! This is against the moral code and public decency of our Mouse Clan, and it does not conform to the basic laws of the Magical World! We would never do this!”

Facing Doctor Xiao’s questioning, Ding Dang Ear’s response was extraordinarily intense. The Mouse King, as if someone had stepped on his tail, bounced up from the ground, his voice shrill, loudly protesting the young wizard’s malicious speculation and inference.

”They actually know about Danghag?!” The black cat, listening to the Mouse King’s ranting, couldn’t help but comment incredulously to Lin Guo by his side: ”Are the mice so well-educated nowadays? You know, before coming to the number one academy, I didn’t even know where the High Court of the Wizard’s Alliance was.”

”It’s common sense, not scholarship.” Lin Guo first denied the publicly-funded student’s comment with a somewhat sharp response, then, arms crossed, continued in a manner of a patronising adult:

”As for the mouse knowing about Danghag, what’s so strange about that. Most wizards in this world might not have anything to do with the Trident Sword, but they should all have some degree of connection with Danghag... maybe a tax dispute, maybe inheritance, or maybe you pulled out your law book at the wrong time and place.”

”Anyway, according to the description of that little mouse - even if you discount its description by half, and then by half again - we should admit, their so-called ’Elderly Ancestor’ is a powerful magical entity. For such entities, much of the information in the Magical World would not be withheld from them due to racial differences.”

”In other words, with such an entity controlling the Mouse Clan, what’s so strange about the younger mice knowing about Danghag?”

”Also, if I remember correctly, the last time we encountered ’Ding Dong Ear’, it mentioned Danghag too, didn’t it? That little mouse said we would receive a subpoena from Danghag if we discriminated against it... I remember you were there, it’s not reasonable to forget such a thing. Or did your brain shrink when you turned into a cat, leading to memory loss?”

As he spoke, Lin Guo even reached out his hand to compare the size of the black cat’s head with his own.

The black cat silently looked at the young male wizard for a moment without speaking, then quietly held his breath, enlarging his head slightly - to be precise, his mouth, after enlarging, could perfectly bite the young male wizard’s head off - perhaps recognising the threat hidden behind the cat’s transformation, the young male wizard hastily withdrew his arm, gave a conciliatory smile, then sat back down with his school bag, not continuing the tirade he had begun.

”Ahem ahem ahem!”

Xiao Xiao turned his head again, looked at the muttering duo, and gave a heavy cough.

Lin Guo immediately raised his hand and made a zipping gesture over his mouth, indicating that he would keep quiet. The black cat shrank his head back to its original size, lay down on the ground, its claws folded across its chest, and adopted a languid pose.

A cold breath seeped into his belly through his short fur. The young scholarship student couldn’t help but shiver, arching his body slightly.

Short-haired cats are not so good in this aspect - they have poor insulation in winter. Those long-haired cats by the side - like the forest cat, the Persian cat, or even the not yet fully grown ragdoll cat - they don’t have such troubles in this chilly weather, but rather thrive in it.

In front of Xiao Xiao, the anger of Ding Dang Ear had cooled down a lot. Due to the tempting shining stones still in front of him, the Mouse King quickly adjusted his mentality and began to explain to Doctor Xiao the reason he wanted the little mice:

”...I want to take those little mice back to see if they can be enlightened by our Elderly Ancestor.”

”With the recent early onset of the Silence Tide, many mice from the forest are flooding into the school... Our Elderly Ancestor believes that the mice we usually train lack some wildness, so he orders us to roam around in the school from time to time, to see if we can take some of the little ones back and perhaps provide them with a stroke of luck.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao nodded his head slightly, and looked back at the black cat.

Zheng Qing also nodded.

This self-proclaimed ’Ding Dang Ear’ mouse and another previously-encountered self-proclaimed ’Ding Dong Ear’ mouse had basically consistent statements on issues such as their clan and the reason for visiting the school - of course, due to individual differences, they had subtle differences in certain details of their descriptions.

But these details mattered little.

The young wizards finally satisfied their curiosity and stopped ’interrogating’ the pitiful mouse. Ding Dang Ear, pleased as punch, fondly counted the tiny diamonds in his paw, his face brimming with gratification.

”Although your answers satisfy us, we can’t just give these mice to you.” Xiao Xiao said seriously to Ding Dang Ear after he put the remaining Broken Diamonds into a cloth bag and tucked it back into his clothes: ”Given your good attitude and active cooperation in our investigation, we will not pursue your trespassing in the school and attempted theft of school assets... Don’t deny it, those mice being in school grounds and caught by the school’s cats make them the property of the school.”

”Taking without asking is considered theft.”

The Mouse King gaped, looking dumbfounded.

It didn’t seem to have been put that way before... or at least, it hadn’t been put to him that way before!

Xiao Xiao didn’t bother to delve into the nuanced changes in the expression of a mouse.

He turned his head, looked at the black cat, and shouted, ”That’s basically it... If there’s no problem, we should go.”

”Have your minions prepared everything? This should be the last batch of goods we are receiving. The cages in the store are almost full. If you don’t want to risk a massive Rat Road disaster under the school’s nose, you should know when enough is enough.”

”The vultures at the ’Beta Town Post’ love negative news generated by the school students. Especially when it involves a scholarship student from Jiuyou Academy or a winner of the Merlin Medal.”

The black cat stretched its legs, arched its back, and yawned widely, exposing rows of sharp teeth, and ignored the doctor’s ’concern’.

”I’ve already ordered it.” The cat responded lazily, its tail flicking as it turned and walked towards the empty ground behind the cat crowd. Following it, the ragdoll cat, who had been lying on the ground, brightened up and followed it proudly. Poseidon, having been gazing into the sky, was thrilled that the boring dialogue between the wizard and the mouse had ended, and immediately jumped up to follow them as well.